Aid to the Church in Need - Religious Freedom in the Majority Islamic Countries. The respect of religious liberty is one of the hallmarks not only of the integrity of a legal system, but also of the maturity of a free society.
Every individual has the right to liberty of thought, conscience and religion.
And this despite the fact that, in the absence of any spirit of reciprocity, the Muslims continue to build mosques in what was once the Christian world. The identification of the Christian religion with the West is thus shown to be an error, especially since the West itself, having undergone a constant process of dechristianisation over many centuries, now no longer identifies itself with Christianity. The writings of the Prophet Mohammed, which assure peace in the monastery of St Katharine on Sinai, are capable of an interpretation which, logically extended, would lead one to consider them a guarantee for all Christians. To this end we have used journalistic and agency sources, summaries and personal testimonies, restricting ourselves to the most illuminating cases for each particular country concerned. These news items have been read and interpreted in the light of studies carried out by Orientalist experts with a view to understanding the religious, political and cultural importance of the events concerned and the climate of life prevailing in these countries, and at the same time taking into account those emerging tendencies that seem likely over the next few years and setting them in the context of the past.