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16 May 2012

Groups condemn lynching of two pastors in mistaken identity case

01025.jpgThe umbrella body of evangelical churches and a human rights organisation have condemned the lynching of two pastors at Jomvu in Mombasa early this week.

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20:14 Posted in Real Islam | Permalink | Comments (0) |  Facebook |

12 May 2012

Kansas lawmakers pass ‘Sharia’ law bill

Obama_muslim.jpgTOPEKA -- A bill that would ban the use of foreign legal codes in Kansas courts — broadly written but particularly aimed at Islamic “Sharia” law — is on its way to the governor

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9 men sentenced for rape of 631 teenagers over 5 years

_41894966_flagcredit203.jpg(AGI) London - Nine men of Pakistani origin are accused of having raped 631 teenage girls from youth shelters over the past five years, the Times of London reports, explaining that on

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16:50 Posted in ENGLAND | Permalink | Comments (0) |  Facebook |

UZBEKISTAN: An "unsanctioned meeting in a private home" - with a bomb?

0000000003.jpgUzbekistan continues punishing people exercising the right to freedom of religion or belief without state permission, Forum 18 News Service notes. In one incident, police and the NSS secret

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16:45 Posted in Uzbekistan | Permalink | Comments (0) |  Facebook |

Naming Street for Cop Killed at Mosque Could 'Open Old Wounds,' Locals Say

0000000000000.jpgHARLEM — Harlem community board members told NYPD representatives that they need to hear the opinions of imams at two Harlem mosques before deciding whether to rename a street after a cop killed 40 years ago at the Nation of Islam Mosque No. 7.

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Church Row a ‘Dark Time’ for Aceh

302963_241704215879381_168150923234711_619937_879203653_n.jpgBanda Aceh. Another Christian house of worship has been sealed off in Aceh Singkil district, bringing the total since last week to 17 and marking a new low for religious intolerance in the staunchly Muslim province, a rights group said on Wednesday.

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Insight: Afghan women fade from White House focus as exit nears

charleneelder.jpg(Reuters) - Shortly after sending U.S. troops to Afghanistan in October 2001, President George W. Bush focused so intently on freeing Afghan women from the shackles of Taliban rule that empowering them became central to the United States' mission there.

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Christian village in central Nigeria region divided by religious attacked, 7 killed

J0012.pngOS, Nigeria — Gunmen set fire to a home in a Christian village near a central Nigeria city violently divided by faith and shot those who ran outside to flee the flames, killing at least

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06:38 Posted in NIGERIA | Permalink | Comments (0) |  Facebook |

10 May 2012

9 men sentenced for rape of 631 teenagers over 5 years

_41894966_flagcredit203.jpg(AGI) London - Nine men of Pakistani origin are accused of having raped 631 teenage girls from youth shelters over the past five years, the Times of London reports, explaining that on

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Number of Mosques in Occupied Area of Cyprus Increasing

mosque.jpgNewspaper Kibrisli reports that Near East University (YDU) will construct a new mosque in the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus.

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Egyptians choose Saudi Arabia over Turkey as model: poll

n_20352_4.jpgThe majority of Egyptians prefer Saudi Arabia over Turkey as a model for the role of religion in governance, a poll says. Six out of ten want Shariah while secular figures are paradoxically still most favored by society

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