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• Official: 3,000 Christians flee Iraq's Mosul
We respect the Islamic religion and the Muslim clerics," he said. "We don't know under what religion's pretexts these terrorists work." The violence in Mosul occurs despite U.S.-Iraqi operations launched over the summer aimed at routing al-Qaida in ...
• Polygamous sect sues to regain control of trust
... Plan Trust and is dismantling a way of life for members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. "Utah, through its attorney general and the 3rd District Court, is interfering in obvious ways with the exercise of religion by ...
• Soldier punished in beating of Jewish trainee
Handman's father says he believes his son's religion was a factor in the attack because it followed too closely behind his son's harassment complaint to be coincidental. Mikey Weinstein, president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, agreed ...
• 'A matter of when'
Under current federal law, hate crimes apply to acts of violence against individuals on the basis of race, religion, color or national origin. Federal prosecutors would have jurisdiction only if the victim is engaged in a specific federally protected ...
• Montenegro, Macedonia recognize Kosovo
The moves represent a major blow to Serbia's diplomatic efforts to maintain a claim over Kosovo, considered by Serbs to be the cradle of their Orthodox Christian religion and statehood. Montenegro and Macedonia — both seeking membership in NATO and ...