Author: Graeme Paton

Source: The Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7914808/Atheists-could-set-up-free-schools.html

The Education Secretary said he would be "interested" to look at proposals for non-religious schools from figures such Professor Richard Dawkins.

Prof Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, said last month that he approved of the idea of setting up a "free-...

Author: Stephanie Rice

Source: The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2010/0728/Anti-Islamic-bus-ads-appear-in-major-cities

The growing debate over Islam's place in America, which is escalating in light of plans to build a mosque near ground zero, is increasingly playing out on city streets across the country. On the sides of buses, to be precise.

Several groups are...

Author: Lauren Edelen

Source: WAVE

http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=12847972

After not being allowed to wear their religious head scarf to work, four Somali women are now receiving compensation. The Louisville Marriott Downtown Hotel told the four women of Muslim faith they were not allowed to wear their hijabs while at work.

Author: Barb Ickes

Source: The Buddhist Channel/The Quad-Cities Times

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=62,9381,0,0,1,0

For the second time this month, a Buddhist temple in Davenport has been targeted by vandals.

This time, someone threw eggs at the Kim Cang Temple, where a 12-foot marble statue of Lady Buddha was attacked July 4. The hands on the religious symbol, which are four inches in diameter, were broken off the statue...