Monday, January 5, 2009

The human rights court that isn't

The European Union allegedly has a human rights court to protect the rights of the public. But this has turned out to be another misleading name associated with the EU.

Europe's so-called human rights court has now gutted the human rights of 2 Muslim students from France who were expelled from school because they wouldn't remove their headscarves. The court ruled 7 to 0 to throw out the students' case.

Expelling someone from school because of their religion is Europe's idea of human rights now?

I place a strong value on public functions such as schools being strictly secular. But that should not in any way deprive individuals of their right to religious expression - especially because the expression by the students in this case did not infringe on others' rights.

This case is especially vexing because the students were discriminated against: The school only suppressed religious expression by Muslims. Other faiths weren't affected.

The expulsions preceded France's infamous nationwide crackdown against Muslims in schools.

Europe 2009: No country is allowed to have an economic system that isn't based on greed-driven markets, but they're able to practice all the religious discrimination they want.

(Source: http://www.kyivpost.com/world/31637)

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