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	<title>FaithWorld</title>
	
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		<title>As Syrians flee Homs, sectarian faultlines deepen</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/02/23/as-syrians-flee-homs-sectarian-faultlines-deepen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reuters Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[syria homs sectarian sunni shi'ite alawite christian war revolt]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Bombardment, killings and kidnappings have fuelled anger and fear among majority Sunni Muslims and minority Alawites, pushing residents to flee to refuge among their own sects.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Karzai urges calm as six die in Afghan protests against Koran burning</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/02/22/karzai-urges-calm-as-six-die-in-afghan-protests-against-koran-burning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reuters Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[afghanistan usa karzai muslim protest burning koran bagram base]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm Wednesday after officials said six people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests over the burning of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, at...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tibetans mark new year under shadow of immolations, mostly Buddhist monks</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/02/22/tibetans-mark-new-year-under-shadow-of-immolations-mostly-buddhist-monks/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/02/22/tibetans-mark-new-year-under-shadow-of-immolations-mostly-buddhist-monks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reuters Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[tibet china buddhist monk immolation new year protest autonomy]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Tibetans in China marked a tense traditional new year with prayer, the sounding of a gong and subdued defiance on Wednesday, in the wake of a string of self-immolations and protests against Chinese...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Islamists put down markers for bigger religion role in Tunisia and Egypt</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/02/22/islamlists-put-down-markers-for-bigger-religion-role-in-tunisia-and-egypt/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/02/22/islamlists-put-down-markers-for-bigger-religion-role-in-tunisia-and-egypt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Heneghan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[tunisia egypt libya islamist constitution sharia law president muslim brotherhood ennahda popular bloc]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After months of reassuring secularist critics, Islamist politicians in Tunisia and Egypt have begun to lay down markers about how Muslim their states should be -- and first signs show they want more...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Israel’s top court scraps the draft exemption for ultra-Orthodox Jews</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/02/22/israels-top-court-scraps-the-draft-exemption-for-ultra-orthodox-jews/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/02/22/israels-top-court-scraps-the-draft-exemption-for-ultra-orthodox-jews/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Williams</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[israel ultra orthodox haredi jewish court military draft exemption]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/?p=24823</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Israel's top court struck down on Tuesday a law designed to encourage ultra-Orthodox Jews to join the military and the workforce, saying it had backfired by "entrenching" their blanket draft...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sarkozy hits back at French far-right for “hidden halal” allegation</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/02/21/sarkozy-hits-back-at-french-far-right-for-hidden-halal-allegation/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/02/21/sarkozy-hits-back-at-french-far-right-for-hidden-halal-allegation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reuters Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[france sarkozy le pen politics halal meat islam muslim campaign abattoir slaughter]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Visiting Paris's main food market, French president Nicholas Sarkozy poured cold water on far-right leader Marine Le Pen's allegation that abattoirs supplying beef to the greater Paris area were only...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tunisian party proposes Islamic constitution due to alarm secularists</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/02/21/tunisian-party-proposes-islamic-constitution-due-to-alarm-secularists/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/02/21/tunisian-party-proposes-islamic-constitution-due-to-alarm-secularists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reuters Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[tunisia islam islamist secularist constitution sharia ennahda arab spring]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The third-largest party in Tunisia's constituent assembly, charged with writing a new constitution, has proposed a draft document based on Islamic law which will likely alarm the country's...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>French far-right turns to halal meat as next political wedge issue</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/02/20/french-far-right-turns-to-halal-meat-as-next-political-wedge-issue/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/02/20/french-far-right-turns-to-halal-meat-as-next-political-wedge-issue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Heneghan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[france muslim islam halal marine le pen far-right national front slaughter abattoir butcher meat]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A TV documentary's revelation that slaughterhouses around Paris have switched meat production entirely to halal methods has stirred a political storm in France, where attitudes to Europe's largest...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>An app for keeping kosher during Passover and beyond</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/02/20/an-app-for-keeping-kosher-during-passover-and-beyond/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/02/20/an-app-for-keeping-kosher-during-passover-and-beyond/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reuters Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[usa jewish kosher passover apple apps iphone]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[With Passover just a month away a new app aims to help consumers keep kosher throughout the eight-day Jewish festival and to stay up to date on kosher products throughout the rest of the year.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Naked holy men add fervor to Nepali Hindu fest</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/02/20/naked-holy-men-add-fervor-to-nepali-hindu-fest/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/02/20/naked-holy-men-add-fervor-to-nepali-hindu-fest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gopal Sharma</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[nepal india hindu lord shiva festival sadhu]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hundreds of naked Sadhus have travelled from India, alongside others dressed in saffron clothes and those holding tridents, to add religious fervor to Nepal's Maha Shivaratri or the great night of...]]></content:encoded>
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