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Saif ul Malook, the lawyer who represented a Christian woman in a high-profile blasphemy case, has been nominated by the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD) for the American Bar Association Human Rights Award. He was also awarded Secularist of the Year by the NSS in 2019.
Schools are to avoid large gatherings including collective worship with more than one group when children return for the autumn term, the government has said.
Durham County Council has worked closely with St Bede's RC Comprehensive on its financial difficulties due to the "risks of provision of suitable faith school places in the area".
US federal authorities have seized a shipment of products made from human hair believed to have been taken from Muslims in labour camps in China's western Xinjiang province.
Sudan's transitional authorities are expected to outlaw FGM and set punishments of up to three years in prison and fines for those who carry out the procedure.
Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for a ban on an upcoming film featuring Michael Jackson's daughter Paris Jackson as a female Jesus Christ.
Turkey defended an anti-gay tweet by the head of the Turkish Red Crescent, describing him as a victim of "LGBT propaganda" after his comments were condemned by an international body.
In a new study, sociologists found that emerging adults with same-sex attraction are twice as likely to disaffiliate from organised religion than their heterosexual peers.
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