Europe

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  Opposition to Christian conference in Germany slammed

  By Chris Eyte Europe 5 months ago

  A rights group slammed a Munich official’s opposition to a Christian faith conference in Germany as a “direct attack on religious freedom.”

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  Paediatrician group calls for health bodies to 'follow science' not ideology in caring for children with gender dysphoria

  By Chris Eyte Europe US & Canada

  5 months ago

  An American pediatrician group is calling on U.S. medical institutions to follow some of their European counter parts in considering science rather than ideology in the care for transgender children. In recent months, an increasing number of medical professionals have come forward lamenting how an important health care and mental health issue has been politicized and voices pointing to scientific facts or calling for more rigorous research have been effectively silenced.

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  The ultra-secular shift in the understanding of laïcité in France harms religious freedom

  By Thibault van den Bossche Europe

  5 months ago

  Secularism is the way of life in most of Europe. But how it is defined and implemented is not uniform. Two primary models of secularism exist on the continent. On one side is the American model (widely followed across Europe), which aims to protect religions from the State. On the other side is the French concept of laïcité. Unlike the typical understanding of secularism as defined in English, the aim of laïcité is to protect the State from religions.

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  Hidden seed

  By Jeff Fountain Europe

  5 months ago

  Russian propaganda that Vladimir Putin is ‘protecting Christianity’ against Satanism and neo-Nazism flies in the face of reliable reports from numerous sources of the brutal and ruthless persecution of Christians in the occupied Ukrainian territories.