Archive for July, 2009

Is Denmark violating religious freedom with yet another hijab ban?

The Danish Minister of Defense has decided that women in the military may not use Muslim headscarves or hijab. The decision has come in response to a recent debate about a Muslim woman in the Danish Home Guard, that was first promoted as a role model and then told that her headscarf was not allowed, [...]

Post election Albania.

Albania, a Balkan nation that endured more than forty years of self imposed isolation enforced by it’s stalinist leader, Enver Hoxha, held parliamentary elections last week. The OSCE stated that there were improvements in the election process, compared with earlier elections, but that violations persisted. The final result will probably first be determined in a [...]