“It follows from this that it is those who fail to promote religious freedom for all people with the same vigor with… — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
“The fourth and final dimension of religious freedom in full is the right—both individually and as part of a larger religious community—to… — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
“Religious freedom, then, is the freedom of human will, reason, and conscience, of human souls and spirits, to explore and embrace whatever… — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
“The Hudson Institute study found that religious liberty is powerfully associated with civil and political liberty, press freedom, economic freedom, and prolonged… — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
“Religious freedom is embedded within a much larger bundle of civil liberties. At the core of religious expression is the freedom of… — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
“First, societies lacking full religious liberty lack a critical restriction on state power. When citizens are free to have an ultimate commitment… — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
“We believe that liberty of religious faith is the first and foremost freedom in human society, is a universal value in the… — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
“freedom of religion has both private and public dimensions. It is the freedom to pray, to worship, to commune with one’s fellows… — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
“This is what is meant by conscience: it is not a mysterious, extra-rational faculty, but the best and final judgment of our reason concerning… — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
“But the acts by which governments and societies repress and control the religious lives of people are mostly quotidian and unspectacular, taking place well… — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
“Any government that presumes to direct how its people relate to ultimate truths either believes it is the only guide to those truths, or… — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
“It follows from this that it is those who fail to promote religious freedom for all people with the same vigor with which they… — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
“Thus individuals and communities of all faiths, or of none, enjoy two basic rights. One is the right to an autonomous social existence, free… — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
“The fourth and final dimension of religious freedom in full is the right—both individually and as part of a larger religious community—to express religious… — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
“Religious freedom, then, is the freedom of human will, reason, and conscience, of human souls and spirits, to explore and embrace whatever they can… — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
“The Hudson Institute study found that religious liberty is powerfully associated with civil and political liberty, press freedom, economic freedom, and prolonged democracy.” — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
“Religious freedom is embedded within a much larger bundle of civil liberties. At the core of religious expression is the freedom of speech and… — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
“First, societies lacking full religious liberty lack a critical restriction on state power. When citizens are free to have an ultimate commitment to something… — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
“We believe that liberty of religious faith is the first and foremost freedom in human society, is a universal value in the international community,… — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
“Religious repression is the denial of the very essence of what it means to be human.” — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
