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The violence in Bangladesh after Hasina’s ouster stirs fear within the country’s Hindu minority
Ever since Bangladesh’s prime minister was forced to step down and fled the country, her supporters and associates have faced retaliatory attacks.
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Russian artist released in swap builds a new life in Germany, now free to marry her partner
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Former Cornell student gets 21 months in prison for posting violent threats to Jewish students
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Judge says Maine can forbid discrimination by religious schools that take state tuition money
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Site of deadliest church shooting in US history is torn down over protests by some Texas families
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Catholic devotees honor St Jude’s relic with watery procession through Mexico’s Xochimilco canals
It was no ordinary Sunday on Mexico City’s famed Xochimilco canals. Instead of tourists and locals hanging out with friends, the brightly painted boats known as “trajineras” were filled with Catholics honoring a relic of St.
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A mass circumcision is marketed to tourists in a remote area of Uganda. Some are angrily objecting
The ritualized circumcision of thousands of boys, known as Imbalu, began Aug. 3 in a remote corner of Uganda and will continue until the end of 2024.
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Florida man gets over 3 years in prison for attacking a Muslim mail carrier and grabbing her hijab
A South Florida man has been sentenced to three years and one month in federal prison for attacking a Muslim U.S. Postal Service worker and trying to pull off her hijab.
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Murder case dismissed against man charged in death of Detroit synagogue leader
The case against a man accused of killing of a Detroit synagogue leader is over. A judge dismissed a murder charge Friday, three weeks after a jury cleared Michael Jackson-Bolanos of a similar but separate murder charge.
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No drinking and only Christian music during Sunday Gospel Hour at Nashville’s most iconic honky tonk
Robert’s Western World is Nashville’s most iconic honky tonk and practically synonymous with country music.
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PETA protesters interrupt Pope Francis’ Vatican audience, call on him to denounce bullfighting
Two activists from animal rights group PETA have interrupted Pope Francis’ general audience, shouting and holding up banners against bullfighting before being escorted out of Paul VI Hall.
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Louisiana AG asks court to dismiss lawsuit against new Ten Commandments law
Louisiana’s attorney general has announced that she is asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks to overturn the state’s new law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom by Jan. 1.
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Antisemitic incidents in the Czech Republic rose sharply in 2023, says the Jewish community
The Jewish community in the Czech Republic says antisemitic incidents sharply increased in the country last year, with their peak appearing in the final quarter of 2023 following the deadly Hamas attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, which triggered the war in Gaza.
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Pope Francis’ main adviser on clergy abuse, Cardinal Seán O’Malley, retires as archbishop of Boston
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Seán O’Malley as archbishop of Boston and named the current bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, Richard Henning, to replace him as leader of one of the most important Catholic archdioceses in the United States.
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Olympic and faith leaders seek reset after opening ceremony outcry, while chaplains welcome athletes
The 2024 Paris Games got off to a rocky start with many religious groups around the world, including the Vatican over a tableau in the opening ceremony perceived by some as evoking Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.”
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One church, two astronauts. How a Texas congregation is supporting its members on the space station
A Texas church has not one — but two — members aboard the International Space Station. Like many astronauts before them, NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Tracy Dyson brought along their faith when they launched into space.
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Models of boats donated for answered prayers hang in basilica in Marseille, Olympic sailing host
Little model boats hang from the ceiling and maritime paintings adorn the walls of the basilica of Notre Dame de la Garde, which from the highest hill dominates the bay of Marseille where sailing regattas are being held for the 2024 Olympics.
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Marseille and the sea: A portrait of the millennia-old port city that is hosting Olympic sailing
Marseille, host of the 2024 Olympics sailing competition, is a city of contrasts. It’s a millennia-old port, crossroads of cultures and faiths, where the sea is ever present but not equally accessible, and the beauty and cosmopolitan flair rub shoulders with enclaves of poverty and exclusion.
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Police investigating hate speech targeting Olympics opening ceremony artistic director Thomas Jolly
Paris prosecutors say an investigation into hate speech online has been open following a complaint by Olympics opening ceremony artistic director Thomas Jolly for “death threats,” “public insults” and “defamation.”
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What are maternity homes? Their legacy is checkered
There has been a nationwide expansion of maternity homes in the two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the federal right to abortion.
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After the end of Roe, a new beginning for maternity homes
There has been a nationwide expansion of maternity homes in the two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the federal right to abortion.
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For college students arrested protesting the war in Gaza, the fallout was only beginning
More than 3,200 people were arrested on college campuses this spring during a wave of pro-Palestinian tent encampments protesting the war in Gaza.
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Salvadorans honoring Saint Óscar Romero: During these difficult times, he is like a ray of hope
Up to 3,000 Salvadoran Catholics will participate in Saint Óscar Romero’s pilgrimage, an annual event that kicks off in El Salvador each Aug. 1 to honor San Salvador’s archbishop, who was appointed saint by pope Francis in 2018.
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After Olympics, Turkey’s Erdogan seeks unity with Pope Francis against acts that mock sacred values
Turkish officials say President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spoken with Pope Francis about the “immoral display” at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
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Drag queen in Olympic opening ceremony has no regrets, calls it ‘a photograph of France in 2024’
As a gay youth growing up in France, Hugo Bardin never felt he lived in a world that represented who he was. A world in which he had a place.
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She became a mother after Islamic State captivity. A decade on, Yazidi community shuns her children
As the 10th anniversary of the Islamic State group’s atrocities against Iraq’s Yazidis approaches, a traumatized community is still in many ways convulsed by the legacy of the militants’ onslaught.
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Man shot and killed in ambush outside Philadelphia mosque, police say
Police say a man was ambushed, shot and killed while outside a North Philadelphia mosque. Philadelphia police say the 43-year-old man was headed to the mosque Tuesday evening when he was shot multiple times in the parking lot.
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Investigation finds at least 973 Native American children died in US government boarding schools
A federal investigation has found that at least 973 Native American children perished in the U.S. government’s abusive boarding school system over a 150-year period.
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The closure of camps in Iraq housing Yazidis displaced by IS attacks is postponed, an official says
The Iraqi government has postponed an order to clear out camps in the country’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region that house thousands of people who fled when the Islamic State group seized their home areas a decade ago.
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Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary sentenced to life in prison for directing a terrorist group
Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary has been sentenced to life in prison for directing a terrorist group.
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French police investigating abuse targeting Olympic opening ceremony DJ over ‘Last Supper’ tableau
A storm of outrage about the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony has taken a legal turn. French prosecutors on Tuesday ordered police to investigate complaints from a DJ and LGBTQ+ icon that she suffered a torrent of online threats and abuse after performing in contentious scenes at the Games’ opening
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Surviving Rwanda: God, remembrance and reconciliation on the genocide’s 30th anniversary
Pascal Kanyemera has no doubts: Back in 1994, when he survived the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, God had his back.
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UCLA ordered by judge to craft plan in support of Jewish students
A federal judge has ordered the University of California, Los Angeles, to craft a plan to protect Jewish students.
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Pakistan arrests top leader of radical party on charge of ordering the killing of the chief justice
Officials say Pakistan’s police have arrested the deputy chief at a radical Islamist party on charges of ordering the killing of the chief justice over his alleged support to the minority Ahmadi community.
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Ten years on, many Yazidis uprooted by Islamic State onslaught struggle to find stable homes
Ten years ago, Islamic State militants launched an onslaught on villages and towns of the Yazidi religious community in northern Iraq.
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