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Wall Street Journal Misses the Mark on India's Anti-Conversion Efforts
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Final Faith-Based Advisory Council Report Submitted To White House
Explore Article Religion Clause (10 hours, 2 min ago)
Yesterday, President Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships presented its final report to administration officials. According to IPA:Over the course of the day, the Council presented its recommendations in key policy areas to senior officials who deal with each of those areas, including: Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, USAID Director Raj Shah, White House Domestics Policy Director Melody Barnes, National Security Council Chief of Staff ... (Read Full Article)
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Pennsylvania Woman Indicted In Conspiracy To Kill Muhammad Cartoonist
Explore Article Religion Clause (10 hours, 7 min ago)
According to the New York Times, yesterday federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment (full text) against a Pennsylvania woman who was charged with conspiracy in a plot to kill Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks. An Al Qaeda linked group placed a $100,000 bounty on Vilks because of his cartoon of the prophet Muhammad atop the body of a dog. (See prior postings 1, 2 .) The woman who is charged is Colleen ... (Read Full Article)
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US Diplomacy Urged To Tandem With Faith
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“America's long history of influencing the international understanding of democracy and human rights will be compromised. The US will be absent from crucial ...
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Keeping faith with faith-based initiative
Explore Article newsweek.washingtonpost.com (Mar 9 2010) Human Rights
... World Vision and Hindu American Seva Charities; the United States Catholic Conference and the Human Rights Campaign; the Union of Orthodox Jewish ... (Read Full Article)
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Dispute Over Fire Department Chaplain's Web Page
Explore Article Religion Clause (Mar 9 2010)
In Spring Hill, Florida, resident Ken Fagan has filed a complaint with the Department of Community Affairs objecting to a link on the Spring Hill fire district's website. According to My Fox Tampa Bay yesterday, Fagan objects to a link to the Fire Rescue Chaplain's web page that contains scriptural quotes and in turn links to a site offering Bibles for sale. Fagan argues that a tax supported website should ... (Read Full Article)
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Christian Group Presses Pray for a Liberal Campaign
Explore Article Religion Clause (Mar 9 2010)
Beliefnet yesterday reported on last month's "Adopt a Liberal" Deck of Cards initiative begun by Liberty Counsel. The deck contains 51cards picturing "liberals" with one card carrying a question mark for the "unknown liberal." The program asks participants "to pray daily for the liberal(s) of your choice, so each can become a good influence on our Nation’s culture. Prayer is powerful! It allows God to change the minds of those ... (Read Full Article)
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Parents Who Relied on Prayer To Heal Son Sentenced to 16 Months For Negligent Homicide
Explore Article Religion Clause (Mar 9 2010)
The Oregonian reports that an Oregon state judge yesterday sentenced Jeffrey and Marci Beagley to 16 months in prison, followed by 3 years probation, after their conviction last month for the criminally negligent homicide of their 16 year old son. The Beagley's, members of the Followers of Christ Church that rejects medical care, prayed for their son rather than seeking medical attention for his urinary tract obstruction. (See prior posting.) ... (Read Full Article)
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Apologize or your life
Explore Article canada.com (Mar 9 2010)
Apparently, Yamani thinks that Mahatma is a first name rather than a Hindu religious honorific. Moreover (and you have to admit that tossing in a Jewish ... (Read Full Article)
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Obama Inaction On Faith-Based Initiative Is Deeply Disappointing, Says Americans United
Explore Article Americans United (Mar 9 2010) Separation of Church & State
Advisory Council Offers Recommendations Today, But Discriminatory Bush-Era Hiring Rules Remain In Place (Read Full Article)
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A nasty attempt to coerce Danish newspapers into apologizing for the cartoons ...
Explore Article Slate Magazine (Mar 8 2010)
Apparently, Yamani thinks that Mahatma is a first name rather than a Hindu religious honorific and that the words "Dalai Lama" are a secular title. ... (Read Full Article)
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Avoiding a war
Explore Article Arab News Newspaper (Mar 8 2010) Terrorism
India has taken out Hindus (Kashmiri Pundits) from Kashmir Valley citing terrorism as a reason and left Muslims in the valley at the mercy of its military. ... (Read Full Article)
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Religious minority groups have nothing to celebrate on International ...
Explore Article MyNews.in (Mar 8 2010) Human Rights
The Asian Human Rights Commission deplores the situation faced by the Hindu and Christian groups in general but the women from these communities are the ...
