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2002

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December

12/26/02 Belgrade Scared With Activity of Young Radicals
Pravda

12/22/02 CRACKDOWN ON 'PREYING' CULTS
WorldWide Religious News
12/21/02 Bauchi Governor Softens On Stoning Sentences
WorldWide Religious News

12/21/02 Isis: Human rights severely compromised by Sept 11
The Star Online
12/20/02 Lord's Prayer School Suit Dismissed
WorldWide Religious News
12/20/02 New Bulgarian law on religion sparks criticism
WorldWide Religious News
12/20/02 Copts welcome Presidential announcement on Eastern Christmas Holiday
WorldWide Religious News
12/20/02 Croatia signs agreements with Orthodox church, Islamic community
WorldWide Religious News
12/19/02 Filipino priest released after being charged with proselytizing
WorldWide Religious News
12/19/02 Canadian Sect Says First Cloned Baby Due in Weeks
WorldWide Religious News
12/18/02 China to invite scrutiny of UN on human rights
The Detroit Free Press
12/16/02 Belarus official: Permission required for religious meetings of more than 10
WorldWide Religious News
12/15/02 Hundreds demonstrate for religious education in Russian public schools
WorldWide Religious News
12/13/02 Egypt's New Style Muslim Preacher Wins Fame and Ban
WorldWide Religious News
12/09/02 Joyu slams planned extension of AUM watch
WorldWide Religious News
12/03/02 Uzbek Conviction of Jehovah’s Witness Sets Religious Precedent
WorldWide Religious News

November

11/28/02 East African Muslims Protest New Anti-Terror Law
WorldWide Religious News

11/26/02 Anti Miss World Protests
allAfrica.com
11/26/02 Rights,religious groups condemn Nigerian fatwa
WorldWide Religious News
11/26/02 God and China
WorldWide Religious News
11/26/02 Evangelists Face Suspicion in Lebanon
WorldWide Religious News
11/26/02 Black Hebrews to receive permanent home in Negev agricultural village
WorldWide Religious News
11/23/02 BELARUS: Government moves to limit non-Orthodox churches
The News Tribune

11/23/02 Government moves to limit non-Orthodox churches
The News Tribune
11/22/02 Scientology could be taught in schools
WorldWide Religious News
11/18/02 Ala. Judge Loses Commandments Case
WorldWide Religious News

11/17/02 Moderate Muslim may lead Turkey
Seattle Times
11/17/02 Islamic schism tears Malaysia
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
11/16/02 Death sentence for 'blasphemy' causes outrage in Iran 
WorldWide Religious News

11/13/02 Vietnam closes 350-plus churches; provincial leaders jailed or missing
WorldWide Religious News
11/13/02 US Condemns Kidnapping of Roman Catholic Clergymen In Colombia
CNS News
11/12/02 Kazakstan Baptist Bible Study Ends in Police Raid
WorldWide Religious News
11/11/02 A sawdust trail for low-caste Hindus
The Washington Times
11/11/02 Iran Students Stage Third Day of Protests
WorldWide Religious News
11/08/02 Iranian Scholar Sentenced for Insulting Prophet
WorldWide Religious News
11/07/02 Anti-Conversion Law Would Have Tied Mother Teresa's Hands 
WorldWide Religious News
11/07/02 Uzbekistan: Case Highlights Plight Of Religious Minorities In Central Asia
WorldWide Religious News
11/07/02 Tibetans arrested after holding prayer ceremony for Dalai Lama: Group  
WorldWide Religious News
11/06/02 Ramadan in Indonesia brings closure of nightclubs, saunas and pinball parlors
WorldWide Religious News
11/05/02 Judge forbids casting of spells at Illinois prison 
WorldWide Religious News
11/05/02 Islamists Gain Votes as U.S. Acts
WorldWide Religious News
11/05/02 Malaysia Will Tape Sermons at Mosques 
WorldWide Religious News
11/05/02 U.S. Deplores Belarussian Law on Religions 
WorldWide Religious News
11/04/02 Saudi minister rebukes religious police 
WorldWide Religious News
11/03/02 Iranian parliament approves equal blood money for non-Muslims 
WorldWide Religious News

11/01/02 Belarus chief OKs curbs on small religions
Deseret News
11/01/02 'Taliban mentality' resurgent in Afghan life
USA Today
11/01/02 Religious Development Impressive in China: Foreign Religious Leaders
People's Daily
11/01/02 Religious freedom to stay in Hong Kong despite subversion law: Tsang
Yahoo News
11/01/02 Genocide: Sudan Found Guilty!
Village Voice

