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FILE - This June 8, 2021 file photo shows the Supreme Court building in Washington. A Thursday, June 17, 2021 Supreme Court ruling that favored Catholic Social Services in Philadelphia was far from the constitutional gale wind that would have reshaped how courts interpret religious liberty under the First Amendment. Governmental entities are now on notice that if they want to ban discrimination against LGBTQ persons or anyone else, they had better not allow for any exceptions – or else religious groups will have the right to ask for them, and they'll have a strong case for getting them. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Catholic foster care agency wins Supreme Court verdict

By Jessica Gresko Jun. 17, 2021 03:20 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press May. 10, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Austin American-Statesman. May 7, 2021. Editorial: Texas GOP lawmakers trust you with a gun — but not with the vote ...

Voters stand in a queue to cast their votes during the first phase of elections in West Bengal state in Pirakata, India, Saturday, March 27, 2021. Voting began Saturday in two key Indian states with sizeable minority Muslim populations posing a tough test for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity amid a months-long farmers’ protest and the economy plunging with millions of people losing jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Modi's party seeks big win as 2 key Indian states vote

By Ashok Sharma Mar. 27, 2021 12:07 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 7, 2021, file photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally ahead of West Bengal state elections in Kolkata, India. Modi and his Hindu nationalist party are making a serious bid for electoral victories in three states that have sizeable minority Muslim population. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File)
India's PM Modi faces big electoral test in Muslim areas

By Ashok Sharma Mar. 26, 2021 12:05 AM EDT

Monika Ruegsegger-Hurschler, National Councillor SVP, gives an interview at the meeting place of the supporters of the initiative to ban face coverings, in Bern on Sunday March 7, 2021. Swiss voters appeared on course Sunday to narrowly approve a proposal to ban face coverings, both the niqabs and burqas worn by a few Muslim women in the country and the ski masks and bandannas used by protesters. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP)
UN rights office laments Swiss ban on Muslim face-coverings

By Jamey Keaten Mar. 09, 2021 09:18 AM EST

Pope Francis is welcomed upon his arrival at the Sayidat al-Nejat (Our Lady of Salvation) Cathedral, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 5, 2021. Pope Francis has arrived in Iraq to urge the country's dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country after years of war and persecution, brushing aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope urges Iraq to embrace its Christians on historic visit

By Nicole Winfield And Samya Kullab Mar. 05, 2021 06:31 AM EST

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan inspects a Guard of Honor upon his arrival in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. Khan is in Sri Lanka for a two day official visit. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Imran Khan visits Sri Lanka as Muslims demand burial rights

By Bharatha Mallawarachi Feb. 23, 2021 08:05 AM EST

Court: Ohio county order violated Christian schools' rights

By Dan Sewell Dec. 31, 2020 05:51 PM EST
CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal appeals court Thursday provided the go-ahead for Christian schools in an Ohio county to resume holding in-person classes during the...

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2019, file photo, The Salt Lake Temple stands at Temple Square in Salt Lake City. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints added new language to the faith's handbook Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, imploring members to root out prejudice and racism, adding significance and permanence to recent comments by top leaders on one of the most sensitive topics in the church's history. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Mormons add call to eradicate prejudice, racism to handbook

By Brady Mccombs Dec. 18, 2020 04:55 PM EST

Hazel Harding Currence, 78, a Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe Elder, sits for a portrait in her backyard in Bourne, Mass., Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. "We were exposed to disease. We were exposed to slavery. I mean, what happened here was people who came not just for religion, that might have been their purpose of leaving their homeland, but they came here and wanted to wipe out the existence of a whole culture," said Currence. "We should have never been treated the way that we were, our ancestors," Currence added. "I think that if they were here now, if they were looking down on us, I think they'd be very proud at the movement that's going forward now." (AP Photo/David Goldman)
400 years on, Mayflower's legacy includes pride, prejudice

By David Goldman And Alanna Durkin Richer Oct. 23, 2020 01:06 AM EDT

A man holds a Yad Yamin #Fightback flag along with an Israeli flag as he stands next to another man with an American flag as they joined protesters outside the offices of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, in New York. Three Rockland County Jewish congregations filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing Gov. Andrew Cuomo of engaging in a streak of anti-Semitic discrimination with a crackdown on religious gatherings. The Manhattan federal court lawsuit says Cuomo has made numerous discriminatory statements about the Jewish Orthodox community. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Jewish leaders call COVID rules 'blatantly anti-Semitic'

By Larry Neumeister Oct. 15, 2020 02:02 PM EDT

In this image made from UNTV video, Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan, speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, at UN headquarters. (UNTV via AP)
At UN, Pakistani leader says India sponsors anti-Muslim hate

By Munir Ahmed And Aya Batrawy Sep. 25, 2020 03:24 PM EDT

Groups: Muslim detainees at Miami facility are served pork

Aug. 20, 2020 02:57 PM EDT
MIAMI (AP) — Immigrant rights advocates say that Muslim detainees at a Florida facility are being served meals that include pork in violation of their...

FILE - In this Sunday, April 5, 2020 file photo, a distance is measured as worshippers line up to take communion on Palm Sunday outside of Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Newbury Park, Calif. Churches in California and Minnesota, backed by a conservative legal group, have file lawsuits in August 2020 against the governors of their states challenging restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus outbreak that they contend are violations of religious liberty. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
More US churches sue to challenge COVID-19 restrictions

By David Crary Aug. 13, 2020 06:08 PM EDT

US Supreme Court denies Nevada church's appeal of virus rule

By Scott Sonner Jul. 24, 2020 08:43 PM EDT
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court denied a rural Nevada church’s request late Friday to strike down as unconstitutional a 50-person cap on...

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2019 file photo, Farhana Khera, president and executive director of Muslim Advocates speaks during a House Committee on the Judiciary‚ Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship and Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations joint hearing on the administration's 'Muslim ban' on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House has approved a measure that would repeal the Trump administration’s travel ban and further restrict the president’s power to limit entry to the U.S., handing a symbolic victory to Muslim American and civil rights groups. The bill, which passed 233-183, had initially been slated for action in March, before the coronavirus forced scheduling changes on Capitol Hill. It is unlikely to advance in the Republican-controlled Senate, where it has no GOP support, but House passage still elated advocates who had long pushed for formal action against a travel ban that they see as discriminatory. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
House OKs repeal of Trump travel ban decried as anti-Muslim

By Elana Schor And Mariam Fam Jul. 22, 2020 05:43 PM EDT

A man on a bicycle stops to take a photograph outside the Supreme Court, Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Supreme Court sides with Catholic schools in employment suit

By Jessica Gresko Jul. 08, 2020 10:23 AM EDT

An artist creates an image of George Floyd on Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis. Violent protests over the death of Floyd, the black man who died in police custody, broke out in Minneapolis for a third straight night. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Faith leaders in dual roles guiding congregations and police

By Giovanna Dell’orto May. 31, 2020 01:34 PM EDT

Justice Department backs Colorado church suit against Polis

May. 29, 2020 06:16 PM EDT
DENVER (AP) — The head of the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division said Friday the department supports a Colorado church's claim that state measures...

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2020, file photo Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts departs at the end of the day in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
AP Courtside: High Court wraps up Day 4 of phone arguments

May. 11, 2020 08:52 AM EDT