Forced into Faith: How Religion Abuses Children's Rights Book

Contents FOREWORD by Naveena Hemanth....................9
PREFACE Religion and Child Abuse: An Unacknowledged Phenomenon....................11
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS....................17
PART I....................19
Introduction....................21
What Is Abuse?....................22
Proclaiming Children's Rights....................29
What Is Taught in Madrassas? Jihad....................31
How Does Islam Defy Human Rights?....................32
Child Abuse by Religious Cults in Africa....................34
Children and Religion: Some Immodest Proposals....................38
Questions and Answers....................40
A Children's Charter....................47
Christians....................48
Muslims....................56
Hindus....................71
Jews....................80
Buddhists....................81
Children's Inquisitiveness....................85
The Road Map for the New Millennium....................85
Role of Cults in Child Abuse by Religions....................86
Bibliography....................91
PART II....................97
Charter of Rights of Children....................99