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16 Jehovah’s Witnesses released from prison in Turkmenistan during Ramadan
By Adelle M. Banks — May 11, 2021
(RNS) — ‘These young men are excited to return home and once again help support their families and local communities,’ said a spokesman for the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Israeli court annuls law exempting religious from military
By Jerome Socolovsky — September 12, 2017
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Supreme Court struck down a 2015 law that granted exemptions from military service to ultra-Orthodox men, in a move that could reignite long-standing tensions between Israel's politically powerful ultra-Orthodox community and the secular Jewish majority.
The new cost of doing business: Toeing the line on politically correct beliefs
By Emilie Kao — September 12, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) — A farmer was kicked out of a municipal market because of his religious beliefs about marriage. That was wrong, and the court that begins hearing his case this week should recognize that.
In meeting Kim Davis, Pope Francis confounds and challenges (COMMENTARY)
By Jacob Lupfer — September 30, 2015
(RNS) Conservative Catholics often complain that Pope Francis, especially in his unscripted moments, sows confusion. Now, for a change, progressives are grappling with that frustration.
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