bioéthique et religion

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Swiss News - Num. 2009, Janvier 2009

Tensions on the rise: rarely is there a church without a bell tower in Switzerland. Now other religious communities are demanding the same privilege: Muslims are fighting for the right to build minarets on top of mosques. This has been the cause of a heated debate, due to peak on November 29 when Swiss voters will decide how far freedom of religion should go.

... Politics of religion The minaret-ban initiative has its roots in ......" [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Schluer maintains banning minarets would not interfere with the rights connected to freedom of religion. "Muslims can still build mosques, that's not a ...

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Swiss News - Num. 2007, Avril 2007

Will Self: The Book of Dave.

... 500 years later and used as the sacred text for a religion that has taken hold in the flooded remnants of ...

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Swiss News - Num. 2009, Janvier 2009

From the editor.

Freedom of religion. Enjoyed by multitudes around the world, it is a ...

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Swiss News - Num. 2001, Juin 2001

MOGUL SPLENDOUR.

After the Moors had conquered Spain, Christians known as "Mozarabs" were allowed to practice their religion under the predominantly tolerant rule of the new ...

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Swiss News - Num. 2003, Juin 2003

Frau Sonne.

..., the Roman Emperor Aurelian solemnly consecrated a splendid temple dedicated to Sol invicms--the invincible sun--making it the principal deity of Rome's compulsory state religion. In countries with a hot climate ravaged by ...

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Swiss News - Num. 2008, Avril 2008

Wallinger stars in Aarau: Mark Wallinger--winner of the 2007 Turner Prize--shows his most important recent works in a large-scale survey exhibition at the Aargauer Kunsthaus in Aarau.

... Using a plethora of media, he focuses on matters that are relevant worldwide--religion, politics and cultural identity. Wallinger ...

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Nordic Reach - Vol. 21 Num. 25, Septembre 2008

Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights

The Nordic Youth Council (UNR = Ungdomens Nordlska Råd) decided earlier this year to use English as its working language whenever it s not possible to understand each other in one of the Nordic languages (Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic). The decision was heavily criticized recently by Bertel Haarder, the Danish Minister of Education, who pointed out that the decision works against the Nordic Language Declaration. "Using English at their meetings is completely out of the question. It is...