October

10/31/02 Bomb found in Ambon church construction site
WorldWide Religious News
10/31/02 In Hong Kong, Security or Suffocation?
WorldWide Religious News
10/31/02 Samoa tense as Christian sects clash with traditional leadership
WorldWide Religious News
10/31/02 Tackling 'witch' murders in Tanzania
WorldWide Religious News

10/29/02 Religious rights take a hit in India
WorldWide Religious News
10/29/02 Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Sudan
The White House

10/29/02 CIA says Aum poses cyberterror threat
WorldWide Religious News
10/29/02 Whether to be a Wiccan: Many teens say religion draws them back to nature
WorldWide Religious News
10/28/02 America’s Ten Commandments
National Review
10/28/02 Atheist Scout fights decision to boot him
WorldWide Religious News
10/27/02 Shi'ites hold silent strength in numbers
Detroit News
10/25/02 In Major Victory for Scientology, German Federal Tax Court Compels German Tax Office to Accept Scientology Organizations as Tax-Exempt
WorldWide Religious News
10/25/02 Chinese team dealing with Falun Gong visits cult rehab center
WorldWide Religious News

10/24/02 US attorney general in Beijing, praises Chinese anti-terror efforts
Yahoo News
10/24/02 Senior German Court Declares that Church of Scientology Staff Members are Motivated by Idealistic and Spirtiual Aims; No Employer Employee Relationship Exists
WorldWide Religious News
10/24/02 China denies Falun Gong U.S. lawsuit filed against President Jiang Zemin
WorldWide Religious News
10/24/02 Falungong protesters plan to follow Jiang every step of the way in the US
WorldWide Religious News
10/24/02 Christian, Muslim schools close in southern India to protest religious conversion ban
WorldWide Religious News
10/24/02 Need to tackle proselytism when drafting religious code: Minister
WorldWide Religious News
10/24/02 Illegal Religious Sects Banned
allAfrica.com
10/23/02 Falun Gong says China spies on talks
WorldWide Religious News
10/23/02 Chinese court upholds prison sentences against Falun Gong supporters who hacked into cable television
WorldWide Religious News
10/23/01 Congress, Tibet Supporters Back Bush Message to Jiang: Negotiate with the Dalai Lama
US Newswire
10/23/02 North Korea's Capital Could Get an Orthodox Church
WorldWide Religious News
10/23/02 Sleepy Repression
National Review

10/23/02 Separation of church and state, free speech clash
The News Tribune
10/23/02 Cult: World won't end Thursday after all
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

10/22/02 Gujarat mantri threatens Dangs Christians
WorldWide Religious News 
10/22/02 Kremlin to host show of Scientology founder
WorldWide Religious News
10/22/02 FBI investigates anti-Muslim leaflets thrown at Islamic center
AP
10/21/02 Jaya stands ground on anti-conversion decree
WorldWide Religious News
10/21/02 Pastor convicted of child cruelty stages mock whipping at church
WorldWide Religious News
10/21/02 The Bible as 'hate literature'
WorldWide Religious News
10/21/02 Vietnamese Episcopate Protests Against Persecution
WorldWide Religious News
10/21/02 Amish sect appeals orange triangle ruling
WorldWide Religious News
10/21/02 Religious Groups' Practices Worry Some on Campus
Members of Suspected Cults Say Activities Misunderstood
WorldWide Religious News
10/19/02 Indonesian cleric arrested for church bombings after anti-terror decree
WorldWide Religious News
10/19/02 Shevardnadze Urged to Act on Violence Against Congregations
WorldWide Religious News
10/18/02 Australian Muslims cower in fear of Bali backlash
WorldWide Religious News
10/18/02 Lao government rejects U.S. criticism about religious freedom
WorldWide Religious News
10/18/02 Mexico may abandon long-standing ban on ownership of media outlets by religious groups
WorldWide Religious News
10/17/02 Egyptian Christians denounce Falwell remarks
WorldWide Religious News
10/17/02 Tibetan nun freed from prison nine years before end of sentence
WorldWide Religious News
1017/02 Court OKs church, temple ban in towns
WorldWide Religious News
10/14/02 US Warns of Religious Tensions in Tanzania
allafrica.com
10/11/02 Eight more sentences reported in retrial of leaders of banned Chinese Christian sect
WorldWide Religious News
10/10/02 Leader of banned Christian sect sentenced to life in prison on second trial
WorldWide Religious News
10/10/02 German court rules that dismissal of Turkish saleswoman for wearing headscarf was illegal
WorldWide Religious News
10/09/02 Ghana forcibly inoculates children of faith-healing group
WorldWide Religious News
10/08/02 Belarus Religion Law Prompts Reaction From Helsinki Commission Co-Chairman
WorldWide Religious News
10/04/02 New Religion Law May Be Restrictive, But It's Not All That Unusual
WorldWide Religious News
10/04/02

