THE RELIGIOUS IDENTITY AND CONFESSIONAL INTOLERANCE IN THE PENAL AND EXTRA-PENAL CASELAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

Alexe JEFLEA, Lilia GÎRLA Universitatea de Stat din Moldova

Аннотация

In the realm of this scientific article there are studied the religious identity and the confessional intolerance in the penal and extra-penal Case law of the Republic of Moldova. In order to obtain new and complete valid results, the authors have performed the analysis of a considerable number of the cases taken from the Archive of the Supreme Court of Justice. The purpose of this article is observation and demonstration of some blueprints between the religious identity and confessional intolerance, from one side, and their effects upon the penal politics of the State and the precedent law which implies the religious element, from another side. Besides the Precedent Law of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Republic of Moldova the authors have used new results of the modern science and national legislation in force in the matter of religious identity protection. The obtained results can be applied in the future in the criminological science of the Republic of Moldova. 

Keywords: religion, religious identity, confessional intolerance, freedom of religious belief, manifestation of religious belief, persecution because of religious motives, religious extremism, desecration of the grave.