Showing posts with label Austria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Austria. Show all posts
Monday, January 02, 2023

European Court Again Holds That Flying Spaghetti Monster Church Is Not a Protected "Religion"

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In two recent Chamber Judgments, the European Court of Human Rights reaffirmed its prior holding in a 2021 case that the Church of the Flyi...
Monday, December 14, 2020

Austria's Constitutional Court Strikes Down Assisted Suicide Ban; Hijab Ban For Young Girls

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Last Friday, Austria's Constitutional Court issued two important decisions. It held it unconstitutional to prohibit assisting suicide.  ...
Thursday, January 24, 2019

European Court: Austria's Law Giving Good Friday Off Only For Christians Violates EU Directive

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In Cresco Investigation GmbH v. Achatzi , (ECJ, Jan. 22, 2019), the European Court of Justice held that Austria's law which makes Good F...
Friday, October 26, 2018

European Court Upholds Conviction For Calling Muhammad A Pedophile

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As reported by the Daily Mail , in E.S. v. Austria ,  (ECHR, Oct. 25, 2018) the European Court of Human Rights ruled unanimously in a Chambe...
Saturday, June 09, 2018

Austria Closes 7 Mosques, Targets Up To 60 Foreign-Funded Imams

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CNN  and the New York Times  report that yesterday Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz for the first time invoked the country's 2015...
Thursday, February 26, 2015

Austrian Parliament Passes Controversial Amendments To Law On Islam

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Austria's Parliament yesterday adopted controversial amendments to the country's 1912 Law on Islam.  As reported by AFP , the new la...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Austrian Government Proposes Dramatic Revisions In Law Governing Islamic Community

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In Austria, the government presented a draft bill to Parliament earlier this month that would dramatically revise the country's 1912 Isl...
Wednesday, April 02, 2014

Israel's Supreme Court Rules That Original Austrian Jewish Historical Documents Should Stay In Israel

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Haaretz reports that a 3-judge panel of Israel's Supreme Court yesterday handed down a decision in a suit by the Jewish community in Vi...