Prisoner fights for religious expression
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Wesley Spratt's house of worship is a cramped, windowless chapel at a maximum-security prison. A cross adorns a cinderblock wall and eight wooden benches seat the inmate congregation.
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A jazz musician finds inspiration and instruction from an unlikely source: prison.
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CHICAGO -- Interested inmates at Newton Correctional Facility in Iowa receive teaching material that declares: "Criminal behavior is a manifestation of an alienation between the self and God. Acceptance of God and Biblical principles results in cure through the power of the Holy Spirit. Transformation happens through an instantaneous miracle; it then builds the prisoner up with familiarity of the Bible."...
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Government under pressure not to expel lesbian who, campaigners say, faces death by stoning.
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Human rights experts call them "prisoners of conscience." Hundreds of them around the world are forced to live in deplorable conditions in jail cells and prison camps.
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Imagine a pious Muslim faced with a ban on fabricating a certain kind of weapon. He is committed to obeying unquestioningly the fatwas of his religious leader and yet discovers that producing
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PALU, Indonesia -- Christians angered by yesterday's executions of three Roman Catholic militants in the world's most populous Muslim country torched cars and government buildings, looted shops, and attacked a jail, freeing hundreds of inmates.
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Closes one loophole but opens others The Racial and Religious Hatred Act comes into force in October, carrying a threat of prison terms for a person who tries to stir up religious hatred. However, its free speech exemptions are so wide that convictions could be difficult, a lawyer said.â¦
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From their cells on Virginia's death row, the inmates can hear Percy Walton laughing. His chuckles come from nowhere, inmates say, and are often mixed with shouts and incoherent babbling.
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A religious battle is taking place on the Internet, with two very different groups arguing over the existence of God.
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A man at the centre of a row about prison overcrowding is jailed for four years for child sex offences.
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A Swedish Pentecostal minister who was sentenced to a month in jail last year for preaching against homosexuality appealed the verdict yesterday.
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Child-custody conflicts over religion are increasing, but constitutional issues make them hard for courts to resolve.
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The tape called for kidnappings to try to force the release of a high-profile Muslim cleric imprisoned in the U.S.
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Kenneth Foster, whose death sentence has raised international protest, won a rare commutation to life in prison.
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Â· Catholic leader demands NHS block on terminationsÂ· Communion challenge to pro-choice politicians
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A prisoner says he needed medical help after hearing an alleged confession in the Michael Stone appeal.