ABSTRACT
Both at the national level and at the international level, law-makers have been racking their brains over the conundrum of how to optimize both the right to freedom of expression and the right to freedom of religion or belief. Sometimes rightly – but often wrongly – the right to freedom of expression and the right to freedom of religion or belief are portrayed as colliding rights. And where fundamental rights potentially clash, dilemmas are posed: should one right prevail over another? How can we optimize both rights? Should we somehow balance these rights?
