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5.3 billion suffer restrictions on religious freedom around the world
As national religious freedom day is celebrated in the United States, a report by the Pew Research Center reveals... Read More »
Turkish court lifts ban on hijabs for lawyers at bar association
The Turkish Supreme Court has lifted the ban on female lawyers wearing hijabs when registering with the Turkish Bar... Read More »
Swiss canton to vote on banning face coverings
The people of the Swiss canton of Ticino, which lies in the South on the Italian border, are to vote in a referendum... Read More »
France considers banning religious symbols in universities
A French Government-funded research institute is recommending that the wearing of religious symbols — such as... Read More »
Parliamentary prayer breakfast dismisses 'fairy tale' of atheism
Attendees at this year's National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast have been urged to speak out about their faith in... Read More »
‘Reasonable accommodation’ debate rages in Canada over football turban ban
A provincial Canadian football federation has been suspended by the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) over its refusal... Read More »
NSS welcomes European Court decision to refuse appeal to Christian activists
The National Secular Society has welcomed a decision by the European Court of Human Rights not to refer the cases... Read More »
Belgian city scraps headscarf ban
A Belgian city which introduced a ban on its civil servants wearing headscarves in 2007, has now voted to reverse... Read More »
Tribunal claims of religious discrimination test equality laws
A man described as "white British" has won more than £2,000 compensation from a halal meat firm after he complained... Read More »
Author of American Government-sponsored religious freedom report says “very aggressive secularism” is rife in Western Europe
The US-Government sponsored Commission on International Religious Freedom has issued its latest report this week and... Read More »
Islamic veils still a source of conflict in France
Last week we reported on the case of a Muslim woman in France who won a court ruling that she had been unfairly dismissed... Read More »
France’s top court rules that woman was unfairly dismissed after she refused to remove headscarf at work
France's top court ruled on Tuesday that a Muslim woman who was sacked for wearing the Islamic headscarf at work was... Read More »
Surveys reveal attitudes to religious symbols at work
YouGov has been conducting surveys on public attitudes to the wearing of religious clothing and symbols in the workplace.... Read More »
Religious opt-outs make Australia’s anti-discrimination law a “bigot’s charter”
In a move that has enraged human rights advocates, the Australian government has given religious groups wide-scale... Read More »
Judgements due on landmark religious discrimination cases at European Court
The European Court of Human Rights will announce its judgement on four landmark cases of alleged religious discrimination... Read More »
No religious harassment at The Times, rules tribunal
A sub-editor on The Times who was offended by a colleague shouting out an apparently derogatory comment about the... Read More »
Pickles wrong to assign a ‘Christian ethos’ to Britain
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has surpassed himself in an opinion piece for the Telegraph headed A Christian... Read More »
NSS intervene in landmark cases at European Court of Human Rights
Four controversial British religious discrimination cases are due to be heard at the European Court of Human Rights... Read More »
Row erupts over proposed 'charter for secularism' in Quebec
A proposal to adopt a 'secular charter' from one party leader has sparked controversy in Quebec ahead of the forthcoming... Read More »
Woman who was sacked for wearing a headscarf loses religious discrimination claim on a technicality
A Muslim woman in London who claimed she had been sacked from her job in a luggage shop because she wore a headscarf... Read More »
Cardinal who covered up child abuse and got away with it says secularists are immoral
In an address at Leicester's Anglican Cathedral, the former leader of Catholics in England and Wales, Cardinal Cormac... Read More »
Boris Johnson attacks “secularist agenda”
All but one of the leading future mayoral hopefuls in London declared or implied that they had no religious faith... Read More »
Protest at teacher training college’s comparison of atheism to Nazism
Atheists in Ireland have called on a teacher training college to remove notes from its curriculum that say atheism... Read More »
Polish Airline bans display of religious symbols by cabin crews
Conservative MPs in Poland have complained to the national airline LOT that banning staff wearing the Roman Catholic... Read More »
Norway set to allow police and judges to wear headscarves and hijabs
A Norwegian government-appointed committee is set to make recommendations that will allow police and judges to wear... Read More »
