Insidious persecution in the UK

The British government will try to deny the Strasbourg Court the right for Christians to wear a prominently displayed cross or a crucifix in the workplace.

London News reports reveal that ministers have decided to take this position based on the fact that wearing a cross “is not a requirement of faith.”

Consequently, employers may prohibit their employees from wearing a cross, and terminate employees if they insist.

In a few months, Strasbourg judges will decide on four different cases of this kind which have occurred in the United Kingdom.

One of them regards Nadia Eweida, a woman who works for British Airwaysand was suspended from her job in 2006 because she refused to remove the cross she was wearing around her neck.

Eweida, a 61 year old Coptic Christian, said that BA allows members of other faiths to wear religious symbols and items of clothing.

Eweida, and others argue that the ban violates the European Convention on human rights, preventing them from expressing their faith.