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Religious intolerance is a crime in Brazil, and several laws ensure freedom of worship and protection for those who profess their faith. The Federal Constitution of 1988 (Arti.5, Clause IV) guarantees that "freedom of conscience and belief is inviolable, ensuring the free exercise of religious cults and guaranteeing, in accordance with the law ...
In 2022 a Datafolha survey found that non-religious people accounted for 25% of the Brazilian youth (aged between 16 and 24 year-old) nationwide. In the country's two largest cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro the non-religious represent 30% and 34% of the people of the same age respectively, outnumbering evangelical, catholic and other ...
Freedom of religion in Brazil is a constitutionally protected right, allowing believers the freedom to assemble and worship without limitation or interference. Non-traditional religions are well tolerated in the Brazilian culture. [1] [2] [3]
But religion and crime have long been intertwined in Brazil, says theologian Vivian Costa. In the past, gangsters would ask for protection from Afro-Brazilian deities and Catholic saints.
Religious intolerance or religious bigotry is intolerance of another's religious beliefs, practices, faith or lack thereof. Statements which are contrary to one's ...
Religious intolerance is on the rise as modern technologies merge with age-old authoritarian policies of oppression to increasingly target Christians across the globe in a yearslong concerning trend.
In Brazil, according to the 1988 Brazilian Constitution (article 5, item XLII), ... racial, national or religious intolerance and discrimination."
She died on January 21, 2000, soon after she was attacked by the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (known by its acronym IURD in Brazil) in the pages of Folha Universal. In 2007, the Federal Government of Brazil established the anniversary of her death (January 21) as the Day of Struggle against Religious Intolerance. [1] [2] [3]