Beyond Procedural Relief: The Case for Systemic Constitutional Review of India’s Anti-Conversion Laws
On 17 October 2025, the Supreme Court of India in Rajendra Bihari Lal v. State of Uttar Pradesh, quashed multiple FIRs under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of...
Malaysian Federal Court Held that a Fatwa Cannot Declare a Company ‘Deviant’ from Islamic Teachings
On 19 June 2025, the Federal Court of Malaysia overturned a Court of Appeal decision which upheld a fatwa (religious edict) declaring SIS Forum (Malaysia), individuals and organisations subscribing to...
The Internationally Recognised Right to Conscientious Objection Under Real Risk in Ukraine
Going into the fourth year of resistance of the Ukrainian nation to Russian aggression, a lack of soldiers is one of the main problems of Ukrainian reality. The Ukrainian government...
Weaponising Reform: The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 and Its Assault on Religious Freedom
On 6 April 2025, the President of India gave assent to the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency, and Development Act, 2025, marketed as a measure to “streamline” oversight of India’s...
The Slippery Slope of Selective Recognition: The Anti-Hinduphobia Bill of Georgia
On 4 April 2025, Georgia became the first state in the United States of America (US) to introduce a bill on anti-Hindu discrimination and Hinduphobia. The bill, SB 375, seeks...
From Land Claims to Sacred Land Claims: Reflections on the Yunupingu Judgement and The Potential of ‘Freedom of Religion or Belief’
Warning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders: this article contains the name of a deceased person. On 12 March 2025, the High Court of Australia (‘the Court’) issued its much-awaited...
Intersectional discrimination of Muslim women in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Mujanović case
On July 11, 2024, the Bosnian Constitutional Court ruled that Emela Mujanović (at that time soldier in the Bosnian Army Forces) was not allowed to wear a headscarf (hijab) at...
The Ahmadiyya in Pakistan: Religious Persecution, Human Rights, and Islam
The Ahmadiyya are a religious minority who suffer persecution in Pakistan and many other Muslim-majority countries. In 2023, for example, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan reported that at least...
R v Michaela Community Schools Trust: Human Rights and Freedom of Religion in the UK
The relationship between Islam, religious freedom, and human rights has long been a subject of debate in Britain. However, the significance of the latest instalment in this saga, the judgment...
Detriment to Spirituality under the Equality Act 2010: On Banning Ritual Prayers in R v Michaela Community Schools Trust
A recent High Court judgment has ruled that a London school’s ban on ritual prayers does not indirectly discriminate against or interfere with Muslim students’ right to freedom of religion....
Der grausamste Schnitt von allen? Der EGMR weigert sich, in Sachen Schächten einzuschreiten
Sowohl vor dem Gerichtshof der Europäischen Union (EuGH) als auch vor dem Belgischen Verfassungsgerichtshof kämpften ein Bündnis muslimischer und jüdischer Gruppen sowie Einzelpersonen gegen regionale belgische Vorschriften zum Verbot des...
Het wreedste stuk van allemaal: het EHRM weigert zich te buigen over onverdoofd slachten in religieuze context
Na vergeefse pogingen voor het Hof van Justitie van de Europese Unie (HvJ-EU) en het Belgisch Grondwettelijk Hof, was er voor de coalitie van joodse en moslimgroepen voor het Europees...
