Religious hatred law gets backing
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A bid to amend plans to make inciting racial hatred a crime is defeated by the government.
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Egypt's highest authority on Islamic law endorsed Saturday a controversial government plan to synchronize the call to prayer in Cairo's mosques and put an end to the present haphazard system based on the timekeeping of each individual establishment.
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Thousands of supporters of legislation that would grant legal rights to unmarried couples including gays rallied Saturday to urge Italian lawmakers to resist Vatican pressure against the measure.Comment
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A proposal to revive a blasphemy law to calm sectarian tensions in Holland has outraged artists, writers and the political elite. The killing was followed by bomb attacks on mosques and reprisal attacks on churches.
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Franceâs new law banning Islamic headscarves in schools - a bold effort to rein in Muslim fundamentalism â-pparently passed its first test today, the start of the school year.
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China has announced new rules on religious groups aimed at ending discrimination on grounds of belief.
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The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to consider the constitutionality of a federal law that requires state prisons to accommodate inmate religions, from Christianity to Satanism.
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Egypt&#39;s highest authority on Islamic law endorsed Saturday a controversial government plan to synchronize the call to prayer in Cairo&#39;s mosques and put an end to the present haphazard system based on the timekeeping of each individual
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KAMPUNG PULAU MELAKA, Malaysia  - Malaysia's Islamist opposition party called on non-Muslims on Thursday to back its election campaign to apply strict sharia law, including amputations and stonings, for the country's Muslims.
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The government's anti-terror laws unfairly target Muslims and should be repealed, MPs hear.
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The Bush administration's faith-based initiatives got a boost Monday from the Supreme Court: a ruling that ordinary taxpayers cannot sue to stop conferences that help religious charities apply for federal grants.
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The leaders want their faith to be enshrined as the national religion, governing marriage, divorce and family inheritance.
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Â· Civil liberties activists condemn proposalÂ· Conservatives back other counter-terror measures
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British comedian Rowan Atkinson -- creator of the hapless "Mr Bean" -- attacked a planned law outlawing incitement of religious hatred on Monday, saying it would curb free speech and humour.
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French critics and defenders of a ban on Muslim headscarves in schools united in support of the law on Monday, pledging to stand firm against militants holding two French
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A move to lift a ban on young women students wearing headscarves at universities has renewed the battle between secularists and the government
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This election year has seen unprecedented outreach to churches by the Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns, and intensified political activity by the religious groups themselves. But some watchdogs for separation of church and state are concerned that congregations are violating the federal tax code, which restricts the political activities of certain nonprofits, including churches.