http://informreligion.com/topic/religious-freedom-and-discrimination2011-11-22T15:30:13Z2011-11-22T15:30:13ZReuters US Online Report Domestic Newstag:informreligion.com,2011-11-22:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/alabama-judge-removed-ten-commandments-fight-run-4861946a/

<div><p><span><a title="Mobile (Alabama)" href="/topic/Mobile+(Alabama)" >MOBILE, Ala</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - A former <span><a title="Alabama Supreme Court" href="/topic/Alabama+Supreme+Court" >Alabama Supreme Court</a></span> chief justice who was famously booted from his post for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument from a state courthouse said on Tuesday he would run again for his old job.</p><p><span><a ...

2011-09-30T16:30:33ZAFP South Asian Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-09-30:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/indias-whistleblower-police-officer-arrested-4838573a/

<div><p>A senior Indian police officer who accused <a title="Gujarat" href="/topic/Gujarat" >Gujarat</a> chief minister <a title="Narendra Modi" href="/topic/Narendra+Modi" >Narendra Modi</a> of complicity in the massacre of Muslims during the 2002 riots was arrested on Friday, his lawyer said.</p><p><span>Sanjeev Bhatt</span>, who has been locked in a confrontation with Modi, was arrested in state capital <span><a title="Gandhinagar" href="/topic/Gandhinagar" >Gandhinagar</a></span> following a...

2011-07-15T14:30:27ZAFP American Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-07-15:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/sponsor-global-meeting-religious-tolerance-4807356a/

<div><p>International experts will be invited to attend a conference in the <a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" >United States</a> this year on the free expression of religious beliefs, <a title="Hillary Clinton" href="/topic/Hillary+Clinton" >US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton</a> announced Friday.</p><p>"Later this year, the United States intends to invite relevant experts from around the world to the first of what we hope will be a series of meetings to discuss best practi...

2011-05-12T13:30:38ZAFP Asian Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-05-12:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/defiant-christians-petition-china-parliament-4779904a/

<div><p>A group of underground Chinese Christian churches has issued a defiant petition to the country's parliament demanding respect for their constitutional right to freedom of religion.</p><p>The petition -- signed by the pastors of 17 top unregistered churches -- was addressed to parliamentary chairman <span><a title="Wu Bangguo" href="/topic/Wu+Bangguo" >Wu Bangguo</a></span>, and urges the legislature to pass a law to protect religious freedom in the officially atheist country.</p><p>It co...

2011-04-28T14:30:43ZAFP American Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-04-28:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/board-faults-egypt-religious-freedom-4773853a/

<div><p>A US commission called Thursday for <a title="Egypt" href="/topic/Egypt" >Egypt</a> to be put on a blacklist for lack of religious freedom, saying attacks on Coptic Christians and other minorities have worsened despite political changes.</p><p>In an annual report, the <span><a title="U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom" href="/topic/U.S.+Commission+on+International+Religious+Freedom" >US Commission on International Religious Freedom</a></span> said it found serious violati...

2011-04-15T16:30:20ZAFP American Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-04-15:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/clinton-minorities-part-new-mideast-4768335a/

<div><p>US <a title="Hillary Clinton" href="/topic/Hillary+Clinton" >Secretary of State Hillary Clinton</a> on Friday urged a broad role for religious minorities and women in a changing <a title="Middle East" href="/topic/Middle+East" >Middle East</a>, warning that a wave of democratic uprisings could be "hijacked".</p><p>"During recent protests, women and men marched together in <span>Tunis</span> and <span>Cairo</span>. Christians and Muslims stood side-by-side and even prayed together. But th...

2011-04-14T08:30:41ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-04-14:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/french-niqab-law-contradicts-freedom-iraqs-sadr-4767726a/

<div><p>Niqabs, the full-face veils worn by conservative Muslim women, are not required by Islam but banning them by law is an affront to liberty, radical Shiite cleric <a title="Muqtada al-Sadr" href="/topic/Muqtada+al-Sadr" >Moqtada al-Sadr</a> said Thursday.</p><p>His remarks come in response to a draconian new law in <span><a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a></span>, implemented on Monday, that bars women from wearing the niqab or burka, a head-to-toe body covering, in the stre...

