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...Mauront Catholic school, Jean Chamoux has seen a wave of Muslim students enroll as families look for more tolerant alternatives to French public schools. "Two decades ago," he says, "Muslim leaders requested the same kinds of considerations other religions enjoy: designated sections in cemeteries, construction permits for places of worship, some leeway in the observance of Ramadan or the wearing of head scarves. Those were denied. Today, the children of those leaders are demanding - not requesting - their right to freedom of religion as citizens of Europe." To many Muslims, last week's episode in Italy suggests that some religions...
Voodoo has been actively misrepresented by Hollywood for generations. Real vodou is a form of loa (god, spirit) worship with roots in west Africa, mainly in the Yoruba culture, although with a degree of influences from elsewhere...
...WORSHIP Why the star waited nine years for a kick-butt role in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill...
...haven’t heard too many complaints yet,” he added. Playing on the same level as the audience allows something far more powerful and memorable than the icon worship typical in rock music, he says. The crowd’s interaction becomes an extension of the music; its movement becomes essential to the overall experience...
...come in fits and starts. Although its schools were desegregated by the end of the '60s, they are 97% black today in a city whose population is 74% black. More than 75% of the city's residents live in nonintegrated neighborhoods, and 90% say their church or place of worship has no members of other races, according to research by Natalie Davis, political-science professor at Birmingham-Southern College. On the other hand, Birmingham's mayors since 1979 have both been black, and its current police chief is a black woman. According to a 2002 poll by the Birmingham Pledge...