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Plaintiffs Hopeful After Appeals Court Hearing on Ten Commandments
21 Jan 2026 15:06 GMT
… matter. A three-judge panel ruled in June 2025 … but several judges repeatedly cited previous Supreme Court rulings and attempted … posted displays of multiple religious faiths alongside the … facing students,” a judge said.
Another justice pointed out that …
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US officials tried to lobby against Marine Le Pen election ban, French judge says
21 Jan 2026 16:49 GMT
… nine-week trial in Paris, judges ruled last March that Le Pen … sentence. She told the court on Wednesday that she had … speech, democratic choice, and religious freedom. We firmly believe our … president of the Paris judicial court, Peimane Ghaleh-Marzban, said …
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The Ten Commandments are on trial in Louisiana courts and classrooms
21 Jan 2026 15:44 GMT
… judge panel that ruled it “plainly unconstitutional,” but the federal 5th Circuit Court … vacate that ruling so the entire court could rehear … Court no matter how the 5th Circuit rules on … t infringe on students religious freedoms.
Republican Louisiana Attorney …
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Judge Believes Her Religious Views Should Exempt Her from Judicial Impartiality
21 Jan 2026 15:18 GMT
… challenge led by Waco Justice of the Peace Dianne … Hodges, the 2015 Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex … violating impartiality rules.
Although the Texas Supreme Court recently … allow religious “opt-outs,” the commission maintains that judges cannot …
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Shinzo Abe Assassin Sentenced to Life in Prison by Japanese Court
21 Jan 2026 14:59 GMT
… In delivering the sentence, Judge Shinichi Tanaka condemned the … outcome was devastating.
The judge also described the attack … ruling party and the Unification Church. Yamagami told the court … malicious donation solicitations by religious and other groups.
The …
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Behind K-Pop’s Global Image, Religious Freedom Concerns Emerge In South Korea
21 Jan 2026 16:15 GMT
… Jae Myung (without any judicial ruling) targeting Shincheonji as responsible for … : “Repeated Targeted Investigations Amount to Religious Discrimination”
President Lee Jae Myung … filed against us, courts have consistently dropped charges or ruled ‘not guilty …
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Appeals court upholds Christian hiring policy at homeless mission
21 Jan 2026 15:57 GMT
An appeals court in the United States has ruled that a … who align with its religious beliefs.
Penalties had been … court.
Jeremiah Galus, senior counsel for the ADF, said: “Religious … “The 9th Circuit correctly ruled that the First Amendment protects …
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‘Mormon Land’: Why LDS meetinghouses have basketball courts — the rise and fall of ‘church ball’
21 Jan 2026 14:38 GMT
… to a ready-made sports court separated only by an accordion … college ranks, where money increasingly rules — even at church-owned Brigham … game fit with BYU’s religious mission?
On this week’s …
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Golden Temple Row: Netizens Flag Hindu Woman Beaten Earlier, Muslim Man Let Off-‘Different Rules?’
21 Jan 2026 13:20 GMT
… several Sikh voices questioning whether rules are being enforced uniformly at … conversation on crowd behaviour at religious sites, with users flagging the … , tracking politics, policy, governance, crime, courts and breaking developments, while offering …
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Shinzo Abe’s killer gets life term: Defence sought leniency on grounds of ‘religious abuse’
21 Jan 2026 13:13 GMT
… the Nara district court, where the prosecutors urged the judge to hand … he was a victim of “religious abuse”. The defence said … Church, an Abrahamic monotheistic new religious movement.
This caused his … and rebuild trust in the ruling party.
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