After 70 years of fierce anti-clericalism, the Government recognized religious freedom in 1991 and restored diplomatic relations with the Vatican the next year.

The constitution of Turkey recognizes freedom of religion for individuals.

The Concordat kept the Church under state control but recognized religious freedom for Catholics.

It explicitly recognizes academic freedom and institutional autonomy as essential to Catholic higher education.

"India, the biggest democracy in the world, is faced with the problem of whether or not it recognizes religious freedom for everyone."

It also recognizes governance and freedom as dynamic processes without the bias of Western ideology.

How do we insure constitutional equality and, at the same time, recognize individual freedom?

Pakistan's constitution recognises freedom of religion and provides that the State will protect the rights of minorities.

It may be what it always has always been: a general principle recognizing individual freedom.

Saudi Arabian law does not recognize religious freedom, and the public practice of non-Muslim religions is actively prohibited.