True believers? - Sincerity and article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights

Sincerity of belief as a condition for the protection of Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights - Three types of insincerity in the context of freedom of belief - Parody religions - Fraudulent religions - Conceptual linkage between insincerity and ulterior motive - Insincerity defined as demanding to practise one's 'belief' while solely having an ulterior motive - Circumstances that should not be considered evidence of insincerity: implausible manifestations, inconsistency with co-believers - Circumstances that should be considered evidence of insincerity: obvious unseriousness, ignorance, personal inconsistency - Comparison to rejected and accepted forms of evidence of insincerity in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights - Burden of proof in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.