W Europe begins religious discrimination

[Critr Gitr]

Institute: Western Europe beginning campaign of religious discrimination

WASHINGTON (TGN) – A new wave of religious discrimination is developing in Western Europe, where those who wear religious attire because of their faith now are being restricted by law. The Institute on Religious and Public Policy in Washington said it is watching the issue closely -- because of the implications of moves such as that developing in France. A French report was delivered Friday to President Jacques Chirac and recommended passage of a law banning “conspicuous” religious symbols in public schools, including large crosses worn by Christians, skullcaps worn by Jewish boys and headscarves worn by Muslim women. “The issue of conspicuous display of religious garb cuts right at the heart of religious rights,” said IRPP President Joseph Grieboski. For Christians, “crosses and crucifixes in Christian theology are used to inculcate lessons of piety … and serve as a simple physical reminder of the presence of God in our lives,” he said. He said the government is attacking the very free expression of religious beliefs at the heart of a democratic system and beginning down a very slippery slope, worsened by the arbitrary distinctions made between public and private by the state,” he said.
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[reeldick]

No different than the good old USA. No Christmas pageants in the schools, no celebration of any religious holiday, can't even say the pledge of alegiance because it says "under god."

[BrokeItOff]

The French are trying to battle Islamic fundamentalism here. The real focus is headscarfs, to be consistant they have to ban other symbols. I do not think that it is an attack on religion per se just a bad solution to a problem that they are having to deal with. They might look at the immigration policies that are leading to an increase in Islamic fundamentalism.

As an aside,I have heard it reported that within 25 years Moslems will be the majority in Denmark.

Shane

[happybrew]

Actually, it's not just the Moslems. In Italy, they banned crucifixes in one school. The issues is secular humanism trying to become the dominant religion in the West. They love it when one faith gets pitted against another, because then both suffer, and secularism triumphs. I think the big clash of civilizations right now isn't between Islam and Christianity, but between secularism and faith in God. Communism may be dead, but the cultural ideals it espouses are far from gone.

happybrew

[DAB]

I belive that Happy brew said it well.They are just using terrisom to hide treir true agenda.
DAB