Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-03-12-Speech-2-139"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-03-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Women and fundamentalism2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020312.7.2-139"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-03-12-Speech-2-1402
lpv:speaker	lp:Emma Bonino2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Lista Emma Bonino (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; NA (2001-10-03--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mrs Poli Bortone, as a Catholic, is calling and has called quite clearly for a clear separation of Church from State, or rather, as she said, of religion from politics. As a lay person, I make exactly the same request, which, I feel, restores dignity to those who have faith or religious beliefs and restores dignity to those with political responsibilities. Ladies and gentlemen, the problem is precisely this: the separation of religion from political power and political decision-making. The problem covers more than just the religions we describe as fundamentalist, it is more than just the extreme case of genital mutilation and the Sharia: it is the general, standard situation, which is common in our countries too, the fact that there needs to be a separation of Church from State, of religion from politics. This is the heart of the matter, this is what we must have the courage to do. It is too easy to condemn extreme cases or Afghanistan; it is more difficult to take a look at our own home, more difficult to talk about the continual interference: I refer, for example, to scientific research, to the ban on the use of supernumerary embryo cells for scientific purposes, I am thinking of the Church’s positions on therapeutic cloning and the obedience shown by the political class. Therefore, the meaning of this debate, of this report, for us and for all the women who live in Arab countries, whether extremist or not, is that the dignity of each individual and the respect for the religious beliefs of each individual will be safeguarded only if we assume our responsibility to separate religion from politics, Church from State. There you are: this, I feel, is what we must have the courage to do, without limiting our focus, so to speak, to extreme situations. We must take care. If we do not make the separation absolutely clear-cut and make indulgent concessions to the claims of cultural relativism, we will not help the women of Arab or European countries who are fighting for recognition of their role in society and their integrity at all."@en1

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