Tag: religious freedom
Court case limiting ‘lockdown’ restrictions on religious services receives feeble echo...
Internationally, a case at the Federal Constitutional Court surrounding German authorities’ ability to prohibit Friday prayers in the context of the Covid-19 outbreak has...
Bavarian state government orders that crucifixes be displayed in all public...
Germany’s Christian Social Union (CSU), conservative sister party to Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has governed its home state of Bavaria since 1946....
Bavarian court upholds hijab ban in the judiciary
Germany’s long-running judicial wrangling over the ability of Muslim women to wear the hijab in public employment has been enriched by a further episode....
Judge rejects inmate’s suit seeking cleric from Muslim sect
SCRANTON, Pa. — A federal judge had dismissed a former inmate’s religious freedom lawsuit against a Pennsylvania jail, saying he had no right to...
