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The Obama administration released proposed rules Wednesday designed to protect the religious freedom of people who receive social services from government-funded religious programs.Source: White House proposes rules on faith-based social services |...

Author: Vivian Tse Source: The Local http://www.thelocal.se/31960/20110210/ In a lawsuit filed with Sweden's Labour Court (Arbetsdomstolen) on Monday, the ombudsman argued that the company should pay the man, a resident of Spånga northest of Stockholm...

Author: T. Ramavarman Source: The Times of India Wire Service: TNN http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Kerala-HC-paves-way-for-Indias… The Kerala high court on Thursday 8 dismissed a petition challenging the...

Author: Don Thompson Source: The Washington Post Wire Service: AP http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/25/AR20110… California's attorney general says religious beliefs aren't enough to trump a corrections department ban...

Author: Mohammed Wajihuddin Source: The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Muslim-bizman-rebuilds-m… Constructing a concrete example of communal harmony, a city-based Muslim businessman has funded the...

Author: Staff Writer Source: The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/nyregion/09muslims.html?ref=religiona… At the North Hudson Islamic Educational Center in Union City, N.J., there are Spanish-language classes on the Koran and an...

Author: Diksha Sahni Source: The Wall Street Journal http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2011/01/06/connecting-with-god-%E2%8… Connecting with God just took a fancy spin: A new train just joined a luxury fleet with the aim of taking...

Author: Paul Cox Source: BushwickBK http://bushwickbk.com/2011/01/04/botanicas-laboratories-of-faith/# Brooklyn has long been called the City of Churches, but houses of faith can come in unexpected guises here. The lines between commercial and religious...

Author: Peter Janssen Source: Monsters & Critics http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/features/article_160… Sorayut Chayapanyo, the 32-year-old abbot of the Doi Pha...

Author: Liz Gooch Source: The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/22/business/global/22chinahalal.html?ref… Electrical goods, coffee, herbs and spices are among the products that MasterMalaysia Global usually trades with its...