Australian Jews warned the ­Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM) in August that it should not bow to pressure to water down the definition of terrorism amid a review of the ...

The Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, Aftab Malik, told budget estimates on Tuesday that he endorsed removing religion as a motivation for terrorist acts, amid the Independent National Security ...

Pope Leo XIV condemned the use of religion for justifying “war,” “violence” or “fanaticism” on Friday – instead urging Catholics to mobilize their faith and unify others “regardless of ethnicity, ...

The outcry comes amid a review of the definition of “terrorism” by the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor, which has sought to update the criminal code for the first time since it was ...

This Pew Research Center report examines Americans’ views on religion’s role in public life, including questions about religion’s influence in society, conflict between religious beliefs and ...

Rights and Responsibilities is a recurring series by Richard Garnett on legal education, the role of the courts in our constitutional structure, and the law of religious freedom and free expression.

Americans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) tend to be less religious than those who are not LGBT. In addition, adults who are lesbian, gay or bisexual have more negative views than ...

Last month, the Supreme Court wrapped up its October 2024 Term, which included three church-state decisions. Each touched on long-running issues—public funding for religious schools, the definition of ...

This report describes the world’s religious makeup in 2020 and how it changed from 2010. We focus on seven categories: Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, people who belong to other ...

(RNS) — A new Pew Research Center study measuring the evolution of the global religious population shows Muslims are the fastest-growing faith group, followed by the religiously unaffiliated. Though ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. It shall be the policy of the executive branch to vigorously enforce the historic and robust protections for religious liberty enshrined in Federal law. The Founders ...

Nearly half of young adults in England and Wales now say they believe in God or a higher power according to new figures—a striking turn that runs counter to decades of declining belief across Western ...