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Bernd Hirschberger works as a human rights advisor for the German Commission for Justice and Peace. Before starting a career as practitioner, he graduated with a PhD degree from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, examining external communication during asymmetric conflict in social media.
Katja Voges is head of the Human Rights and Religious Freedom Team at the Pontifical Mission Society missio Aachen. From 2013 to 2015 she taught French, religious education and physical education at a secondary school, followed by study and research stays on intercultural and interreligious dialogue in Rabat and Paris. She wrote her theological dissertation on the topic of religious freedom in Christian-Muslim dialogue.
Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
Forewords 9
Introduction: Conservative, Right-Wing Populist or Far-Right Extremist? 13
Reinterpretations of Religious Freedom by the Far Right in the German-Speaking World 29
Escalating the Populist Approach 41
Hungary under Viktor Orbán 53
Religious Freedom for Christian Majorities 67
Abuse of Religious Freedom? 79
The Political Instrumentalization of the Topics of Secularism, Religious Freedom and Islamophobia in Turkey 91
Populism, Religious Identity, and the Instrumentalization of "Religious Freedom" in the United States during the Era of Donald Trump 105
A Recipe for Political Polarization? 121
Religious Freedom in the Field of Tension between Populist Anti-Muslim Sentiments and Islamist Radicalisation Tendencies 131
Secularism in France and the Challenge of Populism 143
Restrictions on Freedom of Religion or Belief in Denmark 153
Commitment to Religious Freedom at the Level of the European Union 165
International Religious Freedom (or Belief) Alliance 183
Populism in the Land of Equality 199
Populist Appropriation and Reinterpretation of Religious Freedom 209
Beliefs, Brains and Breaking Chains 221
Social Media as a Tool against Populist Appropriation of FoRB and for Promoting FoRB? 233
Conclusion: The Case of Religious Freedom and Populism 247
List of Contributors 261
Acknowledgements 265
About the cover design 267