Religion_Belief

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ASSOCIATED PRESS 'UNWISE' DECISION: Sen. John Cornyn says the "American people will render their verdict" on the New York mosque.

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As a member of the sovereign-citizens movement, James McBride contends the U.S. government has not had authority over citizens for more than a century. (Associated Press)

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This wall helped protect the Jewish neighborhood of Gilo for nine years from the Palestinian village of Beit Jalla. (Associated Press)

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Patriarch Bartholomew I (center), the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, conducts a service at the Sumela Monastery in Trabzon, northeastern Turkey, on Sunday. Orthodox Christians held a rare service at an ancient monastery in Turkey after the government allowed worship there once a year in a gradual loosening of restrictions on religious expression. (Associated Press)

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In this image made available by International Assistance Mission, Jawed, a 24-year-old Afghan from Panjshir province, the team's cook, one of 10 civilian volunteers killed in Afghanistan on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, is shown. The Christian charity IAM said Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 that it had no plans to leave Afghanistan despite the murders of 10 members of its medical aid team and repeated that the organization does not attempt to convert Muslims to Christianity. The 10 team members -- six Americans, two Afghans, one Briton and a German -- were gunned down Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010 after they were accosted by gunmen after finishing a two-week mission providing medical care to impoverished villagers in remote Nuristan province. (AP Photo/International Assistance Mission)

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President Barack Obama hosts an iftar dinner, the meal that breaks the dawn-to-dusk fast for Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan, in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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An Israeli border police officer checks the papers of a Palestinian woman, at the Kalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah, Aug. 13, 2010 as she goes to pray at the Al Aqsa Mosque on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Israel loosened some restrictions on Palestinian movement between the West Bank and Israel during the monthlong Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

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Palestinian men wait an an Israeli checkpoint before crossing from the West Bank town of Bethlehem into Jerusalem on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Aug. 13, 2010. Israel loosened some restrictions on Palestinian movement between the West Bank and Israel during the monthlong Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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Palestinian women cross the Bethlehem checkpoint from the West Bank into Jerusalem on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Aug. 13, 2010. Israel loosened some restrictions on Palestinian movement between the West Bank and Israel during the monthlong Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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Kashmiri protesters look on as they burn an effigy representing Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, during a protest in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Government forces fired at hundreds of anti-India protesters for defying a curfew in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Friday, killing a teenage student and injuring a few others, police said.(AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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Kashmiri protesters run for cover as Indian paramilitary soldiers chase them during a protest in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Government forces fired at hundreds of anti-India protesters for defying a curfew in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Friday, killing a teenage student and injuring a few others, police said.(AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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Kashmiri Muslims carry a wounded man on a stretcher at a local hospital in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Tens of thousands of angry protesters rushed into the streets in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday after government forces killed four people and injured at least 12 others during protests against Indian rule in the disputed region, police said. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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Kashmiri Muslims carry a wounded man on a stretcher at a local hospital in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Tens of thousands of angry protesters rushed into the streets in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday after government forces killed four people and injured at least 12 others during protests against Indian rule in the disputed region, police said. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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A devout Muslim man offers Friday prayers at Jama Mosque in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar where observant fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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A Palestinian woman crosses the Kalandia checkpoint on her way to pray at the Al Aqsa Mosque on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah, Aug. 13, 2010. Israel loosened some restrictions on Palestinian movement between the West Bank and Israel during the monthlong Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Palestinian women wait to cross the Kalandia checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al Aqsa Mosque on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah,Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Israel loosened some restrictions on Palestinian movement between the West Bank and Israel during the month long Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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A Palestinian elderly woman, center, is helped to cross the Kalandia checkpoint on her way to pray at the Al Aqsa Mosque on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah, Aug. 13, 2010. Israel loosened some restrictions on Palestinian movement between the West Bank and Israel during the monthlong Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Palestinian women read the Quran, Islam's holy book, while they wait to cross the Kalandia checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al Aqsa Mosque on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah, Aug. 13, 2010. Israel loosened some restrictions on Palestinian movement between the West Bank and Israel during the monthlong Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Palestinians walk for prayers at the Al Aqsa Mosque on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

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A devout Muslim man wipes off tears after a session of prayers at Jama Mosque in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar where observant fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)