Do Arabic countries offer religious freedom?

Question

Like Greece, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq...?

I have no problems admitting I don't know everything. I am here to learn.

Answer 1

Greeks are not arabs. Neither are Turks. Greeks aren't even predominantly Muslim. Iranians are Persians. You're confused.

Answer 2

Saudi Arabia the only religion allowed is Islam. Greece has Muslims and Christians. Egypt has a small minority of Jews, and Christians and Muslims. Muslims are the majority in Egypt. Lebanon is mainly Christan but has Muslims. Iran is all Muslims. Iraq I think is all Muslims. Turkey has Muslims and I think some Christians.

Answer 3

The UAE is fairly tolerant. There are Christian churches there. Many Lebanese are christian.
I suggest that the real areas of concern would be Saudi and Iran.
Bear in mind that the chief man from Iran said that there are no homosexuals in Iran ... Yeah, that are brave enough to come out as such. Homosexuality exists in ANY nation.
Then you can look at the other side of the coin. Saudi Arabia ... Religion is in total control of the Saudis and not to their actual benefit as human beings. See recent news from Saudi. Who would want to be a woman in such a country?

Greece an Arabian country? Since when?
Turkey an Arabian country? Since when?
Technically, Iranians are not Arabian either, They are Persian, which is not the same. mind you, they do behave just as one would expect.


PS: Arabic is the language. Arabian is the description of the location.

Answer 4

Saudi Arabia is a big no no! there you are the infidel if you are not Muslim! Turkey has them but also has attacked them! Greek orthodox church hangs out in Constantinople -as a Greek refuse to call it the Turkish name!

Afghanistan - no
Pakistan - no

Greece does allow other religions to build churches and last time I checked we where not an Arabic country !

Answer 5

Aside from the fact that three of the above aren't Arab countries, Greece and Lebanon have relative freedom to choose from among two or more faiths. But in fact those that are Arabs don't have more than token choices to choose from.

What does token mean? It means if you choose not to be a Muslim you will be token somewhere and shot.

Answer 6

By command of God and Prophet no non-Muslim can enter in Mecca and Madina. They are allowed to live and work in any other city of Saudi Arabia But they are not allowed to build their worshipping places in Holy Land of Saudi Arabia. They can practice their religon in the homes where they live except Mecca and Madina.

All other Arabic speaking countries people of other religions have their temples, sinagogues etc., and they are allowed to practice their religion. Damascus in Syria has the oldest Churches and full religious freedom.
Since Quran recognizes Christianity and Judaism, they are allowed to have churches and Sinagogues in all Muslims countries. I am not sure but most proably they may not have allowed to build Hindu Temples in Arab countries because of their idol worshipping of too many gods.

Saudi Arabia is center of Islam and considered Holy lands. God Himself ordered Prophet Mohammad to clean the Holy land from all those worshipped idols specially in Mecca.
Read Sura # 9 At-Taubah in Quran.

Answer 7

Not really. But then neitehr does any country. Oh some offer the ILLUSION of religions freedom, but when you peel away the veneer, you see there is an agenda specific to one particular religion or another. At least the countries you listed are more honest in their agendas.

Answer 8

There are some places in Saudi Arabia were there isn't too much religious freedom. And I don't think Iran has much.

Answer 9

Do you mean 'Islamic' countries?- That would make more sense to your question.
No country gives true religious freedom or freedom from religion. But almost all Islamic countries do give a considerabe amount of tolerance and religious freedom,
the few that don't are the exception.

--Buddhist.

Answer 10

Greece is the only European Union (EU) country to ban proselytism in its constitution, and for this reason the only EU country to have been condemned by the European Court of Human Rights for a lack of religious freedom. The position of the Church of Greece and its relations with the State are set forth in Article 3, par. 1 of the present Constitution (1975/1986/2001). According to this article: (a) The Greek-Orthodox dogma is the prevailing religion, (b) The Church of Greece is inseparably united in doctrine with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and with all other Orthodox Churches, and (c) The Church is self-administered and autocephalous.