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New Nepali constitution should not enshrine anti-conversion proposals, warns CSW
Explore Article Christian Today Australia Christian News (Mar 7 2010) Human Rights
The briefing contends that “as Nepal formalises the transition from Hindu monarchy to secular republic, the right to freedom of religion and belief must be ... (Read Full Article)
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Kashmiri Pandits oppose rebels' surrender and rehabilitation
Explore Article Sindh Today (Mar 7 2010)
Koul was in this city to participate in a meeting to discuss the issues confronting the Kashmiri Pandit migrants living in exile in other states, ...
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Kashmiri Pandits oppose rebels' surrender and rehabilitation
Explore Article littleabout.com (Mar 7 2010)
Koul was in this city to participate in a meeting to discuss the issues confronting the Kashmiri Pandit migrants living in exile in other states, ... (Read Full Article)
Comment on Article Mentions: Kashmir Palaniappan Chidambaram Omar Abdullah
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Malaysian Indians hold fresh protest
Explore Article Home @The Hindu (Mar 7 2010) Human Rights
Mr. Uthayakumar, Secretary -General of the not-yet-recognised Human Rights Party of Malaysia, said over the telephone from Kuala Lumpur that the schools ... (Read Full Article)
Comment on Article Mentions: Hindu Rights Action Force Anwar Ibrahim Human Rights Party of Malaysia
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The Teacher: Islamic History--where The Light Shone Throughout The ...
Explore Article The Teacher (Mar 7 2010)
Finally, the speaker for Executive Council of the Hindu American Foundation concluded, “We request CNN to republish this article in a more forthright and accurate manner so as not to make false implications and thereby, diminish the ... (Read Full Article)
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Kashmiri Pandits want 'political rehabilitation'
Explore Article DNA PIL (Mar 7 2010)
PTI Chandigarh: A Kashmiri Pandit organisation today demanded the community be "politically rehabilitated" by the government. "Today, Kashmir is without the ... (Read Full Article)
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Pandits want 'political rehabilitation'
Explore Article PTI - Press Trust of India (Mar 7 2010)
Chandigarh, Mar 7 (PTI) A Kashmiri Pandit organisation today demanded the community be "politically rehabilitated" by the government. ... (Read Full Article)
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Jews, Muslims worry body scanners violate their religion
Explore Article Salt Lake Tribune Home Page (Mar 5 2010)
Jews, Muslims worry body scanners violate their religionSalt Lake Tribune... is important in Hindu tradition, but it does not trump a serious security threat, said Suhag Shukla, managing director of the Hindu American Foundation.and more » (Read Full Article)
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In Tamil Nadu temple, Dalits offer prayers
Explore Article The Times of India (Mar 5 2010)
MADURAI: Three years after deep caste divisions stopped them from celebrating a temple festival together, on Friday dalits beat the drums as per tradition ... (Read Full Article)
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A Little Matter of Science, Superiority, and Racism: New Atheism's Dangerous ...
Explore Article huffingtonpost.com (Mar 5 2010) Terrorism
A decade after American scientists developed the ultimate killing machine known as the atomic bomb, the US conducted nuclear tests on the island of Rongelap ... (Read Full Article)
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Religious Questionnaire To City Candidates Draws Criticism
Explore Article Religion Clause (Mar 5 2010)
In Farmington, New Mexico's recent municipal elections, the campaign manager for one of the losing City Council candidates secretly designed a scorecard to rank local candidates on their religious and social values. Yesterday's Farmington Daily Times says that candidate Bob Moon did not know that his campaign manager, Drew Degner, had designed the questionnaire that asked closed-end questions about issues such as church attendance, abortion rights and gay marriage. Some ... (Read Full Article)
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State Employees Say Boss Judged Them On the Quality of Their Religious Faith
Explore Article Religion Clause (Mar 5 2010)
The director of the Ohio Workers' Compensation Council is being accused of religious discrimination by her three-member staff-- two attorneys and an executive assistant. According to yesterday's Columbus Dispatch, Virginia McInerney, director of the Council that oversees the operations of Ohio's Bureau of Workers' Compensation, fired the staffers after they asked for separation agreements because of insurmountable inter-office tensions. The staffers say that McInerney, who often asked them to pray, ... (Read Full Article)
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