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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'India: Lucknow\'s Bada Mangal &#8212; experiencing a festival';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = '20 Jul 2010';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Dedicated to Hanuman, the festival of Bada Mangal is said to be Lucknow\'s symbol of communal harmony between Hindus and Muslims. Ramesh Avadhani, who recently moved to Lucknow, shares his discovery of the festival in the streets of  the capital city of Uttar Pradesh.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Bolivie: les musulmans sont surtout des convertis';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = '20 Jul 2010';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Alors qu\'en Europe, les mosqu&eacute;es sont en grande partie fr&eacute;quent&eacute;es par des musulmans de souche, immigr&eacute;s de pays musulmans, la mosqu&eacute;e de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, deuxi&egrave;me grande ville de Bolivie, compte avant tout par des Boliviens convertis parmi ses fid&egrave;les.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Egypte: autour de r&eacute;centes apparitions de la Vierge et de leurs interpr&eacute;tations';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://religion.info/french/articles/article_488.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = '15 Jun 2010';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Il y a quelques semaines, des informations publi&eacute;es par la presse &eacute;gyptienne faisaient &eacute;tat d\'une nouvelle apparition de la Vierge Marie sur les bords du Nil. Cette derni&egrave;re visite de la Vierge compl&egrave;te une s&eacute;rie d\'apparitions qui dura plus de trois mois, sans doute un record dans l\'histoire de l\'Egypte contemporaine, et qui a soulev&eacute; des foules par centaines de milliers.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'United States: religious and spiritual scientists defying religion-science feud';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://religion.info/english/articles/article_487.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = '14 Jun 2010';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Most scientists are not the rabid atheists that they are often portrayed as, especially in the U.S., according to a new book by Rice University sociologist Elaine Howard Ecklund.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Religion et m&eacute;dias: Zenit, portrait d\'une agence de presse catholique de l\'&egrave;re Internet';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://religion.info/french/articles/article_486.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = '10 Jun 2010';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'La parole du pape ou de l\'&Eacute;glise catholique en g&eacute;n&eacute;ral n\'est pas tributaire des seuls services internes du Saint-Si&egrave;ge. Parmi les organismes romains couvrant ce domaine particulier de l\'information, l\'agence de presse Zenit est certainement l\'une des plus connues, au moins dans le monde francophone.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Abkhazie: une Eglise en qu&ecirc;te de reconnaissance';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://religion.info/french/articles/article_485.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = ' 9 Jun 2010';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Ayant fait  fait s&eacute;cession de la G&eacute;orgie apr&egrave;s la sanglante guerre de 1992-1993, l\'Abkhazie a proclam&eacute; son ind&eacute;pendance. Une Eglise orthodoxe abkhaze tente d\'&eacute;merger dans ce contexte et d\'obtenir un statut d\'autonomie dans le cadre du Patriarcat de Moscou.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'G&eacute;orgie: Eglise et Etat, vers un conflit in&eacute;vitable?';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://religion.info/french/articles/article_484.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = ' 8 Jun 2010';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Un tour d\'horizon sur la situation et le r&ocirc;le politiques de l\'Eglise orthodoxe en G&eacute;orgie depuis la fin de la p&eacute;riode communiste nous est propos&eacute; ici par Jean-Arnault D&eacute;rens. Cet article donne &eacute;galement la parole &agrave; un ancien membre du clerg&eacute; de l\'Eglise de G&eacute;orgie, qui pr&eacute;sente une analyse critique de l\'&eacute;volution du pays et de son Eglise.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Canada: Islamic mortgage system introduced for Muslims';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://religion.info/english/articles/article_483.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = '20 May 2010';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'At a time when failed mortgages have led to collapse of major banks and foreclosure of millions of homes in the US, a credit union in Canada has introduced Islamic mortgages for Muslims.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Mali: les musulmans ordinaires &agrave; Bougouni - Entretien avec Andr&eacute; Chappatte';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://religion.info/french/entretiens/article_482.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = ' 5 May 2010';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '"En se fixant uniquement sur l\'orthodoxie, on court le risque d\'ignorer le caract&egrave;re flexible, vivant et cr&eacute;atif de la pi&eacute;t&eacute;. Le religieux ne peut s\'&eacute;tudier seulement dans les livres." Dans cet entretien, Andr&eacute; Chappatte nous parle de sa recherche de terrain et de ses observations sur la vie quotidienne des musulmans d\'une ville du Mali.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'United States: sociologist finds Christian activism and politics ineffective and damaging';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://religion.info/english/articles/article_481.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = ' 5 May 2010';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'The Christian attempt to transform American society through politics has failed and may actually be counterproductive for Christianity, according to University of Virginia sociologist James Davison Hunter.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Analysis: survey into the religious and ideological roots of Iran\'s political crisis';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://religion.info/english/articles/article_480.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = '18 Apr 2010';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'The Iranian Presidential Elections of June 2009 and its aftermath have touched off a flurry of analysis on the country\'s political crisis and the prospects for reform or even radical change in the Islamic Republic. But too often the analysis is focussed on fast-moving political events at the expense of a more comprehensive survey into the deep-seated tensions and dynamics driving the evolution of the Iranian political system.