The failure to offer a non-Muslim Bosnian a work experience placement with Bosnian Muslim refugees was discrimination on grounds of religion and thus not unlawful, rules a Reading industrial tribunal (Chair: J G Hollow) in Kesar v (1) British Red Cross (2) Refugee Council.
In Ahmad v UK [1982] 4 EHRR 126 ECHR, the European Commission of Human Rights held that a local authority's refusal to allow Mr Ahmad time off work on Fridays to attend prayers at a mosque did not infringe his freedom of religion or his right to enjoy rights and freedoms without discrimination.
In Ahmad v Inner London Education Authority [1977] ICR 490 CA, the Court of Appeal held that the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion established by Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights does not entitle an employee to be absent from work for the purpose of religious worship in breach of contract.