Police officers have been banned from asking for 'Christian' names for fear of offending other religions.
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March 18th, 2010
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March 18th, 2010
A new report defending the right to religious freedom has been released on the same day as the House of Lords debates two British Humanist Association publications on secularism and the separation of church and state.
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March 18th, 2010
A new alliance to bring together Christians from around the world in a common goal to end violence against women is due to launch this summer.
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March 18th, 2010
An Islamic studies centre at Carleton University is receiving a big fund-raising boost from renowned Muslim intellectual Tariq Ramadan.
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March 18th, 2010
U.S. President Barack Obama has again postponed his trip to Indonesia because of pressing issues in the US. The trip is part of his ongoing effort to reach out to Muslims worldwide. Last year, he gave a speech in Cairo that was considered a landmark in the effort to bridge differences between Islam and the West. Many Muslims believe he should do more.
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March 17th, 2010
Muslim police officers are to work in prisons across Scotland in an attempt to prevent extremism and curb re-offending.
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March 17th, 2010
A series of children's textbooks on Islam contains misleading and inflammatory rhetoric about the religion, inaccurately portraying its followers as hostile and deserving of suspicion, according to a Muslim civil liberties group.
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March 17th, 2010
A video posted on a militant Web site calls for Muslims in Nigeria to use 'the sword and the spear' to rise up against Christians in Africa's most populous nation, according to a translation released Tuesday by a US group that monitors militant sites.
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March 17th, 2010
Linda Clements vividly recalls the moment her divorce from her husband of 25 years was finalised.
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March 17th, 2010
Attackers killed at least 11 people Wednesday in a region of Nigeria that has been convulsed by violence between Muslims and Christians, an official said.