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The Legal Regulation of Religious Symbols in the Public Sphere in Croatia

It has been thirty years since the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia, when Croatia gained its independence. This political event did not simply create new state entities; it also dismantled an era in which the religious and spiritual side of life was hidden and banned in public. For decades, religious life was suppressed in Croatia. It would not be an overstatement to say that, before 1990, there were two Europe: one in which religion could be practiced freely and another in which religion was suppressed and even banned from public life. Paradoxically, these two Europe still live two separate lives. In the former communist-bloc countries, hard times and the experience of living in the catacombs created a steady, tough, and sinewy religiosity, which was perceived, not just as a form of spiritual life and belief, but also as a way to resist the communist regime, which persecuted religion by every means possible. Religion became a symbol of the struggle and a way to retain freedom. The paradox is that areas where religious life flourished (e.g. Western Europe) experienced a serious decline in church attendance. Especially in the Protestant world, churches became more like museums than places of worship. During the past 50–70 years, two new Europe have emerged: one that has religious freedom but no active religious life and another in which the suppression of religion has had the opposite effect: religion is flourishing, at least in comparison to Western European countries.