Exemptions for Religion or Conscience under the Canopy of the Rule of Law

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" Exemptions for Religion or Conscience under the Canopy of the Rule of Law "
Rex Ahdar

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1072490
Doc. No	:	LA116119
Call No	:	‭10.1163/22124810-00503002‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Rex Ahdar
Title & Author	:	Exemptions for Religion or Conscience under the Canopy of the Rule of Law [Article]\ Rex Ahdar
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill \| Nijhoff
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Law, Religion and State
Date	:	2017
Volume/ Issue Number	:	5/3
Page No	:	185–213
Abstract	:	This essay endeavours to restate the case for the right to freedom of conscience and religion. Specifically, it seeks to make the case for exemptions from the law of the land for religious believers and similarly-situated citizens who hold sincere conscientious beliefs. The rule of law is not something to be ignored, and carving out exemptions for conscience has been criticized as unfair, anomalous, potentially open-ended in scope, and difficult to administer. I attempt to assuage these legitimate concerns by underscoring the importance of the dignity of the individual and the virtue of protecting religious minorities (and dissenters of all stripes), who challenge the conventions of the day. If the default position is the rule of law, believers face an uphill task. Ultimately, only a truly liberal polity can offer protection to what, in every age, is a fragile liberty.
Descriptor	:	Comparative Law
Descriptor	:	exemptions
Descriptor	:	freedom of religion
Descriptor	:	History of Religion
Descriptor	:	Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Descriptor	:	International Law
Descriptor	:	Islamic Law
Descriptor	:	liberty of conscience
Descriptor	:	Middle East and Islamic Studies
Descriptor	:	Religion Society
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	rule of law
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/22124810-00503002‬