Here is a look at some law and religion news stories from around the web this week:

• The United Nations hosted a forum on anti-Semitism
• A man in Minnesota pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from his threat to blow up a mosque
• Abid Riaz Qureshi, a private attorney, became the first Muslim to be nominated to serve on the federal judiciary
• A third-party presidential candidate faces charges for her part in a Native American-led protest of a North Dakota oil pipeline
• A Massachusetts civil rights agency claimed authority in certain circumstances to compel churches to adopt rules on transgender bathroom use 
• During his visit to China, President Obama pushed leader Xi Jinping on religious freedom
  • President Obama also sent a delegation to the canonization of Mother Teresa
• The IRS adopted in final form regulations recognizing same-sex marriages for tax purposes
• Chile moved closer to legalizing abortion despite a massive opposition rally in the country’s capital