Mohandas K. Gandhi - Freedom can be achieved through inner sovereignty.

Freedom of religion is considered by many in Western nations to be a fundamental human right:Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance. The eruption of uncontrolled violence of Muslims in the suburbs of French cities revealed some weak points of laic Europe, i.e. the problem of liberty of speech and lack of understanding of the depth of other people’s faith."LIBERTY" and "FREEDOM" have probably been the most abused words in recent history.

Etymology of the word FREEDOM: Middle English - fredom; Old English - freodo ;" freo" Proto-Germanic "frijaz"; Proto-Indo-European "prijos" - (dear, beloved); plus Old English "-dom", Proto-Germanic "domaz", Proto-Indo-European root "dhe-" (to set, to put). LIBERTY the word arises from common Indo-European *leudhos, from which came Greek eleutheros, "free," as in Eleutherian. There is an allied verb in Germanic: Gothic luidan and Old English leodan, meaning "to grow." German Leute, "people," stems from this verb, as did Old English leod, which lives on in poetry as "leed." Slavic ljudu and Lithuanian liáudis both mean "people" and reflect *leudhos. Hence, the original or ur-meaning had to do with growth, specifically the growth of a kin group, within which one was free.

English got "liberty" as Norman-French liberté <Latin libertas