Religious Diversity in Prisons and in the Military

You are viewing an archived web page, collected at the request of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) using Archive-It. This page was captured on 01:10:58 Dec 30, 2015, and is part of the UNESCO collection. The information on this web page may be out of date. See All versions of this archived page.

Loading media information hide

UNESCO.ORG

The Organization

Education

Natural Sciences

Social & Human Sciences

Culture

Communication & Information


SHS Home

International Journal on Multicultural Societies

Current Issue

Past Issues

Guidelines for Contributors

Abstracting Information

Editorial Board

Other SHS Themes

Ethics
Human Rights
Philosophy
Physical Education and Sport
Social Transformations

Worldwide

Africa
Arab States
Asia and the Pacific
Europe and North America
Latin America and the Caribbean

Quick Link to this page: www.unesco.org/shs/ijms/vol2/issue1/art3

Religious Diversity in Prisons and in the Military: The Rights of Muslim Immigrants in Norwegian State Institutions

Inger Furseth

Read this article Abstract This article analyses the right of Muslims to practise their religion within two state institutions in Norway, the prisons and the military. Whereas the Norwegian Constitution acknowledges the fundamental right of individuals to practise their religious faiths, the case of Muslim immigrants demonstrates that these constitutional principles are often challenged by social practices. Structural barriers to full participation of Muslims in society are exemplified by state institutions such as the prisons and the military, where the responsibility for administrating religious life rests mainly with the clergy of the Church of Norway. While differences in the management of religious diversity in these two institutions may well be explained by their particular characteristics, the differential treatment of Christians and non-Christians in both of them indicates that structural barriers to full recognition of Muslims still prevail in Norway. The increasing diversity of religion caused by immigration processes in many Western European countries thus calls for the redesign of public policies of equal opportunity in order to effectively protect the fundamental right to religious freedom. Suggested bibliographic reference for this article: Furseth, Inger. Religious Diversity in Prisons and in the Military: The Rights of Muslim Immigrants in Norwegian State Institutions. IJMS: International Journal on Multicultural Societies. 2000, vol. 2, no.1, pp. 40-52. UNESCO. ISSN 1817-4574. www.unesco.org/shs/ijms/vol2/issue1/art3

Read full article	http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001388/138885E.pdf#page=42
Periodical Name	IJMS, Vol. 2, No. 1
Publication date	2000
Number of pages	pp. 40-52

Email this page

Printable version

Quick Link to this page: www.unesco.org/shs/ijms/vol2/issue1/art3


	Email this page Printable version

Resources

Subscribe to mailing list

ID: 2748 - guest (Read)