religious freedom
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New One-of-a-Kind Religious Freedom Resource Center Empowers All to Protect This Fundamental Human Right
This week, STAND unveiled a unique resource designed to empower every individual to better understand and protect their own fundamental human rights.
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Quebec’s Ban on Religious Symbols in Public Sector Creates Crisis of Conscience for Many
In the year since the ban, which applies to teachers, police officers, judges, prison guards and other public servants, many religious Canadians in the public sector have seen their lives change. Some who can, have simply gone “underground,” wearing their insignia under their clothing, as many Catholic women have done, covering their crucifixes with their sweaters or tucking them under their blouses.
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STAND Joins With the Faith Community on Religious Freedom Day to Celebrate the Right to Believe
October 27, 2020 marks the 22nd anniversary of the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act (IRF Act), described by the U.S. State Department as “landmark legislation that—for the first time—made promoting and defending international religious freedom a specific focus of U.S. foreign policy.
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STAND Hosts Year-In-Review Celebration in Los Angeles
Last week, Scientologists Taking Action Against Discrimination held its first annual year-end celebration at the Church of Scientology of the Valley in Los Angeles, honoring nine successful months of operation and setting high goals for the year ahead.
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STAND Members Celebrate Success and Another Holiday Season Fighting for Freedom
This week, members of STAND’s Los Angeles chapter gathered at the Church of Scientology of the Valley for their annual holiday reception, to connect, share ideas, and celebrate another year of success in the fight for religious freedom.
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STAND Supports Baha’i German religious pluralism conference
Scientologists Taking Action Against Discrimination (STAND), is in strong support of the German religious pluralism conference organized by members of the Baha’i faith in Germany and the Anne Frank Foundation, with the German government’s State Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Integration.
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STAND Supports Hungarian Government’s Zero Tolerance on Anti-Semitism
STAND is mindful that Hungarian Scientologists have also faced religious discrimination and have been subject to hate speech. STAND sincerely hopes that this atmosphere of religious and racial tolerance will expand and reach into all sectors of this country thereby helping to establish a new cultural renaissance from which all can benefit.
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STAND Supports U.N. Effort on Behalf of Victims of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
“Freedom of religion or belief, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to peaceful assembly and the right to freedom of association are interdependent, interrelated and mutually reinforcing. They are enshrined in articles 18, 19 and 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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State Department Hosts Largest International Religious Freedom Event in History
“STAND is proud to participate alongside officials of the Church of Scientology both in this historic Ministerial and the International Religious Freedom Roundtable, which has played a vital role in making this event possible,” said International STAND Director Edward Parkin.
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Supreme Court Now Considering Religious Liberty Cases by Phone
For the first time in its history, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments by teleconference on certain cases, including a number on religious liberty.
