Dig at UK housing site may have yielded grave of early female Christian religious leader
London, UKAP A 1,300-year-old gold and gemstone necklace found on the site of a new housing development marks the grave of a powerful woman who may have been an early Christian religious leader in Britain, archaeologists said Tuesday. Experts say the necklace, uncovered with other items near Northampton in central England, is part of the […]
Employers may need to justify bans on wearing religious signs, EU court says
Brussels, BelgiumReuters EU companies can ban the visible wearing of religious signs, including headscarves, if the rules apply to all workers, the European Union’s top court said last week, the latest ruling on an issue that has divided Europe for years. However, it said that if one religion is effectively discriminated against by the ban […]
Quebec to appeal court ruling on disputed religious symbols law
Montreal, CanadaReuters The Canadian province of Quebec said on Tuesday it would appeal a court ruling that exempts some teachers and provincial politicians from a controversial law that bans public employees from wearing religious symbols. The ruling, which upheld most of a 2019 law, stops it from applying to educators in Quebec’s minority English-language school […]
CANADA: WHAT IS QUEBEC’S BILL 21 DEBATE ABOUT – AND WILL A VOTE END IT?
JAX JACOBSEN, of Religion News Service, explains what’s behind a controversial bill which would ban public-sector workers in positions of authority from wearing any sort of religious symbolism at work – as well as religious face coverings for people receiving services from government bodies…
Church of England says European Court of Justice ruling on religious symbols in the workplace raises “significant questions”
The Church of England has said last week’s European Court of Justice ruling – which allows employers to ban their workers from wearing religious or political symbols – raises “significant questions” about freedom of religion and its expression. In a statement, a spokesman said that in “preferencing ‘freedom to conduct a business’ above the free expression […]