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

• Bangladesh’s High Court will hear a case on dropping Islam as the state religion.
• Gunmen killed at least 16 people, including four nuns, in an attack on a Catholic retirement home in Yemen that was established by Mother Teresa.
• A federal district judge found that Obergefell is not binding on Puerto Rico absent further action from the Supreme Court.
• The D.C. Republican Party agreed to keep the polls open until 9 p.m. at special locations to accommodate Jewish Sabbath observers, who would otherwise be unable to vote in Saturday’s primary.
• Hundreds of Hindu and Muslim women gathered on International Women’s Day in Mumbai to advocate for their right to worship as equal citizens in locations currently reserved for men.
• A federal jury in Phoenix found that two adjacent towns dominated by a polygamous sect violated the rights of nonbelievers in their precincts with discriminatory policing and provision of municipal services such as water hookups.
• After a three year legal battle, the City of Norwich, Connecticut, agreed to settle three federal lawsuits allowing a ministry of The Polish Roman Catholic Congregation to operate a soup kitchen and food pantry at the site of a former parochial school.
• Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Chief Rabbis and the Administrator of the Western Wall and the Holy Places to submit changes they would like to see to the plan for creating a non-Orthodox, pluralist prayer space at the Robinson’s Arch area of the Western Wall.
• A 39-hour filibuster led by Democratic legislators in Missouri ended Wednesday when Republicans forced a vote on a controversial measure to add more religious protections for people opposed to same-sex marriage.
• Humorous ads for a documentary film that aims to promote understanding and tolerance of Muslims went up in New York subways this week after the movie’s production company won a legal battle with the city’s transit authority in October about whether the ads were political or religious speech.
• The Michigan Catholic Conference, which oversees health care for Catholic employees in the state, is modifying its coverage to include “legally domiciled” adults without consideration of their sexual orientation or marital status.
• An Australian court held that sex-segregated seating at a lecture sponsored by a Muslim group violated the Anti-Discrimination Act.