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AP photos show women in Japan working to break down barriers in ancient, tradition-bound sumo

For centuries, sumo's deep links with the Shinto religion barred women from entering the ring, let alone allowing them to participate.

The Independent UK

Excluding Religious School That "Forfeited a Girls' Playoff Basketball Game to Avoid Playing a Team with a Transgender Athlete" Violated Free Exercise Clause

So the Second Circuit held today, concluding that the facts surrounding this particular exclusion showed hostility to religion, and not just the neutral application of generally applicable rules.

Reason

“Organised religion is causing the worst genocides and most horrible situations in the history of mankind”: Nightwish’s Floor Jansen goes on vicious tirade against Christianity

Nightwish’s lead singer takes no prisoners when asked whether she has religious beliefs or not

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Richard Dawkins on New Threats to Science—From Religion to Relativism

The legendary atheist and evolutionary biologist argues that truth shouldn't bend to faith or fashionable politics.

Reason

3 states push to put the Ten Commandments back in school – banking on new guidance at the Supreme Court

As disputes rage on over religion’s place in public schools, the Ten Commandments have become a focal point. At least a dozen states have considered proposals that would require classrooms to post the biblical laws, and three passed laws mandating their display in 2024-2025: Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas.

The Conversation

Astrology’s appeal in uncertain times

Scroll through TikTok, browse dating profiles or sit at a cafe, and you’ll often hear people reference their astrological sign. Someone might proudly claim their Leo energy; others joke that they would never date a Scorpio.

The Conversation

Religion and Foreign-Policy Realism

Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the New U.S. Role in the South Caucasus

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I Wish Jesus Could Be The 15th Club In My Golf Bag

With Jesus as a caddie in your back pocket, Katie Dawkins explores how a strong faith can strengthen a player's mental game and improve performance

Golf Monthly

Texas AG Ken Paxton encourages students to recite Lord’s Prayer in latest test of church-state separation

The endorsement comes as Texas elected officials push for more Christianity in public life and as Paxton’s office fights a legal challenge to religion in education.

The Texas Tribune

Woman Explains That She Has To Misgender Trans Coworker “Because Of Her Religion”

A woman justifies her transphobia with religion.

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AI Apocalypse? Why language surrounding tech is sounding increasingly religious

Geoffrey Hinton is sounding the alarm about the risks of artificial intelligence

The Independent UK

1 in 4 Texas school districts sign up for new Bible-infused curriculum

The numbers may grow as the state collects more data. Some districts adopted the plan not for its religious emphasis but for more funding and to better align with teaching requirements.

The Texas Tribune

Like Reagan, Trump is slashing US environment regulations, but his strategy may have a far deeper impact

When the Trump administration announced it was moving to eliminate dozens of U.S. climate policies, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said he was sending “a dagger straight into the heart of the climate change religion.”

The Conversation

"Satan played, and then we played, and then Antichrist played straight after us": Christian Rockers Wytch Hazel on atheism, conservatives and organised religion

Wytch Hazel may be believers, but their righteousinfluences and almighty folk metal rocks harder than Gabriel’s Judgement Day trumpets

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Jeezus! review – queer musical’s revelations about love with no limits

A Peruvian boy has a sexual awakening in a show about religion, patriarchy and homophobia, featuring sweet and smutty songs with a Latin twist

The Conversation

‘Green Islam’: how Muslims are powering environmental action across the world

As the world grapples with myriad environmental problems, a growing number of studies shows the role of religion is key.

The Conversation

The paradox of pluralism: How college shapes students’ views of other religions

Students at elite universities tend to talk a good game when it comes to religious pluralism. Many of them show up on day one already saying all the right things about respecting different faiths.

The Independent UK

Qatar sentences the country's Baha'i leader to 5 years for social media posts

The leader of the small Baha’i community in Qatar has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges alleging that posts on Baha’i social media accounts “cast doubt on the foundations of the Islamic religion."

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The Conversation

Schools are looking for chaplains, but the understanding of who – and what – chaplains are varies widely

There is an ongoing push to make chaplains available in public schools across the United States. Chaplains, also called spiritual caregivers, are religious professionals who work in secular institutions and can be of any tradition or none at all.

The Independent UK

Voices: Faith keeps you going, Kemi, but it doesn’t grant wishes

COMMENT: Kemi Badenoch says she lost her faith after following the Josef Fritzl case. It misses the point in what God is, writes Kat Brown – less a benevolent wishing tree with an accompanying book, more a source of inner strength

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When your MMO's community is "practically forming a religion" based on a big crab, you just go with it: "Oh, the Gemstone Crab's taken another life. And it's funny"

Mod Kieren says "it has been awesome to see the love the crab's gotten"

Reason

How the Elite Changed Its Mind on Christianity

Bush-era New Atheism couldn't last forever.

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‘Obviously unconstitutional law’: A judge just clowned Sarah Huckabee Sanders over her Ten Commandments bill

Thou shalt not pass — or make a fool of yourself trying.

Reason

Religious Hiring and Title VII's Religious Exemption

A textualist solution to controversies over religious hiring.

The Conversation

Football and faith could return to the Supreme Court – this time, over loudspeakers

With the start of another high school football season around the corner, a long-simmering dispute has heated up: prayers at games.

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