The federal government’s exemption for quoting religious texts in its proposed hate speech law has attracted criticism — it risks creating confusion, overreach and the unedifying prospect of secular ...

Sacred texts mean vary amongst religions—sometimes they’re essential to belief and other times not. Sacred texts mean different things to different religions—sometimes they’re essential to belief and ...

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) and Toronto’s Cardinal Francis Leo are urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to withdraw the Liberal Party’s reported agreement with the Bloc Québécois ...

Denmark's parliament on Thursday passed a new law banning the desecration of all religious texts. The law comes as international outrage over recent public desecrations of the Quran triggered furious ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Jewish community has issued a warning that proposed exemptions to strengthened hate speech laws risk undermining their ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - State Sen. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola) has authored legislation that would provide good conduct time for inmates if they study religious texts, impacting their parole. “It’s about ...

Senior figures in the attorney-general's department have been quizzed on whether proposed hate speech laws would outlaw common protest chants.