Institute Condemns Belarus Parliament’s Passage of Restrictive Religion Law
Institute on Religion and Public Policy

10/04/02 Pakistan School, Christian Hospital Attacked
WorldWide Religious News
10/03/02 House rejects bill on religion, politics
WorldWide Religious News
10/02/02 Brazilian government may expropriate "moonie" lands
WorldWide Religious News
10/02/02 Cambodia Cult Chief Detained After Bathtub Suicides
WorldWide Religious News
10/01/02 Muslims told to speak Dutch in mosques
WorldWide Religious News
10/01/02 Scientologists Make First-Ever Formal Complaint Against Germany to U.N. Human Rights Committee Alleging Violations of Human Rights Treaty
WorldWide Religious News

September

9/30/02 China Holds Falun Gong Follower Suspected of Planning Illicit Cable TV Broadcasts
WorldWide Religious News

July

7/10/02 China Fumes Over Falun Gong Broadcasts
CBS News
7/10/02 Radical Islam growing in favor
Dallas Morning News

7/10/02 Fight heats up over content in state social studies books
Houston Chronicle
7/10/02 Man says beliefs brought parole revocation
Worcester Works
7/10/02 Court mulls transfusion case
Halifax Herald

7/9/02 Door-to-Door
Inky.com
7/8/02 Kanungu, Nyabingi And the Virgin Mary
AllAfrica.com

7/7/02 Pledge Controversy Only Latest in Long Line of Church-and-State Battles
The Salt Lake Tribune
7/7/02 Court Was Right to Rule Against God in Pledge of Allegiance
The Salt Lake Tribune

7/7/02 Current Religious Version Undermines the Constitution
The Salt lake Tribune
7/7/02 Church and state debate deepens with mural suit
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

7/7/02 Cult leader ignored his own rules
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
7/7/02 Zoning laws touch off local holy wars
The Morning Call
7/5/02 China blacks out BBC
BBC
7/5/02 High court cuts sentence for Aum sect member to 15 years in jail
Yahoo! News
7/4/02 "I am fighting for a cause"
rediff.com
7/3/02 MOSCOW ARCHBISHOP DEPLORES "SENSELESS" ORTHODOX CRITICISM
EWTN
7/3/02 Freedom Of Religion, Not Freedom From It
CNS News
7/3/02 "NO NEED" FOR CHANGE TO BRITAIN'S ANTI-CATHOLIC LAWS
EWTN

7/1/02 Ninth Circuit Pledge Ruling 'Blew Up the Emotional Dam'
CNS News

June

6/29/02 Founding Fathers promoted free religious expression
Deseret News
6/29/02 Russian delegation visits Waco, tours Davidian site
Waco Tribune Herald
6//28/02 A few House members support pledge ruling
Nando Times
6/28/02 House kills bill to keep triangles off buggies
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
6/27/02 Senators Guard Religious Freedoms in the Workplace
NewsMax.com
6/26/02 Biblical tract taken down from courthouse
KnowNews

6/18/02 Doorstep solicitation upheld by high court
Knox News
6/18/02 Vatican outlaws south coast religious sect
ABC News Online
6/18/02 Israel turns back US Muslim group on fact-finding tour
Jordan Times
6/17/02 Hong Kong Falun Gong Trial Starts
Newsday.com
6/17/02 States struggle with confession
Concord Monitor
6/17/02 Interview: Religious Freedom in HKSAR Upheld: Priests
Xinhua News Agency
6/15/02 More Falungong protests as Chinese president tours Iceland
ptd.net

6/11/02 Religious freedom intact at ministries using federal funds
The Washington Times
6/11/02 RADICAL ISLAMISTS BECOME MORE ACTIVE IN KYRGYZSTAN
Pravda
6/11/02 Pakistan's top Islamic clerics, militants vow to defy Musharraf's efforts to ease Kashmir violence
Associated Press
6/11/02 US pastor keeps faith in Algeria
UPI

