Religion
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Arizona's top court says churches, not judges, decide what clergy must report about abuse
The Supreme Court of Arizona ruled unanimously on 30 July 2026 that the First Amendment bars courts from asking whether clergy read their own doctrine
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US Supreme Court rules Rastafarian prisoner cannot sue guards who shaved his dreadlocks
The United States Supreme Court held on 23 June 2026, by 6 votes to 3, that Damon Landor cannot sue the Louisiana prison officers who handcuffed him t
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Two rival polls put Australia's 'no religion' count 28 points apart before the 2026 census
The 2021 census recorded 38.9 per cent with no religion. Weeks before the 11 August 2026 count, one commissioned poll of about 2,000 people put the tr
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Charity regulator removes church's sole trustee after £652,030 of Gift Aid went unevidenced
The Charity Commission's inquiry report of 29 June 2026 into Jesus Power House Ministries Ltd found £652,030.18 in Gift Aid claimed without supporting
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Texas classrooms must post the Ten Commandments after a nine to eight appeals court ruling
The Fifth Circuit split 9 to 8 on 21 April 2026 to uphold Senate Bill 10, which orders a 16 by 20 inch Ten Commandments poster in every Texas public s
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Lakemba Mosque returns to Sydney planning panel after 2025 refusal of prayer loudspeakers
Canterbury-Bankstown's independent planning panel considered four minaret loudspeakers in August 2025 after 328 submissions and modelling predicting 9
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Northern Ireland MLAs vote 57 to 24 to abolish the UK's last blasphemy offences
On 9 June 2026 the Northern Ireland Assembly voted 57 to 24 for amendment No 73 to the Justice Bill, abolishing the common law offences of blasphemy a
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Nigerian appeal court upholds a school hijab ban because the school takes no state subvention
On 3 July 2026 the Court of Appeal in Ibadan ruled two to one that 11 Muslim girls at the International School, University of Ibadan may not wear the
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Australia logs steepest antisemitism rise in J7 report built from seven incompatible counts
The J7 task force's second annual report, published 5 August 2026, records 1,654 antisemitic incidents in Australia for 2025 and a 270 per cent rise s
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US Supreme Court leaves standing the rule that state law can defeat a religious exemption at work
On 29 June 2026 the Supreme Court refused to hear Doe v. Hochul, docket 24-1015, over the dissent of three justices, leaving intact a Second Circuit r
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Clergy Conduct Measure gains Royal Assent, repealing the Church of England's 2003 discipline law
The Clergy Conduct Measure 2026 became law on 8 July 2026 after Parliament's Ecclesiastical Committee blocked an earlier draft over private hearings.
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