{"id":2172,"date":"2013-01-28T23:06:11","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T07:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2172"},"modified":"2018-03-06T13:16:33","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T21:16:33","slug":"canary-in-the-coal-mine-mounting-religious-restrictions-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2172","title":{"rendered":"Canary in the Coal Mine: Mounting Religious Restrictions in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/berkleycenter.georgetown.edu\/rfp\/about\" target=\"_blank\">Religious Freedom Project<\/a><br \/>\nBerkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs<\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Roger Trigg<\/p>\n<p>On January 15, 2013, the European Court of Human Rights issued judgments on four cases of great significance for the cause of religious freedom. What they say could well have repercussions beyond Europe itself. . .<\/p>\n<p>These four cases all came from the United Kingdom, and concerned the place of religion, and a religiously formed conscience, in modern European society. . . The point of principle at stake is how much importance should be given publically to religiously based principles, particularly in societies that are growing increasingly secular. [<a href=\"http:\/\/berkleycenter.georgetown.edu\/essays\/canary-in-the-coal-mine-mounting-religious-restrictions-in-europe\" target=\"_blank\">Read on<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Religious Freedom Project Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs Roger Trigg On January 15, 2013, the European Court of Human Rights issued judgments on four cases of great significance for the cause of religious freedom. What they say could well have repercussions beyond Europe itself. . . These four cases all came from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2172\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Canary in the Coal Mine: Mounting Religious Restrictions in Europe&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2179,217,8,9,295],"tags":[160,310],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-2172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-european-union","category-lawsuits","category-legal-commentary","category-news","category-religious-freedom","tag-european-court-of-human-rights","tag-roger-trigg"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Canary in the Coal Mine: Mounting Religious Restrictions in Europe - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2172\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Canary in the Coal Mine: Mounting Religious Restrictions in Europe - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Religious Freedom Project Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs Roger Trigg On January 15, 2013, the European Court of Human Rights issued judgments on four cases of great significance for the cause of religious freedom. 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