6/10/02 PBMA members insist group no cult
The Manilla Times
6/9/02 Judge rejects trademark status for Christians' stylized menorah
The Buffalo News
6/9/02 High court to look at door-to-door peddling
Nando Times
6/8/02 Sect member granted immunity testifies against brother-in-law
Boston Globe
6/7/02 CHURCHES HAIL SURVEY SHOWING KASHMIRI PREFERENCE FOR INDIA
EWTN
6/7/02 US Hearing Links Peace Efforts, Humanitarian Access
AllAfrica.com
6/7/02 Amish sect told they must use reflective triangles on their buggies
Associated Press
6/5/02 U.N. panel says Kabul needs monitor for religious freedom
The Washington Times
6/4/02 NIGERIAN CAN CARE FOR BABY AS SHE AWAITS RULING ON DEATH SENTENCE
EWTN
6/4/02 ISRAELI ARMY DESTROYS HOLY SITE, SAYS DID NOT KNOW SIGNIFICANCE
EWTN

6/02/02 Pakistan blocks funding of 115 Islamic religious schools
The Age

6/2/02 Landlord sues over faith rights
The Beacon Journal
6/2/02 108-day Hindu ceremony ends in town at center of bitter religious controversy
al.com
6/2/02 Ex-ruling party wins Algerian vote
CNN

May

5/31/02 Ashcroft: Old Rules Aided Terrorists
The Washington Post

5/30/02 Muslim-Christian Clash Looms Over Islamic Teachings
CNS News
5/30/02 Jury Sides With Fired Calif. Nurse
Herald-Sun.com

5/29/02 Court OKs use of religious pot on federal lands
SFGate.com
5/29/02 Amnesty scathing of Asian rights abuses
CNN

5/28/02 Racist Road Sign Blows Up Near City
The Moscow Times
5/28/02 Christians 'incited hatred' against Muslims
news.com.au
5/28/02 Catholic campuses head for showdown over obedience to church
Detroit News

5/27/02 Christian meeting highlights religious freedom
China Daily

5/26/02 Bush Upbeat About Russia's Progress
Yahoo News
5/26/02 NCSJ Lauds President's Focus On Religious Rights
US Newswire

5/25/02 Decisive action needed to end India's misrule
Taipei Times
5/25/02 Court asked to review ruling on park display
Deseret News
5/25/02 Vatican 'cross' at stars' religious jewelry
Chicago Sun-Times
5/24/02 State Department Reaching Out to Muslim Nations
CNS News

5/24/02 In Moscow, President Bush Stresses Religious Rights
US Newswire
5/24/02 Remarks by the President to Community and Religious Leaders
The White House

5/23/02 Russia's Well-Connected Patriarch
The Washington Post
5/23/02 Pope urges tolerance in Muslim Azerbaijan
The Buffalo News

5/22/02 This is Religious Intolerance
AllAfrica.com
5/22/02 Religion teaching examined
Calgary Sun
5/22/02 Louisiana Abstinence Program Is Target of ACLU Lawsuit
CNS News

5/20/02 Russia grows increasingly anti-Catholic; Orthodox Church's influence unbridled by freedom of religion
SF Gate
5/20/02 U.S. Catholic Bishops Ask Bush to Intercede With Putin for Russian Church
The Washington Post
5/17/02 Russia hostile toward faiths?
Deseret News
5/17/02 COURT: RELIGIOUS GROUPS MAY FIRE BASED ON RELIGIOUS SPEECH
EWTN
5/16/02 SUDAN BISHOP SAYS GOV'T ENCOURAGES SLAVE RAIDS
EWTN

5/13/02 Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws Continue To Target Christians
CNS News
5/13/02 Religious College Denied Accreditation, Creationism A Factor
CNS News
5/13/02 New Curbs on Religious Freedom in Azerbaidjan
CNS News
5/13/02 Supreme Court refuses to get involved in clergy case
AZ Central
5/9/02 The Embassy Of The Republic Of Sudan Responds To Annual Report Of U.S. Commission On International Religious Freedom On Sudan
U.S. Newswire

