Sikhs Support Declaration on Religious Freedom

February 24, 2005

Source: IslamOnline.net

http://www.islamonline.org/English/News/2005-02/24/article06.shtml

On February 24, 2005 IslamOnline.net reported, "A few hours after a multi-party group of European legislators submitted a written declaration on religious freedom to the European Parliament, a leading British Sikhs group reiterated support for the campaign. The United Sikh organisation in the UK contacted the London-based Assembly for the Protection of Hijab to join the drive which seeks a European Parliament resolution against banning religious symbols, Abeer Pharaon, the assembly’s coordinator, told IslamOnline.net on Thursday, February 24. The Written Declaration on Freedom of Religious Expression maintains that a ban on the Christian cross, Jewish skullcap, Muslim hijab and Sikh turban is an infringement of human rights, in particular Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights. It criticizes France’s ban on what it calls the display of 'conspicuous religious symbols' in state-run schools.