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Iran Rounds Up Christians in Crackdown

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Iran has arrested about 70 Christians since Christmas in a crackdown that demonstrates the limits of religious tolerance by Islamic leaders who often boast they provide room for other faiths. The latest raids have targeted grass-roots Christian groups Iran describes as "hard-liners" who pose...

Pakistani: Christian 'Wrongly Sentenced' to Die

(Nov. 22) -- A Pakistani Christian mother sentenced to hang for committing blasphemy is not guilty and should be granted clemency by President Asif Ali Zardari, a top government official says. Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti stepped into an international controversy that already includes the pope and human rights...

US Report: Saudi Arabia Has Zero Religious Freedom

(Nov. 17) -- Saudi Arabia has no religious freedom in theory or practice, according to a report released today by the U.S. State Department. The report also slammed other countries, including Iran and China, for their lack of tolerance of diverse faiths. "The public practice of non-Muslim religions is prohibited" and...

Castro Blasts Ahmadinejad as Anti-Semitic

(Sept. 8) -- Iran's firebrand president is getting some surprise criticism from a fellow anti-American agitator -- Fidel Castro. The Cuban leader blasted Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for denying the Holocaust and making anti-Semitic comments, according to a blog by a reporter for The Atlantic magazine. Writer Jeffrey Goldberg...

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06/03/12 Power of One: Jewish and Muslim teens bond through art Source: CTV News MONTREAL It's a groundbreaking program that's taking a big step towards bridging two communities that have been polarized for centuries.
06/03/12 Web letter by Mike Fromholt: Catholic hypocrisy on... Source: The Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne IN In August 1855 in Louisville, Ky., Protestant mobs, unhappy with the large influx of foreign Catholic immigrants (considered the illegal immigrants of the time) backed by a political group called the Know Nothings, attacked the German Catholic and Irish Catholic sections of the city, killing many and destroying property.
06/03/12 'For Greater Glory' makes history confusing Source: The Orange County Register - Orange County CA "For Greater Glory" is a meandering, malnourished epic of a forgotten Mexican civil war, the one "after" the Mexican Revolution that made Pancho Villa famous.
06/03/12 'For Greater Glory' isn't the glorious epic its... Source: The Eagle-Tribune - North Andover MA "For Greater Glory" is a meandering, malnourished epic of a forgotten Mexican civil war, the one "after" the Mexican Revolution that made Pancho Villa famous.
06/02/12 HHS mandate 'ominous' threat to religious liberty,... Source: Catholic News Agency Washington D.C., Jun 2, 2012 / 05:01 pm ( CNA/EWTN News ).-