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Catholicism
Though Guatemala is a secular country, complete with constitutional defense in place for religious freedoms, a new bill is up that will force schools, both public…
Christianity
Kenneth Smith is suing education officials because he feels that learning about the theory of evolution violates his daughter’s First Amendment rights. A West Virginia father…
Bahá'í Faith
After four years of imprisonment for educating Baha’is, four faculty members of the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) were finally released. In May 2011, a…
Christianity
The new Pew Research study found that Jews and Hindus are among both the most educated and wealthiest compared to other religions and all Americans. The…
Christianity
Members of Calvary Chapel, a megachurch in Chino Hills, are guilty of oversharing at school board meetings and have been accused of forcing their religion on…
Entertainment
Featured Contributor Nusrat Qadir responds to a French school’s decision to send a 15-year-old girl home from school because her skirt was too long and could…
Entertainment
French fashion is making headlines in an unexpected way this past week. France is known for its strict laws on laïcité, which means secularism. The laws…
Islam
In an age when one might expect Christians to avoid the teachings of Islam through the Quran, Michael Fitzgerald, retired Catholic Archbishop of Tunisia, not only…
Entertainment
Joseph Laycock, an Assistant Professor at Texas State University, posted a piece last week on Quartz expressing his belief that students should be taught about the…
Christianity
A Christian fraternity is in the middle of a religious debate after claiming to have been wrongfully removed by California State University, Stanilaus. The move comes…
Entertainment
On March 8, 2015 The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) extended accreditation to the United States’ first Muslim college. As described on Zaytuna College’s…
Christianity
On March 3, ACLU wrote a letter to the McBain Rural Agricultural School district encouraging them to alter the wording in their posted listing for a…