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Christianity in the dumps, GOP to blame

It's not lack of school prayer causing people to abandon faith, it's that Christianity has become a toxic religion

Salon

Gay rugby league star slams "homophobia hiding behind religion" amid pride shirt boycott

Keegan Hirst, the first British rugby league star to come out as gay, has criticised the Manly Sea Eagles players set to sit out their match on Thursday in protest at a shirt promoting LGBTQ+ equality

Daily Mirror

Satanist who turned to the devil after being stabbed 10 times faces daily death threats

Tristán Kapp faces extreme prejudice on a daily basis and says people call him the "epitome of evil"

Irish Mirror

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Pope in Quebec amid decline of Catholic Church in province

Pope Francis arrives in Quebec at a time when many French Canadians are not only continuing to move away from religion but explicitly rejecting it

The Independent UK

Satanist who turned to devil after being stabbed 10 times faces daily death threats

Tristán Kapp says he is called the 'epitome of evil' and has been banned from TikTok for turning to devil worshipping after he was nearly stabbed to death

Daily Mirror

Cricket in Commonwealth Games - Uninteresting history, long-delayed return and renaissance

NEW DELHI: Often called a religion in India and a multi-billion dollar revenue generating industry in the country, the game of cricket, is still finding its way to true global recognition.

The Times of India

Why the hijab controversy persists in Nigeria's public schools

Hijab use in Nigeria’s public schools has become highly controversial, in some cases leading to riots, fatalities, the destruction of school property and the closure of schools. Adeyemi Balogun, a PhD holder in the history of religion with research interests in Muslim culture and Muslim/ Christian relations, sets out why…

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Michigan medical students walk out on an anti-abortion keynote speaker

A petition had circulated before Sunday's white coat ceremony asking the university to remove the speaker, a physician who directs the school's Health, Spirituality and Religion program.

WEKU

In Visva-Bharati, discontent over lecture on Kali worship

Old-timers as well as detractors of Vice-Chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty say religion has never found space in the secular institution

The Hindu

Being Sarna: a fight to define tribal identity in Jharkhand

As demands for a Sarna religious code in Census 2021 grow in Jharkhand, RSS-backed outfits are busy trying to convince the tribal people that they are Hindus. Abhinay Lakshman reports on the efforts of Sarna outfits to resist Hindu organisations and Christian missionaries alike, and define their identity through their…

The Hindu

UK under international pressure over deletion of abortion commitments

Exclusive: open letter sent to Liz Truss after removal of commitment to repeal laws threatening women and girls’ rights from global pact

The Guardian - UK

Karnataka High Court notice to government on plea challenging legality of ordinance to curb religious conversion by ‘fraudulent means’

As provisions of the ordinance empowers the State to suppress an individual’s personal liberty, it violates the fundamental right to life and personal liberty guaranteed in the Constitution, the petitioners claim

The Hindu

Federal Icac to cover private contractors working for government, attorney general says

Mark Dreyfus expands jurisdiction of proposed anti-corruption watchdog to include companies awarded commonwealth contracts worth billions of dollars

The Guardian - AU

Religion and state need to be in balance to protect democracy in South Africa

The relationship between religion and the law is often complicated. It is sometimes even conflicted. At the heart of the matter lies the tension between freedom of belief and association, and protection from abuse.

The Conversation

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Wales Online

Being working class 'should be protected characteristic like disability'

The current law protects people from discrimination on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation

Wales Online

Top 10 things people wouldn't do for love revealed in new study

The research reveals that ending a friendship (94%), changing religion (94%) or getting rid of a pet (93%) top the list of things Brits won’t do for love

The Hindu

Veeramani urges CM to dispense with religious rituals in government functions

Secularism does not mean taking take along all religions, says DK leader

The Conversation

Religious liberty has a long and messy history – and there is a reason Americans feel strongly about it

At the close of its recent term the Supreme Court ruled on the cases of Carson v. Makin and Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, rekindling controversy over one of the most enduring issues in American history: religious liberty. Another of this term’s blockbuster decisions, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization,…

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No role for caste in Agnipath, says BJP

Column for caste or religion required to be filled ‘purely for administrative reasons’ for the last few decades, says BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra.

The Conversation

Shinto religion has long been entangled with Japan's politics – and Shinzo Abe was associated with many of its groups

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s alleged shooter, Tetsuya Yamagami, told the police that he was motivated by Abe’s connections to the messianic new religious movement known as the Unification Church.

Belfast Live

Belfast attack on two teenage boys treated as 'sectarian motivated hate crime'

A local MLA claimed they were asked questions about their religion and where they're from

The Guardian - UK

The big picture: inside a quilombo religious house in Brazil

Tamara Merino’s image of a priest from the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé religion in a community built by formerly enslaved people has a poignant sense of nostalgia and melancholy

Dynamite News

Monsoon Session: RS Secretariat puts out code of conduct for MPs, says 'members should not be disrespectful to any religion’

Rajya Sabha Secretariat has once again reiterated the ethical code of conduct applicable for the members. Read more on Dynamite News:

Reason

"This Case Involves a Religious Psychic Trying to Break a Family Curse by 'Cleaning' 'Dirty' Money"

From Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres's Report and Recommendation in U.S. v. Stevens (S.D. Fla.) recommending denial of defendant's motion to dismiss, just adopted yesterday by Judge Darrin Gayles: This case involves a religious psychic trying to break a family curse by "cleaning" "dirty" money. Far-fetched as that might be, the…

The Times of India

Don’t cite religion as excuse to add to population boom: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leader and former Union minister for minority affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi joined the debate on population control, cautioning that “population explosion” is a problem that affects the entire country.

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