Tahir Mahmood and Karan Singh also pointed to the need for a much greater emphasis not just on legal and constitutional guarantees but also on the practical implementation of religious freedom. Recognition of religious freedom in international law presupposes an absolute equality of all religions. Clearly enough, the claim of superiority of any particular religion over all others would demolish the very foundation of the recognition of religious liberty by the modern human-rights jurisprudence. The attempt to locate in one another's scriptures things which may appear unpalatable to us will lead us nowhere but to mutual hatred. Dr. Karan Singh, former Union Minister, identified points that are basic for religious liberty.
All great religions represent the upsurge of religious emotions and religious attitudes.
Many of the moral codes, many of the laws that we see are based upon religious beliefs. On the other hand, more people have been killed, tortured and persecuted, and burned in the name of religion than in any other name. If we look through the long and torturous history of the human race on planet earth you will find that the greatest destruction has been wrought in the name of religion. We have to come to terms with the fact that religion is often expressed in fanaticism, in cruelty, in persecution, in burning, and in all sorts of violence. Today we either slide back into medieval posture of holy wars, or achieve the higher level of inter-faith understanding.