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DHAKA, March 2 (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s anti-terrorism unit said it had arrested on Monday the main suspect in the killing of a U.S. blogger who was hacked to death in…
Barnardwho was featured on CNN’s “The Hunt With John Walsh” in 2014 and again earlier this weekwas last seen in the United States in Spokane, Washington, in 2014. In April…
A prominent U.S. blogger, known for his writing against religious fundamentalism, has been hacked to death by unidentified attackers in Bangladesh’s capital, police said Friday. The attack on Avijit Roy,…
The number of countries where Jewish people are mistreated is at a seven-year high. According to the Pew Research Center, about a quarter of the world’s countries are still struggling…
A former Salt Lake City police officer who was put on leave and later resigned after he objected to riding in the motorcycle brigade at the front of last year’s…
WASHINGTON — Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. on Wednesday warned that “this is going to sound like a joke,” and then posed an unusual question about four hypothetical job applicants….
The Supreme Court indicated Wednesday it will side with a Muslim woman who didn’t get hired by clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch because she wore a black headscarf that conflicted…
Wal-Mart on Tuesday criticized a “conscience protection” measure in the retail giant’s home state that opponents say sanctions discrimination against gays and lesbians, while Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson also expressed…
There are now 23 states where the largest religious group is “unaffiliated” — a testament, perhaps, to what many researchers describe as a changing religious landscape in the United States….
If a church can have a prayer station inside city hall, then an atheist can have a reason station there, too. That’s what a federal judge concluded today in ordering…
The Court’s opinion affirmed the principle that corporations are people and therefore like people, have constitutionally protected religious liberty. – While Justice Samuel Alito, delivering the opinion of the Court,…
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India said on Tuesday that his government would not “accept violence against any religion, on any pretext” and that it would take…
WASHINGTON (RNS) After taking heat from the religious right for saying Christians and Muslims have all committed horrors in God’s name, President Obama is now angering the religious left with…
MANDALAY, Myanmar (RNS) While Myanmar’s strict curbs on religious freedom continue to draw international scrutiny, its lax enforcement of noise limits is attracting the ire of locals. Residents of the…
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Pastor Ahmet Guvener managed to get his daughter, a Christian, an exemption from mandatory religious classes in her Turkish school. But he soon found that the…
“Israel is more than an American ally, she is a mirror image of America in commitment to religious liberty, women’s rights, free speech, elected government and an economic system based…
Instead, the eerily quiet village is a destination for a different type of travelerone that’s not driven by foodie discovery or lazing on the beach, the primary reasons Koreans vacation…
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But it was a comparison he drew at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday that is receiving the latest criticism, proving just how potent language can be, particularly when it…
JERUSALEM (AP) – Like so many parents, Ori Gruder was grappling with how to talk to his 10-year-old son about sex. Being a member of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox religious community, which…
Several state legislatures are debating vaccine-related measures as dozens of people have fallen ill from a measles outbreak that started at Disneyland in December and spread beyond the theme park….
While finding that Americans narrowly favor allowing gay and lesbian couples to legally marry, a new Associated Press-GfK poll also shows most believe wedding-related businesses should be allowed to deny…
On Tuesday, the Indiana state Senate voted 39-11 in favor of a bill to explicitly permit religious discrimination in hiring by some organizations that contract with the state. Under the…
A series of episodes at churches over the last two months has prompted Roman Catholics here to worry about a deliberate campaign of violence, and to call on Prime Minister…
“Modesty is part of our Islamic faith,” Khan wrote in an email. “No one should be discriminated (against) for following their faith.” So Khan started World Hijab Day to build…
For many in the U.S., the only ‘religious’ event this time of year is the Super Bowl. But for many pagans and Wiccans, February 2 marks the important holiday, Imbolc,…
Some Indiana residents could get a religious exemption from having their photographs on state identification cards under legislation passed Wednesday in a House committee. If the measure passes, the Bureau…
Obama will address attendees about the importance of religious freedom on Feb. 5 at the annual National Prayer Breakfast. The Dalai Lama, arguably the most visible symbol of Tibet’s struggle…
What goes on behind the walls of Pakistan’s most religious schools is kept relatively secret. However, BBC journalist Mobeen Azhar gained unprecedented access, allowing him to explain to HuffPost Live…
the one in five Americans who no one seems to have noticed before in endless rounds of debates pitting science vs. religion. They’re more strongly religious than most “Traditionals” (43…