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Influential Southern Baptist layman Paul Pressler subject of sex abuse suit
By Adelle M. Banks — December 11, 2017
(RNS) — A lawyer representing parties in the case called it 'an attempt to extort money from the Pressler family' and others.
New Jersey town approves mosque after $3.25M settlement
By Jerome Socolovsky — August 9, 2017
BERNARDS TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — The Islamic Society of Basking Ridge had sued the township last year, claiming the town changed its zoning ordinances in order to deny the group's plans.
NJ mosque wins $3.25 million in settlement in discrimination case
By Lauren Markoe — May 30, 2017
(RNS) The mosque met every local zoning requirement but the town made up new ones that applied to no other religious community.
Minority groups brace for battle in case Trump makes good on his promises
By Lauren Markoe — November 21, 2016
(RNS) 'We're looking for any good signs but the signs he is sending are not good,' Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said of Trump.
Israeli court asked to restrain God
By Kimberly Winston — May 4, 2016
(RNS) When "try God" means in court.
Brazilian judge trains clergy to mediate domestic disputes
By Janet Tappin Coelho — April 4, 2016
RIO DE JANEIRO (RNS) The "To Mediate is Divine" program offers a simpler and cheaper arbitration route with the goal of developing alternative methods of conflict resolution.
Italy faces fine over CIA abduction of Egyptian cleric
By Rosie Scammell — February 24, 2016
ROME (RNS) Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr had been given political asylum and was living in Milan when he was snatched from a street in February 2003.
Why North Carolina’s unprecedented exemption is wrong for America (COMMENTARY)
By Jay Michaelson — June 12, 2015
(RNS) The courthouse is not a religious space, and the magistrate is not acting in a religious capacity. She is doing her job, which she took an oath to do.
Idaho ministers sue to prevent gay weddings at for-profit wedding chapel
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — October 19, 2014
(RNS) Donald and Evelyn Knapp are ordained Pentecostal ministers who say they can't provide same-sex services at their for-profit wedding chapel because it's "something forbidden by their religious beliefs and ordination vows."
Does the contraception mandate really kill religious freedom?
By David Gibson — July 31, 2012
(RNS) The Obama administration's policy requiring most employers to provide free birth control coverage in their health insurance policies takes effect on Wednesday -- a deadline that has sparked apocalyptic warnings from conservatives. By David Gibson.
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