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Former Christianity Today editor Mark Galli accused of sexual harassment
By Bob Smietana — March 15, 2022
(RNS) — Two new reports say the famed evangelical magazine failed to hold senior leaders accountable for sexual harassment and made women employees feel unappreciated and unsafe.
Study: Social hostility to religion declines, but government restrictions rise
By Yonat Shimron — September 30, 2021
(RNS) — Governments in more than 80% of the represented countries harassed religious groups in some way, though use of force was less common, a new Pew study found.
17 psychological groups call for greater protections of LGBTQ students at religious schools
By Yonat Shimron — May 10, 2021
(RNS) — The statement comes in response to a class-action lawsuit on behalf of 33 students or former students of federally funded Christian colleges and universities that allege widespread discrimination against LGBTQ students.
After harassment of Sikh bus driver, Maryland school district agrees to awareness training
By Aysha Khan — May 29, 2019
(RNS) — Since he began working as a school bus driver in suburban Maryland more than a decade ago, Sawinder Singh’s colleagues, supervisors and students taunted him because of his religion and ethnicity.
ADL study: Violence against Jews doubled last year
By Yonat Shimron — April 30, 2019
(RNS) — In all, 59 Jewish Americans were physically assaulted because of their religion in 2018, up from 21 in 2017.
In Europe, religious minorities face mounting hostility, harassment
By Tom Heneghan — June 27, 2018
PARIS (RNS) — Times are getting more difficult for members of minority religions across Europe as nationalism, security fears and anti-immigrant movements gain ground.
Online, Muslim women face threats from both Islamophobes and reformers
By Aysha Khan — June 28, 2016
(RNS) Muslim women have created a vibrant space for themselves online. But increasingly, many groups — from Islamophobes to conservative Muslims to feminists — are using social media’s lack of accountability to attack them.
Growing concern for German churches: Muslim refugees harassing Christians
By Tom Heneghan — June 3, 2016
(RNS) Accounts of Muslim migrants ganging up on Christians and other minorities in refugee shelters are raising concerns.
How schools overlook religious harassment and what to do about it (COMMENTARY)
By Linda K. Wertheimer — January 8, 2016
(RNS) Life for religious minority youths in America may be getting tougher. Teachers can do something about it.
5.3 billion people face harsh religious freedom restrictions
By Brian Pellot — January 14, 2014
(RNS) Most of the world's population (76 percent), lives in countries with high levels of social and government restrictions on religion, according to a new Pew Research Center report.
Guidelines seek line between free speech, bullying
By Lauren Markoe — May 22, 2012
WASHINGTON (RNS) A coalition of religious and civil rights groups released guidelines to balance two occasionally conflicting interests: students’ rights to free religious expression and their rights to remain safe from discrimination and bullying. By Lauren Markoe.
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