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Italy: Anti-immigrant party supports crucifix in schools

Source: AKI
Rome : Italy | 16 days ago  
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The anti-immigrant Northern League party has called for the northeastern province surrounding the city of Venice to defy a court ruling and keep the crucifix in public places, including local schools. The move follows a decision by the European Court of Human Rights against the presence of crucifixes...
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  • News Source: The Age | 13 days ago
    Mayor Maurizio Zoccareto of San Remo with a protest crucifix. European court ruling that bans crucifixes from state-run schools as it appeals against the decision, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says. ''It's not binding,'' Mr Berlusconi said of the...
  • News Source: Typically Spanish | 14 days ago
    It comes as Burlusconi in Italy has said the crosses will stay Spanish bishops have attacked the recent ruling from the European Court for human rights in Strasbourg, which said that the presence of a crucifix in the classroom was ‘a violation of...
  • News Source: United Press International | 14 days ago
    Italy's prime minister says a court ruling banning classroom crosses doesn't mean crucifixes already in place will have to come down. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Friday the decision from the European Court of Human Rights was not a "...
  • News Source: AKI | 14 days ago
    The anti-immigrant Northern League party has called for the northeastern province surrounding the city of Venice to defy a court ruling and keep the crucifix in public places, including local schools. The move follows a decision by the European Court...
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  • Blog Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
    ROME — The Vatican on Tuesday denounced a ruling by the European court of human rights that said the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and education freedoms. In a decision that could force a review of ...
  • Blog Source: www.finaltrump.com
    The decision was handed down by a panel of seven judges at the court in Strasbourg. They said that the display of crucifixes, which is common but not mandatory in Italian schools, violated the principle of secular education and might be intimidating
  • Blog Source: www.johnsanidopoulos.com
    Rome, Italy - Europe's court of human rights said Tuesday the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and education freedoms, prompting an angry reaction from the Catholic Church and government officials in ...
  • Blog Source: www.edweek.org
    But while it fined the government, the seven-judge panel stopped short of ordering Italy to remove the crucifixes from public school classrooms. The ruling can still be appealed to the European Court of Human Rights' Grand Chamber of 17 ...
  • Blog Source: www.nrc.nl
    Italy rallies behind the cross after European verdict. Published: 5 November 2009 11:38 | Changed: 6 November 2009 16:22. The European Court of Human Rights has condemned the compulsory presence of the crucifix in Italian classrooms. ... This week
  • Blog Source: www.jihadwatch.org
    "Italy school crucifixes 'barred,'" from the BBC, November 3 (thanks to all who sent this in): The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the use of crucifixes in classrooms in Italy. It said the practice violated the right of parents to
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