Women seeking Tunisian presidency say it’s time for change
Source: Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian women can seek abortions, file for divorce and enjoy other rights unheard of in some parts of the Arab world — and […]
Lawsuit: LA Sheriff’s Department denied Muslim inmates’ religious needs
Source: Religion News Service By Alejandra Molina LOS ANGELES (RNS) — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is being sued by three Muslim inmates who said they were denied access […]
Survivors demand US investigation of Mississippi abuse deals
Source: Associated Press By MICHAEL REZENDES and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Joshua K. Love sits in the living room of his home in Greenwood, Miss., Saturday, June 8, 2019. Love says […]
Ilhan Omar reveals racist threat to shoot her at state fair
Source: BBC News US Democratic lawmaker has publicised a racist threat that she would be killed at the state fair by “a very capable person with a very big ‘Gun’”. […]
Honduras Will Recognize Jerusalem As Israel’s Capital
Source: Forward By Marcy Oster (JTA) — Honduras will recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. President Juan Orlando Hernandez will travel to Israel on Friday to inaugurate a “diplomatic office” in Jerusalem, […]
Australia unveils religious freedom bill, after rugby star sacked for ‘hell awaits homosexuals’ post
Source: Reuters BY Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Thursday proposed legislation to protect people who express their religious faith outside of the workplace, a few months after Rugby […]
Amazon fires deepen a split between Brazil’s evangelicals and fellow Christians
Source: Religion News Service BY Eduardo Campos Lima SAO PAULO (RNS) — The apparently intentional escalation of fires in the Amazon rainforest has contributed to a growing political split among […]
India seeks to portray sense of calm in locked-down Kashmir
Source: Associated Press By EMILY SCHMALL NEW DELHI (AP) — Just before midnight on the eve of the biggest political change in Indian-administered Kashmir in decades, authorities shut down internet […]
Clergy Abuse Victims Take New Route to Challenge Church in Court
Source: Wall Street Journal By Ian Lovett Pennsylvania’s legislature hasn’t decided if it will join the growing number of states to lift the statute of limitations on victims of childhood sexual […]
The Christian church: Dying out or thriving like never before?
Source: DW From the back of the dimly lit hall, one’s gaze glides over dozens of rows of chairs, colorful clothes, tightly wrapped kimonos, black suits, all the way to […]
In Landmark Ceremony, a Catholic Bishop Is Installed in China
Source: The New York Times By Ian Johnson A state-sanctioned Catholic church in Shanghai. A deal in 2018 aimed at ending decades of animosity and estrangement between “underground” Catholics loyal […]
Santa Clara family waits for answers after Air Canada forces 12-year-old to remove her hijab at SFO
Source: The Mercury News SANTA CLARA — As the first player on the U.S. Squash national team to compete in a hijab, 12-year-old Fatima Abdelrahman is aware that her presence […]
Muslim officers sue over beard suspensions, are reinstated
Source: Associated Press By RYAN TARINELLI ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Two Muslim correctional officers in New York were reinstated Tuesday after being suspended for refusing to shave their beards because […]
Lawsuit claims DMV rule about head coverings violates religious, civil liberties
Source: Chicago Sun Times BY David Struett A civil rights group is suing Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White over a rule it claims violates people’s religious rights at driver’s […]
Exclusive: Falwell steered Liberty University land deal benefiting his personal trainer
Source: Reuters BY Aram Roston, Joshua Schneyer LYNCHBURG, Va. (Reuters) – Evangelical leader and prominent Donald Trump backer Jerry Falwell Jr personally approved real estate transactions by his nonprofit Christian university that […]
Interfaith group pledges to use religion’s influence to address climate change, …
Source: Religion News Service LINDAU, Germany (RNS) — The international interfaith organization Religions for Peace introduced its first-ever female and first-ever Muslim secretary-general at its World Assembly on Friday (Aug. […]
China ban on some textbooks seen as aimed at Uighur culture
Source: Associated Press BY DAKE KANG BEIJING (AP) — For 15 years, Yalqun Rozi skillfully navigated state bureaucracies to publish textbooks that taught classic poems and folk tales to millions […]
Dutch doctor faces trial in landmark euthanasia case
Source: BBC News A Dutch doctor has appeared in court after performing euthanasia on a patient suffering with severe dementia. Prosecutors say the doctor did not do enough to verify […]
Sri Lankan Islamic clerics seek clarity on face veil ban
Source: Associated Press By KRISHAN FRANCIS COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Islamic clerics in Sri Lanka asked Muslim women on Tuesday to continue to avoid wearing face veils until the […]
Bangladesh to remove the word ‘virgin’ from Muslim marriage certificates
Source: The Guardian The word “virgin” must be removed from Muslim marriage certificates in Bangladesh, the country’s top court has said, a landmark verdict after campaigners challenged the “humiliating and discriminatory” […]