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12/03/2008
Rafidah: Don’t discuss race, religion openly (The Star)
KUALA LUMPUR: Barisan Nasional component party leaders should cease talking about issues of race and religion either in public or through the media, Wanita Barisan Nasional chief Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz said.
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12/02/2008
Religion News in Brief (The Morning News)
'No Religion' Billboard Taken Down After Complaints
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12/02/2008
Atheists want religion out of Kentucky homeland security (Detroit Free Press)
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A group of atheists filed a lawsuit today seeking to remove part of a state anti-terrorism law that requires Kentucky's Office of Homeland Security to acknowledge it can't keep the state safe without God's help.
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12/02/2008
Religion Notes (The Morning News)
Grace United Methodist Church in Rogers combines worship services at 11 a.m. Sunday. A potluck lunch follows. Sunday school starts at 10 a.m.
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12/02/2008
Israel buries victims of India attack (AP via Yahoo! News)
Throngs of mourners on Tuesday packed the funerals of the six Jews killed in the 60-hour terror rampage in the Indian city of Mumbai, a grim occasion deepened by the conviction that the victims were targeted because of their religion.
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12/02/2008
On Religion: New Orthodox Bishop Takes Hot Seat (The Morning News)
When an Orthodox bishop enters a sanctuary, he is traditionally greeted with the following words chanted in Greek: "Eis polla eti, despota."
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12/02/2008
After The Election: Wither The Religious Right? (NPR)
Beliefnet.com founder and editor-in-chief Stephen Waldman discusses the role of religion and the state of the religious right in post-election politics. Will the coalition of religious groups that united in support of Barack Obama fracture over specific issues?
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11/30/2008
Muslims condemn Mumbai attacks, but uneasy about bloodshed linked to their religion (Newsday)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) _ Muslims from the Middle East to Britain and Austria condemned Sunday the Mumbai shooting rampage by suspected Islamic militants as senseless terrorism, but also found themselves on the defensive once again about bloodshed linked to their religion.
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12/01/2008
We should not go soft on terror, it has no religion: Muslim cleric (New Kerala)
By Sharat Pradhan, Lucknow, Dec 1 : Going soft on terror will not make Muslims happy as the perpetrators of such acts do not segregate their targets by religion, the cleric who heads Lucknow's oldest Islamic seminary has said after the daring Mumbai attack.
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12/03/2008
Bill targets religious discrimination in Oklahoma schools (The Oklahoman)
The first House bill filed for the 2009 legislative session seeks to clarify where the line is drawn on allowing religion in public schools, but opponents say the bill is an ideologically driven measure that will create more problems than solutions. House Bill 1001, authored by Oklahoma City Republican Reps. Sally Kern and Mike Reynolds, is titled the "Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination ...
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  • Exorcism by Rabbis: Talmud Sages and Their Magic - An article by Meir Bar-Ilan centering on the Jewish sages of the Mishnah and Talmud who dealt with magic in the religious context of their times; demonstrates survivals of this ancient phenomenon in contemporary Israeli and Palestinian religious folklore.
  • Fetichism in West Africa - By Robert Hamill Nassau (1904), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.
  • Holy Wells - Introduction to holy wells mostly in the UK, with photographs and descriptions.
  • Islamic Resurgence and the Belief System of Rural Malays - A lengthy scholarly article by Anne Katherine Larsen that identifies and discusses traditional folkloric
  • The Significance of Baptism in Estonian Folk Belief - An article describing Estonian folk-religious customs surrounding baptism, baby naming, and the celebration of name-days.
  • A word of love gives spice to life. A word from a friend gives pleasure and happiness to the heart. And the word of God gives light and meaning to our lives. Good morning.
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