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A London court rules against a Muslim girl who wanted to pray at a school known for strict rules

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A London court rules against a Muslim girl who wanted to pray at a school known for strict rules LONDON (AP) — The fight was over a rule put in place last year by the Michaela Community School after a small group of students who began praying in the schoolyard caused divisions at the school that spread to the community and led to a bomb threat. The post A London court rules against a Muslim girl who wanted to pray at a school known for stri…

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Vatican complains after French court rules in favor of nun dismissed from religious order

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Vatican complains after French court rules in favor of nun dismissed from religious order ROME (AP) — The case is highly unusual, because it represented a secular civilian court essentially determining that the Vatican’s in-house canonical procedures grossly violated the nun’s fundamental rights. The post Vatican complains after French court rules in favor of nun dismissed from religious order appeared first on Religion News Service.

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In a first, international court upholds right to be safe from climate change

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In a first, international court upholds right to be safe from climate change A woman shows a placard reading “For feminist and social ecologic justice” in Toulouse, France, March 19th, 2021. | Photo by Alain Pitton / NurPhoto via Getty ImagesAn international court has, for the first time, ruled that a country violated human rights by not protecting people from the effects of climate change. A Swiss association representi…

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