Tag: Religious Freedom
European Parliament head calls for unity ‘against religious discrimination’
European Parliament president David Sassoli told the Conference of European Rabbis (CER), the primary rabbinical alliance in Europe, on Wednesday that amid “the devastating rise of terrorist attacks in many European nations … we...
US, Bahrain sign MOU to combat anti-Semitism and pledge to fight religious intolerance
The United States and Bahrain signed on Thursday a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on combating anti-Semitism.
In a small ceremony at the Willard InterContinental in Washington, D.C., the three-year MOU, which will be eligible for...
EU court adviser calls for Belgian ritual-slaughter ban to be struck down
The European Court of Justice should strike down a Belgian ban on kosher ritual slaughter without stunning, said an advocate general for the European Union’s highest court on Thursday.
Gerard Hogan cited that the 2009 E.U. law...
Jewish groups react to Supreme Court ruling protecting religious freedoms in hiring
Jewish groups expressed mixed reactions to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday after it considered multiple cases on protection for religious schools against employment discrimination claims.
Writing for the 7-2 majority in the combination...
Herzog calls Belgian ritual-slaughter ban ‘infringement’ of religious freedom
Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog sent a letter on Monday to the president of the Belgian regional parliament of Wallonia in an appeal to lift the ban on kosher ritual slaughter without stunning in...