The Montana Human Rights Commission has rejected a discrimination complaint filed by American Indians who were subjected to group strip searches at a privately run prison in Shelby. Guards at the Crossroads Correctional Center in 2008 made the inmates strip before and after their traditional sweat lodge ceremonies. Prison officials said they suspected the...
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Panel: Strip search of Indians not discrimination
Halal meals come to homebound Muslims in Mich.
Mariam Wehbe learned about a program offering home-delivered meals made according to Islamic law at a good time – poor health made cooking impossible and a grandson who helps her had to cut back to devote more time to school. Plus, as a Muslim, she could keep halal. Wehbe, 70, who lives in the...
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Anglican leader worried about Mideast’s Christians
The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has voiced grave concern over the eroding Christian presence in the Holy Land at the start of a four-day pilgrimage to the region. Williams, who is the spiritual leader of the Anglican community worldwide, was surrounded by hundreds of faithful at the River Jordan on Saturday as he...
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Myanmar gives monk 7 years in jail as envoy visits
A Buddhist monk in Myanmar was quietly sentenced to seven years in prison during the visit of a United Nations envoy, who had little positive to say about the junta’s progress on human rights, a lawyer said Saturday. The sentencing of the monk on Wednesday also came after four activists were ordered to serve...
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Five Muslim soldiers arrested Ft. Jackson trying to Poison food supply
five Muslim soldiers at Fort Jackson in South Carolina were arrested just before Christmas and are in custody. The five men were part of the Arabic Translation program at the base. The men are suspected of trying to poison the food supply at Fort Jackson. A source with intimate knowledge of the investigation, which...
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Missionaries freed by Haitian judge back in US
Eight American missionaries charged with child kidnapping in Haiti were back in the U.S. Thursday and looking forward to homecomings, even as two others remained in a Haitian jail in an ordeal sparked by the group’s attempt to take 33 children out of the earthquake-stricken country. The missionaries arrived on a U.S. Air Force...
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Obama seeks to strengthen ties with Muslims
U.S. President Barack Obama named his special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Saturday, in an effort to restore ties to the Islamic world, according to the White House. Obama appointed Rashad Hussain, his Deputy Associate Counsel, to the job, saying Hussain “has played a key role in developing the partnerships...
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How to Be Your Own Career Expert
If you posed that question to most people, they wouldn’t hesitate to say “I do!” And I couldn’t agree more. Yet most people don’t actually make career decisions that reflect that belief. Don’t believe me? Then consider this. I’ve seen study after study showing that more than 50 percent of employees are dissatisfied with...
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Christian teacher ‘forced out’ after complaining Muslim pupils praised 9/11 hijackers ‘as heroes’
A Christian teacher yesterday claimed he was forced out of his job after complaining that Muslim pupils as young as eight hailed the September 11 hijackers as heroes.Nicholas Kafouris, 52, is suing his former school for racial discrimination.He told a tribunal that he had to leave his £30,000-a-year post because he would not tolerate...
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Nigerian Christians count dead after Jos violence
A Christian group says 20 of its members died and another 56 remain missing after religious and political violence that consumed central Nigeria last month. A reverend with the Church of Christ in Nigeria said Monday that 67 other members were injured and nearly 1,300 buildings were destroyed during the violence in Jos.
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