Some parts of Europe and the Western world, such as France and Quebec, Canada, have interpreted secularism in a way that curbs the use of religious garb.

The owner of a chain of grocery stores in Winnipeg is fighting a $10,000 fine he received for opening one of the stores on Good Friday.

Pakistan’s highest court in late January freed a woman who had spent eight years on death row after being accused of blasphemy, and she and her family hope to soon leave the country.