Rapporti & Dossier

OSCE publication Hate Crime Laws – A Practical Guide (pdf) Released 9 March 2009 The purpose of this guide is to provide States with benchmarks for drafting hate crime legislation within a simple, clear and accessible document. The guide will assist states who wish either to enact new legislation or to review and improve their […]

Sikis :: Drasko Djenovic, SERBIA: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SURVEY (FEBRUARY 2009) In its survey analysis of freedom of thought, conscience or belief in Serbia, Forum 18 News Service notes that the most serious remains violent attacks, especially on Jehovah’s Witness and Adventist property. The numbers of these attacks have been declining, and a crucial factor in […]

Sikis Pew Forum, January 2009Abortion Views by Religious Affiliation Jan. 15, 2009 Thursday, Jan. 22 marks the 36th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark abortion ruling, Roe v. Wade (1973). Abortion remains a divisive issue in the U.S., with a slim majority (53%) in favor of keeping it legal in all or most cases […]

Faith on the Hill: the Religious Affiliation of Members of U.S. Congress (19 December 2008) Read the report on pewforum.org  (Report was written by David Masci, Senior Research Fellow, and Tracy Miller, Editor, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life) See also:  The Religious Makeup of Congress In OLIR.it :: Internet: Pewforum U.S. Religious Landscape Survey (June […]

Sikis “How the Faithful Voted” in pewforum.org, 5 november 2008 Among nearly every religious group, Barack Obama received equal or higher levels of support compared with the 2004 Democratic nominee, John Kerry. Still, a sizeable gap persists between Obama’s support among white evangelical Protestants and his support among the religiously unaffiliated. A similar gap exists […]

Sikis Human Rights First: 2008 Hate Crime Survey (october 2008) Hate crime continues to rise in many parts of Europe and North America according to our 2008 Hate Crime Survey, a second annual report examining bias-driven violence in 2007 and 2008. The 2008 Hate Crime Survey includes sections examining six facets of violent hate crime […]

Sikis “La finance islamique en France : quelles perspectives ?”.Paris; Sénat; Mai 2008; 60 pages(Les Rapports du Sénat, n° 329) Née dans les années 70, la finance islamique (services bancaires et produits financiers compatibles avec les prescriptions de la loi coranique) connaît un important essor, son marché représentant environ 700 milliards de dollars ; elle […]

Sikis Presentata il 30 ottobre a Roma la XVIII edizione del Dossier Statistico Immigrazione della Caritas diocesana di Roma, Caritas Italiana e della Fondazione Migrantes. La consistenza degli immigrati regolari in Italia si aggira tra i 3,5 milioni e i 4 milioni – a seconda che si considerino i soli residenti o l’insieme delle presenze […]

Trends in Candidate Preferences Among Religious Groups (October 2008) The latest survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press includes analysis of the candidate preferences of major religious groups. These charts, based on People-Press surveys conducted on the dates indicated, will be updated as the Center’s new surveys are released. “Trends […]

FENECH Georges, La justice face aux dérives sectaires, Rapport au Premier ministre (Août 2008) Paris, La Documentation française, 2008; 56 pages (Collection des rapports officiels) La France dispose, plus particulièrement depuis 1996, d’un ensemble de moyens d’action pour lutter, dans le respect des principes de liberté de liberté d’opinion et de croyance, contre les dérives […]