ABSTRACT

The preceding chapters demonstrated that the widely accepted assumption that ‘more security leads to fewer rights’ with regard to the relationship between religious freedom and European state security regimes assumption is an oversimplification of a complex set of interactions between state and soci- etal actors and fails to offer a comprehensive insight to those who seek to understand and address this important phenomenon. This chapter summa- rises the findings of this research regarding the relationship between religious freedom and state security. It responds to these findings by drawing conclu- sions about what is required to satisfactorily protect the right to freedom of religion and belief, presented here as recommendations for domestic and international courts and for national legislators.