Turkey is a country with a strong stance of secularism since the republican revolution of October 29, 1923 and Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's modernization movement in March 3, 1924 which, among other things, abolished the Caliphate and removed all religious influence over the affairs of the state. Even though the state has no official religion nor promotes any, it actively monitors the area between the religions. The constitution recognises freedom of religion for individuals, whereas religious communities are placed under the protection of the state; but the constitution explicitly states that they cannot become involved in the political process (by forming a religious party, for instance) or establish faith-based schools. No party can claim that it represents a form of religious belief; nevertheless, religious sensibilities are generally represented through conservative parties

The kingdom of Saudi Arabia is an Islamic theocratic monarchy in which Islam is the official religion; the law requires that all Saudi citizens be Muslims, but permits non-Muslim visitors or foreign workers to live among and deal with Muslims except in certain areas. The Saudi Mutaween (Arabic: مطوعين), or Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (i.e., the religious police), prohibits the public practice of non-Muslim religions. The Government claims to recognize the right of non-Muslims to worship in private; however it does not always respect this right in practice.

Despite the fact that Egypt is a predominantly Islamic population, the prevailing belief is that the Coptic Orthodox Church is the unofficial state church of Egypt. It is not noted in the Constitution of Egypt (which is currently in use) what is the official State Church because Egypt is currently an Arab Republic that recognizes Islam as the State Religion, but most inhabitants of Egypt accept the Coptic Orthodox Church as the unofficial State Church mainly due to the fact that it incorporates Egypt's largest Christian population, which makes up approximately 10% of Egypt's total population. The separation of the state's influence on religion and vice versa is often undetermined; many rights groups have claimed that some laws passed by the State are heavily influenced by the State Religion, and sometimes aims at particular minorities in Egypt. The Coptic Orthodox Church is in fairly good relations with the State. This was seen when the State officially declared January 7, the Coptic Orthodox Christmas, as an official holiday in Egypt. However, some laws (e.g., the 19th century Hamayouni Decree, which requires the President of Egypt must approve any permits to build or repair any church in Egypt) still aim at persecuting the Coptic Orthodox Church. Other churches exist in Egypt, such as the Coptic Catholic Church as well as some Protestant denominations. However, their population composes a very small portion of Egypt's population.

On 16 December 2006, after only one hearing, the High Court of Egypt ruled against the Bahá'ís, stating that the government would not recognize their Faith in official identification cards. The ruling left Bahá'ís unable to obtain ID cards, birth certificates, or death certificates. They cannot get marriage or divorce certificates or passports, nor can they be employed, educated, treated in hospitals, or vote.

Lebanon has 12 different main religions. The main two religions are Islam (Sunni, Shia, and Druze) and Christianity (the Maronite Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Armenian Apostolic Church)

Even though Lebanon is a secular country, family matters such as marriage, divorce and inheritance are still handled by the religious authorities representing a person's faith. Calls for civil marriage are unanimously rejected by the religious authorities but civil marriages held in another country are recognized by Lebanese civil authorities.

The Iranian constitution was drafted during the Iranian Constitutional Revolution in 1906; while the constitution was modeled on Belgium's 1831 constitution, the provisions guaranteeing freedom of worship were omitted. Subsequent legislation provided some recognition to the religious minorities of Zoroastrians, Jews and Christians, in addition to majority Muslim population, as equal citizens under state law, but it did not guarantee freedom of religion and "gave unprecedented institutional powers to the clerical establishment." The Islamic Republic of Iran that was established after the Iranian revolution recognizes four religions, whose status is formally protected: Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Members of the first three minority religions receive special treatment under Iranian law.

However, adherents of the Bahá'í Faith, Iran's largest religious minority are not recognized and are persecuted. Bahá'ís have been subjected to unwarranted arrests, false imprisonment, executions, confiscation and destruction of property owned by individuals and the Bahá'í community, denial of civil rights and liberties, and denial of access to higher education. Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Iranian Bahá'ís have regularly had their homes ransacked or been banned from attending university or holding government jobs, and several hundred have received prison sentences for their religious beliefs, most recently for participating in study circles. Bahá'í cemeteries have been desecrated and property seized and occasionally demolished, including the House of Mírzá Buzurg, Bahá'u'lláh's father. The House of the Báb in Shiraz has been destroyed twice, and is one of three sites to which Bahá'ís perform pilgrimage.

Answer 11

Obama is too sensible to characterize the dumba$$ inhabitants of united statesa.. human beings do not deserve Obama; they deserve the likes of George Bush who thinks on an similar factor of high quality judgment (it truly is truly low).