Bloomberg.com: Europe
Turkey needs to ensure that religious education in schools is objective and gives additional weight to beliefs other than Sunni Islam, the European Court of Human Rights ruled today.
Hasan Zengin and his daughter Eylem, followers of the Alevi faith, argued the religious culture and ethics classes in Turkey weren't neutral and were incompatible with the country's secular system. The family's request for Eylem to be exempt from the classes was rejected, a decision upheld by national courts.
The Strasbourg, France-based court ruled today that such a refusal breached the European Convention on Human Rights, which says ``the state shall respect the right of parents to ensure such education and teaching in conformity with their own religious and philosophical convictions.'' Turkey should bring its educational system and domestic law into conformity with that legislation, the seven-judge panel said in its unanimous ruling.
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