2011-03-15T18:30:42ZAFP American Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-03-15:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/backs-sikh-prisoners-trim-beard-4754555a/

<div><p>The <a title="U.S. Department of Justice" href="/topic/U.S.+Department+of+Justice" >US Justice Department</a> has sued the state of <a title="California" href="/topic/California" >California</a> in defense of a Sikh prisoner's right to practice his religion, including by not cutting his beard.</p><p>Backing legal action taken on inmate <span>Sukhjinder S. <a title="Basra" href="/topic/Basra" >Basra</a></span>'s behalf, Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez said California's policy f...

2011-03-02T17:30:23ZAFP American Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-03-02:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/canadian-leaders-outraged-pakistan-ministers-killing-4749112a/

<div><p>Canadian leaders expressed horror Wednesday over the assassination of Pakistani Catholic government minister <a title="Shahbaz Bhatti" href="/topic/Shahbaz+Bhatti" >Shahbaz Bhatti</a>, and called for his killers to be brought to justice.</p><p><span><a title="Stephen Harper" href="/topic/Stephen+Harper" >Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper</a></span> and opposition Liberal leader <span><a title="Michael Ignatieff" href="/topic/Michael+Ignatieff" >Michael Ignatieff</a></span> expressed...

2011-02-08T12:30:30ZAFP American Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-02-08:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/deplores-religious-killings-indonesia-4739835a/

<div><p>The <a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" >United States</a> on Tuesday condemned an outbreak of bloody religious violence in <a title="Indonesia" href="/topic/Indonesia" >Indonesia</a> which has left three people dead and several churches badly damaged.</p><p>The violence erupted on Sunday when a 1,000-strong mob of Muslim extremists attacked members of the minority Ahmadiyah sect in <span><a title="West Java" href="/topic/West+Java" >West Java</a></span> province.</p><p>...

2011-02-04T16:30:38ZAFP South Asian Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-02-04:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/clinton-meets-pakistan-minorities-minister-4738543a/

<div><p>US <a title="Hillary Clinton" href="/topic/Hillary+Clinton" >Secretary of State Hillary Clinton</a> met <a title="Pakistan" href="/topic/Pakistan" >Pakistan</a>'s minister for minority affairs in a show of support for religious freedom as tensions mount in the country, he said Friday.</p><p>Minorities Affairs <span><a title="Shahbaz Bhatti" href="/topic/Shahbaz+Bhatti" >Minister Shahbaz Bhatti</a></span>, who has faced a wave of threats, said he spoke with Clinton on Thursday and explain...

2011-01-22T11:30:20ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-01-22:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/egypt-church-attack-targetted-national-unity-4732776a/

<div><p><a title="Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs" href="/topic/Egyptian+Ministry+of+Foreign+Affairs" >Egyptian Foreign Minister</a> <a title="Ahmed Gheit" href="/topic/Ahmed+Gheit" >Ahmed Abul Gheit</a> said on Saturday that a deadly church attack in <a title="Alexandria (Egypt)" href="/topic/Alexandria+(Egypt)" >Alexandria</a> on New Year's Eve targetted the whole country and not just its Coptic Christians.</p><p>The bombing outside the church that killed 21 people emerging from mass was ...

2011-01-10T03:30:10ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:informreligion.com,2011-01-10:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/pope-calls-pakistan-repeal-blasphemy-law-4727337a/

<div><p><span><a title="Vatican City" href="/topic/Vatican+City" >VATICAN CITY</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - <span><a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict</a></span> called on Monday for <a title="Pakistan" href="/topic/Pakistan" >Pakistan</a> to repeal its anti-blasphemy law, days after a senior Pakistani politician who opposed the legislation was assassinated by his own bodyguard.</p><p>...

