“A police worker who was sacked because he believed psychics can help solve criminal investigations is to go to court today to defend his right to legal protection from religious discrimination.”
The Independent, 12th November 2009
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“Controversial claims that Christians should not have to condone homosexuality will be made in the court of appeal today [2nd Nov.], as a registrar says she suffered discrimination by being required to conduct same-sex civil partnership ceremonies.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2009
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“Britain’s most successful Jewish school told the supreme court today it had discriminated against a 12-year-old boy on religious rather than racial grounds.”
The Guardian, 27th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who claims he was unfairly dismissed from his job because he believes in climate change is attempting to have his environmental views recognised under religious law.”
The Guardian, 7th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Sikh police officer who was told to remove his turban during riot training has won his discrimination case against Greater Manchester Police.”
BBC News, 1st October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A hospital trust has denied a nurse’s claim it is preventing her from openly expressing her religious beliefs.”
BBC News, 20th September 2009
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“A Sikh police officer was ‘humiliated’ by his Greater Manchester Police colleagues after refusing to remove his turban for training and undergoing practices that would breach his faith, an employment tribunal heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A school receptionist is suing her employers amid claims that they were ‘anti-Christian’ by suspending her following a dispute over her faith, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd August 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Sikh police officer suffered racist and religious discrimination during training, an employment tribunal found.”
The Independent, 27th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A group of witches is claiming religious discrimination after church leaders banned them from using its social club.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Jewish couple are suing their neighbours in a block of flats because they say an automatic security light breaks a religious prohibition.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Muslim catering manager Hasanali Khoja refused to cook sausages and bacon because it was against his religion, a tribunal has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An honour established by the Queen has been declared unlawful after Muslims and Hindus complained that its Christian name and cross insignia were offensive.”
The Times, 8th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Act of Settlement of 1701, which bars Catholics from the throne – or marrying the monarch, or princes in the line of succession – has become an increasing source of contention, with a series of attempts to abolish such a nakedly discriminatory law.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“British Airways check-in employee Nadia Eweida who was banned from wearing a Christian cross at work is to take her case to the Court of Appeal.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Companies have been urged to review their workplace rules to ensure they are not discriminating against religious employees, after a sharp rise in the number of faith-related employment tribunals.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Christian has begun an appeal against a ruling that British Airways (BA) did not discriminate when it asked her to stop wearing a cross visibly at work.”
BBC News, 14th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Muslim man is suing Tesco for religious discrimination because he was asked to handle crates of alcohol in a warehouse.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Sadiq Khan, a Government whip, said that the forthcoming Single Equality Act, which could force public bodies to actively promote equality on grounds of gender, race and disability, must also tackle religion and end ‘Islamophobia in the workplace’.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former executive at al-Jazeera English seeking more than £1m compensation for alleged discrimination today branded the Qatar-based news channel’s management ‘inconsistent, inefficient and malicious’ at an employment tribunal in London.”
The Guardian, 9th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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