3/25/02 Sudan Slavery Allegations to Be Examined by U.S.-Backed Team
Bloomberg News
3/25/02 Muslim Factions Cautioned
allAfrica.com
3/25/02 Use of Racketeer Statute to Sue Catholic Church Draws Fire
CNSNews.com
3/25/02 GRENADES ON PALM SUNDAY PROCESSION: TWO DEAD, BISHOP AMONG DOZEN WOUNDED
EWTN
3/25/02 CHINA STILL KEEPING TIGHT REINS ON RELIGION
EWTN
3/25/02 RELIGION ENTERING PUBLIC LIFE AGAIN IN AUSTRIA, SAYS SOCIOLOGIST
EWTN
3/25/02 Clergy fears being fenced out
The Washington Times
3/23/02 KANSAS LAWMAKERS ASK COURT TO DECLARE BEGINNING OF LIFE
EWTN
3/21/02 INDIAN BISHOPS PROTEST HINDU GROUP'S IMPLIED THREAT
EWTN
3/20/02 SERBIAN VANDALS ATTACK CATHOLIC PARISH
EWTN
3/19/02 U.S. Report on Hindu Extremism
paknews.com

3/11/02 Archbishop Offers to Die in Place of Convicted Woman
allAfrica.com
3/8/02 U.S. Must Press Uzbekistan on Religious Freedom During President Karimov's Visit
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom 
3/8/02 Indian MPs angry over rising toll from riots
The Star
3/8/02 Salvation Army Hails Ruling
The Moscow Times
3/7/02 China Detains More Foreign Falun Gong Protesters
WRNS
3/7/02 Falun Gong Hijacks China City's TV Airwaves
WRNS
3/7/02 Separation of church, state urged in Norway
Deseret News
3/7/02 Moscow victory for Salvation Army
BBC
3/7/02 Judge Settles Ten Commandments Dispute
Fox News
3/5/02 Russia: Salvation Army In Moscow Wins Case In Constitutional Court
Cesnur
3/5/02 Beijing Slams, Campaigners Praise U.S. Report On Rights Abuses In China
CNS News
3/5/02 FindLaw Forum: Nine justices, Ten Commandments and two failed monuments
CNN
3/5/02 China and Burma denounce US report
WRNS
3/5/02 Director shows AUM's other face
WRNS
3/5/02 Egypt jails two Scientologists
WRNS
3/4/02 N. Korea Tortures Christians, Diverts Food Aid, Doctor Claims
CNS News

February

2/28/02 Hindu-Muslim Bloodshed Linked To Longstanding Dispute Over Religious Site
CNS News

2/25/02 French court asked to ban Paris Scientology church
Reuters
2/23/02 Many Chinese citizens miss hearing Bush's remarks on rights, religion
Baltimore Sun
2/23/02 Christian Activists See Opportunity in Afghanistan; Muslim Mullah Sees 'a Snake'
Fox News
2/23/02 Afghan Mullahs See Missionary Conflict
Afghan News Network
2/22/02 France Puts Scientology on Trial
Paranormal News
2/22/02 Bush Urges Freedom of Worship in China
The New York Times
2/21/02 France puts Scientology sect on trial
The Guardian

2/20/02 Supervisors approve school prayer measure
Newton Daily News
2/20/02 Ashcroft Invokes Religion In U.S. War on Terrorism
Washington Post
2/19/02 Bush Says to Bring Up Religious Freedom in China
iWon news
2/19/02 Aschroft Says Justice Department Guarantees God's Gift of Freedom
Fox News
2/19/02 HINDU EXTREMISTS ATTACK CATHOLIC CHURCH IN INDIA
EWTN
2/19/02 ZIBBABWE POLICE RELEASE CATHOLIC PRIEST AND OTHERS ARRESTED AT PRAYER SERVICE
EWTN
2/19/02 What Is it Like To Be Muslim in America?
Middle East News Online
2/18/02 Moroccan girl in Spain wins scarf battle and returns to school
Arabic News
2/18/02 No faith in China
National Post
2/18/02
2/18/02 ZIMBABWE CHRISTIANS ARRESTED DURING NATIONAL PEACE PRAYER
EWTN
2/17/02 CHINESE CATHOLICS MORE UNITED THAN EVER, CARDINAL SAYS
EWTN
2/16/02 Mormons, Baptists slug it out online
Bradenton Herald
2/16/02 VATICAN APPLAUDS NEW ERA OF CHURCH-STATE RELATIONS IN FRANCE
EWTN
2/16/02 PAKISTANI HIGH COURT REVIEWS CHRISTIAN´S DEATH SENTENCE
EWTN
2/15/02 Classified Documents Reveal Extent of Chinese Religious Suppression
Fox News
2/15/02 VIETNAM CRACKING DOWN ON RELIGION, SAYS ACTIVIST
EWTN
2/15/01 GEORGIAN ORTHODOX PRELATE ENDORSES RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE
EWTN
2/15/02 CATHOLIC LEAGUE DEFENDS RIGHTS OF PEOPLE OF FAITH TO PARTICIPATE IN POLITICS
EWTN
2/14/02 Foreigners stand in for Falun Gong
Christian Science Monitor
2/13/02 RUSSIA CATHOLIC DIOCESES A "CHALLENGE" TO ORTHODOXY, SAYS PATRIARCH
EWTN
2/13/02 THE CHALLENGES FACING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN RUSSIA
EWTN
2/13/02 CHINA'S GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO ARREST UNDERGROUND CLERGY
EWTN
2/13/02 Two dismissed from case
newsadvance.com
2/12/02 Persecution of Religious Faithful in China, Vietnam; Rep.
Ros-Lehtinen Schedules Feb. 13 Hearing with Victims of Human Rights
Abuses

