Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday Muslims must obey the constitution and not sharia law if they want to live in Germany, which is debating the integration of its 4 million-strong Muslim population.
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October 7th, 2010
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October 7th, 2010
Leading members of the opposition Social Democrats and Greens called on Thursday for Islam to be recognised by the state as a religious community, similar to Christianity and Judaism.
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October 7th, 2010
Judicial officials say an Algerian court has acquitted two recent converts to Christianity on trial for offending Islam by eating lunch during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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October 7th, 2010
The producers of "Glee" decided to address religion. A homosexual atheist was treated with sympathy for his victim status, the victimizer being Christianity, especially Catholicism. Judaism was treated with kid gloves and Islam got a pass. In other words, it was the usual Hollywood stuff.
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October 7th, 2010
The California Southern Baptist Convention is offering help to local churches wanting to change their by-laws to reflect possible changes in the legal definition of marriage.
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October 7th, 2010
In an interview last week, Carlo Giovanardi, Italy?s Secretary of State for Family Policy, said that child trafficking in the United States had increased due to the provision of adoption of children by same-sex couples.
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October 7th, 2010
Authorities in the Maldives last week had to transport a Christian teacher from India off one of the Islamic nation's islands after Muslim parents of her students threatened to expel her for "preaching Christianity."
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October 7th, 2010
Scientists reported Thursday they had developed a technique that can quickly create safe alternatives to human embryonic stem cells, a major advance toward developing a less controversial approach for treating for a host of medical problems. The work, by a team led by Derrick Rossi of the Children's Hospital Boston, was praised by other researchers as a breakthrough.
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October 7th, 2010
The Catholic Bishops of Northern Ireland have criticised the holding of a conference dealing with abortion.
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October 7th, 2010
A hotel group in Northern Ireland has defended its decision to host a conference on abortion ? despite calls from pro-life groups to cancel the event.