Religion_Belief

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Charter-school executive Jerry Lewis is challenging Arizona state Senate President Russell Pearce in a Nov. 8 recall election. Both men are Mormon Republicans competing in a GOP district dominated by conservative Mormons. (Associated Press)

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Police look on as protesters, who are part of the Occupy London Stock Exchange demonstration, continue their demonstration outside St Paul's Cathedral in London on Sunday. There were also protests in Rome and Amsterdam. (Associated Press)

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Marjane Satrapi's adaptation of her graphic novels about growing up during Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution has been called a "serious attack on the religious beliefs of Muslims" by a Muslim imam.

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Protesters, some holding a picture of a defaced logo of a television channel, crowd a street in Tunis, Tunisia, after Friday prayer. The protest was sparked by the airing on television of "Persepolis," an animated film that has offended ultraconservative Muslims. (Associated Press)

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Protesters carry a Syrian flag during a demonstration against President Bashar Assad in front of the Syrian Embassy in Cairo on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid)

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** FILE ** Pope Benedict XVI leaves St. Peter's Basilica on a mobile platform at the end of a Mass at the Vatican on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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A car is set on fire as protesters clash with police in Rome, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, as violence broke out during a demonstration, part of worldwide protests against corporate greed and austerity measures. The "Occupy Wall Street" protests, that began in Canada and spread to cities across the U.S., moved Saturday to Asia and Europe, linking up with anti-austerity demonstrations that have raged across the debt-ridden continent for months. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican presidential candidate, speaks at a GOP forum in Indianapolis on Wednesday. Backers are saying he failed to reach out to evangelical Christians and has done a poor job on using surrogates. (Associated Press)

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The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams (left) meets with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe at the State House in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Monday to deliver a report detailing incidents of intimidation at Anglican churches. (Associated Press)

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Egyptian Christians protest outside St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo against the country's military ruling council on Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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Boston Police officers arrest protesters on Tuesday in a section of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Parkway adjacent to Dewey Square in Boston. (Boston Herald via Associated Press)

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Egyptian Coptic Christians vent their anger in front of the state television building in Cairo after the recent attacks on Christians and churches. In the past few weeks, riots have broken out at two churches in southern Egypt, prompted by Muslim crowds angered by rumors that Christians were building new churches. The violence is particularly frustrating for Copts because after President Hosni Mubarak's fall, the new government promised to review and lift heavy restrictions on building or renovating churches. (Associated Press)

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Riot police stand guard outside the Greek parliament, seen through a Greek flag held by a protester, during a civil-servant protest in Athens on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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Egyptian Coptic demonstrators carry Christian crosses and an Egyptian flag during a Copts demonstration that developed into clashes with army soldiers in Cairo on Oct. 9, 2011. (Associated Press)

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An Egyptian relative of one of the Copts killed during clashes with the Egyptian army late Sunday holds a cross (left) as others chant angry slogans during a gathering outside a morgue. (Associated Press)

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Mourners carry the coffin of victims of clashes between protesters and security forces in Cairo on Monday. (Associated Press)

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Jacob Griesmer of Mosinee, Wisc., organizes his things inside his tent during a protest affiliated with the "Occupy D.C." movement at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., Monday, October 10, 2011. Mr. Griesmer made the trip from Wisconsin to join the protest. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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One of the protest organizers, pediatrician Margaret Flowers, M.D., of Baltimore, Md, (in green) talks with police officials about the outcome of the protest, during a protest affiliated with the "Occupy D.C." movement at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., Monday, October 10, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Protesters talk with a Knights of Columbus member following a Columbus Day celebration and wreath presentation at Union Station in Washington on Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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With the Washington Monument behind them, protesters, calling for the end of the Federal Reserve, march Oct. 9, 2011, to the Federal Reserve in Washington. (Associated Press)