Tag: Religious issues
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Each year 1,000 Pakistani girls forcibly converted to Islam
KARACHI, Pakistan -- Neha loved the hymns that filled her church with music. But she lost the chance to sing them last year...
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Trump made lasting impact on federal courts
WASHINGTON -- On this, even President Donald Trump's most fevered critics agree: he has left a deep imprint on the federal courts that...
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In a northern town brutalized by IS, Iraq tests its power
SINJAR, Iraq -- One by one, the flags belonging to a patchwork of armed forces were lowered in a northern Iraqi town once...
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Anti-Modi Kashmiri alliance wins majority of seats in polls
An alliance of pro-India political parties in Kashmir has won a majority of seats in local elections, the first since New Delhi revoked...
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Mexico alleges Luz del Mundo, 4 other groups laundered money
Mexican investigators say they have filed money-laundering complaints against five religious groups in Mexico, including the Luz del Mundo church whose leader is...
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Rio de Janeiro police arrest evangelical Mayor Crivella
Rio de Janeiro state police have arrested outgoing Mayor Marcelo Crivella in connection with an alleged kickbacks scheme, yet another showing of political...
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Israeli High Court hears challenge to Jewish nation law
The Israeli Supreme Court is hearing a case against a contentious law that defines the country as the nation-state of the Jewish peopleByThe...
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German court to give verdict in Yom Kippur synagogue attack
A German court is expected to deliver its verdict Monday in the trial of a right-wing extremist who attacked a synagogue on Judaism’s...