A minaret is a spire that towers above many Muslim mosques, typically broadcasting the morning Call to Prayer. In a move that garnered criticism around the world, Swiss voters yesterday elected to ban them, citing fears of a growing influence of Islam in society and...
Following a judge's ruling that South Carolina's "I Believe" license plates are unconstitutional, advocates have quickly adopted another route toward Christian car tags, one they hope will avoid the church-state problem. Like most states, South...
Just in time for the holidays, the 3rd Circuit affirmed a lower court's ruling that a New Jersey school district's ban on religious music at concerts in constitutional, despite plaintiff's charge that the policy amounts to government hostility to religion....
That's the question posed by a new ACLU lawsuit, challenging an Alachua County Schools (FL) ban on a t-shirt reading "Islam is the Devil" sponsored by a local evangelical church. The Gainesville Sun has more: Attorneys for the ACLU said at issue is...
When Oregon passed its Workplace Religious Freedom Act, many were unhappy that it specifically left in place a longstanding ban on religious clothing for public school teachers. When the legislature convenes in the Spring, a bill with broad support among religious...
An ongoing battle in Idaho over Nampa Classical Academy's plans to use the Bible as textbook is drawing stern words on both sides: the state, which is requesting information and materials on the school's plans, and school officials, who have sued the state and...
