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July-December, 2010 International Religious Freedom Report - Israel and the Occupied Territories

13 September 2011 | Publisher: United States Department of State | Document type: Annual Reports

Israel: 1. Please provide background on the demographics of Israel with particular detail on the major religions in Israel and the relative proportions of the population who are considered to be followers of the main religions. 2. Please provide information about the acceptance and rejection or tolerance generally of Christianity in a Muslim culture. Is Israel a "Muslim culture"? 4. Is there information to suggest that Muslim Bedouin families are any stricter in their observance of Islam, and less tolerant towards Christianity than other Muslim families? 5. What is the consequence, from the perspective of Islam as a religion and Islamic doctrine, of turning away from Islam and becoming a Christian? 6. What is generally required to occur for a person to become a Christian? 7. Please provide information on the consequences of an Arab Muslim man having a de facto relationship with a non-Muslim woman, from the perspective of the religion of Islam? 8. Please provide information on what are considered the essential requirements/practices/rituals for a person to be considered to be a practising Muslim. 9. Please provide information on whether Muslim parents might force their son to marry a Muslim woman against his wishes. 10. Is there information or any relevant Christian doctrine which would either support of rebut the claim that a Christian convert would be treated differently to someone born into Christianity in Israel? 11. Please provide information on whether photos of those who have turned away from Islam or who have denounced the Islamic faith are posted on mosque walls in Israel or published in the local newspaper in Israel and if so what is the purpose and consequence of this action? 12. Please provide information on any generally accepted standards (if they exist) that might be applicable whereby through the compliance thereof a person would be regarded as being a Christian. 13. Please provide information on any reports on incidents in Israel where a Muslim family has harmed a child who converted to Christianity. 14. Please provide information on the effectiveness of the Israeli Police authorities in protecting Israeli citizens and especially Muslim converts to Christianity from religious discrimination and religious based violence. 15. Is there any information to suggest that some places within Israel are more tolerant of people who have converted from Islam to Christianity than other places? 16. Please provide information on whether the Christian community in Israel provides protection for converts to Christianity from Islam.

28 March 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Israeli rabbis ban home sales and rentals to non-Jews

7 December 2010 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

Israel: Grant Status Long Denied to Arab Village in Central Israel

8 October 2010 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News

2009 Report on International Religious Freedom - Israel

26 October 2009 | Publisher: United States Department of State | Document type: Annual Reports

2009 Report on International Religious Freedom - the Occupied Territories (including areas subject to the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority)

26 October 2009 | Publisher: United States Department of State | Document type: Annual Reports

2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Israel and the occupied territories

25 February 2009 | Publisher: United States Department of State | Document type: Annual Reports

Israel: 1. Are Jews living in Jerusalem subject to violence - assaults, threats, other harm - from Arab residents in Jerusalem? 2. If so, what is the response of the authorities?

25 November 2008 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

2008 Report on International Religious Freedom - Israel

19 September 2008 | Publisher: United States Department of State | Document type: Annual Reports

2008 Report on International Religious Freedom - The occupied territories (including areas subject to the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority)

19 September 2008 | Publisher: United States Department of State | Document type: Annual Reports

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