This study explores immigration reform as a possible new “moral” issue upon which American religious elites and organizations take public positions. It is argued that religion is a key independent variable necessary for understanding the determinants of public attitudes regarding immigration policy. Theoretical expectations are formed from the ethnoreligious, religious restructuralism, and mino...

One of the issues that caught my attention in discussion on Religion and Human Rights, which is also an issue has recently started to be hotly discussed Indonesia, LGBTQ+ minority rights (gay rights). This becomes interesting, gay rights, especially when this deals with Freedom or Belief (FoRB). As we saw human at International, tensions between FoRB several countries have their own characteris...

the collapse of the soviet :union: in 1991, and the transformation of the old security arrangement created a new geopolitical environment in the caucasus region. in fact, the unique geographical conditions, ethnic- racial and religious diversity, the heritage of socialism in the cultural, political, economic and social structures, strategic position, competitions between regional and extra-regi...

The interface of religious identities, with state and politics is creating communal, ethnic and sectarian conflicts in South Asia. In spite of its geographical vastness and thousands of communities, the region remains conceived by sociologists in terms of religious identities. By continuing to discuss religious experiences, identities and conflicts in majority-minority terms, sociological disco...

This paper explores the state of minority rights in three Central Asian countries Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. These share a lot similarities terms their post-Soviet authoritarian legacy weakness democratic institutions. The repressive political landscapes states have taken tolls on groups, leaving them discriminated against, mistreated, severely disadvantaged. Minority violations ra...

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The establishment of reliable and authoritative figures on ethnic, religious, and language groups plays a prominent role in efforts to fight discrimination and foster individual human rights as well as minority group rights. However, there is no consensus among statisticians, demographers and social scientists at large concerning standards to be used in the identification of minority groups and...