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Pope calls for religious freedom in Muslim states (Reuters)

November 11th, 2010

Reuters - Pope Benedict Thursday said all states must guarantee the freedom for everyone to practice their faith publicly, a clear criticism of some Muslim countries where religious rights are…

Religious Minorities Suffering Worst in Pakistan Floods (Time.com)

September 2nd, 2010

Time.com - Amid the catastrophes, the country’s religious minorities are under assault — and one group has allegedly been denied official assistance

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Bomb attack kills Afghan Muslim religious leader (AP)

September 1st, 2010

US soldiers are seen during a military parade in Kandahar province in early August. Five US soldiers were killed in Afghanistan, NATO announced, as the number of Americans to die in the war in the past four days climbed to 22.(AFP/File/Yuri Cortez)AP - A bomb attack Wednesday in Afghanistan’s volatile southern city of Kandahar killed the director of the local office for facilitating pilgrimages to Islamic holy sites, police said.


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Religious minorities in Indonesia push back (AP)

August 16th, 2010

Indonesian Christians have their mouths taped as Indonesian national Red-White flags are waved at half-mast during a protest against rising violence by Islamic hard-liners in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. Several hundred people from the Forum for Religious Freedom Solidarity held a rally, protesting what they said was the government's inaction in dealing with the hard-liners. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)AP - Tired of government inaction, Christians and other religious minorities in Indonesia are pushing back against rising violence by Islamic hard-liners.


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Jew vs. Jew: The Religious Conflict Tearing at Israel (Time.com)

June 17th, 2010

Time.com - A massive protest action against a ruling forcing forbidding segregation in a religious school reflects a mounting struggle between the Jewish State’s religious and secular authorities

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Legionaries religious order: sorry for sex abuse (AP)

March 26th, 2010

AP - A conservative religious order favored by Pope John Paul II is apologizing to the victims of sexual abuse by its founder.

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Iraqi vote signals shift from religious leaders (AP)

March 13th, 2010

Counting and data input workers at the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 12, 2010. Partial tallies have been released from seven of Iraq's 18 provinces, excluding Baghdad. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s political coalition took an early vote lead Saturday in the election’s all-important battleground of Baghdad, pulling away from its two closest rivals in the…

Nigeria urged to investigate religious violence (AP)

March 9th, 2010

A mother comforts her crying child in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010. More than 200 people, most of them Christians, were slaughtered on Sunday in central Nigeria, according to residents, aid groups and journalists. The local government gave a figure more than twice that amount, but offered no casualty list or other information to substantiate it. (AP Photos/Jon Gambrell)AP - The U.S. government and human rights activists called Tuesday for Nigeria to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the deaths of more than 200 unarmed people in renewed…

Hundreds slaughtered in Nigeria religious violence (AP)

March 8th, 2010

Workers close mass graves in Jos where dozens of people killed during violent religious clashes have been buried, January 2010. A new outburst of sectarian violence in a flashpoint region of Nigeria left at least 100 people dead, mainly women and children, as machete-wielding gangs burned down villages, officials said Sunday.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AP - Rioters armed with machetes slaughtered more than 200 people including a 4-day-old infant, residents said, less than two months after sectarian violence in the volatile region left more…

Nigeria: More than 200 dead in religious violence (AP)

March 7th, 2010

Workers close mass graves in Jos where dozens of people killed during violent religious clashes have been buried, January 2010. A new outburst of sectarian violence in a flashpoint region of Nigeria left at least 100 people dead, mainly women and children, as machete-wielding gangs burned down villages, officials said Sunday.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AP - Rioters armed with machetes slaughtered more than 200 people overnight Sunday as religious violence flared anew between Christians and Muslims in central Nigeria, witnesses said. Hundreds of people…

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