Religion_Belief

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Coptic Christians demonstrate on Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn., to show their support for the Egyptian military and to denounce Islamist violence against Christians in Egypt. The demonstration came amid increasing pressure on the Obama administration to take some sort of action against the military for what many see as a coup d'etat against deposed President Mohammed Morsi. (AP Photo/Travis Loller)

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Home surveillance video shows two suspects who reportedly dressed as Mormon missionaries and asked a man to talk about religion before allegedly robbing him at gunpoint on Thursday, June 27, 2013, in Las Vegas. Police say the victim spoke with the men for about five minutes before they jumped him, punched him and stole property. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)

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Pakistani cleric Haji Alam Sher, founder of the Jamia Taleem-Ul-Quran-Wal-Hadith Madrassa, talks to the media in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. The United States has placed unprecedented sanctions on the Islamic school for allegedly training and financing fighters from al Qaeda and other militant groups. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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** FILE ** Egyptian soldiers stand guard on an armored vehicle outside the main Christian Orthodox Cathedral in the southern city of Assiut. (Associated Press photographs)

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Slogans that translate as "boycott Christians" are painted on walls in Assiut. The Coptic Orphans international adoption agency, active in Egypt since 1998, called the violence against Copts "unprecedented."

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The Evangelical Church of Malawi was ransacked, looted and burned Thursday as supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi took out their anger at Coptic Christians. (Associated Press)

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Crystal Mitchell created the Facebook page "God Is Alive in Newton" to counter a poster with the phrase "God is dead" at her daughter's high school. (Facebook)

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Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, speaks during the family leadership summit this month in Ames, Iowa, where Republican presidential hopefuls try to impress Christian conservative voters. (Associated Press)

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Friends and relatives of Ammar Badie, 38 and son of Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader Mohammed Badie, killed Friday by Egyptian security forces during clashes in Ramses Square, carry his coffin during his funeral in al-Hamed mosque in Cairo on Sunday. Egypt increased security at the Supreme Constitutional Court building ahead of planned mass rallies by supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. (Associated Press)

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Mass Mourning: A son of Ammar Badie prays during his father's funeral Sunday. Mr. Badie, a son of the Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader Mohammed Badie, was killed by Egyptian security forces Friday during clashes in Cairo. (Associated Press)

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A son of the late Ammar Badie prays during his father's funeral in al-Hamed mosque in Cairo's Katameya district on Aug. 18, 2013. Badie, the son of Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader Mohammed Badie, was killed by Egyptian security forces two days earlier during clashes in Cairo's Ramses Square. (Associated Press)