But many other countries have flags with religious symbols on them. Indeed, according to the Pew Research Center, nearly a third of the 196 countries in the world, have flags with a religious element.

Québec's government has found itself in a pitched battle with its school districts, hospitals and police departments over efforts to ban religious symbols from the heads and necks of its teachers ...

Workers can be barred from wearing religious garb, such as head scarves, in the offices of public administrations, a European Union court ruled on Tuesday, tapping into a charged debate in Europe ...

Of the 64 countries in this category, about half have Christian symbols (48%) and about a third include Islamic religious symbols (33%), with imagery on flags from the world’s two largest religious ...

This includes mob or sectarian violence, harassment over attire for religious reasons and other religion-related intimidation or abuse. The study found that regulations on the wearing of religious ...

A bill banning some public employees in Quebec from wearing religious symbols like head scarves, skullcaps, turbans and crosses has passed despite concerns about civil liberties.

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court has unanimously ruled to allow the presence of religious symbols in public buildings, affirming that their display does not conflict with the country's secular ...

Portugal doesn’t explicitly ban religious symbols but permits institutions — both public and private — to enforce neutral dress codes, as long as these are applied uniformly.

The Americas Canada’s political leaders agree Quebec’s religious symbols ban is discriminatory. They’ve also agreed not to do anything about it.