WEA Called Greece to Provide Religious Classes other than Christian Orthodox

Case information
Incident date
Country
Greece
Place
Athens
Categories
  • Government Restrictions
Attack Against
  • Faith
Societal Sphere
  • Education
  • Governmental
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Parental Rights and Education
  • Discrimination
  • Exclusion (of individuals or ideas)
  • Freedom of Religion
Place of Incident
  • School
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In the UN Human Rights council's Universal Periodic Review of Greece on April 23rd, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), encouraged Greece to provide alternative religious classes for students who were not Orthodox Christians. They said that there should be a class for all major religions in Greece and the Orthodox Christian class should be optional, as should all the other religious classes. This would increase the religious liberty of all denominations but also that of other Christian religions and especially parents of alternative religions.

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