Turkish film depicts problems of modern piety
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BERLIN, Feb 12 (Reuters Life!) - An Istanbul clerk finds his simple, devout life turned upside down when an Islamic group employs him as its debt collector in a Turkish film which aims to show how religious devotion can be tainted by hypocrisy.
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Fire broke out at a crowded Turkish cinema tonight, injuring dozens of people, reports said. The fire erupted at an opening gala in Istanbul to mark the release of a new Turkish film.
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Itâs not easy to turn one of the most controversial events of the 20th century into a movie that makes your eyes roll, but âO Jerusalemâ does this and worse.
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A Turkish film about fear overwhelming  a true believer when he is caught up in religious corruption  has been chosen as the best movie at the 13th Sarajevo Film  Festival.
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As Turkey gets a former Islamist as president, writer Elif Shafak says women's bodies are a battleground for competing national ideas.
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Turkish religious movement manifests modern Islam and engages with Western ideas.
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Benedict XVI wants to help restore Istanbul as the global center of  Orthodox Christianity. But the Turkish authorities worry what that  could mean for their country's secular identity
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An Indonesian pop star hopes his anthems of tolerance can wean Muslims away from extremism. But some question his credibility to pronounce on matters of religion
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Yeliz Bakir sees herself as the personification of Turkey's European future &#151; a Muslim woman of 25 who grew up in rural conservative surroundings but now wears trendy clothes and works in a posh neighborhood of Istanbul.
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ÂKING OF BOLLYWOODÂ is a sweeping portrait of a man who is worshipped as a modern-day God, a country
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Woody Allen's latest film touches on all the things he likes to ponder Â that there's no God, that life is savage and fleeting, that anyone potentially can get away with unspeakable acts if they don't have a conscience to bother them.
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Turkey is navigating a treacherous path between the forces that want to pull it closer toward Islam and the institutions that safeguard its secularism.
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Turkey's ruling party claimed a resounding victory Sunday in parliamentary elections. But the AKP's Islamic roots and its appeal to religious supporters have unnerved many in the officially secular nation.
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On one hand there is the European Union, demanding Turkey reform its criminal code. On the other, a powerful group of conservative Muslims who insist such changes should include criminalizing adultery.
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TORONTO  - A documentary about Islam and homosexuality is vying for attention at the Toronto International Film Festival, where high-profile movies set in the Middle East are already making a splash.
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James L. Brooks's new movie treats the subjects of class division, cultural misunderstanding and marital discord with astonishing smugness and dishonesty.
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The film has many an interesting nugget about it.