A new office within the Oklahoma State Department of Education will promote expressions of religion and patriotism in public ...

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Fringe religious groups have been involved in criminal activities including the exploitation of the vulnerability of its ...

The head of the agency, state Superintendent Ryan Walters, announced Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, he established the Office of Religious Liberty and Patriotism. He said the new division will align with ...

TOKYO — An American tourist has been arrested in Japan and accused of carving letters into a pillar of a gate to a shrine in ...

Religion is known as one of the determinants of culture, laws, and history that guides the human way of life and serves as a ...

The Oklahoma Department of Education has announced that they are going to launch an Office of Religious and Patriotism to ...

In war-torn Bastar, a school has come under suspicion of being run by Maoists, but Adivasis defend it as a rare sanctuary for ...

Fear undeniably influences human social interactions and has at times shaped religious beliefs and practices throughout human ...

A homily well prepared should last around 10 minutes. A university lecture of 45 minutes is for a different setting,” ...

deGravelles ruled that the law was "unconstitutional on its face," finding it serves an "overtly religious" purpose and violates the First Amendment's prohibition on government-established religion.

Five years after the Satanic Temple of the United States made headlines — and unleashed a wave of panic — when it was ...