Tags: Secularism
Fiji’s new constitution may be secular, but it still undermines human rights, says Amnesty
Posted: Mon, 09 Sep 2013
Fiji's new constitution — which was ratified on 6 September 2013 — may be secular but it "falls far short of international standards of human rights law," says Amnesty International. Read More »
France posts secular charter in all state schools
Posted: Mon, 09 Sep 2013
The French Education has unveiled the controversial secularism charter which is to be displayed in a prominent position in every school to remind pupils and teachers of the country's secular, Republican principles. Read More »
Obama renews mandate of “faith-based council” and allows religious discrimination to continue
Posted: Thu, 11 Apr 2013
President Barack Obama has issued an executive order extending the Faith-Based Advisory Council without addressing employment discrimination among many of the faith-based organisations that receive federal funding through the programme. Read More »
Religious bodies in sustained attack on French secularism
Posted: Wed, 10 Apr 2013
The French Government is at increasing odds with aggressive religious lobbies – particularly the Catholic Church – which are determined to undermine the nation's constitutional secularism. Read More »
Poll shows Turks want secularism
Posted: Wed, 28 Nov 2012
An overwhelming majority of Turkish people want secularism to be included in the country's new charter, a recent survey conducted by KONDA for the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) has revealed. Read More »
