Showing posts with label Belgium. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Belgium. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 02, 2024

Belgian Court Fines Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal for Denying Woman Clergy Training

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The Pillar  and Catholic News Agency report that a Belgian civil court has fined a Cardinal and an Archbishop each 1500 Euros for refusing ...
Friday, December 15, 2023

European Court Advisory Opinion: Security Clearance May Be Withdrawn for Supporter of Religion That Is Threat to the State

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In a Grand Chamber advisory opinion, the European Court of Human Rights has concluded that Belgium many deny a person the right to work as a...
Wednesday, November 29, 2023

EU Court OK's Neutral Ban on Employees Wearing Any Symbol of Belief

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In  Request for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the tribunal du travail de Liège (Labour Court, Liège, Belgium) , (EUCJ, No...
Tuesday, October 18, 2022

European Court OK's Company Rule Neutrally Banning Wearing of All Signs of Religious Belief

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 In L.F. v. S.C.R.L ., EU EDJ, Oct. 13, 2022), the Court of Justice of the European Communities, in a request from Belgium for a preliminary...
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Belgian Regional Parliament Votes Down Ban On Kosher and Halal Slaughter

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JTA reports  that in the only portion of Belgium where kosher and halal slaughter is still legal, an attempt to ban those forms of slaughter...
Thursday, April 07, 2022

European Court Says Jehovah's Witnesses Were Wrongly Denied Tax Exemption

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In Affaire Assemblée chrétienne des Témoins de Jéhovah d’Anderlecht et autres c. Belgique , (ECHR, April 5, 2022), the European Court of Hum...
Sunday, September 13, 2020

EU Court of Justice Advocate General Says Ban On Ritual Slaughter Is Invalid

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The Court of Justice of the European Union last week released an Advocate General's opinion concluding that a decree of Belgium's F...
Friday, April 05, 2019

Belgian Kosher Slaughter Ban Referred To European Court of Justice

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As previously reported , in January Belgium's Council of State-- the country's highest court-- heard oral arguments on challenges to...
Thursday, January 24, 2019

Belgium's Top Court Hears Arguments On Kosher/ Halal Slaughter Ban

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Hamodia reports on lengthy oral arguments yesterday before Belgium's Council of State-- the country's highest court-- on laws that ...
Tuesday, September 18, 2018

European Court Says Hijab Must Be Allowed In Courtroom

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In Lachiri v. Belgium,  (ECHR, Sept. 18, 2018) ( full text in French ), the European court of Human Rights in a Chamber Judgment held that a...
Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Suit In Belgium Challenges Kosher Slaughter Ban

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In Belgium yesterday, three organizations filed suit challenging legislation in the Flemish Region of the country that bans kosher and halal...
Friday, December 01, 2017

European Court Advocate General Opines On Eid al-Adha Slaughterhouses

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In Moskeeën v. Gewest , (ECJ Adv. Gen., Nov. 30, 2017), the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice concluded in his recommendatio...
Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Suit In Belgium Challenges Wallonia's Ban On Kosher Slaughter

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In Belgium yesterday, the Coordinating Committee of Jewish Organizations of Belgium (CCOJB) filed suit in the country's Constitutional C...
Thursday, February 23, 2017

Belgian Court Rules Kosher Slaughter Is Protected Religious Right

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Jerusalem Post reported yesterday that a court in Belgium has ruled that restricting kosher slaughtering of animals "excessively and u...
Thursday, June 30, 2016

Belgian Council of State Says Proposed Ban On Ritual Slaughter Is Unconstitutional

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JTA reported yesterday that in Belgium, the Council of State has issued an advisory opinion that proposed legislation to ban ritual slaught...
Friday, March 25, 2016

Belgium's Constitutional Court Invalidates Required Religious Education Courses

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Flanders Today reported earlier this month that Belgium's Constitutional Court has struck down the requirement that all students in ele...
Sunday, November 29, 2015

Belgian Court Sentences French Comedian For Anti-Semitic Remarks

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Last Wednesday, a Belgian court sentenced French comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala to prison for two months, and imposed a fine equivalent to...
Wednesday, November 05, 2014

Belgium's Top Administrative Court Invalidates School Bans On Religious Headwear

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Strasbourg Observers blog reported yesterday on two Oct. 14 decisions by Belgium's Council of State (its highest administrative court) ...