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As always, Christmas services will subtly reflect a seemingly irreconcilable dispute between two inimical bodies of partisan Christians: Christ the Catholic will be honored in one church, Christ the Protestant in another. As both sides hymn Christian peace, they are also hesitant and fearful about the prospect of Christian war...
In a sense, the troubles in the North are religious in name only: there is no theological quarrel involved, no real fear of religious persecution, and many of the militant extremists on both sides have little or no religious commitment. Throughout most of the struggle, the churches have seemed to...
Indonesia's government is caught between its constitutional obligation to protect religious freedom, and the demands of hardline Muslim clerics for the banning of the Ahmadiyah sect. An alliance, including the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), demanded on Tuesday that the government outlaw the Ahmadiyahs, warning that any delay would result...
The Afghan parliament this week passed a law banning Tulsi and competitor Bollywood serials such as Tests of Life and Waiting, calling them immoral, anti-Islamic and a threat to Afghan culture. Apparently nobody told the religious leaders who, during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan last fall, petitioned broadcasters...
Fini tried to explain himself by noting that he had prefaced his remarks by stating his "zero tolerance" for the neo-Nazi violence, but argued that the attack - which apparently began when the gang demanded Tommasoli's pack of cigarettes - was non-ideological in nature. He said the burning of...