THE RISE OF RELIGION-BASED POLITICAL MOVEMENTS IN ASIA
20th July 2009 | By: admin
The workshop is to be organised for two objectives: strengthening the co-operation between civil society organisations in Asia for peace and security, and preparing the Asian contribution for the Asia-Europe People’s Forum that will take place in Beijing in October 2008. More precisely, the workshop is to be held for two following targets: 1. Identifying the reasons of the rise of religion-based political movements and their consequences on the national development based on Human Rights, and formulating recommendations on the matter for the actors of development, especially the civil society organisations and the government agencies. 2. Disseminating the result of the workshop to the public through publication.
Religion-based political movements are not new in the history of social change in Asia. During the colonial period, they played an important role in social work for the emancipation of the people as well as in liberation movement for the national independence. In the postcolonial era, they participated in the nation building through social work as well as political parties. Under the dictatorship or other types of repressive regime, they participated in the opposition and in getting rid of the power. In the democratic era, they participated in national development through diverse ways, including political parties.
With the rise of religion-based political movements, social restless increases. Certain religion-based political movements threat social stability and security, at the local as well as national even international levels.
The question is how far religion-based political movements, as a part of the freedom of expression and of association, can be accepted in the framework of democratic society? How is it possible to know whether a religion-based political movement is suitable or not with the people’s wish or the national development? What is to be done with the rise of religion-based political movements? Since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been adopted by the General Assembly of UN in 1948, it is clear that every country member of UN is supposed to use the UDHR as a common reference for its national development. The UDHR can therefore be a legitimate reference for answering those questions.
OBJECTIVE AND TARGETS
Geographically, the study is to be focused on the countries where there is a chance that religion is to be used as mobilising reference for political movements or where the phenomenon is perceptible. The countries and the religions concerned in Asia are:
1. Bangladesh (Islam)
2. China (Buddhism, Islam)
3. India (Hinduism, Islam)
4. Indonesia (Christianity, Islam)
5. Japan (Buddhism, Shintoism) THE RISE OF RELIGION-BASED POLITICAL MOVEMENTS 3/9
6. Korea (Buddhism, Christianity)
7. Malaysia (Islam)
8. Myanmar (Buddhism)
9. Pakistan (Islam)
10. Philippines (Christianity, Islam)
11. Srilanka (Buddhism, Hinduism)
12. Thailand (Buddhism, Islam)
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA
Religion-based political movements are not new in the history of social change in Asia. During the colonial period, they played an important role in social work for the emancipation of the people as well as in liberation movement for the national independence. In the postcolonial era, they participated in the nation building through social work as well as political parties. Under the dictatorship or other types of repressive regime, they participated in the opposition and in getting rid of the power. In the democratic era, they participated in national development through diverse ways, including political parties.
Meanwhile, the involvement of religion-based political movements in politics is not accepted by all the people without fear. Certain religion-based political movements have used violent means to defend or impose their political interests. The gender-based discrimination in social, economical and political life is often happened in connection with religious conviction translated into politics.
With the rise of religion-based political movements, social restless increases. Certain religion-based political movements threat social stability and security, at the local as well as national even international levels.
The question is how far religion-based political movements, as a part of the freedom of expression and of association, can be accepted in the framework of democratic society? How is it possible to know whether a religion-based political movement is suitable or not with the people’s wish or the national development? What is to be done with the rise of religion-based political movements?
Since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been adopted by the General Assembly of UN in 1948, it is clear that every country member of UN is supposed to use the UDHR as a common reference for its national development. The UDHR can therefore be a legitimate reference for answering those questions.
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