Opposition to Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia: Legal Measures
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia have faced increasing hostility from the state and the Russian Orthodox Church since the late 1990s, as legislation designed to safeguard the country against violent extremist ideologies and terrorism has instead been instrumentalized to persecute...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[2020]
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The journal of CESNUR
Year: 2020, Volume: 4, Issue: 6, Pages: 41-57 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Russia
/ Dvorkin, Aleksandr Leonidovič 1955-
/ Anti-cult movement
/ Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche
/ Jehovah's Witnesses
/ Persecution
/ Terrorism
/ Legislation
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IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AZ New religious movements KBK Europe (East) ZC Politics in general |
Further subjects: | B
Alexander Dvorkin
B Anti-Cultism in Russia B Religious Freedom in Russia B FECRIS B Jehovah’s Witnesses B Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia B Anti-cult Movement |
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