Showing posts with label South Africa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South Africa. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 05, 2020

South African Court Upholds COVID-19 Ban Over Objections of Mosque and Its Imams

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Challenges to COVID-19 Orders by houses of worship are not limited to the United States.  In Mohamed v. President of the Republic of South A...
Tuesday, March 19, 2019

South African Court Invalidates Dutch Reformed Church's LGBT Policy

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In South Africa, a 3-judge panel of the North Gauteng High Court set aside as unlawful and invalid a decision on same-sex relationships made...
Wednesday, February 27, 2019

In South Africa, Funeral Homes Sue Church Over Fake Resurrection

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In Johannesburg, South Africa, three funeral parlors have filed suit for reputational damage against Alleluia Ministries International leade...
Tuesday, October 09, 2018

South African Court Finds Online Postings To Be Hate Speech

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In South African Human Rights Commission v. Khumalo ,  (S. Africa Equality Ct, Oct. 7, 2018), a South African Equality Court held that anti-...
Monday, September 11, 2017

South African Court Reconciles Marriage Law With Gender Identity Change Statute

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Under South African law, marriages may be performed only for heterosexual couples; however civil unions, which create the same legal rights ...
Tuesday, December 01, 2015

South Africa's Jewish Community Creates Internal Body To Regulate Ritual Circumcision

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According to yesterday's Jerusalem Post , South Africa's Jewish community is setting up its own Committee to oversee and regulate th...
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

South African Court Awards Maintence and Child Support To Woman Divorced Only Under Islamic Law

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A South African court has issued a precedent-setting ruling by awarding interim maintenance to a woman who was married and divorced under Is...
Friday, May 30, 2014

Top South African Judges Speak At Law and Religion Conference

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IOL News  and Ecumenical News report on a controversial speech by South Africa's Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng at the University of Ste...