Human Rights - Freedom of Religion?

Question

On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights...
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Article 18:
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
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My question are does it happen in practical?
Can we arrest people who break this declaration?

i.e - a Muslim woman converted (change her religion). She is then 'forced' by another Muslim to return. She refuse them and keep her new faith. They were then attack her, and threat her life.

(note: this is a common example of what the reality have)

Answer 1

I applaud the question and think some of the answers irrelevant and pessimistic.

Although religious freedom leads to people making posts like the ones you find in almost every religious post it usually helps prevent massacres in the name of religion. In the USA we are free. You still get morons who cant stand that people choose to submit to the commandments but for the most part there is no religious genocide. (with many fewer examples than under religious tyranny

Religious freedom should not be equated with the absolutes in either direction (absence of religion or total religious support) to assume so, or infer so is ignorance. Religion has existed though out all forms of government revolutions. Thomas Jefferson is an example of this. He was a deist not a Christian. Let people believe how they want.

I hate when people assume that someone with faith is ignorant. I like faith. It makes me happy. Many times the most aggressive antagonists are unhappy with the idea that people find happiness in God. Get over yourselves and let us be happy. Besides if I am wrong and there is no God then i will have lived a happy life. If your wrong then you will have some accounting to do before your maker.

Answer 2

Being of a bohemian mindset, I believe people should be able to believe whatever they want, and voice their beliefs without consequence whether you believe in God or not... But now I have a question: If you went hiking in the woods and came across a nice clean well kept cottage stocked with food, would you think the cottage got there by chance? Or would you think the cottage "evolved" from the rocks and dirt on ground into a house? No somebody had to build it and supply it with food. Or if I just took a couple of gears and metal and tied them to a granade and threw it in the air, would the "bang" produce a rolex? No, because you don't get order and precision from chaos. Some in the scientific community are willing to consider the idea of Intelligent Design because there is PROOF of Intelligent Design. Now whether you want to put faith in a bang of chaos that produces order, or in evolution even though it's been a long time and nothing or nobody else seems to be evolving...any...more... Or whatever you want to believe, that's your business. But I don't think it's fair to say that people who have faith don't have any proof for what they believe in.

Answer 3

Freedom as Define by the PROTOCOLS OF THE MEETINGS
OF THE LEARNED ELDERS OF ZION

1. The word "freedom," which can be interpreted in various ways, is defined by us as follows -

2. Freedom is the right to do what which the law allows. This interpretation of the word will at the proper time be of service to us, because all freedom will thus be in our hands, since the laws will abolish or create only that which is desirable for us according to the aforesaid program.

Do you read the whole Protocols? Oooo... It really worth reading at http://worldconquest.garageng.com

Answer 4

"Everyone has the right to freedom of thought"

Problem with that sentence is when it comes to religion there can't be much thought involved and that is where irrational hate, bigotry, and violence comes in to play.

Answer 5

human rights =freedom to religion permision to brainwash minds

Answer 6

Religion and Free = oxymoron

Answer 7

Where is the freedom in your example.It exists not.