Jonah Hicap

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  Church criticised for requesting prayer for pastor who was found dead after his arrest over child molestation charge

  Jonah Hicap | Sat 9 Jul 2016 9:48 BST

  Officials of a church in Jeffersonville, Indiana were criticised by a priest sex-abuse victims' group for requesting prayers for its late pastor who was accused of child molestation.

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  Arson eyed as fire hits vandalised black church in Missouri: This 'just shows you the level of hate in our city'

  Jonah Hicap | Sat 9 Jul 2016 9:33 BST

  Police are investigating a fire that hit a predominantly black church in St. Louis, Missouri, eyeing arson as the cause. The church was also vandalised.

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  Atheist group asks U.S. court to declare religious exemption for retirement plans unconstitutional

  Jonah Hicap | Sat 9 Jul 2016 9:14 BST

  An atheist group has filed a brief with an appeals court in the United States, asking it to declare religious exemptions for retirement plans unconstitutional.

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  Atheists warn 1,000 school districts against visiting Noah's ark theme park in Kentucky

  Jonah Hicap | Sat 9 Jul 2016 9:00 BST

  Hundreds of people attended the opening of the massive Ark Encounter Christian theme park in Williamston, Kentucky on July 7 that features a full-scale replica of Noah' Ark.

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  Removal of cross from logo of Christian school in England upsets students' parents

  Jonah Hicap | Fri 8 Jul 2016 7:19 BST

  Parents in West Yorkshire, England are in protest after a Christian school removed a cross from its logo.

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  Anglican Church apologises for inhumane treatment of leprosy patients in Japan

  Jonah Hicap | Fri 8 Jul 2016 6:58 BST

  The Anglican Church in Japan, the Nippon Sei Ko Kai (NSKK), has apologised for its participation in the inhumane treatment of leprosy patients.

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  Free.In.Deed campaign: Anglican mission agency to recruit 1,000 new missionaries

  Jonah Hicap | Fri 8 Jul 2016 5:59 BST

  The Church Mission Society (CMS) in Oxford, England, is planning to recruit 1,000 new missionaries to help bring about change in different countries.

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  Muslim convert charged with attempt to bomb Jewish synagogue in Florida

  Jonah Hicap | Fri 8 Jul 2016 5:47 BST

  A Florida man has been charged with attempting to damage a Jewish synagogue in addition to his previous indictment of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction against a person or property.

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  Chaplain distributes Bibles after scripture is removed from U.S. Air Force base facility

  Jonah Hicap | Fri 8 Jul 2016 5:33 BST

  A U.S. Air Force chaplain will continue to distribute Bibles at a military base despite complaint and legal threats from a group that is pushing the separation of church and state.

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  Pope Francis says Bangladesh terror attack an offence against God and humanity

  Jonah Hicap | Fri 8 Jul 2016 5:15 BST

  Pope Francis condemned the terrorist attack at a cafe in Dhaka, Bangladesh on July that killed 28 people and injured others, saying it's an offence against God and humanity.

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  New York police reinstate Muslim police officer earlier suspended for refusing to shave his beard

  Jonah Hicap | Fri 8 Jul 2016 3:58 BST

  The New York Police Department (NYPD) has reinstated a Muslim policeman who was suspended last month for refusing to shave his beard.

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  City council seeks to thwart Satanist's invocation with silent prayer plan

  Jonah Hicap | Tue 5 Jul 2016 8:24 BST

  The Pensacola City Council in Florida will have a special meeting to decide whether to end its tradition of having invocations to stop a planned prayer on July 14 by a member of the Satanic Temple West Florida.

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  Court upholds decision not to accredit evangelical Christian law school for its alleged anti-LGBT policy

  Jonah Hicap | Tue 5 Jul 2016 8:46 BST

  A top court in Ontario, Canada, has upheld a decision of a law society not to give accreditation to an evangelical Christian law school over the latter's alleged anti-LGBT policy barring students from engaging in sexual intimacy outside of marriage between a man and a woman.

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  Court to decide on whether vacant Catholic Church property needs to be taxed as what atheist group demands

  Jonah Hicap | Tue 5 Jul 2016 9:44 BST

  An atheist organisation has filed a brief in court supporting a city's decision to tax a vacant Catholic Church property in Madison, Wisconsin.

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  Atheists display anti-God billboard in Mississippi, the most religious state in America

  Jonah Hicap | Tue 5 Jul 2016 9:57 BST

  Atheists will put up an anti-God billboard in Mississippi, which a study showed as the most religious U.S. state.