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Pastor Terry Jones, an anti-Islam Florida pastor who was arrested last year on his way to burn 3,000 Korans, showed up in Polk County court Tuesday morning wearing a "NUKE ISIS" T-shirt. (FOX 13)
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GOP Gap: Ted Cruz (left) and Rand Paul are together at a lot of Republican events as the top potential candidates in the race for the party's presidential nomination, but their campaign styles are vastly different. Mr. Cruz attracts economic and national defense conservatives, as well as the Christian right, while Mr. Paul appeals to voters regardless of religion, political inclination or lifestyle. (Getty Images)
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Illustration on the reality that not all the world's peoples share our "values" by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Rabbi Gil Steinlauf leads a group of children in song Friday during a celebration of the first night of Hanukkah at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C., in 2010. The rabbi has now come out as gay. (Joseph Silverman/The Washington Times)
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In this July 19, 2014, file photo, Christian rapper Lecrae performs at the Rock the Island Christian Music Festival on Ojibway Island,in Saginaw, Mich. Last month, his seventh album, "Anomaly," became the first title to top Billboard's Top 200 and Gospel Album charts in the same week. He believes this success could help bring him closer to being embraced by both gospel and mainstream music. (AP Photo/The Saginaw News, Neil Barris/File)
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In this June 30, 2013 file photo, Christian rapper Lecrae arrives at the BET Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Last month, his seventh album, "Anomaly," became the first title to top Billboard's Top 200 and Gospel Album charts in the same week. He believes this success could help bring him closer to being embraced by both gospel and mainstream music. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/Associated Press/File)
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The 25th annual East of the River Revival starts Monday, offering four days of faith-based events for the young and old hoping to reconnect with their religion. In this 2011 file photo, people pray at a Mass with then-Pope Benedict XVI and about 100.000 believers at the airfield in Freiburg, Germany. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) ** FILE **
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Pro-democracy protesters agreed to clear Hong Kong's streets by the beginning of the workweek. (Associated Press)
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In this Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, image released by HBO, host Bill Maher, right, and actor Ben Affleck, left, look on as Sam Harris, author of "Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion", speaks during "Real Time With Bill Maher," in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/HBO)
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HBO's Bill Maher, center, talks with actor Ben Affleck, left, and Sam Harris, author of "Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion", during "Real Time With Bill Maher," in Los Angeles, Oct. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/HBO) ** FILE**
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In this Feb. 6, 2013, file photo, the angel Moroni statue, silhouetted against a cloud-covered sky, sits atop the Salt Lake Temple, in Temple Square, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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Investing in future: Protesters who have forced shops in Hong Kong to close and the stock market to plunge are gambling on a payoff in greater democracy. (Associated Press)
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Hassidic sect Vizhnitz gather on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean sea as they participate in a Tashlich ceremony in Herzeliya, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. Tashlich, which means "to cast away" in Hebrew, is the practice by which Jews go to a large flowing body of water and symbolically "throw away" their sins by throwing a piece of bread, or similar food, into the water before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, which start on Friday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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The D.C. Council has stripped religious schools of legal protection against certain discrimination lawsuits, voting unanimously to repeal an exemption that had been in place for decades. (AP Photo/Conroe Courier, Jason Fochtman)
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Pro-democracy student protesters occupy a main thoroughfare in Hong Kong after Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying refused to meet with demonstrators before their deadline. Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in the stiffest challenge to Beijing's authority since China took control of the former British colony in 1997. (Associated Press)
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Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C. speaks at the 2014 Values Voter Summit in Washington, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. Prospective Republican presidential candidates are expected to promote religious liberty at home and abroad at a gathering of evangelical conservatives, rebuking an unpopular President Barack Obama while skirting divisive social issues that have tripped up the GOP. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Illustration on the persecution of Christians by Islamists in the Middle East by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Rabbi Ted Riter of the Beth Israel Congregation said he went to Wraps in Maywood Mart last week and was insulted by the owner, John Ellis, when he ordered a salad. (WAPT 16)
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A historical marker stands in front of the Saint Paul's College sign in Lawrenceville, Va., Thursday, June 19, 2014. Federal officials held a town meeting to give local residents details on a proposed plan to house immigrant children at the closed school. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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A choir member looks down at the nearly 2,000 people in attendance at the noon service at St. Florian Catholic Church in Hamtramck, Mich., on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014. The church was the 6th church highlighted for a Detroit Mass Mob, Bishop Donald F. Hanchon who was celebrating his 40th anniversary of his ordination, led the congregation. The church was built in 1907 for a mainly immigrant Polish community. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Jessica J. Trevino)
