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Last month, the Equality and Human Rights Commission warned that British courts had failed to safeguard the rights of Christians who wanted to wear the cross at work, and urged judges to be more sensitive to religious discrimination, reports Tim Ross, Religious Affairs Editor of the British daily newspaper the Telegraph. The watchdog had said…

Nestled in the rural Ozarks of northwestern Arkansas, little Green Forest, population 2,717, bade farewell Tuesday to a native son, U.S. Navy SEAL Tommy Ratzlaff. A vivid rainbow painted the sky in early morning, as a local tree-trimming service raised an enormous flag in front of the First Assembly of God where services were scheduled. Ratzlaff was…

“I just returned to New York after an eye-opening, exhausting and inspiring two weeks traveling across the American South with the stand-up comedy tour The Muslims Are Coming,” reports Dean Obeidallah for the Cable News Network. “We performed in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi and Tennessee and plan to travel to the Midwest in the fall…

Iranian authorities have seized 6,500 copies of the Bible in northwest of Iran. In another incident, officials burned 300 Bibles. A spokesman said the Bibles were confiscated to block missionaries who “are trying to deviate our youth.” Dr. Majid Abhari, adviser to the social issues committee of the parliament in Iran, told the official Iranian…

Rural Argentina is not where one would expect to find entire villages of Russian Jews. However, National Public Radio’s Juan Forero recently visited several such hamlets in a remote corner of the Argentine Pampas — broad grasslands very suited for cattle ranching. Back in the 1890s, Russian Jews fleeing anti-Semitic violence and discrimination arrived here by the…

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have split after failing to “see eye-to-eye” on Scientology, according to New Zealand’s TVNZ television. It was Lopez who pulled the plug on their seven-year marriage to the singer last month, according to TVNZ. She “was reportedly hoping to send the couple’s three-year-old twins Max and Emme to a specialist Scientology school, however…

A U.S. federal judge has ruled that a Jewish inmate in a New York jail does not have a constitutionally protected right to matzoh and grape juice, according to the British news service Reuters: Christopher Henry, who was convicted of first-degree sodomy, claimed permanent trauma and malnourishment and requested nearly $10 billion in damages for…

In what might be called an event that could only happen in California, a religious group called the Raelians is calling women to join them from noon until 3 p.m. at San Francisco’s Dolores Park without their shirts. “What could be more fun than a topless afternoon in the park for a political cause?” enthuses columnist…

India has eased its immigration rules for visiting Buddhist scholars from Mongolia — in order to deepen cultural ties and boost bilateral relations between the two nations, according to Ashwini Shrivastava, reporting for the Buddhist Channel. “India has liberalized its visa regime for Mongolian monks coming to India for Buddhist studies. They will now be eligible for…
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