religious intolerance
TRANSCRIPT
- Is the intolerance against other religious beliefs or practices
- Religious intolerance can sometimes produce violence acts and even wars
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UsbekistanUsbekistan
TurkmenistanTurkmenistan
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- Population: 5.110.000 in 2009
- The official language is the Turkmen, but Russian is also spoken
- The type of government consists of a presidential republic
- The most recent constitution allows the formation of multiple parties
- Monotheist religion based on the Qur'an
- They believe in Muhammad, the prophet born in the city of Mecca
- This is the most important religion of the middle-east
- The Soviet Union conquered Turkmenistan in 1924
- The Soviet Union was the first state to have as an objective the elimination of religion
- They would replace any religion for atheism
- The situation was not different in Turkmenistan, causing religious intolerance
- The constitution assures the freedom of religion
- Unfortunatly the government does not respect law
- President Niyazov created the Ruhnama, a religious book based on his beliefs
- All the population must support this book, otherwise punishments are going to be made
- Punishments to this type of countries (by UN)
- Teach tolerance in schools, all around the world
Activity 1
Which punishment would be appropiate for the goverment of Turkmenistan?