Outside those limits, other power levels could take up the baton. The first to react is the French community, dominated by the socialist party known to be anticlerical. After the coming elections, the French Community will almost certainly be led by a coalition of the socialist and liberal parties the prominent figures of which are involved in the war against cults. It will be the first time in Belgium's history that a part of the Belgian territory will not be under the rule of the leading Catholic-minded parties. Following the example of France, the French Community of Belgium is equally ready to partially mishandle, for starters, its anti-sect conflict.
Questions rise here as well.
We know how far off track the French practices have skidded. The Belgian electoral campaign will surely only accentuate the policies already begun. This item appears with the permission of Human Rights Without Frontiers. HRWF is located at 5 rue de la Presse, B-1000 Brussels. We encourage readers to visit HRWF and explore the broad array of material about religious freedom.