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Swiss to Vote on Burqa Ban

Swiss to Vote on Burqa Ban


clock icon 18 Sep 2017
author icon Kelly Frazier


Required signatures all collected and sent to Bern worn by conservative Muslim women. Activists of “Yes to a Mask Ban” group have collected in excess of 100,000 signatures needed to put this...

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Austria Recognizes 31 Jehovah’s Witnesses Who Were Killed in Concentration Camps

Austria Recognizes 31 Jehovah’s Witnesses Who Were Killed in Concentration Camps


clock icon 24 Aug 2017
author icon C Barnett


About 154 Witnesses who were Austrian citizens perished in the Holocaust. On May 19, 2017, during the Second World War. The event saw the unveiling of a memorial plaque acknowledging the 31 Jehovah's...

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Belgium’s Ban on the Burqa is Here to Stay

Belgium’s Ban on the Burqa is Here to Stay


clock icon 18 Jul 2017
author icon Derek Welch


The judge ruled that the burqa ban does not violate private and family rights. and similar Islamic clothing that covers the wearer's full face. Judges have arrived at the decision that the prohibition,...

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Hellenism Officially Recognized as a Religion in Greece

Hellenism Officially Recognized as a Religion in Greece


clock icon 20 Apr 2017
author icon C Barnett


The ancient religion Hellenism is now a 'known religion' in Greece. Prior to the granting of this legal status by Greece’s government, Hellenistic practices had no legal standing in the country...

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Is the Muslim Culture Being Embraced in Europe? [Interview]

Is the Muslim Culture Being Embraced in Europe? [Interview]


clock icon 12 Feb 2016
author icon Joseph Preville


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 and Julie Poucher...

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European Court on Human Rights Wins Religious Freedom Case for Russian Scientologists

European Court on Human Rights Wins Religious Freedom Case for Russian Scientologists


clock icon 06 Oct 2014
author icon Alison Lesley


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. The European Court on Human...

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European Court Rules That France Can Maintain Burqa Ban

European Court Rules That France Can Maintain Burqa Ban


clock icon 01 Jul 2014
author icon Alison Lesley


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 niqab, did not contradict the European Convention of Human Rights. The...

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