Religious Freedom in Secular States

Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan, Ph.D., The University of Queensland, Australia, is currently a Humboldt research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Germany. He is the co-editor of Law and Religion in the Liberal State (Hart Publishing, 2020). Ann Black, SJD, is Associate Professor of Law, The University of Queensland and Executive Director for Comparative Law in the Centre of Public, International and Comparative Law. She has over 100 publications including the co-authored book Modern Perspective of Islamic Law (Edward Elgar, 2013).

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Part 1: Contemporary Religious Freedom Issues in Secular Nations

1 Religious Freedom in a Secular State: An Introduction

 Ann Black and Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan



2 Civic Religion and the Rationality of Persecution

 Darryn Jensen



3 In the Time of the COVID-19: Law, Religious Freedom and the Secular State

 Ann Black



4 Bans on the Wearing of Burqas, Niqabs and Hijabs, Religious Freedom and the Secular Nature of the State

 Erica Howard



5 The ‘Non-Religious’ in Religion and Worldviews Education and in the Light of Human Rights Law

 Paul Weller



6 Religious Footprints in Secular Sand-the Imprint of Religious Culture in Civil Law

 Javier García Oliva and Helen Hall



Part 2: National Approaches to Religious Freedom



7 The Constitutional Principle of Secularism in the Member States of the Council of Europe

 Rossella Bottoni



8 The Religion Clauses in the U.S. Constitution

 Russell L. Weaver



9 Constitutional Culture, Religion, and England-beyond Establishment

 Javier García Oliva



10 Religious Freedom in South Africa

 Helena van Coller



11 Religious Freedom in Australia

 Peter Black



12 Religious Freedom in India and the Impact of Hindutva on Religious Minorities

 Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan



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