2011-01-01T03:00:10ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2011-01-01:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/pope-denounces-abuses-christians-4723115a/

<div id="subtitle">Pope condemns intolerance toward Christians in <a title="New Year's" href="/topic/New+Year's" >New Year's</a> appeal to world leaders</div><div><p><span><a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict XVI</a></span> has condemned religious intolerance, especially against Christians, and pressed world leaders to do their parts to promote peace.</p><p>Benedict urged Christians in his homily Saturday during New Year's Mass in <span><a title="St. Peter'...

2010-12-20T07:30:12ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-12-20:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/europe-courts-israel-antiislam-drive-4716621a/

<div><p><span>PARIS</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Far-right political parties in <a title="Europe" href="/topic/Europe" >Europe</a> are stepping up their anti-Muslim rhetoric and forging ties across borders, even going so far as to visit <a title="Israel" href="/topic/Israel" >Israel</a> to hail the Jewish state as a bulwark against militant Islam.</p><p>National Front leader Marine Le Pen has shocked the French political elite ...

2010-12-08T15:01:02ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-12-08:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/religion-news-4709009a/

<div id="subtitle">Religion News in Brief</div><div><p>A judge sentenced a church financier to 54 years in prison Tuesday for pocketing millions of dollars that investors believed would be used to build churches.</p><p>Special <a title="Dena Martin" href="/topic/Dena+Martin" >Judge Dena Martin</a> ordered former pastor <span>Vaughn Reeves</span> to serve consecutive six-year terms for each of nine fraud counts, in a scheme that cost about 2,900 investors $13.1 million. Among aggravating factors,...

2010-12-04T21:30:17ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-12-04:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/germanys-angst-islamists-mainstream-4706410a/

<div id="subtitle">Even <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a> joins in as <a title="Europe" href="/topic/Europe" >Europe</a>'s cultural clash with radical Islam goes mainstream</div><div><p>The 200 robed and bearded men gathered at dusk on the market square, rolled out their prayer rugs and intoned Allah's praises as dismayed townspeople looked on.</p><p>It was <span id="ramadan" class="inform">Ramadan</span>, the Muslim fasting month, and the group that calls itself "Invitation ...

2010-11-19T09:30:38ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-11-19:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/iran-denies-charge-violating-religious-rights-4385048a/

<div><p><a title="Iran" href="/topic/Iran" >Iran</a> on Friday denied violating religious minorities' rights as charged in an annual report by the US government, whom it accused of being the "biggest violator" of Muslim rights, state media reported.</p><p>In a statement carried by state news agency IRNA, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman <span><a title="Ramin Mehmanparast" href="/topic/Ramin+Mehmanparast" >Ramin Mehmanparast</a></span> "denied allegations made in the US state department report"...

2010-11-18T14:08:26ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-11-18:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/clinton-opposes-religious-defamation-bans-4383329a/

<div id="subtitle">US takes aim at bans on religious defamation, says moves restrict freedom of speech</div><div><p><span><a title="Hillary Clinton" href="/topic/Hillary+Clinton" >Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton</a></span> said Wednesday that Islamic nations and others are restricting free speech by attempting to ban statements defaming religion. She declared the <span><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >Obama administration</a></span>'s opposition.</p><p>Presenting the...

2010-11-15T11:30:33ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:informreligion.com,2010-11-15:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/merkel-urges-germans-stand-christian-values-4381534a/

<div><p><span>PARIS</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - <span><a title="Angela Merkel" href="/topic/Angela+Merkel" >Chancellor Angela Merkel</a></span> urged Germans debating Muslim integration to stand up more for Christian values, saying Monday the country suffered not from "too much Islam" but "too little Christianity."</p><p>Addressing her <span><a title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany" href="/topic/Christian+Democratic+Uni...

