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NEWS ABOUT: religious conflict

religious conflict stories: 8 news summaries

 Julia Roberts 
 Flick Bars Indian 
 Worshippers 
 From Temple 

Villagers none too happy with actress, who was previously considered 'Hindu-friendly'

Sep 22, 09 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - She may be America’s sweetheart, but villagers in India are not feeling the love for Julia Roberts after the actress caused them to be barred from their temple—at the beginning of a religious celebration, no less, the Telegraph reports. Ironically, Roberts—and her 350-member security team, derided... More »

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entertainment • India • Julia Roberts • celebrity • worshippers • Hindu • religious conflict • movies • temple • Eat, Pray, Love

ANALYSIS

Pakistani Curriculum Pits
Bile Vs. Nation-Building

Some see educational system fostering hate, where others push nation's identity

Jan 22, 09 3:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Critics of Pakistan’s mandatory school curriculum say it promotes fear and hatred in children, the Christian Science Monitor reports. “It sounds like the blueprint for a religious fascist state,” said one professor. “You have a country where generations have grown up believing they are surrounded on... More »

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education • Pakistan • religious conflict • curriculum

Taliban Gunmen Kill Christian
Aid Worker

Afghanistan militants say they were angered by teaching of religion

Oct 20, 08 9:34 AM CDT
(AP) - Taliban gunmen killed a Christian aid worker in Kabul today, and the militant group said it targeted the woman because she was spreading her religion. The dual South African-British national worked with handicapped Afghans and was shot by gunmen on a motorbike around 8 am, officials said.  "This... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • violence • religious conflict

Preachy Bar Managers Stir Brewhaha

London bar flies revolt against lofty ideals
of Christian couple

Jul 6, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Praise the Lord and pass the beer—or at least that's the vision a devout Christian couple may have had for the London pub they were hired to manage. But patrons found the couple's preachy exhortations to prayer, Bible quizzes, and ban on cursing and gambling downright annoying. More »

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beer • holy site • pubs • bars • religious conflict • drinkers

Pragmatism Dictates China's Religious Policy

Strategic chip firm
given leeway for Christian worship

Jul 2, 08 8:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - China officially sanctions religious worship only at state facilities, but the Christian Science Monitor finds that plenty of wiggle room exists in the business world. It profiles one company whose Christian CEO is allowed to put up a church at every worksite. Why such accommodation in a formally atheist state?... More »

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China • technology • Christianity • electronics • religious freedom • semiconductor chip • atheism • religious conflict

  Bin Laden Threatens Europe 

He says cartoons of Muhammad part of crusade against Islam

Mar 19, 08 8:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden threatened Europe today with "severe" retaliation over the publication of cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, the AP reports. The audio recording of bin Laden surfaced on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, though he made no mention of it, and a day before the Muslim... More »

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Islam • European Union • publishing • editorial cartoons • Osama bin Laden • Islamic extremism • freedom of press • religious conflict • Danish Mohammed cartoons • Iraq war

Iran Asks Dutch Gov't to Ban Anti-Islam Film

Right-wing pol's movie shows Koran as inspiration for murder

Feb 17, 08 2:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Upset by a right-wing Dutch politician's movie, which portrays the Koran as an inspiration for murder, Iran’s justice minister is asking the Dutch government to ban the film, the BBC reports. The minister called the film, by parliament member Geert Wilders, an unnecessary attack on Islam’s holiest object.... More »

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Iran • Islam • Netherlands • Koran • Theo Van Gogh • religious conflict • Geert Wilders

Priests Brawl With Brooms
at Church of
the Nativity

Punch-up in Bethlehem injures 5 priests, 2 cops

Dec 29, 07 6:58 AM CST
(Newser) - A holiday cleanup at the church built over the grotto in Bethlehem where Christians believe Jesus was born turned ugly Thursday, as Greek Orthodox and Armenian priests came to blows, the Times of London reports. Robed priests pummeled each other with brooms and stones in the Church of the Nativity... More »

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Christianity • Palestine • religion • priest • Bethlehem • Church of the Nativity • religious conflict

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