The Utah Senate has passed a bill that would automatically block pornography on devices sold within the state. The HB72 bill was passed 19-6 and sent to the governor for consideration after the House previously approved it. HB72 aimed to …
Iranian authorities have arrested the music producers of a controversial music video of US-based Iranian pop singer Sasy, on Wednesday. A music video titled Tehran Tokyo by Sasan Heidari Yafteh, known as Sasy, released recently has caused the arrests of …
Worshipers in Iraq continue to take part in processions for the annual pilgrimage to commemorate the death of respected figure Imam al-Kadhim, despite fears on rising coronavirus cases. Pilgrims disregarded Covid-19 protocols and crossed over barbed wires set up by …
The US Supreme court has stayed the execution of an inmate in Alabama because no pastor was present. Inmate Willie B. Smith III was scheduled to receive a lethal injection for murder but requested that he wanted his spiritual adviser …
Some areas in China will suspend religious gatherings during the upcoming Lunar New Year holidays in an attempt to contain the spread of COVID-19, local newspaper Global Times reported. Authorities in the county of Ninghai in eastern China issued a …
The French government announced it is set to close down 76 mosques suspected of “separatism” and deport migrants suspected of “radicalization.”
The U.S. Supreme Court has barred the State of New York from implementing COVID-19 restrictions on religious services in the state, saying the measures went against the First Amendment’s protection of the free exercise of religion.
Russian police have carried out mass raids and arrests against Jehovah’s Witnesses across the country on charges of “extremism.”
Thye Bangladeshi extremist group Hefazat-i-Islam has given its government a 24-hour ultimatum to cut ties with France under threat that they would destroy the French embassy.
The Vatican says that Pope Francis’ comments on same-sex civil union were taken out of context in a documentary film and did not signal a change in the doctrine to support same-sex marriage.