Society & culture: general
June 2020
Intolerância Religiosa
by Nogueira, Sidnei
Master and PhD in Linguistics at the University of São Paulo, the babalorixá Sidnei Nogueira presents a history of religious intolerance in Brazil, also remembering important moments in human history marked by religious domination, such as the Roman Empire, Middle Ages and Nazism. From there, it discusses the expression "religious intolerance", currently used to describe a set of ideologies and attitudes that are offensive to religious beliefs, rituals and practices considered non-hegemonic. Practices that, added to the lack of skill or the desire to recognize and respect different beliefs of others, can be considered hate crimes that harm human freedom and dignity.