US Newswire
2/12/02 China 'extreme' on sects
The Washington Times
2/12/02 Religious hopes rise in China
Chicago Tribune

2/12/02 Sonia slams Govt for targeting Urdu
Indian Express
2/11/02 Secret Documents Reveal China's Anti-Christian Measures
Cybercast News Service
2/11/02 Bible smuggler thanks Bush
CNN
2/11/02 Different Views Between China and the West on Human Rights: Official
The People's Daily
2/10/02 China bible smuggler freed
CNN
2/09/02 In Russia, regions curb spread of foreign faiths
detnews.com
2/09/02 Judge rules against Bible classes
newsok
2/08/02 Islam, Academe, and Freedom of the Mind
Middle East News Online
2/08/02 Dr Pepper Skips 'Under God' On Patriotic Cans
Cybercast News Sevice

2/6/02 Pak efforts for religious tolerance lauded
Paknews
2/5/02 Trial of Human Rights Defenders Threatens Freedom of Expression
allafrica.com

2/2/02 Memphis high school class on Bible gets board OK, awaits state approval
Tennessean
2/2/02 Members of Falun Dafa group at IU say the practice, banned in China, helps them improve their lives
Indianapolis Star
2/1/02 Kazakh Law Seen as Threat to Religious Freedom
CWN News

2/1/02 Bible's influence on law studied
Deseret News

January

1/31/02 Saudi Dissidents Criticize Riyadh's Religious Practices
Middle East News Online

1/31/02 Veiled Muslim fights ID law
The Washington Times
1/31/02 Massachusetts wants to take baby; family denies birth
Baltimore Sun

1/29/02 Jail for China bible smuggler
CNN Asia
1/29/02 Amendment sought tolerating polygamy
Deseret News
1/27/02 CAIR Testifies On Capitol Hill About Impact Of Profiling
Middle East News Online
1/27/02 Sikh-Kashmiris observed black day on Jan 26
PakTimes
1/27/02 Govt to eliminate religious extremism
Frontier Post
1/27/02 Church, Cuba maintain a tense balance
Sun-Sentinel
1/27/02 Faction fights bring turmoil to the Yoruba
The Observer
1/24/02 Falun Gong appeals to Hill
Deseret Post
1/24/02 CALIFORNIA TEENAGE MODEL WINS BATTLE WITH HIGH SCHOOL OVER PRO-LIFE SHIRTS
EWTN
1/22/02 INDIA CHRISTIANS CONCERNED AT ARMING OF TRIBES
EWTN
1/22/02 WHY EUROPE SHOULDN´T MARGINALIZE BELIEVERS
EWTN

1/17/02 Appeals court hears arguments in use of eagle feathers in American Indian religion
Shawnee Online

1/16/02 President Proclaims Religious Freedom Day
The White House
1/16/02 US Woman Sues After Strip Search at Airport
Paknews

1/11/02 Germany Bans TV Ads For Free Book Promoting Christianity
Catholic World News
1/11/02 Pak minister hints at ban on extremist outfits
Rediff
1/11/02 Utah court takes on peyote use by non-Indians
The Arizona Republic
1/4/02 More freedom would help stifle Islamic extremism: Sheikh Abdullah
Middle East News Online
1/2/02 Christians, Muslims protest Israeli religious persecution, blockade of Jesus' birthplace
The Middle East News Online
1/2/02 Should Homegrown Terrorism Be Targeted?
Common Dreams