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Mamdani Is First New York Mayor to Use the Quran at His Swearing-In

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/nyregion/mamdani-quran-inauguration-muslim.html

Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City placing his hand on a Quran as he is sworn in on Thursday.

Trump Administration Emphasizes Religion in Official Christmas Messages

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/admin/trump-administration-religion-christmas.html

President Trump while making Christmas calls to children at Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday.

What to Know About U.S. Military Action in Nigeria

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/world/africa/trump-nigeria-military-christians.html

At a church in Lagos, Nigeria, in April.

Immigration Crackdown Creates Fault Lines Among Baptists

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/us/southern-baptists-immigration-trump.html

The Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in June.

Pope Leo Appoints Bishop Ronald Hicks to Succeed Timothy Dolan

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/us/bishop-ronald-hicks-cardinal-timothy-dolan-archbishop-new-york.html

Massachusetts Church Keeps Anti-ICE Nativity Scene, Defying Diocese Leaders

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/us/massachusetts-church-ice-nativity-scene.html

A Nativity scene at St. Susanna Parish in Dedham, Mass., displays a sign reading “ICE Was Here” in the spot where Jesus, Mary and Joseph would normally be.

Supreme Court Questions N.Y. Ban on Religious Exemptions for Vaccines

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/nyregion/ny-school-vaccinations.html

Up to 20 percent of students had religious exemptions from vaccines at some schools in Rockland County, N.Y., where there was a measles outbreak in 2019.

Child sexual abuse victims face anxious wait for redress via official scheme
By Claudia Long

An independent audit of the National Redress Scheme has found wait times are increasing and causing significant distress to survivors of child sexual abuse.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-04/national-redress-scheme-wait-times-growing/106095996

#ChildAbuse #FederalGovernment #GovernmentandPolitics #CommunityandSociety #LawCrimeandJustice #SexualOffences #FamilyandRelationships #RoyalCommissions #Welfare #Disabilities #ReligionStateRelations #ClaudiaLong

What to Know: Trump Labels Nigeria’s Christian Violence a ‘Genocide’

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/world/africa/nigeria-trump-genocide-claims.html

At a Catholic Mass in Lagos, Nigeria, in April.

Texas Governor Declares Muslim Civil Rights Group a ‘Terrorist Organization’

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/texas-abbott-cair-terrorist-group-muslim.html

Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas at a bill signing ceremony in Austin in September.

Pope Leo Doesn’t Want to Be the Anti-Trump. But He Is.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/opinion/trump-pope-leo-maga-christianity.html

Prison Guards Shaved His Dreadlocks. The Supreme Court Will Decide if He Can Sue.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/us/supreme-court-dreadlocks-prisoner.html

Bishops With Ties to Trump Commission Criticize Treatment of Immigrants

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/trump-bishops-communion.html

Bishop Robert Barron, a member of the Trump administration’s Religious Liberty Commission, speaking at the White House in May. He said this week that he had raised concerns about detainees’ access to sacraments with senior officials at the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security.

A Muslim Mayor in New York City? Voters Say Yes, Emphatically.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/us/politics/mamdani-muslim.html

Zohran Mamdani casting his vote on Tuesday in Astoria, Queens.

Mamdani Is Making Overtures to Jewish Leaders. Some Are Listening.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/nyregion/mandani-jews-israel-palestine.html

While Zohran Mamdani spoke inside Congregation Beth Elohim, protesters gathered outside.

Cult survivors speak of isolation, shunning and shame at parliamentary inquiry
By Bec Symons

Cult survivors have told a Victorian parliamentary inquiry how religious and fringe groups operate outside the public gaze.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-15/cult-inquiry-victorian-parliamentary-hearings-city-builders/105884274

#Cults #ReligionStateRelations #BecSymons

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/world/europe/uk-abortion-farage.html

Demonstrators at the March for Life in London last month. The event attracted religious and anti-abortion groups from around the world, including the U.S.-based Alliance Defending Freedom.

Amid the Gaza War, Israel Is More Divided and Isolated Than Ever

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/world/middleeast/israel-challenges-gaza-war.html

Accidental treasure hunters want to send ancient Buddha statue 'home'
By Chris Lewis and Joanna Prendergast

A Ming Dynasty Buddha statue found on a roadside in Western Australia's Shark Bay region seven years ago could soon be repatriated to the largest Buddhist population in the world.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-05/buddha-found-in-shark-bay-urged-to-be-repatriated/105831250

#ReligionStateRelations #CulturalArtefacts #WorldPolitics #History #ChrisLewis #JoannaPrendergast

Israel to 'demand' action from UK after deadly synagogue terror attack
By Elias Clure

Israel's foreign minister says his country will "demand" action against "rampant" antisemitism in the United Kingdom after Thursday's deadly terror attack at a Manchester synagogue.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-03/israel-to-demand-action-after-uk-synagogue-terror-attack/105846608

#TerroristAttacks #ReligionStateRelations #EliasClure

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