religious discrimination
Belief-based unfair treatment
Religious discrimination is unfair treatment of people based on their religious beliefs, practices, or affiliations—or their lack of religion.
It ranges from workplace bias to systematic persecution: She filed a complaint alleging religious discrimination after being fired for wearing a hijab.
Laws in many countries prohibit religious discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations.
Guaranteed individual legal protections
- establishment clauseGovernment religion neutrality mandate
- free exerciseRight to practice faith
- blasphemy lawsProhibitions on religious insult
- headscarf banProhibition on head coverings
burqa ban · equal protection · hate crime · accommodation · exemption · conscientious objection · litigation · landmark cases
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- stereotypingOversimplified group-based judgments
- profilingCharacterizing by patterns
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
favoritism · disfavor · stigmatization · othering · dehumanization · slur · hate speech · vilification
Violent persecution of minorities
- inquisitionSustained, probing investigation
- holocaustLarge-scale fiery destruction
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
- ethnic cleansingSystematic removal of populations
forced conversion · martyrdom · expulsion · exile · witch-hunt · auto-da-fé · crusades · purge
Rigidly devoted to faction
- denominationalRelating to religious sects
- untouchabilityState beyond contact or criticism
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- troublesDistressing difficulties
Relegation to powerless periphery
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- segregationForced separation by group
- ghettoizationForced residential segregation
- alienationState of being isolated
shunning · excommunication · blacklisting · social exclusion · glass ceiling · quotas · restricted areas · educational barriers
civil rights
Guaranteed individual legal protections
- establishment clauseGovernment religion neutrality mandate
- free exerciseRight to practice faith
- blasphemy lawsProhibitions on religious insult
headscarf ban · burqa ban · equal protection · hate crime · accommodation · exemption · conscientious objection · litigation · landmark cases · constitutional
prejudice
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- stereotypingOversimplified group-based judgments
- profilingCharacterizing by patterns
partiality · favoritism · disfavor · stigmatization · othering · dehumanization · slur · hate speech · vilification · caricature
pogrom
Violent persecution of minorities
- inquisitionSustained, probing investigation
- holocaustLarge-scale fiery destruction
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
ethnic cleansing · forced conversion · martyrdom · expulsion · exile · witch-hunt · auto-da-fé · crusades · purge · scapegoating
sectarian
Rigidly devoted to faction
- denominationalRelating to religious sects
- untouchabilityState beyond contact or criticism
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
troubles · schism · apostasy · blasphemy charges · fundamentalist
marginalization
Relegation to powerless periphery
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- segregationForced separation by group
- ghettoizationForced residential segregation
alienation · shunning · excommunication · blacklisting · social exclusion · glass ceiling · quotas · restricted areas · educational barriers
- church-statechurch-state, separation, church-state separation, establishment clause, national church
- discrimination lawnondiscrimination, gender bias, equal pay act, disparate impact, EEOC
- Workplace Discriminationequal pay, gender bias, racial bias, workplace harassment, bullying
- Fair HousingFHA, HUD, protected classes, fair lending, redlining
- Religious Persecutionforced conversions, iconoclasm
- Faith and Sexualitysame-sex marriage, human sexuality, blessing ceremonies, conversion therapy, coming out
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Same rights across faiths
religious tolerance · equal treatment · nondiscrimination · fair treatment · impartiality
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Protected right to worship
freedom of religion · secularism · church-state separation · religious freedom · civil rights
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Acceptance of differing faiths
ecumenism · interfaith dialogue · religious pluralism · inclusivity · religious diversity
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