In Norway, the TV presenter sacked for cross

The members of the local Muslim community said that the symbol of Christianity does not guarantee the impartiality of the channel.

The chain around his neck with a dagger can be grounds for dismissal? It turns out that, yes, if you are in Norway, and if you - well-known face of television NRK. Christine Cyr Saelmann, a popular leader of the Norwegian news has suffered from the fact that her neck was a cross while recording programs.

The members of the local Muslim community staged a protest, claiming that the "chain with a cross insulting Islam" and "the symbol does not guarantee the impartiality of the channel." The journalist, one of the most popular and well-known on the Norwegian public television, has been relieved of his duties and it is forbidden to conduct the program, so as not to become a source of discord and crime.

The case, according to La Repubblica, very reminiscent of the British Airways employee Nadia Eveyda that after seven years, won her legal battle. The European Court of Human Rights has found that women are discriminated against when her superiors prevented her from wearing a cross around his neck in the workplace.

The court said that it is important to preserve freedom ispovednaiya that an essential element of the identity of believers and social foundation. It's basic values, in any case, a pluralistic democratic society. However, the court warned that in this area there are excesses, they say, the religious practice of individuals infringe upon the rights of others.

Proof

My brain is broken completely, the cross can not be worn, and they can pray in public?



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