Presentation

ECCLESIASTICAL TAX

- BVerfG, 2/BvL/6/19, of 15 November 2024 (GERMANY)

(marriage - equality - Saxony)

 

EBRAISM

- Kammergericht Berlin, 30 September 2024, no. 2/ORs/14/24 (GERMANY)

(Twitter - swastikas - Nazism)

 

- BGH, 25 September 2024, No. 3/S/32/24 (GERMANY)

(Nazism - Holocaust - correspondence)

- Cour fédérale, affaire ‘Jewish Community Council of Montreal v. Canada (Attorney General)’, 24 July 2024 (CANADA)

(kasherut - animal welfare - religious slaughter)

- Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, affaire ex parte Halprin, 6 November 2024 (USA)

(fair trial - anti-Semitism - death penalty)

LAÏCITÉ

- CAA of Marseille, 4ème chambre, 15 October 2024, no. 24MA00665 ( FRANCE)

(Islam - Loi de Séparation - free title)

CATHOLIC CHURCH

- High Court of Australia, affaire ‘Bird vs X’, 2024/HCA/41, 13 November 2024 (AUSTRALIA)

(civil liability - employment relationship - Catholic priesthood)

- Eerste Aanleg Antwerpen, afdeling Mechelen, nos. 23/788/A and 24/11/1, of 25 June 2024 (BELGIUM)

(discrimination - diaconate - damage for loss of opportunity)

AUTONOMY AND INDEPENDENCE OF RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS

- High Court Civil Division, affaire ‘Magezi et alii vs Sendowoza et alii’, 2024/UGHCCD/198, of 20 November 2024 (UGANDA)

(interna corporis - lack of jurisdiction - ecclesiastical appointments)

- United States Court of Appeals,^3rd Circuit, affaire ‘Church of God of Crandon v. Church of God’, 15 October 2024 (USA)

(interna corporis - lack of jurisdiction - excommunications)

- United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, affaire ‘Esses vs Rosen’, 15 October 2024 (USA)

(rabbinical court - sieruv - lack of jurisdiction)

ISLAM

- Federal law on the prohibition of facial concealment, in force since 1 January 2025 (SWITZERLAND)

(hijab - burqa - public space)

- Supreme Court of India, affaire ‘Mohd vs State of Talangana’, 10 July 2024 (INDIA)

(Islamic repudiation - maintenance allowance - destitution)

 

PROTECTION OF RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT

- High Court of Karnataka, affaire ‘Kumar vs State of Karnataka’, 13 September 2024 (INDIA)

(mosque - Hindu - objective element of the offence)

 

Constitutional Court of Uganda at Kampala, affaire ‘Fox Odoi-Oywelowo vs Attorney General’, 3 aprile 2024 (UGANDA)

(radici religiose – radici culturali – fattore sociale religioso)

annoted by SARA BERENGAN, The Hon Fox Odoi v Attorney General case: The so-called Anti Homosexuality Act under consideration by the Ugandan Constitutional Court. Criticisms and elements for reflection.

 

ORTHODOX CHURCH

- Law on the Protection of Constitutional Order in the Sphere of Activity of Religious Organisations (UKRAINE)

(national security - Moscow Patriarchate - Russian Orthodox Church)

SCHOOLS

- United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division, affaire ‘Reinoehl vs Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp.’, 30 August 2024 (USA)

(Evolutionism - Atheism - Establishment Clause)

- United States Court of Appeals,^11th Circuit, affaire ‘Cambridge Christian School, Inc. v. Florida High School Athletic Association, Inc.’, 5 September 2024 (USA)

(prayer in public - sport - public authority)

- 135th General Assembly of the State of Ohio, House Bill No. 8, 18 December 2024 (USA)

(Mandatory denominational teaching - public schools - Establishment Clause)