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"American Muslims have the right to practice their religion in accordance with the Constitution of the United States," Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf said in an interview with Bahrain's Al Wasat newspaper. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** The Riverdale Jewish Center in the New York borough of the Bronx is one of two synagogues that four Muslim men planned to blow up, prosecutors said. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
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** FILE ** In this Aug. 20, 2010, file photo, a Palestinian woman, right, splashes cold water on other female worshippers to cool them off as the temperature rises in front of the Dome of the Rock Mosque during the second Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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The caskets of Devean Duley and Ja'Van Duley arrive for the funeral Friday, Aug. 20, 2010, at St. Paul Baptist Church in Orangeburg, S.C. The boys' 29-year-old mother, Shaquan Duley, was not allowed to attend. Investigators say she confessed to smothering her children Sunday night then staging a car accident to cover up the deaths. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)
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A couple who would only identify themselves as family wipe away tears after viewing the caskets of Devean Duley, 2, and Ja'van Duley, 18 months, at their funeral Friday, Aug. 20, 2010, at St. Paul Baptist Church in Orangeburg, S.C. The boys' 29-year-old mother, Shaquan Duley, was not allowed to attend. Investigators say she confessed to smothering her children Sunday night then staging a car accident to cover up the deaths. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)
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An unidentified mourner walks past the open caskets of Devean Duley and Ja'van Duley before their funeral service Friday, Aug. 20, 2010, at St. Paul Baptist Church in Orangeburg, S.C. The boys' 29-year-old mother, Shaquan Duley, was not allowed to attend. Investigators say she confessed to smothering her children Sunday night then staging a car accident to cover up the deaths. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)
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Helen Duley , center, leads her family outside the church after funeral services for her two grandson's Devean Duley, 2, and Ja'van Duley, 18 months, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010, at St. Paul Baptist Church in Orangeburg, S.C. The boys' 29-year-old mother, Shaquan Duley, was not allowed to attend. Investigators say she confessed to smothering her children Sunday night then staging a car accident to cover up the deaths. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)
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Family members console each other after leaving the funeral service of Devean Duley,2 and Ja'van Tyrell Duley, 18 month, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010, at St. Paul Baptist Church in Orangeburg, S.C. The boys' 29-year-old mother, Shaquan Duley, was not allowed to attend. Investigators say she confessed to smothering her children Sunday night then staging a car accident to cover up the deaths. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)
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Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, left, executive director of the Cordoba Initiative, greets an unidentified worshiper inside a Muharraq, Bahrain, mosque after leading midday prayers Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. Imam Rauf, who is leading plans for an Islamic center near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks on New York, is on a U.S.-funded outreach tour to Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to talk about religious tolerance in America. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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Even as the Obama administration calls on nations to secure religious freedoms globally, advocates say the effort would get a boost with more action and leadership from the United States itself. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS
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The funeral service for former Sen. Ted Stevens was held at the Anchorage Baptist Temple in Anchorage, Alaska on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
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People file out of the Sanctuary at the Anchorage Baptist Temple after a memorial service for Senator Ted Stevens on Wednesday August 18, 2010 past a photo of Ted Stevens from his days in the military. (AP Photo/Bob Hallinen - Anchorage Daily News)
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The military honor guard carries the casket former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens during funeral services at the Anchorage Baptist Temple Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Mourners pay their respects to former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens during funeral services at the Anchorage Baptist Temple Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband Todd, look on during funeral services for former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens at the Anchorage Baptist Temple Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Plane crash survivor Jim Morhard looks on during funeral services for former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens at the Anchorage Baptist Temple Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Vice President Joe Biden speaks during funeral services for former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens at the Anchorage Baptist Temple Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Plane crash surviviors Jim Morhard, left, and Kevin O'Keefe look on during funeral services for former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens at the Anchorage Baptist Temple Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Vice President Joe Biden embraces Catherine Stevens after he spoke during her husband's funeral service at the Anchorage Baptist Temple in Anchorage on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Erik Hill - Anchorage Daily News)
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Vice President Joe Biden shakes hand with plane crash survivior Kevin O'Keefe during funeral services for former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens at the Anchorage Baptist Temple Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
