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Boston bombings: Muslims fear another 'hysteria'
We will know soon enough who unleashed Monday’s grotesque violence on Boston. But it is fair to say that many Muslims who heard that explosions had marred the end of the Boston Marathon had a simple, poignant thought: Please don’t let it be...
Tags: Jihad, Religious Conflicts, Religion and Belief, Islam, Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
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Turkish pianist convicted of insulting religion through tweets
A famed Turkish pianist was convicted Monday of insulting religion after sending a string of tweets deemed denigrating to Islam. Fazil Say was handed a suspended prison sentence of 10 months, according to news reports, stoking concerns in Turkey and...
Tags: Prisons, Religion and Belief, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Politics, Amnesty International
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Don't play into a paranoid conservative narrative
Are Roman Catholics, evangelical Christians and “ultra-Orthodox” Jews religious extremists comparable to the Ku Klux Klan and Al Qaeda? Yes, according to a PowerPoint slide that was apparently used by the U.S. Army Reserve in a training...
Tags: Christian Orthodoxy, Religion and Belief, Janet Napolitano, Christianity, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Tribeca 2013: In 'Trials of Muhammad Ali,' a counterpoint to '42'
NEW YORK--When a championship boxer like Muhammad Ali felt disrespected by another fighter, he might have been expected to do what most boxers would: knock his opponent's lights out. But the icon took a different route when faced with a rival he...
Tags: 42 (movie), Religion and Belief, Trials, Jackie Robinson, Tribeca
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PASSINGS: J. David Kuo
J. David Kuo, 44, an evangelical Christian and former top official of President George W. Bush's faith-based initiative who later accused the administration of failing to live up to the president's promise of "compassionate conservatism," died Friday of...Tags: Religion and Belief, Politics, George W. Bush, White House
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Plenty of Americans dislike gay marriage yet still support equal rights
In my Sunday column, I explored the possible consequence of the Supreme Court's impending rulings on gay marriage: a patchwork of different laws in different states, making life very complicated for gay couples who want to move from one part of the...
Tags: Religious Conflicts, Religion and Belief, Politics, Same-Sex Marriage, Family
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Gay rights: Weighing Prop. 8, religion and morality
Reader views on same-sex marriage have evolved along with broader public opinion. Over the years, the mix of opinions sent to letters@latimes.com has tilted more heavily in favor of granting gay couples the right to wed. Where there's some gray between...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Values, Politics, Justice and Rights, Same-Sex Marriage
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Ken Levine returns with ‘BioShock Infinite,’ but will he stay?
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesSome video-game makers are motivated to make the most detailed simulation of warfare. Others re-create childhood dreams of monsters in ...... -
On gay marriage, change in public opinion has been big, and rapid
WASHINGTON -- In the nearly four and a half years since California voters approved Proposition 8, banning same-sex marriages in the state, public attitudes on the subject have gone through a remarkably rapid transformation. Nationally, 1 in 7 American...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Politics, Polls, Same-Sex Marriage, Family
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Poll: Acceptance of same-sex marriage on the rise
WASHINGTON -- A new public opinion survey is the latest to confirm a major social trend that shows no sign of ebbing: rising acceptance of same-sex marriage and homosexuality in America. Fully one in seven adults (14%) say they’ve changed their...
Tags: Religion and Belief, ABC (tv network), Politics, Same-Sex Marriage, Family
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Mothers aid military personnel in the names of their fallen sons
They didn't know each other before the war. But loss united them, and friendship helps sustain them. "Every one of us wants our child to be remembered," said Sue Pollard, who, like her friend Debi Win'E, lost a son in Iraq. "Our main thing is to do...
Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Religion and Belief, Human Interest, George W. Bush, Armed Conflicts
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Mark Burnett and Roma Downey put faith in 'The Bible' for History
Mark Burnett, one of the most prolific reality-show producers on television, is going from scorched earth to burning bush. The former military paratrooper who made his name in Hollywood with back-biting, take-no-prisoners programs such as "Survivor,"...
Tags: Morocco, Human Interest, Focus on the Family, Television Industry, TLC (tv network)
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