1 Introduction: State, Law, and Religious Diversity   Joseph Marko, Maximilian Lakitsch, Wolfgang Weirer, Franz Winter and Kerstin Wonisch Part 1 Religion, State, Law, and Secularism 2 Human Rights and the Osmosis between Secular and Religious Legal Systems The Post-modern European Right to Freedom of Religion through the Prism of the Islamic Veil   Alessandro Ferrari 3 Protection or Persecution? The State, the Law, and Minority Religion   Eileen Barker 4 Historicizing the Secularization Debate A Helpful Illustration from Bosnia and Herzegovina   Dino Abazović 5 Russian Conservatism and Human Rights in Europe   Mikhail Antonov 6 Multiculturalizing Secularism   Tariq Modood Part 2 Islamic Concepts of Law and Politics 7 Beyond the State Law Versus God’s Law Dilemma: A Genealogical Approach to Islamic Concepts of Law, Politics, and Sovereignty   Jocelyne Cesari 8 Religious Diversity, Secularisms, and Ideologies Comparing Western and Muslim Countries   Ahmet T. Kuru 9 Is a Comparative History of Western and Islamic Political Thought Possible?   Joseph Marko Part 3 The Varieties of Religious Fundamentalisms 10 Islamic Fundamentalism: Beyond Islamism, Extremism, and Political Islam   Rüdiger Lohlker 11 Fundamentalisms Old and New? Intra-religious Developments and Inter-denominational Alliances in the New Christian Right in Austria   Katharina Limacher 12 The Varieties of Fundamentalism: A Comparative Approach to the Use of a Very Popular Term with a Buddhist Side-Step   Franz Winter Part 4 Gender and Religion 13 Religion, Gender, and Law: A Tense Relationship   Kerstin Wonisch 14 Critical Reflections on the Androcentrism of Religious Norms: The Heteronomy of the Female Body   Dana El-Omari 15 Canon and Tradition in Transition: The Case of Gender in Israel   Henriette Dahan Kalev Part 5 Religion and Education 16 Religion, Human Rights and Education in Pluralistic Societies Re-visiting John Rawls and Jürgen Habermas   Manfred L. Pirner 17 The Question of Truth within the Context of (Religious) Plurality A Challenge for Religious Education   Andrea Lehner-Hartmann 18 Pluralistic Society as a Challenge for Islamic Education An Example from Austria   Zerkirija Sejdini 19 Religious Education in a Pluralistic Society Opportunities, Challenges, and Legal Conclusions   Wolfgang Weirer Part 6 Interreligious Dialogue and Peacebuilding 20 Reconsidering the Transnational Dimension of Religion and Conflict   Maximilian Lakitsch 21 Interreligious Dialogue in a Pandemic Reality Between Priority and Luxury   Mohammed Abu-Nimer 22 Religious Perspectives and their Relevance for Peace: A Few Concluding Remarks on Interreligious Dialogue   Maximilian Lakitsch and Franz Winter Index