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

• A British tabloid, The Sun, has been censured for publishing a story which claimed that one in five British Muslims sympathize with ISIS.
• Three Sikhs who enlisted in the U.S. Army filed a lawsuit this week, seeking religious accommodations that would allow them to wear beards and turbans.
• The University of California Board of Regents adopted a statement this week condemning anti-Semitism on its campuses.
• A zoning request for a Muslim cemetery in a Massachusetts suburb has been met with substantial opposition at municipal meetings.
• The Freedom From Religion Foundation has called on the president of the University of Iowa to remove dedicated religious prayer spaces from the university campus, claiming they violate the Establishment Clause.
• Haaretz: Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef on Tuesday denied urging the expulsion of non-Jews from Israel in a weekend sermon in which he was quoted as saying it was “forbidden for a non-Jew to live in the Land of Israel.”
• This week, the Mississippi State Senate passed a bill that allows places of worship to designate members to undergo firearms training and carry guns to protect the congregation.
• Following a protest that lasted four days, the Pakistani government has assured citizens that it does not plan to amend the country’s blasphemy law.
• Albawaba News: The Administrative Court of Alexandria has blocked the demolition of a church belonging to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, in the process issuing a ruling that prohibits the demolition of any church in Egypt.
• NY Times: This week, the Supreme Court explored a possible compromise ruling in the dispute between faith-based groups and the Obama administration over birth control. It requested further briefing from the parties.
• A bill that would declare the Holy Bible the official book of Tennessee is returning to the Tennessee Senate floor for another vote.
• On Monday, Bangladesh’s high court rejected a petition to remove Islam as the state religion.