Bezpieczeństwo Europejczyków, a rozwój nowych ruchów religijnych i sekt
European safety and the development of new religious movements and sects

Summary/Abstract: Late twentieth and early twenty-first century is characterized by major changes and new threats to the safety of European states and other continents. So far, issues of state and societies safety have been often associated with international conflicts and armed forces. Nowadays, armed forces meet one of the important features, but not the most important. The experience of recent years showed that the risk in the form of war is unlikely on the European continent. However, countries and citizens of Europe may not feel safe and secure. We have to expect a completely new quality of a crisis and conflict. One of the factors that shape the world in the twenty- first century is a religious aspect. These are especially new religious movements and sects. The attitude of states towards the above mentioned threats is therefore within the complex issue of democratic rights and freedoms. These do not only involve the right to religious freedom, but also the right to freedom of thought, expression, belief and association, as they grow from foundations of a democratic political system. Violations of these rights and freedoms by new religious movements and sects is a basic ground to empower the authorities of the united Europe to deal with this issue. All democracies face the problem of determining the relationship between State and the risks posed by sects.

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