The top European Union court ruled on Tuesday that public authorities in member states can prohibit employees from wearing signs of religious belief, such as an Islamic head scarf, in the latest decision on an issue that has divided Europe for years.

The top European Union court ruled on Tuesday that public authorities in member states can prohibit employees from wearing signs of religious belief, such as an Islamic head scarf, in the latest decision on an issue that has divided Europe for years.

The case came to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) after an employee of the eastern Belgian municipality of Ans was told she could not wear an Islamic head scarf at work.

  • fubo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    11 months ago

    Some of them. The Puritans of Massachusetts wanted to establish a theocracy and persecute one another. The Quakers of Pennsylvania actually did want to escape religious persecution, though.

    • trash80@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      23·
      11 months ago

      OK, except for the group of people who accused people of being witches, many of the earliest settlers in America left Europe to escape religious persecution.

      • fubo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        11 months ago

        Well no, not many. A few. Economic opportunity was a pretty big motivator too.

        • trash80@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          21·
          11 months ago

          I mean, most of New England was settled by English people who didn’t like the church of England. Maryland was settled by Catholics. Massachusetts by Puritans. Quakers in Pennsylvania.

          • fubo@lemmy.worldEnglish
            21·
            11 months ago

            I’m confused. Maryland and Pennsylvania are not in New England.

            Parts of New England were settled by people escaping Puritan persecution in Massachusetts; notably Rhode Island.