A decision by the Yale University Press to eliminate all images of the prophet Muhammad from an upcoming book, for fear of inciting violent protests by Muslims, is causing concern…
Shariah courts in the United Kingdom aren’t just being used by Muslims. A small but growing number of non-Muslims also are turning to the religious tribunals to resolve commercial disputes…
A divided Michigan Supreme Court has approved a much-awaited rule of evidence revision that delineates the power of a courtroom judge to determine witness attire.
Michigan’s highest court is weighing whether to adopt a guideline that would give lower court judges wide discretion when it comes to controlling witness attire. But civil rights advocates are…
A kindergartener in Texas may continue to wear his hair long, a federal judge has ruled, apparently finding that the school district’s policy of requiring the child to conceal his…
There are, undoubtedly, advantages to being the king or queen of England. But one disadvantage is that those who so desire can’t marry a Catholic and retain the British throne.…
A Texas woman filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in federal court this week, contending that the tax agency had refused to allow her to carry…
A lawyer representing evangelist Tony Alamo has asked a federal court to remove religious references from a civil suit, arguing that the court has no business weighing in on theological…
In a report today that appears likely to ignite further controversy over a fringe religious group that advocates polygamy, Texas Child Protective Services says more than one in four pubescent…
Although Afghanistan officially has government courts to settle civil disputes and rule on criminal matters, there is another option that citizens, in some cases, are pursuing in order to get…
Contending that their First Amendment right to religious freedom is being abridged by too-zealous enforcement of a New York municipality’s building codes, a group of Amish families plans to file…
A 24-year-old student who was prosecuted and initially sentenced to death for circulating an article about women’s rights under Islam is now facing 20 years in jail.
The law school at the University of Utah has been awarded a $2.5 million one-year grant from the U.S. State Department to help forge an independent judiciary in Iraq, the…
Gearing up for a First Amendment battle, several pastors in Orange County, Calif., joined dozens of others across the nation yesterday in preaching politics.
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