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Jewish man denied franchise by Christian auto repair company takes fight to Fifth Circuit
A prospective franchisee is asking the appeals court to depart from precedent and apply a 19th-century civil rights law to people of the Jewish faith.
Austria hotel's burkini ban discriminatory, court finds
Austria does not explicitly restrict Muslim dress for women and girls over 14. But the law in effect prevents Muslim them from wearing the burqa and niqab, though the burkini is an exception.
The Decline and Fall of what, exactly?
Lately I’ve been reading a lot about early Christian martyrs and the late Roman Empire. No, really.
Vatican excommunicates schismatic bishops and priests, and warns their followers
It declared the consecrations a “schismatic act” and that the society itself had created a schism, or intentional rupture with the church.
11-year-old boy driving pickup truck crashes into group of Thai monks, killing 9
The cause of the accident is under investigation, but police said the monks described seeing the vehicle swerving before it slid off the road and crashed into the group.
Defying Pope Leo XIV, traditionalists go ahead with bishop consecrations in Switzerland
According to church law, consecrating a bishop without a papal mandate incurs the harshest penalty in the Catholic Church.
Khadijah Farrakhan, 'first lady of Nation of Islam' as wife of famous pastor, dies at 90
"Mother Khadijah" worked alongside her provocative and charismatic husband, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, for decades, helping lead their religious and sociopolitical movement, which espouses Black self-reliance.
Texas Board of Education approves reading list requiring students to study Bible stories
The list includes picture book versions of "David and Goliath" and "Daniel and the Lion’s Den" for elementary students and excerpts from the Book of Job for high schoolers.
Deniz Undav’s World Cup success for Germany lifts Yazidi and Kurdish pride
The Kurds are among the largest stateless ethnic groups in the world. Yazidis are a Kurdish-speaking religious minority mostly found in Syria, Iraq and Turkey.
Shiite Muslims mark holy day of Ashoura after months of war in Iran and Lebanon
Iran and Lebanon have the world's two largest Shiite populations.
Once roiled by sexual abuse issue, Southern Baptist leadership now downplays its extent
Rejecting the framing of sexual abuse as a crisis, once a marginal view in the convention, is increasingly mainstream.