Religious Freedom in the Russian Federation and the Jehovah's Witnesses

Anti-extremism legislation has existed in Russia for over a decade, but only recently has it been used to discriminate against, persecute, and eventually "liquidate" the Jehovah's Witnesses. The article reconstructs the history of anti-minority legislation in Russia, from the Soviet U...

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Auteur principal: Carobene, Germana 1967- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: [2021]
Dans: The journal of CESNUR
Année: 2021, Volume: 5, Numéro: 1, Pages: 82-103
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Russie / Liberté religieuse / Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche / Témoins de Jéhovah / Persécution / Histoire 1917-2020
Sujets non-standardisés:B Jehovah's Witnesses
B Religious Freedom in Russia
B Religion in the Russian Federation
B "Anti-Extremism" Laws in Russia
B Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia
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Résumé:Anti-extremism legislation has existed in Russia for over a decade, but only recently has it been used to discriminate against, persecute, and eventually "liquidate" the Jehovah's Witnesses. The article reconstructs the history of anti-minority legislation in Russia, from the Soviet Union to the liberal post-Soviet reforms of the 1990s and the retrenchment in the Putin era. Jehovah's Witnesses have been the victims of a notion of the Russian nation granting a de facto monopoly to the Russian Orthodox Church, and regarding religious minorities, particularly those headquartered in the West and proselytizing among Orthodox believers, as a threat to national integrity.
ISSN:2532-2990
Contient:Enthalten in: The journal of CESNUR
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.1.5