Related
Translate
Previous entry: Waldorf School Opens in California Town
Next entry: B.C. mother of seven sues faith-based counsellors
Get RNB via RSS
 |
RNB's RSS feed What is this? |
Get RNB via Email
 |
 Subscribe by Email What is this? |
Follow: Twitter
Most Popular
This Week:
- Guyana’s Jonestown suicide site gets plaque
- Gaddafi preaches Islam to Rome beauties
- Scientology practices ‘putting people at risk’
- Recession: Muslim schools in UK under threat of closure
- Australian senator tells Parliament of widespread criminal conduct within the Church of Scientology
- When a child dies, faith is no defense
- Muslim terrorists smuggle fatwas promoting Jihad out of secure UK prisons
- Techie Holy water and geeky bishops
- Israel Charges Extremist With Attempted Murder Of Messianic Family
- Scientology’s feet held to the fire in Australia: Struggle between a church and the state
Strasbourg Court Overturns Russian Ban on Salvation Army
More articles on this topic: Salvation ArmyA new decision
from the European Court of Human Rights has found that the Russian government was wrong in assuming that Salvation Army members would “inevitably break Russian law”, World Net Daily reports.
There was no evidence before the domestic courts that in seven years of its existence the applicant branch, its members or founders had contravened any Russian law or pursued objectives other than those listed in its articles of associations, notably the advancement of the Christian faith and acts of charity, the court said.
Moreover, the court said the discriminatory action taken by the Russian government against the Salvation Army was a serious and dangerous assault against religious freedom.
The ruling has cleared the way for the Salvation Army to regain its humanitarian footing in Russian.
The Salvation Army had been denied recognition by the Russian government and forced to liquidate its assets because of the use of the word “army” in the name, as well as the corporate structure which recognized an international headquarters in London.
The government concluded the Salvation Army’s Book of Order and Regulations “leads one to conclude that the charter assumes that the members of the organization will inevitability break Russian law” even though the organization’s goals are to feed the poor and meet the needs of the homeless.
What You Can Do From Here
|
Read More Articles On These Topics
Share, Blog About, Bookmark, or Email This Article
Subscribe
Read Another Article
Previous entry: Waldorf School Opens in California Town Next entry: B.C. mother of seven sues faith-based counsellors
RNB Homepage with latest headlinesFind Related Information
Find Related Books
|
Share This Article
To share this page simply copy and paste one of these URL's:
