Religious Minorities in Pluralist Societies

Dr. Roberta Medda-Windischer (LL.M, PhD), Senior Researcher and Group Leader for Equality and Diversity in Integrated Societies at Eurac Research Institute for Minority Rights (Bolzano/Bozen – Italy), is an international lawyer specialised in minority issues, human rights, diversity management and minority protection. Mag. Kerstin Wonisch worked as Researcher at the Eurac Research Institute for Minority Rights (Bolzano/Bozen – Italy) where her research focused on the rights of religious minorities and the governance of religious diversity, Islamic pluralism, gender and human rights. Dr. Alexandra Cosima Budabin (PhD), is Senior Researcher at the Eurac Research Institute for Minority Rights (Bolzano/Bozen – Italy) where she researches transnational advocacy around minority rights, cultural heritage, and conflict and security.

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Introduction

  Roberta Medda- Windischer, Kerstin Wonisch and Alexandra Cosima Budabin



1 Regulation of Muslim Religious Minority Groups and the European State: The Unique Case of Legal Pluralism in Greece

  Kyriaki Topidi



2 Women and Sharia Law in the UK

  Elham Manea



3 The System of Bilateral Legislation Tested by ‘Neo’ Religious Groups: The Case of Italy

  Francesco Alicino



4 The Three Junctions of the Italian ‘Islamic Policy’

  Alessandro Ferrari



5 Religious Diversity in Greece: Recent Developments and the Challenges of the Molla Sali Case

  Christos Tsevas



6 Rabbinical Court Decisions and Their Impact on Jewish Society

  Elimelech Westreich and Avishalom Westreich



7 Legal Pluralism, Religious Identity and Citizenship in the State of Israel: The Case of Non-Orthodox Jews

  Anna Parrilli



8 Russian Orthodox Church and Migration in Russia: When Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions

  Kiryl Kascian and Hanna Vasilevich



9 Conclusions

  Silvio Ferrari



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