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Fox News says it will not cover burning of Koran
Baltimore Sun reporterFrom the Z on TV blog: In a bold move that is likely to be much discussed in coming days, Fox News said today that it will not cover the burning of the Koran on Saturday if Pastor Terry Jones follows through on his plan to burn copies of Islam's sacred...Tags: Television Industry, Islam, Barack Obama, News Media, Television
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Claims of detainee abuse shown in records
Sun National StaffTerror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, told FBI agents as early as three years ago that American interrogators had shown disrespect for the Quran by kicking the sacred Muslim holy book, knocking it to the floor or mocking its writings, newly...Tags: Terrorism, Trials, National Government, Government, Justice System
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FEATURE-Turkey presents Prophet's sayings for the 21st Century
ReutersBy Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor ANKARA, May 22 (Reuters) - Scholars around the Muslim world were alarmed five years ago by news reports that Turkey planned a new, possibly heretical compilation of the Prophet Mohammad's sayings that might scrap those it...Tags: Feminism, Islam, Roman Catholicism, Book, Martin Luther
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Egyptians gloomier as country struggles after revolt -poll
Reuters* Poll sheds light robin [pon political scene ahead of vote * Brotherhood still seen favourably, but support sliding CAIRO, May 16 (Reuters) - Egyptians are getting gloomier about their country's future more than two years after an uprising toppled...Tags: Islam, Mohamed ElBaradei, International Monetary Fund, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak
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BRIEF: Baha heritage festival hosts women's events
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaA variety of women's events and activities will be held this Friday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the headquarters of Baha Technical Training Council, on the sidelines of the ongoing First Heritage Festival there. Director of public relations at the...Tags: Festive Events, Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Saudi Arabia, Religious Texts
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North Caucasus to Boston: Rise and fall of the Tsarnaev brothers
Anzor Tsarnaev was tough, a championship boxer back home, and he wanted his oldest boy to be tough too. Rain or shine, like a scene from "Rocky," the wiry Chechen immigrant would ride his bicycle as his son Tamerlan jogged to a Boston-area boxing gym,...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Music, Justice System, FBI
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April 27 Letters: Support for victims, gun rights, West, Texas
Unity in support The Muslim Community in the local area was shocked and saddened to hear about the blasts at the Boston Marathon. Our prayers are with the victims and their loved ones. We are grateful to the many government and security officials...Tags: Islam, Belief and Faith, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Mike Lee, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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BRIEF: Youth contest winners honored
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaMakkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal honored the winners of the final function of the Youth Meet for the year on Tuesday. These were school and university students who won first place in various contests, apart from the sponsors and supporters of the...Tags: Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Saudi Arabia, Religious Texts
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A devilish new novel, 'The Sixth Station' -- move over 'Da Vinci Code'
Liz Smith"RESIST THE devil, and he will flee from you." -- James 4:7, New Testament I always knew that my obstreperous friend Linda Stasi was a smart cookie. (She has a byline every day in the TV section of The New York Post.) But I never realized she was so much...Tags: Starbucks Corp., Robert Forster, Milton Berle, Islam, Zoe Bell
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Pakistani judge grants bail to Christian girl charged with blasphemy
World NowA Pakistani judge ordered the release on bail of a young Christian girl jailed for allegedly desecrating the Koran, a decision that ends her three-week stay in jail and comes after the arrest of a Muslim cleric on charges of trying to fabricate the case... -
Pakistan president orders probe into Christian girl's blasphemy case
World NowPresident Asif Ali Zardari has ordered his Interior Ministry to check whether local authorities misused Pakistan's controversial blasphemy law in the recent arrest of a young Christian girl accused of desecrating pages from the Koran.... -
Afghan leader rips film tied to Libya attack, raising fears of violence
World NowPresident Hamid Karzai condemned an American-made film that crudely mocks Islam, galvanizing fears among Westerners that the Afghan leader's denunciation could be read as a go-ahead to stage violent protests....
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