Sacred Sites: Destruction or counter-hegemonic resistance?

Abstract

Even among international human rights circles there is a total neglect of a particular form of ongoing colonization of non-European societies, which is hardly noticed or even discussed: worldwide, the destruction of traditional religions, beliefs and worldviews of indigenous peoples has increased, in recent years. New forms of corresponding violence have taken on systematic patterns.

Keywords

• traditional religions
• undrip
• persecution
• religious freedom
• religious intolerance
• resource conflicts