The veneration of images involves humans or other subjects showing respect and homage to objects that visually represent, point to, or embody sacred beings or realities held to be especially worthy of honor. While such practices have been disputed in...

Religious symbolism is the use of symbols, including archetypes, acts, artwork, events, or natural phenomena, by a religion. Religions view religious texts, rituals, and works of art as symbols of compelling ideas or ideals. The symbols helps create a...

JESSICA SIEGEL, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 06-11-1993 PARENTS WEIGH IN ON RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS -- WAYNE TRUSTEES PREPARE TO VOTE By JESSICA SIEGEL, Staff Writer Date: 06-11-1993, Friday Section: NEWS Edition: 2 Star P WAYNE -- The Board of Education...

MARY McGRATH, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 11-15-1996 SCHOOLS TO ALLOW RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS -- CLIFTON READY FOR ACLU CHALLENGE By MARY McGRATH, Staff Writer Date: 11-15-1996, Friday Section: NEWS Edition: 4 Star, Also in 5 Star, 3 Star, 2 Star, 1...

The city's police department can forbid a Muslim officer from wearing a head scarf on the job, a federal judge ruled.Kimberlie Webb, 44, who has been on the force more than 10 years, filed a discrimination lawsuit in October 2005 after the department said she...

Polling sites located within houses of worship do not violate the constitutional separation of church and state, a federal judge has ruled.Jerry Rabinowitz, a nonobservant Jew whose voting precinct is in a Catholic church, sued Palm Beach County elections officials, claiming that casting a ballot...

It is inappropriate to prevent the wearing of religious symbols, as the French government did, because such symbols mean more than just clothing or jewelry. Religious symbols help identify an individual's origin and culture, as well as play an important role as symbols of one's faith. And religious symbols are part of one's right to practice his or her religion, a basic human right that should not be denied.