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Islam
Australian Navy Twitter account closed for political statements on Islam. An official Australian Navy Twitter account run by Captain Mona Shindy, chief strategy adviser related to…
Christianity
In response to the new Charlie Hebdo cover art, the Vatican says all faiths must be respected. L’Osservatore Romano, the newspaper run by the Vatican that…
Ethics
Sikhs are commonly confused for Muslims in the U.S. and become the victims of anti-Muslim hate crimes. The first California homicide victim in 2016 is an…
Christianity
The Mormon Church responds to the armed occupation in Oregon. An anti-government militia has taken control over a federal wildlife refuge facility in Oregon. The members…
Issues
An Illinois man has been charged with threatening to shoot Scientology Leader David Miscavige. Andre Barkanov, a 47-year-old resident of Illinois, was arrested and subsequently charged…
Christianity
Patrick Elliott, the staff attorney of FFRF, has warned of a culture which forcefully injects religion into Clemson University’s football program. Clemson University has received a…
Christianity
Wheaton moves to fire professor Larycia Hawkins over talk on Islam. Larycia Hawkins, a professor of Wheaton College who wore a hijab to teach her classes,…
Atheism
The Bladensburg Memorial Cross is found Constitutional, but Atheists and Muslims still pushing to have it taken down. The war memorial cross has been in existence…
Issues
Scientology’s Narconon drug rehabilitation center is moving forward in an effort to get their Trout Run property designated as a historic place. After a significant blow…
Catholicism
Antonin Scalia pointed out his support of God in government during a recent speech. If Antonin Scalia, the U.S. Supreme Court justice is to be believed,…
Issues
A scholar is challenging studies that are saying that religious kids are less altruistic than children who are non-religious. Terrorism by radical Islamists and the underlying…
Islam
A new study provides insight into the fears of Americans. The Chapman University Survey of American Fears found out that a number of factors are responsible…