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News Articles: Religion

Romin Iqbal (center) of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) attends a press conference at CAIR-Columbus headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, in 2018. Iqbal was terminated for sharing information about the organization to "a known anti-Muslim hate group."

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A leader of an Ohio Muslim organization was fired for spying for a hate group

The Columbus chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations fired its Executive and Legal Director Romin Iqbal after it discovered he was passing information to a "known anti-Muslim hate group."

December 16, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Kashmir's Jamia Masjid, or the grand mosque is seen through its gate that remains locked on Fridays in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir.

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  • World

In Kashmir, closed mosque raises questions about India's religious freedom

For Kashmiri Muslims the Jamia Masjid is a sacred venue, but it's been closed most Fridays for the past two years. The government has said those who manage it couldn't stop anti-India protests there.

December 16, 2021
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  • The Associated Press

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  • Law

Supreme Court again leaves state vaccine mandate in place for health care workers

This case from New York was the second time the court has refused to block such a state vaccine mandate for health care workers.

December 14, 2021
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  • Nina Totenberg
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  • Religion

Canadian teacher reassigned under a controversial Quebec law for wearing a hijab

A teacher who wears a hijab was removed from the classroom under Quebec's Bill 21, which prohibits teachers wearing religious symbols in class.

December 11, 2021
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By:
  • Emma Jacobs
The Supreme Court heard arguments in a challenge from parents in Maine who want to use a state tuition program to send their children to religious schools.

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  • Law

Supreme Court signals further erosion of separation of church and state in schools

The handwriting on the wall came during a nearly two-hour argument involving a challenge brought by two Maine families to the state's unusual way of providing public education.

December 11, 2021
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  • Nina Totenberg
A pastor received the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in May, during a gathering of a group of interfaith clergy members, community leaders and officials at the Washington National Cathedral, to encourage faith communities to get the COVID vaccine.

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  • Religion

1 in 10 Americans say the COVID-19 vaccine conflicts with their religious beliefs

A new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute and the Interfaith Youth Core shows most Americans believe too many people are using religious beliefs as a reason to not get vaccinated.

December 09, 2021
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  • Deepa Shivaram
The Supreme Court's conservative majority has been shrinking the Constitution's wall of separation between church and state, particularly in cases dealing with religious schools.

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  • Law

Supreme Court weighs mandating public funds for religious schools in Maine

At issue in the case is whether the state, which pays for some students to attend nonsectarian private schools, should also pay tuition for students to attend religious schools.

December 08, 2021
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  • Nina Totenberg
Chabad Rabbi Zalman Mendelsohn and his wife Raizy

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  • Religion

Hanukkah is a busy week for Wyoming's only rabbi

On the last night of Hanukkah, Chabad Rabbi Zalman Mendelsohn wraps up a busy week. He is currently the only ordained rabbi serving in Wyoming.

December 06, 2021
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  • Kyle Mackie
GPB News NPR

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  • National

Mourners remember 'pastor's pastor' and WWII veteran Matthew Southall Brown Sr.

The decorated war veteran and retired pastor was among the first African Americans to desegregate the military and fight during World War II.

December 04, 2021
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  • Walter Ray Watson
Thanksgiving is a day at the beach — quite literally — for young Liberians. Above, the beach in West Point is a sandy playing field for soccer lovers.

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  • Africa

Former slaves brought Thanksgiving to Liberia — and rebooted it

It's definitely not a turkey day. Jollof rice is more like it. It's questioned as a holiday because of its American origins. And the way Liberians do celebrate holds lessons for the U.S.

November 24, 2021
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  • Vicky Hallett
A nurse fills a syringe with COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site in Kansas City, Mo. on March 19, 2021.

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  • National

Republicans are changing state laws to try to get out of federal vaccine mandates

Nationwide, conservative lawmakers have come together to propose and pass bills aimed at nullifying federal vaccine mandates. Public health experts worry exemptions make the workforce vulnerable.

November 22, 2021
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  • Abigail Censky and
  • Katarina Sostaric
Rachel Brosnahan has received raves for her performance in <em>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel</em>,<em> </em>but comedian Sarah Silverman says it's part of a trend of non-Jews playing emphatically Jewish characters.

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  • Arts & Life

A new question for an old religion: Should non-Jews play Jewish characters on-screen?

A new Apple TV+ show, The Shrink Next Door, seems to reflect a trend of non-Jewish actors playing emphatically Jewish characters, which recently caught the ire of comedian Sarah Silverman.

November 16, 2021
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  • Neda Ulaby
Pope Francis meets with President Biden during an audience at the Apostolic Palace on Oct. 29 in Vatican City. The pope is urging action against climate change.

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  • Religion

Pope Francis again calls for climate action. U.S. bishops have been all but silent

The pope has been insistent about the importance and urgency of climate action. But a new study finds Catholic bishops in the U.S. have generally been mum or misleading about climate change.

November 14, 2021
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  • Eric McDaniel

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  • Law

Supreme Court conservatives are skeptical on spiritual advisers in death chamber

The subject has, at times, divided the court's conservative majority and it has also at times embarrassed the court, as minority religious advisers have sometimes been excluded from the chamber.

November 10, 2021
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  • Nina Totenberg
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai poses for photo session during the G7 Development and Education Ministers Meeting, in Paris in 2019.

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  • World

Malala Yousafzai, Nobel laureate and girls' education champion, gets married

The 24-year-old recent Oxford graduate called it "a precious day in my life" and shared a few photos of the intimate ceremony.

November 09, 2021
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  • Vanessa Romo
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