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Is Stunning an Animal Before Slaughter More Humane? Some Religious Leaders Say No

January 9, 2019KAREN ZRAICKComments Off on Is Stunning an Animal Before Slaughter More Humane? Some Religious Leaders Say No

Two regions of Belgium are banning kosher and halal slaughter, arguing that not using stunning is cruel. But Jewish and Muslim leaders say their traditions minimize an animal’s suffering.

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Belgium Bans Ritual Animal Slaughter. Some See a Humane Move, Others Prejudice.

January 5, 2019MILAN SCHREUERComments Off on Belgium Bans Ritual Animal Slaughter. Some See a Humane Move, Others Prejudice.

Animal rights groups praised the new law banning halal and kosher practices, but Muslims and Jews see it as part of a right-wing nationalist agenda.

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China Targets Prominent Uighur Intellectuals to Erase an Ethnic Identity

January 5, 2019AUSTIN RAMZYComments Off on China Targets Prominent Uighur Intellectuals to Erase an Ethnic Identity

The mass detention of Uighur artists, journalists and scholars has become an alarming symbol of the Communist Party’s most intense social-engineering drive in decades.

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France Debates Where to Teach Arabic: Public School or Local Mosque?

January 5, 2019January 5, 2019EMMA BUBOLAComments Off on France Debates Where to Teach Arabic: Public School or Local Mosque?

Concerned that an increasing number of students are learning Arabic in mosques, the French state wants to take back control “to provide a secular curriculum.”

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Pakistan Dispatch: They Once Danced for Royalty. Now It’s Mostly for Leering Men.

January 5, 2019MARIA ABI-HABIBComments Off on Pakistan Dispatch: They Once Danced for Royalty. Now It’s Mostly for Leering Men.

As religious conservatism deepens in Pakistan, Lahore’s famed dancers have been forced underground, and performers who took pride in their art form have turned to prostitution to survive.

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Son of Yemeni Mother Dies Soon After She Won Visa Battle With U.S. to See Him

December 29, 2018December 29, 2018CHRISTINA CARONComments Off on Son of Yemeni Mother Dies Soon After She Won Visa Battle With U.S. to See Him

Shaima Swileh, a Yemeni citizen who lives in Egypt, fought to visit her only child in California, where he was receiving treatment for a brain disease.

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In an Egyptian Courtroom, Two Ex-Presidents Face Off

December 26, 2018December 26, 2018The Associated PressComments Off on In an Egyptian Courtroom, Two Ex-Presidents Face Off

Hosni Mubarak testified in a retrial of Mohammed Morsi on charges related to prison breaks at the height of the 2011 uprising.

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Lebanon Dispatch: Christmas in Lebanon: ‘Jesus Isn’t Only for the Christians’

December 24, 2018December 25, 2018VIVIAN YEE and HWAIDA SAADComments Off on Lebanon Dispatch: Christmas in Lebanon: ‘Jesus Isn’t Only for the Christians’

Few seasons frame the everyday give-and-take of religious coexistence quite like Christmastime in Lebanon, where hijab-wearing women snap selfies in front of Beirut’s colossal Christmas tree.

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Denmark, With an Eye on Muslims, Requires New Citizens to Shake Hands

December 20, 2018MARTIN SELSOE SORENSENComments Off on Denmark, With an Eye on Muslims, Requires New Citizens to Shake Hands

Lawmakers say the measure is aimed at those who refuse on religious grounds to touch members of the opposite sex. Some mayors plan to work around it.

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In a Divided Bosnia, Segregated Schools Persist

December 1, 2018December 2, 2018BARBARA SURKComments Off on In a Divided Bosnia, Segregated Schools Persist

Ethnic tensions are worsening in Bosnia two decades after a bloody, bitter war. The divide is most obvious inside the country’s segregated schools.

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