Traduction de «Loi sur les terrains de congrégations religieuses » (Français → Anglais) :

F. whereas under the Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organisations, religious congregations are required to register with the government, and since re-registration of religious organisations was made compulsory in early 1997, only two groups – the Russian Orthodox Church and the Sunni Muslims – have obtained registration, while all others face heavy discrimination,

With regard to freedom of religion, the adoption of a law that was expected to improve the situation of religious minorities has been postponed several times, and there has been no change in the difficulties faced by the non-Muslim communities on the ground.

15. Welcomes the adoption and entry into force on 1 June 2005 of six important pieces of legislation, a step which was established by the European Council in December 2004 as a condition for the opening of the negotiations; notes with concern, however, that there is a slowing of the reform process, particularly as regards implementation on the ground; notes that concerns remain about certain elements of the laws adopted, for example: Article 301, which criminalises acts against Turkish identity, applied in breach of the European Convention of Human Rights in the lawsuit against Ohran Pamuk; Article 305 of the Turkish Penal Code, which ...[+++] criminalises ‘acts against the fundamental national interest’, and a regulation implementing the law on associations, which retains a number of restrictions, including a priori authorisation of foreign funding; notes likewise that serious concerns also remain regarding the insufficient legal proposals regarding the functioning of religious communities (Law on Foundations);

Reverend Kopke will now speak on the effect of Bill C-38 on our Unitarian faith and our right to practice our religious beliefs (1825) The Reverend Brian Kopke (First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa, Canadian Unitarian Council): Mr. Chairman, I'm Reverend Brian Kopke, senior minister at First Unitarian Congregation here in Ottawa.

There is no question that we reject completely hatred directed at any group, but under Bill C-250, religious leaders and organizations could be committing an offence simply by discussing essential matters of their faith with their congregations.

Yes, we have examined the issue, and in our view, while human rights legislation prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation with respect to access to services customarily available to the public that's the language of our legislation, and it largely mirrors the language across the country it is doubtful whether marriage in any particular religious congregation would ever be held to be a service customarily available to the public such that they would be discriminating against somebody based on a p ...[+++]rohibited ground and on prohibiting the provision of a service customarily available to the public.