Religion & Immigration Litigation Tracker

Mohan Bhagwat’s US visit puts RSS’s vision of Hindu unity in spotlight

(RNS) — The event has sparked widespread backlash from a coalition of faith-based and secular organizations, but organizers say Bhagwat will share the stage with leaders from other faiths to celebrate shared goals.

As tensions test interfaith ties, Omaha’s experiment with three-faith campus marks 20 years

(RNS) — ‘The challenge is the actual work, the actual relationship, navigating these geopolitical pieces, without having to lose hope,’ said Karim Khayati, the president of the mosque on campus.

'Our immigrants are invisible': A pastor ministers to the frightened at immigration court

(RNS) VIDEO — For years, the Rev. Eduardo Fabian Arias, a Lutheran pastor in Manhattan, has ministered to immigrants. Now, much of his work takes place inside and around Federal Plaza immigration court in Midtown Manhattan.

The Museum of the Bible is offering a Christian nationalist vision of America’s past

(RNS) — The Museum of the Bible seeks to unite people of faith from various life experiences and convince them that modern political efforts to ‘reestablish’ a Christian America are rooted in America's founding.

More Israelis are leaving as war, economy and political divisions reshape the country

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Emigration has always been part of Israel’s history. What is different now is that some are leaving because they lost faith in the country's direction, said Yossi Klein Halevi of the Shalom Hartman Institute.