Limitations on Religious Rights: Problematizing Religious Freedom in the African Context
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Published in Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective: Legal Perspectives, Johan D. van der Vyver, John Witte & Jr., eds.
The piece argues that the two messianic faiths - Christianity and Islam - are driven by proselytizing impulses that have violated the cultural integrity and humanity of Africans. The conscious, willful, and planned displacement of African religions goes beyond the legitimate bounds of religious advocacy and violates the human rights of Africans. This orchestrated process of the vilification and demonization of African religions represents more than just an attack on the religious freedoms of Africans - it is an act of cultural genocide and a repudiation of the humanity of Africans.
Publication Date
1996
Publisher
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
City
Leiden
ISBN
978-0-8028-4856-7
First Page
417
Last Page
440
Keywords
messianic faiths, Islam, Christianity, culture, identity, missionary, colonialism, religious rights, barbarism
Disciplines
Human Rights Law | Law
Recommended Citation
Makau wa Mutua, Limitations on Religious Rights: Problematizing Religious Freedom in the African Context in Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective: Legal Perspectives 417 (Johan D. van der Vyver, John Witte & Jr., eds., Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 1996)
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