Popular articles tagged "freedom of religion"
The EU warns Islamabad to address its human rights violations, including the case of Maria Shahbaz, or risk losing crucial trade deals under the revised GSP Regulation.
The veteran MP said she was given no explanation for the reversal despite contacting the British Embassy in Helsinki.
Northern Ireland has made it illegal to pray in hospitals if it occurs within designated Safe Access Zones, potentially criminalizing even private religious expressions…
Tallinn has given the Estonian Christian Orthodox Church until late December to appoint a new metropolitan and break from the Moscow Patriarchate or face dissolution…
The kirpan symbolises a duty to defend the faith and protect the weak, and is usually a small, sheathed dagger worn out of sight.
Finland’s Supreme Court has found parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen guilty of “hate speech” relating to the expression of her beliefs on marriage and sexual…
A man who burned a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London has had his acquittal upheld by the High Court.
The Administrative Court of Hesse has allowed members of the Imam Ali mosque in Frankfurt to continue holding twice weekly outdoor prayer meetings.
Polish schoolchildren have protested a teacher’s removal of a Christian cross from a classroom and putting it in a bin, spurring a demonstration in front of the…
Pakistani blasphemy law victim Shagufta Kausar thanked both God and the European parliament for her release from a Punjabi prison while in Brussels yesterday.
A proposal by French right-wing senators to prohibit Ramadan fasting for minors under 16 reignited the debate in the country over religious freedom.
Christians in Europe are seeing their "religious expression suppressed" through an expanding web of legal action and growing public intolerance.
Finland's Supreme Court is set to give its final ruling in the high-profile free speech case involving former interior minister and Christian Democrat MP Päivi…
A decision to cancel the screenings of the Christian film Sacré Coeur (Sacred Heart) at a public venue has been overturned.
The French Mayor of Marseille, Benoît Payan, has cancelled the screening of the Christian movie Sacré Coeur (Sacred Heart) from a public-owned venue, arguing it…
The Vatican's Apostolic Library has provided a dedicated prayer room for Muslim visitors, causing a heated debate online.
Finland’s Supreme Court has scheduled an oral hearing in a long-running free-speech case involving Christian Democrat parliamentarian and former interior minister…
The Spanish town of Jumilla, located in the southeastern region of Murcia, has become the first municipality in Spain to explicitly ban Islamic religious festivities…
Finland’s Supreme Court is preparing to hold an oral hearing in the high-profile free speech case of former Interior Minister and Christian Democrat MP Päivi…
A German court has ruled that it is illegal to drive while wearing a niqab–a Muslim headgear covering most of the wearer’s face.
The Polish Supreme Court has thrown out an appeal by the Swedish furniture giant IKEA filed in the case of Janusz Komenda, an employee the company fired for criticising…
On December 20 yet another attack on a Christmas market took place in Europe, this time in Magdeburg, Germany.
French Minister of Culture Rachida Dati has proposed a €5 entry fee for visitors to the medieval Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris sparking strong opposition from…
The Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski banned the display of religious symbols such as Christian crosses from the city hall and other public buildings, making the…
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled in favour of the Belgian Government banning religious symbols in the workplace in an apparent effort to create a “neutral…
We live in a post-Christian world, we are increasing told, with Western society having swallowed the “God is dead" proclamation from German philosopher Friedrich…
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The IOC is calling on the EU "to take the necessary measures to prevent the recurrence of such criminal acts under the pretext of freedom of expression".
In response to security and diplomatic concerns, Denmark is contemplating banning protests involving the burning of the Quran and other religious texts.
You are perfectly free and entitled to run full speed and headfirst into a brick wall. It is not illegal.
