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Some in Congress objected to having the ceremony inside the Capitol, with members of the Freethought Caucus describing it as “sectarian.”  

Freedom of worship is tenuous around the globe. The Pew Research Center’s latest annual report found “high” or “very high” levels of government constraints on religion in 59 of the 198 countries and territories it analyzed – a new record. When Pew began releasing reports on the issue in 2007,…

Stockholm court gives Salwan Najem, whose co-defendant was shot dead last week, suspended sentence and fine

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Oklahoma can open St. Isidore: an online Roman Catholic charter school named after the patron saint of the internet. If affirmed, the school would be the nation’s first faith-based charter – a sea change in education law, expanding the boundaries of government…

The coalition of legal organizations told Texas school district leaders that it would “take any action” necessary to protect the rights of students and their families.

“They’re de facto endorsing government interference with the church—the very government interference with the church that they've complained about in the past.”

Restrict THC, help with deportations, infuse religion in schools and provide property tax relief – these are among the Patrick priorities.

Prabowo Subianto may have intended it to be just an ice-breaker, but he waded right into a hot button political topic for his hosts with his declaration that a DNA test had shown him to have traces of “Indian ancestry”. In doing so, he also showed a mirror to India. 

Met Police officers acted lawfully when arresting a Christian preacher with a ‘ban Islam’ sign

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that the implementation of UCC will bring uniformity in all laws relating to personal civil matters that discriminate on the basis of caste, religion, gender, etc. Read further on Dynamite News:

Controversial academic and theologian best known for his 1984 television series The Sea of Faith