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UN demands Tajikistan free detained Jehovah’s Witness
By Kimberly Winston — October 25, 2017
(RNS) — Daniil Islamov, an 18-year-old Jehovah's Witness, is being detained for refusing to join the military.
‘The Vietnam Years’: How the conflict ripped the nation’s religious fabric
By Don Lattin — September 8, 2017
(RNS) — America is about to relive the horror and deep divisions spawned by the U.S. war in Vietnam — convulsions that also tore apart the nation’s religious fabric and still echo across the political and cultural landscape.
Mel Gibson’s ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ puts Seventh-day Adventists in spotlight
By RNS staff — November 8, 2016
NASHVILLE — Hacksaw Ridge tells the extraordinary true story of the late Desmond Doss, a Seventh-day Adventist who refused to carry a weapon due to religious beliefs while serving as a combat medic.
The ‘Splainer: Kim Davis, Pope Francis and the fight over conscientious objection
By Lauren Markoe — October 2, 2015
(RNS) Kim Davis objected. But does the pope agree with her conscience?
Immigration flap over conscientious objection resolved peacefully
By Kimberly Winston — June 21, 2013
(RNS) Margaret Doughty, who describes herself as a person with no religious affiliation, declined to sign an oath to take up arms for the United States.
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