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Bipartisan House Bill Seeks 100-Foot Buffer at Houses of Worship

Backers say it focuses on conduct, not speech.

Supreme Court Opens Four-Day Hearing on Quebec’s Bill 21, Testing the Notwithstanding Clause

Chhattisgarh Assembly Passes Anti-Conversion Bill With Life Term for ‘Mass Conversion’

Maharashtra Legislature Passes Freedom of Religion Bill, Sends It to Governor

Maharashtra Tables Freedom of Religion Bill With Suo Motu Police Powers, Tough Penalties

DOJ Sues UCLA as Iran Talks End Without Deal and U.S. Bolsters Regional Posture

Allahabad High Court Says UP Anti-Conversion Law Doesn’t Criminalize Interfaith Marriage or Live-In Relationships

UP Files FIR Against Five Minors Under Anti-Conversion Law Over Moradabad Burqa Incident

Austria Passes School Headscarf Ban for Girls Under 14

France’s Interior Minister Opposes Veil Ban for Minors as LR Presses Proposal

Quebec Tables Sweeping Secularism Bill Banning Campus Prayer Rooms, Public Prayer

French LR Leader Laurent Wauquiez Files Bill to Ban Headscarves for Minors in Public

Watchdog Finds Anti-Christian Violence Intensifying in Europe With Record Church Arsons in Germany

Schleswig-Holstein Signs VIKZ Accord Granting Leave for Two Islamic Feast Days

Salvador Council Approves Bill Targeting 'Cristofobia' at Carnival

Madhya Pradesh ‘Love Jihad’ Law Yields High Acquittals and Few Convictions in Five Years

Supreme Court Grants Bail to Muslim Man Arrested Over Interfaith Marriage

Macron Supports Olympic Ban on Religious Symbols in Competitions, Delegates Training Rules to Federations

CPS Revises Charges in Koran-Burning Case to Reflect Disorderly Conduct

Washington Law Compels Clergy to Report Confessions, DOJ Investigates First Amendment Concerns