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Russian Court Denies Appeal by Dennis Christensen

24 May 2019
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Alison Lesley

The six-year prison term of the Jehovah’s Witness is upheld On May 7, 2019, World Religion News reported on . He was arrested in May 2017 while attending a Jehovah's witness worship service on Oryol....

Netherlands Court Rules Against Muslim Who Refused to Shave for Work

28 Feb 2019
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Gary Nguyen

The man was offered a job removing asbestos and would be unable to wear the required mask. The Court of Central Netherlands has given its legal support to the Amersfoort city council's decision to suspend...

Muslim Serving Life Sentence for 9/11 Bombing Sues U.S. Prison System

30 Aug 2018
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C Barnett

Ajaj is serving a sentence of 114 years for the crime. in New York in 1993. His case? The United States has violated his religious freedom rights. Ajaj, in his civil lawsuit filed in 2013, filed...

Court Rules In Favor of Atheist to Exhume Daughter

25 Jul 2018
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Nathan Glover

The judge granted the request on genuine mistake grounds Judge Lyndsey de Mestre, QC, the Deputy Chancellor of Diocese of St, Albans, has given permission to Mrs. Beverley Wilson and Michael Hugill,...

The Battle Within The Catholic Church for the Remains of America’s First Televangelist

12 Feb 2018
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Derek Welch

Bishop Fulton Sheen’s canonization has been held up as a result A ruling this month has continued an ongoing fight over the body of Bishop Fulton Sheen. For those that do not recognize the name,...

Transgender Woman Finally Allowed To See Her Kids

24 Dec 2017
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Gary Nguyen

Wins Court Case in England In England, the Third Court of Appeal ruled in favor of a transgender woman, reverting her case to the High Court. Sir James Munby, Lady Justice Arden, and Lord Justice...

Legal Debate Over Whether Catholic Church Can Sell Headstones

08 Dec 2017
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C Barnett

The church said the state is acting in an irrational manner. Michael Shipp, a US District Judge, is considering whether to cancel a state law which stops private religious cemeteries if they try to sell...

Catholic Bishops Criticize Ruling Allowing Undocumented Immigrant’s Abortion

25 Oct 2017
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Derek Welch

Texas Bishops Call The Decision "Unconscionable" A legal battle over abortion was resolved today as Jane Doe, an undocumented immigrant, was allowed to get an adoption earlier today. Jane Doe had been...

German Judges Want Headscarf Ban in Courts

10 Aug 2016
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Gary Nguyen

Judges call for hijab ban in German courts. A new decision by two influential associations of German judges bans legal representatives from wearing any religious symbol while in court. This means...

Hindu God Ordered to Appear in Court

22 Feb 2016
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Gary Nguyen

A summons has been issued to Hindu God Lord Hanuman to appear in an Indian court. A lower court in the eastern India state of Bihar has issued summons to a Hindu deity, Lord Hanuman, which ordered...