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2010-11-11T07:01:00ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-11-11:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/pope-calls-religious-freedom-muslim-states-4378908a/

<div><p><span><a title="Vatican City" href="/topic/Vatican+City" >VATICAN CITY</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - <span><a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict</a></span> 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 restricted.</p><p>The pope issued the call in a document ...

2010-11-29T15:41:36ZHeliumtag:informreligion.com,2010-11-29:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/reasons-switzerland-banned-construction-new-mosque-minarets-4559911a/

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2010-11-05T10:00:37ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-11-05:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/islamophobia-1930s-antisemitism-islamic-forum-head-4319388a/

<div><p><span><a title="Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu" href="/topic/Ekmeleddin+Ihsanoglu" >Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu</a></span>, secretary general of the <span><a title="Organization of the Islamic Conference" href="/topic/Organization+of+the+Islamic+Conference" >Organisation of the Islamic Conference</a></span> (OIC), said xenophobia directed at Muslim immigrants was taking hold, especially in <span><a title="Europe" href="/topic/Europe" >Europe</a></span>.</p><p>Vote-seeking politicians were advancing extre...

2010-11-05T07:01:26ZCrosswalktag:informreligion.com,2010-11-05:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/obama-urged-defend-iranian-pastor-facing-death-sentence-4276826a/

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2010-10-27T08:21:56ZNashville Scenetag:informreligion.com,2010-10-27:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/jihad-alarmism-worst-person-world-3447333a/

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2010-10-18T11:03:18ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-10-18:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/dutch-muslims-antiislam-lawmaker-convicted-2131872a/

<div id="subtitle">Alleged Muslim victims of hate speech by anti-Islam politician plead for his conviction</div><div><p>Muslim witnesses said Monday that a Dutch lawmaker's anti-Islamic comments had led to attacks and intimidation, and they pleaded with judges to convict him and give him a symbolic fine of one euro ($1.40).</p><p><span><a title="Geert Wilders" href="/topic/Geert+Wilders" >Geert Wilders</a></span> is facing charges of inciting hatred and discrimination against Muslims for stateme...

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2010-10-02T15:06:49ZAbout.comtag:informreligion.com,2010-10-02:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/glen-urquhart-thomas-jefferson-nazi-1597248a/

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2010-10-01T22:33:27ZAmerica Magazinetag:informreligion.com,2010-10-01:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/affair-remember-1593064a/

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2010-09-13T13:45:09ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-09-13:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/sues-calif-city-denying-buddhist-permit-1402117a/

<div id="subtitle">US files religious discrimination suit against <a title="California" href="/topic/California" >Calif.</a> city for denying Buddhist center permit</div><div><p>The <span><a title="U.S. Department of Justice" href="/topic/U.S.+Department+of+Justice" >U.S. Justice Department</a></span> has filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against the Southern California city of Walnut, claiming it unfairly denied a permit to a group seeking to build and run a Buddhist center.</p><p>The la...

2010-11-05T11:17:11ZWiseGeektag:informreligion.com,2010-11-05:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/religious-discrimination-4365879a/

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2010-09-11T00:48:41ZBeliefnettag:informreligion.com,2010-09-11:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/quote-day-1348839a/

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2010-08-30T10:15:14ZAFP American Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-08-30:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/new-campaign-aims-counter-antiislam-sentiment-1033235a/

<div><p>A coalition of <span>US</span> Muslims launched a Web-based campaign Monday aimed at countering what they called a rising tide of anti-Islamic sentiment and to show themselves as Americans who love their country.</p><p>The group launched a website and online video featuring brief clips from American Muslims, including young children, with comments such as "I'm an American," and "I don't want to take over this country."</p><p>The campaign is in response to the controversy over plans to bu...

