Some interesting law and religion news stories from around the web this week:

• The House voted overwhelmingly, with Democratic support, to tighten screening procedures on refugees from Syria.
• At least 32 are dead and about 80 hurt after an explosion in Yola, Nigeria believed to be the work of Boko Haram, which has killed thousands in attempts to promote Islamic law in Nigeria.
• Congress passed a revised version of the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, including a provision encouraging religious diversity in the U.S. military.
• A federal judge found that discrimination claims against Facebook filed by the Sikhs for Justice human rights group are precluded under the Communications Decency Act, which bars courts from treating service providers like Facebook as the publishers or speakers of speech created by others.
• The Australian Muslim Party, Australia’s first Islamic faith political party, launches days after the Paris attacks, insisting there has never been a more critical time for the Muslim community to have a political voice in Australia.
• After a law suit, a Massachusetts public library has changed its meeting room policy, eliminating restrictions against religious or political expression in that space.
• A Brooklyn man was sentenced to four years in jail for using violent and illegal means to coerce recalcitrant Jewish husbands into giving their wives a “get,” a religious bill of divorce required to release an Orthodox Jewish woman from her marriage.
• The Senegalese government is considering plans to prohibit women from wearing full-body veils amid growing security concerns that the veils are used to hide explosives.
• An Italian investigative journalist and author of a book with the title, “Avarice,” spoke out against a 2013 Vatican law that might result in a jail sentence of up to eight years for publishing confidential Holy See documents.
• A Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles decision to forbid a “Pastafarian” from wearing a colander on her head in her driving licence photo was overturned on appeal.