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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…

The Conversation

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

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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

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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

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

Wales Online

Veeramani urges CM to dispense with religious rituals in government functions

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

The Hindu

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,…

The Conversation

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 Hindu

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.

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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…

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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.

Salon

The right and religion: A short history

Most Americans — and most Christians — don't want religious doctrine dominating our laws. So how did we get here?

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Court’s ruling on school prayer is supremely questionable

“There’s no crying in baseball,” said Tom Hanks’ baseball coach in “A League of Their Own.”

Reason

What Does Connecticut "Racial Ridicule" Law Mean?, Federal Court Asks Conn. S. Ct.

Connecticut General Statutes § 53-37 provides: "Any person who, by his advertisement, "ridicules or holds up to contempt any person or class of persons, "on account of the creed, religion, color, denomination, nationality or race of such person or class of persons, "shall be fined not more than fifty dollars…

Newcastle Herald

Letters: Indignation over flags debate 'misinformed'

Newcastle Herald readers have their say.

The Conversation

Some people treat Disney as sacred. Does that make it a religion?

Disney has been making the headlines lately, but it hasn’t been about blockbusters. Recently, people have been up in arms over a ruined Disney park proposal and a couple who opted to have Minnie and Mickey at their wedding instead of food.

The Hindu

India has a history of diverse cultures, says Satchidanandan

‘Existence of many religions not a threat to national unity’

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