TEHRAN — Iran's president unveiled an upgraded short-range missile and several new defense projects on Tuesday, saying the Islamic Republic needed new weapons and navigation systems in order to defend itself against foreign threats.
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| The newspaper's editor, Islam Afifi, said that the authorities had told him that “citizens” had filed complaints against the paper. The authorities, he said, “were keen on stressing” that the complaining citizens “did not belong to the Muslim … See all stories on this topic » |
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| After years of threats, attacks and court action, the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro's new mosque opened its doors Friday, allowing 300 people to mark the occasion on Islam's day of weekly public prayer. After the shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin … See all stories on this topic » |
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| In recent years, America has succumbed to a peculiar form of Shariah-phobia. According to this narrative, covert jihadis are working to usurp the law of the land and replace it with Islamic rule. A caliphate will rise on the ashes of the Constitution … See all stories on this topic » |
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During the 2008 presidential campaign, rumors proliferated that Barack Obama was a Muslim who had been indoctrinated into militant Islam during childhood studies in a madrassa. The fact that the Democratic candidate had been a prominent and visible …
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The psychology graduate student ran a wooden stick across the edge of a Tibetan Buddhist singing bowl on Tuesday and asked the five homeless young men sitting in front of him to listen to the undulating sound, and to raise their hands when they could …
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Sikhs in New York and across the country on Monday mourned the deaths in the shooting rampage at one of their temples outside Milwaukee, and some said the killings revived bitter memories of the period just after the Sept. 11 attacks when their …
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Voters in Missouri on Tuesday will get to decide on an amendment to the State Constitution, which is supposedly intended to clarify the status of religion in Missouri's public places. According to the amendment's sponsor, Representative Mike McGhee, …
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Voters in Missouri on Tuesday will get to decide on an amendment to the State Constitution, which is supposedly intended to clarify the status of religion in Missouri's public places. According to the amendment's sponsor, Representative Mike McGhee, …
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Ross Douthat (“Defining Religious Liberty Down,” column, July 29) doesn't seem to understand that the Obama administration's contraception rule prevents discrimination, not enables it. It ensures that employees who do not share their bosses' beliefs …
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