2010-11-02T13:23:51ZThisIsLondon.co.uktag:informreligion.com,2010-11-02:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/student-charged-muslim-cab-attack-held-hospital-3550263a/

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2010-11-02T14:36:00ZeHowtag:informreligion.com,2010-11-02:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/religious-associations-3616071a/

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2010-08-15T20:45:05ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-08-15:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/religious-minorities-indonesia-push-1020638a/

<div id="subtitle">Religious minorities in <a title="Indonesia" href="/topic/Indonesia" >Indonesia</a> pushing back against Islamic hard-liners, violence</div><div><p>Tired of government inaction, Christians and other religious minorities in Indonesia are pushing back against rising violence by Islamic hard-liners.</p><p>Christians were warned last week against worshipping on a field that houses a shuttered church in the industrial city of Bekasi, but 20 members of the congregation showed up any...

2010-08-15T03:30:10ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-08-15:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/hundreds-protest-jakarta-urge-religious-freedom-1020252a/

<div><p><a title="Jakarta" href="/topic/Jakarta" >JAKARTA</a> (<a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a>) - Several hundred Indonesians rallied in Jakarta on Sunday demanding that the president do more to protect freedom of religion and to punish hardline Muslim groups which have attacked minority faiths.</p><p>The protest reflects growing public alarm over recent attacks on churches, Christian prayer gatherings, and on mosques used by the Ahmadiyya, an Islamic se...

2010-09-11T00:24:59ZBeliefnettag:informreligion.com,2010-09-11:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/mosque-ground-1347891a/

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2010-08-13T18:15:24ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-08-13:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/obama-defends-ground-mosquebuilding-plans-1019564a/

<div><p><a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a> has defended controversial plans to build a mosque near the site of the September 11, 2001 attacks in <a title="New York" href="/topic/New+York" >New York</a>, saying <a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" >US</a> commitment to religious freedom "must be unshakable."</p><p>"As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this...

2010-09-11T00:21:12ZBeliefnettag:informreligion.com,2010-09-11:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/discussing-park51-radio-1347725a/

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2010-08-10T13:30:24ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-08-10:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/feds-send-ground-mosque-imam-mideast-1016394a/

<div id="subtitle">State Department sending ground zero mosque imam to discuss religious tolerance in <a title="Middle East" href="/topic/Middle+East" >Middle East</a></div><div><p>The <a title="U.S. Department of State" href="/topic/U.S.+Department+of+State" >State Department</a> says it's sending the imam behind controversial plans for a mosque near the site of the 9/11 attacks on a religious outreach trip to the Middle East.</p><p>Spokesman <a title="P.J. Crowley" href="/topic/P.J.+Crowley" >...

2010-09-11T00:13:39ZBeliefnettag:informreligion.com,2010-09-11:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/religious-discrimination-worst-aclj-lawsuit-fail-1347419a/

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2010-10-06T10:45:49ZArticlesBasetag:informreligion.com,2010-10-06:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/banning-veil-freedom-objective-anymore-1720021a/

<p>What is freedom? Is it as Merriam-Webster says the absence of necessity, coercion or constraint in choice or is it the imposition of abstract ?liberal values' defined by set sections of society? Is it a particular or a universal? Questions like these pertaining to cultural ethos and values have come to the fore since rigorous debates concerning the "veil" ban erupted across Europe and the Middle East in recent months. The most obvious illustration of which was the landslide passing of the ?ve...

2010-11-02T14:12:05ZCrosswalktag:informreligion.com,2010-11-02:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/faith-military-chaplains-alliance-defense-fund-3590357a/

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2010-09-10T23:47:27ZBeliefnettag:informreligion.com,2010-09-10:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/scalias-fault-1346345a/

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2010-07-08T16:16:10ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-07-08:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/europeans-approve-americans-reject-muslim-veil-ban-study-986793a/

<div><p>Days before French lawmakers are due to vote on a bill that would make it illegal for Muslim women to wear full veils in public, a US poll has found that a majority of Europeans back such a ban while Americans reject it.</p><p>The French overwhelmingly endorse a ban on Muslim face coverings, also known as the burqa or the niqab, as do majorities in <a title="United Kingdom" href="/topic/United+Kingdom" >Britain</a>, <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a> and <a title="Spai...

