Catholic legal aid group for immigrants nears collapse as US withholds funds

Religion & Immigration Litigation Tracker

(RNS) The Religion and Immigration Litigation Tracker follows federal lawsuits involving religious groups, individual faith leaders, and the second Trump administration over the administration's immigration policies.

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.

Why French officials placed a Muslim war memorial in the intellectual heart of Paris in the 20th century

(The Conversation) — The Grand Mosque of Paris has stood for a century as a memorial to Muslim soldiers and a nuanced symbol of French colonialism.

Indonesians brave choking smoke to pray for rain as country battles wildfires

PALEMBANG, Indonesia (AP) — The prayer gathering in one of the regions hardest hit by this year’s wildfire season comes as the province faces prolonged dry weather that has heightened the risk of forest and peatland fires.

Assad-era's grand mufti sentenced to life in prison by Syrian court

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Former grand mufti Ahmad Badreddine Hassoun, an Assad loyalist who was vocally in support of the government's policies, was convicted of inciting violence and justifying murder.