On March 5, 2004 the CBC News reported, "Security concerns are more important than a Sikh student's right to wear a ceremonial dagger to school, the Quebec Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday. The ruling overturned a lower court judgment, which had affirmed the right of Gurbaj Singh Multani to wear his kirpan at l'Ecole Sainte-Catherine-Laboure. The Quebec government, the Marguerite-Bourgeoys...
On March 6, 2004 The Montreal Gazette reported, "Reversing a lower court decision Thursday, the Quebec Court of Appeal has outlawed the wearing of the kirpan, the Sikh ceremonial dagger, in schools. But the family of the boy at the centre of the controversy, 14-year-old Gurbaj Singh of LaSalle, isn't giving up. He and his...
On March 10, 2004 the Montreal Gazette ran an editorial about the recent ruling in which a Quebec court banned kirpans (the ceremonial Sikh daggers) from public schools. The editorial board wrote in defense of Sikhs' right to carry the kirpan, arguing, "If the Sikh ceremonial dagger...
On March 9, 2004 The Globe and Mail ran an editorial on the recent Quebec court decision to ban kirpan, the Sikh ceremonial dagger, from public schools, arguing in favor of Sikh students' rights to wear kirpan. The editorial board wrote, "In saying that public safety takes precedence over religious freedom, Quebec's...
GARDEN GROVE - The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a civil rights investigation of the city in connection with a lawsuit filed last year by a Buddhist temple challenging the constitutionality of the city's zoning code, officials said today.
City Attorney Thomas Nixon said he received a letter...
GARDEN GROVE - The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a civil rights investigation of the city in connection with a lawsuit filed last year by a Buddhist temple challenging the constitutionality of the city's zoning code, officials said today.
City Attorney Thomas Nixon said he received a letter...
GARDEN GROVE - The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a civil rights investigation of the city in connection with a lawsuit filed last year by a Buddhist temple challenging the constitutionality of the city's zoning code, officials said today.
City Attorney Thomas Nixon said he received a letter...
DOVER -- A Superior Court judge has upheld a religious discrimination finding that requires Boscov’s to pay a $5,000 fine and $21,000 to two Christians, two Wiccans and a pagan.
In May, the state Human Relations Commission found that the Reading, Pa.-based department store...
A Santeria priest who is suing Euless over his religious practice of animal sacrifice would be allowed to kill chickens and hold small weekly gatherings at his home under a settlement offered by city attorneys. ...