United Arab Emirates: Religious Freedom

(asked on 26th September 2019) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Emirati counterpart on supporting (a) religious freedoms and (b) right to enjoy a place of worship in that country.


Answered by
Andrew Murrison Portrait
Andrew Murrison
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 3rd October 2019

The UK welcomes the United Arab Emirates commitment to promoting religious tolerance demonstrated through the UAE 2019 Year of Tolerance. Freedom of Religion or Belief is a universal human right, which intersects with many other human rights.

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