Texas synagogue siege: Teens held in UK as Briton named as hostage-taker

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Two teenagers have been arrested in England as part of the investigation into a hostage-taking incident at a synagogue in Texas on Saturday.

Hostages freed after stand-off at Texas synagogue

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Four people who were held hostage at a synagogue in a suburb of Dallas, Texas, have been freed unharmed after a 10-hour stand-off with police.

U.K. Could Be Leader and Partner to U.S. on International Religious Freedom | Opinion

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For the U.K. government to continue to wield its soft power and influence around the world, they need diplomats who “do religion.”

Biden pulls punches on rights abusers

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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has recommended that the administration — specifically Blinken — declare that India is a “country of particular concern” when it comes to religious freedom. That’s in part due to the Indian government’s moves to limit the rights of Muslims.

Muslim Americans reported hate incidents nationwide on 9/11 anniversary

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In on example, a mask of a pig’s head and a sign with an offensive message was left outside the Islamic Center of Greater Austin in Texas.

Covid-19: US Supreme Court backs religious groups over New York caps

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The US Supreme Court has temporarily blocked New York from enforcing attendance limits at places of worship in areas hit hard by coronavirus.

Pompeo Takes Religious-Freedom Agenda to Istanbul

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US Secretary of State visits houses of worship in Turkey at a contentious time.

Jews Top Target of Hate Crimes in 2019

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American Jews were the religious group most targeted by hate crimes in 2019, the FBI reported Monday, facing more than 60 percent of anti-religious bias incidents.

U.S. Ambassador Sam Brownback on religious freedom

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To mark International Religious Freedom Day, ShareAmerica spoke with the U.S. State Department’s Sam Brownback, ambassador at large for international religious freedom. Here are his answers, slightly edited for length, to our questions.

Protest erupts in Orthodox Jewish community over NYC’s new coronavirus restrictions

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The Catholic bishop of Brooklyn also spoke out against the new restrictions, saying that while safety is paramount, “the religious freedom of our parishioners is being unjustly attacked.”