ABSTRACT
All Western immigrant societies have long records of negotiations over the issue of religious freedom. This is especially the case with the human right to ‘outer’ religious freedom, that is the expression of one’s faith, be it through ritual, dressing codes, habits, and codes of conduct, and that has long been subject to conflict and debate. Currently, there is a striking variety of exchanges resulting in differing kinds of agreements and compromises being reached that arise out of the migration of people and laws. The diversity of national and also municipal solutions in managing religious difference is certainly a forceful counter-argument against the homogenization thesis frequently put forward in current globalisation debates.
