Category - religious symbols

Case of suspended Sikh pupil likely to go to judicial review

staff writers — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:36:29 +0000

The case of a Sikh pupil suspended from a Welsh school for wearing a wrist bangle is now likely to go to judicial review after the school concerned refused to adopt a more flexible dress policy and is seeking further legal advice.

Religious attire still causing controversy in Europe

staff writers — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:03:20 +0000

The Dutch and Italian governments have come out against the wearing of some religious clothing in public.

Plaudits and questions about airline turnaround on religious symbols

staff writers — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:47:53 +0000

The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have welcomed the decision by BA (British Airways) to review and modify its uniform policy to allow the wearing of crosses and religious symbols. But questions have been raised by others about the tactics used by campaigning church groups towards the company, which have been described by some as "bullying".

Comment on British Airways (BA) decision on religious jewellery and bullying

Press Office — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:30:04 +0000

The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have welcomed the decision by BA (British Airways) to review and modify its uniform policy to allow the wearing of crosses and religious symbols.

New religious freedom row over Saudi flight Bible ban

staff writers — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:43:39 +0000

The New Year has started more-or-less where 2006 left off, with a new row about religious symbolism and artefacts in relation to the policy of a major airline.

Dispute over public religious symbols in Romania

staff writers — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Churches in Romania have denounced calls from an anti-discrimination body for a French-style ban on religious symbols from schools in order to protect the state's secular character and ensure "freedom of conscience" for pupils - Jonathan Luxmoore for Ecumenical News International.

Thinking otherwise about public religion by Simon Barrow

Simon Barrow — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 22:59:58 +0000

Secularity as an ecumenical virtue

We preach Christ in an electric chair? by Giles Fraser

Giles Fraser — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 20:41:35 +0000

How the BA row misses the real offence of the Cross

Comment on British Airways (BA) cross row

Press Office — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:14:30 +0000

The UK Christian think tank Ekklesia says that arguments like the BA Cross row are increasing because old 'Christendom' assumptions about a privileged place for Christianity, and its identification

The veils governing our own thinking by Simon Barrow

Simon Barrow — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:22:59 +0000

Many people will argue that House of Commons leader Jack Straw has been brave in his recent pronouncements about the full public veiling of Muslim women