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8:15am, 2nd August, 2019

India's top court to hear Ayodhya religious dispute on daily basis

India's top court will hear arguments every day in an effort to resolve a decades-old dispute over what should be built on the ruins of a 16th-century mosque, Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said on Friday.

Maine Senate rejects ending religious exemptions for vaccinations

9:04am, 3rd May, 2019

Politics

Maine Senate rejects ending religious exemptions for vaccinations

An effort to end all non-medical exemptions for childhood vaccinations in Maine was in limbo on Thursday after the state Senate voted to amend it to allow parents to keep opting out on religious grounds.

U.S. health agency finalizes conscience and religious freedom rule

12:56pm, 2nd May, 2019

US

U.S. health agency finalizes conscience and religious freedom rule

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday released a final rule allowing doctors, nurses and other health workers to opt out of procedures such as abortions and sterilizations which violate their personal or religious beliefs.

U.S. religious centers buy more insurance after raft of shootings

10:26am, 1st May, 2019

US

U.S. religious centers buy more insurance after raft of shootings

U.S. religious centers are buying special insurance to protect them from the financial consequences of an armed intruder opening fire in their buildings.

U.S. religious freedom envoy urges China to release Taiwan activist

3:20am, 12th March, 2019

World

U.S. religious freedom envoy urges China to release Taiwan activist

The U.S. ambassador for religious freedom on Tuesday called for the release of a Taiwan activist jailed in China, saying the case was highly concerning to the U.S. government.

Pakistan seizes religious schools in intensified crackdown on militants

4:48am, 7th March, 2019

World

Pakistan seizes religious schools in intensified crackdown on militants

Pakistan intensified its crackdown against Islamist militants on Thursday, with the government announcing it had taken control of 182 religious schools and detained more than 100 people as part of its push against banned groups.

Pakistan says it has taken control of 182 religious schools in crackdown on militants

3:46am, 7th March, 2019

World

Pakistan says it has taken control of 182 religious schools in crackdown on militants

Pakistan intensified its crackdown against Islamist militants on Thursday, with the government announcing it had taken control of 182 religious schools and detained more than 100 people as part of its push against banned groups.

War memorial or religious symbol? Cross fight reaches U.S. high court

7:28am, 22nd February, 2019

US

War memorial or religious symbol? Cross fight reaches U.S. high court

When Fred Edwords first drove by the 40-foot-tall (12 meters) concrete cross that has stood for nearly a century on a busy intersection in suburban Maryland outside the U.S. capital, his first reaction was, "What is that doing there?"

China's Urumqi takes aim at "extremist" religious practices

9:59pm, 9th October, 2018

World

China's Urumqi takes aim at "extremist" religious practices

Urumqi, capital of the largely Muslim Chinese region of Xinjiang, will crack down on activities that blur the boundary between religion and secular life and encourage "extremism", the local government said.

Defiant Erdogan casts Turkey currency crisis in religious, patriotic terms

5:07am, 20th August, 2018

World

Defiant Erdogan casts Turkey currency crisis in religious, patriotic terms

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday an attack on Turkey's economy was no different from a strike against its flag or the Islamic call to prayer, responding to a recent currency sell-off in stark religious and nationalist terms ahead of a maj...