2010-11-02T12:52:33ZBeliefnettag:informreligion.com,2010-11-02:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/dreher-scotus-3526339a/

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2010-11-02T12:52:14ZBeliefnettag:informreligion.com,2010-11-02:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/christian-legal-society-loses-3525975a/

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2010-10-27T09:06:53ZBeliefnettag:informreligion.com,2010-10-27:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/elena-kagan-religion-clause-conservative-3472558a/

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2010-10-27T09:06:41ZBeliefnettag:informreligion.com,2010-10-27:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/enfield-graduations-court-3472419a/

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2010-06-02T06:15:41ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-06-02:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/iran-denounces-european-intolerance-burqa-951276a/

<div><p><a title="Iran" href="/topic/Iran" >Iran</a>'s <a title="Manouchehr Mottaki" href="/topic/Manouchehr+Mottaki" >Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki</a> on Wednesday denounced European "intolerance" towards the Islamic veil, as <a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> and <a title="Belgium" href="/topic/Belgium" >Belgium</a> move towards banning the burqa in public.</p><p>"We think this is an example of the intolerance that exists in <a title="Europe" href="/topic/Europe" >Europe...

2010-10-27T08:02:37ZCrosswalktag:informreligion.com,2010-10-27:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/24-201-3433469a/

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2010-04-15T17:16:37ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-04-15:/photo/day-prayer-2229354p/

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2007 file photo, <a title="Freedom From Religion Foundation" href="/topic/Freedom+From+Religion+Foundation" >Freedom From Religion Foundation</a> co-president <a title="Annie Laurie Gaylor" href="/topic/Annie+Laurie+Gaylor" >Annie Laurie Gaylor</a> stands in front of the door at the foundation headquarters in <a title="Madison (Wisconsin)" href="/topic/Madison+(Wisconsin)" >Madison, Wis.</a> <a title="Barbara Crabb" href="/topic/Barbara+Crabb" >U.S. District Judge Barbara...

2010-04-11T04:45:44ZGetty Imagestag:informreligion.com,2010-04-11:/photo/iraqi-christians-celebrate-christmas-baghdad-843593p/

<a title="Baghdad" href="/topic/Baghdad" >BAGHDAD</a>, IRAQ, DECEMBER 25: Iraqi Christians light candles after attending Christmas mass at the <a title="Blessed Virgin Mary" href="/topic/Blessed+Virgin+Mary" >Virgin Mary</a> church on December 25, 2008 in Baghdad, <a title="Iraq" href="/topic/Iraq" >Iraq</a>. Iraqi Christians celebrated Christmas as security continues to improve in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. Although there has been some reduction in violence in Iraq, the <a title="U.S. Commi...

2010-04-15T07:51:31ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-04-15:/photo/hong-kong-new-bishop-458768p/

Bishop John Tong poses for media after a news conference in <a title="Hong Kong" href="/topic/Hong+Kong" >Hong Kong</a> Thursday, April 16, 2009. The new head of Hong Kong's Catholic church is promising to help unite <a title="China" href="/topic/China" >China</a>'s Catholics and work toward religious freedom. Tong assumed his role as head of Hong Kong's diocese on Thursday. He replaces the long-serving <a title="Joseph Zen" href="/topic/Joseph+Zen" >Joseph Zen</a>, an outspoken champion of reli...

2010-04-15T15:07:32ZZUMA Press Inctag:informreligion.com,2010-04-15:/photo/04102009-sobbing-mourners-attend-mass-funeral-200-victims-italian-earthquake-432714p/

<a title="Italy" href="/topic/Italy" >Italy</a> mourned as thousands, led by heads of Church and State, bade an emotional farewell on Good?Friday to more than 200 people killed in the earthquake that devastated the town of <a title="L'Aquila" href="/topic/L'Aquila" >L'Aquila</a> <div id="copyright"><div> Copyright 2009  <a href="http://www.zumapress.com">ZUMA Press Inc</a></div></div>...