ALEXANDRIA, Egypt—The elections that began this week in Egypt, already expected to help transform a nation emerging from decades of autocratic rule, also holds the potential to push Egypt's powerful Islamists toward more conservative stances.
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November 30th, 2011
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November 30th, 2011
Paris. After belatedly supporting a wave of democratic revolts in North Africa, Western capitals had little choice but to endorse the victory of Islamist parties, but they remain cautious.
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November 30th, 2011
On Wednesday, Germany's Federal Administrative Court is set to rule on whether German schools must accommodate Muslims by providing them with a place to pray.
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November 30th, 2011
A severely disabled man from Wiltshire is to ask the High Court to allow a doctor to end his life.
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November 30th, 2011
More than a dozen nurses in New Jersey have filed a lawsuit against a hospital that has been pressuring them to assist in abortions. One of the nurses in the case has spoken out about the pressure she faced and shared a gruesome comment.
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November 29th, 2011
Salafists disrupt classes at Tunisia Manouba University, demanding stop to mixed-sex classes and for female students to wear full face veils.
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November 29th, 2011
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November 29th, 2011
At first glance it looks like a new-fangled Christmas board game. But look closer.
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November 29th, 2011
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian worker at London’s Heathrow Airport has been dismissed after claims she insulted Muslims, raising fears that "radical Islam" has now arrived "at the heart of the UK border," her defense team and supporters told BosNewsLife Tuesday, November 29.
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November 29th, 2011
Lawyers want a ruling that a doctor could intervene to end Tony Nicklinson's ''indignity'' and have a ''common law defence of necessity'' against any murder charge.