Commitment to Freedom of Religion – Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Interviews with political and civil society experts www.kas.de Commitment to Freedom of Religion – Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Interviews with political and civil society experts Imprint Published by: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V. 2021, Berlin Contact Dr Otmar Oehring International Religious Dialogue Division Analysis and Consulting T +49 30 / 26 996-3743
[email protected] This publication by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V. is for information purposes only. It may not be used for election advertising by parties, canvassers or election assistants. This applies to federal, state and local elections and elections to the European Parliament. Cover page images: © Magicbowls/Pexels; PeopleImages, rclassenlayouts, Madzia71, MarioGuti/istockphoto.com, Rumman Amin, Timur Kozmenko/Unsplash Translator: Robert Bryce, Berlin Design and typesetting: yellow too Pasiek Horntrich GbR The print edition of this publication was climate-neutrally printed by Druckerei Kern GmbH, Bexbach, on FSC certified paper. Printed in Germany. Produced with the financial support of the Federal Republic of Germany This text is licensed under the conditions of “Creative Commons Namensnen- nung-Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 international”, CC BY-SA 4.0 (retrievable at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode.de) ISBN 978-3-95721-919-0 At a glance › Twenty years ago freedom of religion was an issue which commanded very little public and media attention. Now, however, it is a matter of almost daily interest especially in connection with immigration. So states and societies have no choice but to address the challenges arising from increasing religious and ideological diversity.