Ban on Prison Religious Program Challenged
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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....
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HELENA, Mont., Jan. 3 -- Montana's Department of Corrections is facing stiff resistance to a proposal to prohibit all people on parole or probation from obtaining medical marijuana.
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VIENNA, Austria (AP &#151; St. Nick, nein! A ban on St. Nicholas at Vienna's kindergartens is taking some of the ho-ho-ho out of the holidays for tens of thousands of tots this year. And it's creating a political ruckus, with opposition parties accusing City Hall of kowtowing to a growing Muslim population by showing Europe's Santa the kindergarten door.
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Jailed Islamic extremists with violent interpretations of the Quran are taking advantage of scarce religious monitoring programs to breed terrorists in U.S. prisons, a study released Tuesday shows.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden  - A bizarre murder case involving a Pentecostal pastor convicted of manipulating his former nanny to shoot his wife will go another round in court as both prosecutors and defence lawyers appealed the initial ruling.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court, which has been closely split on religious issues, announced yesterday that it will decide whether a government display of the Ten Commandments at public buildings violates the First Amendment&#39;s ban on &#39;&#39;an establishment of
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Lawmakers have approved a measure that would only allow a state-appointed council to issue religious edicts, a move aimed at denying Islamic hard-liners a forum for disseminating extremist ideology.
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A new lawsuit seeking to prevent Massachusetts from placing mentally ill inmates in segregated cells reflects an increasing national concern.
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The lifting of a ban on Islamic head scarves at universities faced fierce opposition from the secular establishment.
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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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Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. on Friday issued a plea for religious tolerance, and said the nation must guard against returning to days when a notion prevailed that people of some faiths were unfit for office.
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They are challenging a 2000 federal law that gave houses of worship more room to grow.
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By David Kravets Associated Press  SAN FRANCISCO -- Attorneys for Southwestern Indian tribes urged a federal appeals court last week to block the proposed expansion of an Arizona ski resort they say already desecrates land they hold sacred and sullies their religious beliefs.
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A man living in County Antrim who is considered a high risk sex offender has restrictions imposed on his movements.
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A court's refusal to legalize Lina Joy's conversion to Christianity from Islam highlights a growing clash between religious and secular forces
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This story is one of many featured on RFE/RL's new Religion And Tolerance webpage, which highlights examples of religious tolerance in our broadcast region.
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Christians and Muslims in India's Gujarat state are angry at an amendment to religious conversion laws.