Islam
Swiss to Vote on Burqa Ban
Required signatures all collected and sent to Bern Switzerland may be on its way to being yet another European nation to ban the application of facial…
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Christianity
Austria Recognizes 31 Jehovah’s Witnesses Who Were Killed in Concentration Camps
About 154 Witnesses who were Austrian citizens perished in the Holocaust. On May 19, 2017, Techelsberg, Austria held a ceremony to remember Jehovah’s Witnesses who were…
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Belgium’s Ban on the Burqa is Here to Stay
The judge ruled that the burqa ban does not violate private and family rights. The European Court of Human Rights upheld the ban put in force…
Religion News
Hellenism Officially Recognized as a Religion in Greece
The ancient religion Hellenism is now a ‘known religion’ in Greece. Hellenism is now listed as an official religion in Greece.[/tweetit] Prior to the granting of…
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Is the Muslim Culture Being Embraced in Europe? [Interview]
Peter O’Brien dissects the debated topics of headscarves, terrorism, secularism and intra-European tensions in his new book The Muslim Question in Europe. Written by Joseph Preville…
Issues
European Court on Human Rights Wins Religious Freedom Case for Russian Scientologists
The denial of a Russian Church of Scientology’s registration has been deemed a violation of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.…
Islam
European Court Rules That France Can Maintain Burqa Ban
No rights are breached by the ban, says Europe’s top rights court. The European Human Rights court ruled that a ban of the burqa and the…