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Sikhism: Canadian Sikh divisions deepen over scripture';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://religion.info/english/articles/article_479.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = '14 Apr 2010';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Divisions among Canadian Sikhs over the ongoing controversy about the Dasam Granth reached a flash point with hardliners using kirpans to attack supporters of former Akal Takht head priest Darshan Singh Ragi who suspects the authenticity of the scripture.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Livre: les Fr&egrave;res musulmans en Europe - suivi d\'un entretien avec Brigitte Mar&eacute;chal';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://religion.info/french/articles/article_478.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = '13 Apr 2010';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Acteurs privil&eacute;gi&eacute;s du processus de r&eacute;islamisation, les Fr&egrave;res musulmans font peur dans l&#8217;espace public europ&eacute;en. Un nouveau livre de Brigitte Mar&eacute;chal apporte une importante contribution au d&eacute;bat sur la nature, les motivations, les strat&eacute;gies et les d&eacute;fis de cette mouvance politico-religieuse.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Taiwan: Mount Zion and Typhoon Morakot &#8212; a new religious movement\'s response to a natural disaster';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://religion.info/english/articles/article_477.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = ' 1 Apr 2010';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'On 8 August 2009 Typhoon Morakot blasted across Taiwan, the strongest typhoon to reach the island in recent decades.  Floods ravaged much of the island and severe landslides destroyed roads, towns and farmland. The village of Hsiao-lin, located in the mountains of southern Taiwan became the focal point of the disaster when it was completely buried by a landslide, killing several hundred people. Approximately 10 kilometres upstream from Hsiao-lin is Mount Zion, the primary holy site of the New Testament Church that, the group claims, will be the venue for the heavenly descent of Jesus Christ.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Christians in the Middle East: Dbayee &#8212; a snapshot into exiled Christian Palestine';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://religion.info/english/articles/article_476.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = '31 Mar 2010';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Dbayee is unique amongst the network of Palestinian camps in Lebanon for the Christian faith and identity of its residents. Indeed, it is the only all-Christian camp for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Anglicans and Episcopalians: Anglican groups around the world accept Vatican invitation';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://religion.info/english/articles/article_475.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = '30 Mar 2010';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Since the Vatican issued a 2009 document that invited Anglicans to convert to Roman Catholicism while maintaining their traditions, there have been a growing number of churches taking Rome up on its offer.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Islamic movement: Hizbut Tahrir\'s new drive in the Levant &#8211; An interview with Dr. Mohammed Jaber';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://religion.info/english/interviews/article_474.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = '30 Mar 2010';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Hizbut Tahrir (HT) was founded in 1953 in Palestine. Since then the party has spread all over the Muslim world and amongst Muslim communities in the West. A trans-national and pan-Islamic party, HT is committed to re-establishing the Islamic Caliphate. In recent years, HT has assumed an increasingly active role in Lebanon. A researcher specializing in contemporary Islamic movements, Mahan Abedin has conducted for Religioscope an exclusive interview with Dr. Mohammed Jaber, head of the executive committee of Hizbut Tahrir in Lebanon. This wide-ranging interview covers many issues, including HT\'s attitude toward Shi\'a Muslims.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'M&eacute;dias islamiques: conflit autour du site IslamOnline';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://religion.info/french/articles/article_473.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = '22 Mar 2010';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Depuis quelques jours, le site IslamOnline se trouve gel&eacute;. C\'est la cons&eacute;quence du divorce entre le conseil d&#8217;administration de la Fondation al-Balagh (install&eacute;e au Qatar et responsable du financement du site) et les responsables &eacute;ditoriaux ainsi que les journalistes, qui se trouvent en Egypte. De s&eacute;rieuses questions se posent quant &agrave; l\'avenir et &agrave; la quelle ligne future du site, l\'un des plus importants du monde arabophone.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Islam: minarets et mosqu&eacute;es en France au prisme du local &#8211; ajustements et tensions';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://religion.info/french/articles/article_472.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = '21 Mar 2010';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Apr&egrave;s le vote du 29 novembre 2009, qui a vu le peuple suisse accepter l&#8217;initiative populaire interdisant la construction de nouveaux minarets sur le sol helv&eacute;tique, l&#8217;architecture islamique &eacute;tait au c&#339;ur d&#8217;une journ&eacute;e d&#8217;&eacute;tude sur le th&egrave;me &#171;Minarets et mosqu&eacute;es&#187;, organis&eacute;e &agrave; Paris par l\'Institut d&#8217;&Eacute;tudes de l&#8217;Islam et des Soci&eacute;t&eacute;s du Monde Musulman le 18 f&eacute;vrier 2010';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Popular religion in India: where Hindus and Muslims pray together';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://religion.info/english/articles/article_471.shtml';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = '13 Mar 2010';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'When Hindus visit a temple in Gaddeajijpur village of Uttar Pradesh, they also make it a point to pray at the adjacent mausoleum. It is no different for Muslims. For, the villagers believe their prayers will not be answered otherwise.';
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