Religious Intolerance
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Monday September 28, 2009
Hinduism • Religious Intolerance:
A dancing elephant statue at the Calgary Zoo has kicked up controversy after a Christian group condemned the figure as an inappropriate religious icon.
Zoo officials say they have no plans to replace the Ganesh statue — which has stood near the elephant enclosure for at least two years — despite calls for its removal from Concerned Christians Canada.
Grahame Newton, the zoo’s director of corporate services, says the Ganesh statue isn’t a religious icon, rather a cultural symbol that shows the tie between the elephants and Asian culture.
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Monday May 11, 2009
Religious Intolerance:
Evangelical Christians in India’s eastern state of Andhra Pradesh faced the difficult task Sunday, May 10, of rebuilding their church after suspected anti-Christian militants torched the building, the latest in a series of attacks against churches in the area, investigators said. The latest incident has underscored an anti-Christian climate in several parts of India.
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Monday April 20, 2009
Islam • Religious Freedom • Religious Intolerance • Religious Persecution:
In a surprise move, a Saudi Christian arrested in January for describing his conversion from Islam and criticizing the kingdom’s judiciary on his blog site was released on March 28 with the stipulation that he not travel outside of Saudi Arabia or appear on media.The country’s penalty for “apostasy,” or leaving Islam, is death, although in recent years there have been no known cases of kingdom citizens formally convicted and sentenced with capital punishment for the offense.
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Sunday December 7, 2008
Religious Intolerance • Sikhism:
Instead of investigating a reported burglary, a posse of cops reportedly committed a variety of hate crimes against members of a Sikh family.One deputy reportedly asked them if they’d “heard about the bombings in Bombay.” Another allegedly said he had been to Kuwait and “knew about Muslims.”
Since 9/11, misperceptions about Sikhs’ religiously mandated turbans and beards have led to an increase in discrimination against Sikhs, according to the New York-based Sikh Coalition.
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Monday June 16, 2008
Messianic Jews • Religious Intolerance:
The burning of 200 New Testament bibles underscores growing tensions in the Jewish state between the mainstream religion and Christian Zionists.
It was the latest in a string of incidents targeting Messianic Jews in Israel, a trend that has alarmed Christian Zionist organizations. » Full Story
Tuesday June 3, 2008
Islam • Religious Intolerance:
England: Two Christian preachers were stopped from handing out Bible extracts by police because they were in a Muslim area, it was claimed yesterday.
They say they were told by a Muslim police community support officer that they could not preach there and that attempting to convert Muslims to Christianity was a hate crime.
The community officer is also said to have told the two men: ‘You have been warned. If you come back here and get beat up, well, you have been warned.’
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They say they were told by a Muslim police community support officer that they could not preach there and that attempting to convert Muslims to Christianity was a hate crime.
The community officer is also said to have told the two men: ‘You have been warned. If you come back here and get beat up, well, you have been warned.’
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Thursday May 22, 2008
Religious Intolerance:
Israeli authorities and Orthodox Jews frown on missionary activity aimed at Jews, though in most cases it is not illegal. Still, the concept of a Jew burning books is abhorrent to many in Israel because of the association with Nazis torching piles of Jewish books during the Holocaust of World War II.
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Wednesday April 2, 2008
Politically-Correct Looneys • Religious Intolerance:
A student in Wisconsin, USA, has filed a federal lawsuit alleging his art teacher censored his drawing because it featured a cross and a biblical reference.
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Monday December 17, 2007
Religious Intolerance:
A history teacher has been sued for making what one student calls anti-Christian comments in the classroom. The case has sparked a debate about the role that a teacher’s convictions should play in their lessons.
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Thursday November 15, 2007
Israel • Religious Intolerance:
According to Daniel Rossing, former adviser to the Religious Affairs Ministry on Christian affairs and director of a Jerusalem center for Christian-Jewish dialogue, there has been an increase in the number of such incidents recently, “as part of a general atmosphere of lack of tolerance in the country.”
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Friday July 13, 2007
Hinduism • Religious Intolerance:
Christian activists briefly disrupted a Hindu invocation in the U.S Senate on Thursday, marring a historic first for the chamber and showing that fundamentalism is present and shouting in the U.S too.
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Saturday March 10, 2007
Religious Intolerance:
Thousands of Christian teenagers rallying this weekend against the moral corruption they see afflicting their generation are finding their agenda at odds with many in this live-and-let-live city.
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Thursday March 8, 2007
Religious Intolerance • Schools and Religion:
A civil liberties group has sued a public school district for holding its graduation ceremonies in a Baptist church, calling it a violation of a Muslim student’s religious freedom.
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Monday February 26, 2007
Offbeat News • Religious Intolerance:
A Catholic school principal has organized sensitivity training for students who shouted “We love Jesus” during a basketball game against a school with Jewish students.
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Wednesday November 22, 2006
Religious Intolerance:
Police say religious zeal led Bible student to burn Episcopal church.
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Monday November 6, 2006
Religious Intolerance:
In scenes reminiscent of medieval witchhunts, Catholic pilgrims in Glastonbury have attacked pagans and threatened to cleanse them from the town.
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Saturday August 26, 2006
Religious Intolerance:
The Catholic Church has criticised Scottish prosecutors for cautioning the Celtic goalkeeper for crossing himself during a match against Rangers.
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Monday July 31, 2006
Religious Intolerance:
Julia and Richard do not look like fugitives but they could be jailed under new Indian laws to stop missionaries converting low-caste Hindus to Christianity without a magistrates approval.
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Thursday July 13, 2006
Religious Intolerance:
Muslims in Chattanooga say they are discussing security precautions in the wake of a recent incident.
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Wednesday January 4, 2006
Religious Intolerance:
An anti-violence comic by a Christian police group has been banned by the Metropolitan Police after being accused of ignoring other faiths.
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Friday December 30, 2005
Religious Intolerance:
Cheap Monday jeans are a hot commodity among young Swedes thanks to their trendy tight fit and low price, even if a few buyers are turned off by the logo: a skull with a cross turned upside down on its forehead.
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Religious Intolerance:
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- New anti-Christian jeans have become hot sellers in Sweden.
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Friday September 30, 2005
Religious Intolerance:
Anti-Defamation League: Use of converted Jews is offensive
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Friday June 10, 2005
Religious Intolerance:
A council has been accused of putting "political correctness before people" after it removed a wooden cross from a crematorium chapel and redesignated the room as a ceremony hall so as not to offend other faiths.
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Thursday June 9, 2005
Religious Intolerance:
The home secretary, Charles Clarke, will today publish a controversial bill banning incitement to hatred on the basis of religious belief, which opponents believe will outlaw religious jokes and curtail free speech.
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- Catholic marchers turn on Glastonbury pagans
- Canadian Court Eliminates Bible Distribution Ministry
- Christian activists disrupt Hindu prayer in US Senate
- Christians in Jerusalem want Jews to stop spitting on them
- Christian rally draws opposition in liberal San Francisco
- History teacher sued over alleged anti-Christian comments
- County Jewish organizations protest evangelical attempt
- Church fire called act of intolerance
- Philadelphia Woman Barred From Reading Bible Sues
- Civil liberties group sues New Jersey public school district for holding graduation ceremony in church
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