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14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed was the subject of Islamophobia when his school project was believed to be bomb, but President Obama, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg, and more…
Christianity
Gathering of Muslims and Christians hopes to reduce tensions caused by Evangelical Christian Franklin Graham’s Anti-Muslim Facebook post. Recently, Evangelical Christian and Muslim leaders gathered at…
Islam
Local residents are questioning the Islamic Association’s intentions to build the Muslim cemetery. The residents of Farmersville, Texas packed their city hall recently to protest a…
Ethics
Texas Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton said that justices of peace, judges, county clerks and their employees have “constitutional and statutory rights protecting their freedom of religion”…
Christianity
The six perpetrators were all associated with the Church of Wells and have similar records of heckling previously. On June 28, 2015, security and police officers…
Christianity
Will Rogers, Mayor of Hawkins, Texas defends “Jesus Welcomes You” sign against the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The town of Hawkins in Texas welcomes visitors with…
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…
Issues
After the controversies in Indiana and Arkansas, Texas is considering amendments to its own Religious Freedom laws, facing similar controversy. Texas lawmakers and business leaders have…
Christianity
Judge John Chupp of the Tarrant County ruled in favor of the breakaway Episcopalian group. The group broke away from the national Episcopal Church in Fort…
Hinduism
New Texas textbooks were approved by the Hindu American Foundation after corrections were made to the explanations of and information on the Hindu faith. Recently, we published…
Religion News
Source: SikhCoalition.org/textbooks The Sikh Coalition celebrated a victory after the Texas Board of Education approved textbooks which have corrected more than 50 inaccuracies about the Sikh…
Christianity
A lawsuit between a Texas church and Presbyterian Church (USA) has been continuing on for over six years, and it still seems to be no closer…