Religion_Belief

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Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. co-founders David and Barbara Green who are asking a federal appeals court in Denver on Thursday, May 23, 2013, for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill. The Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts chain argues that businesses, and not just religious groups, should be allowed to seek exemptions from that part of the health law if it violates their religious beliefs. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION/ AP PHotos

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Maryam Rajavi, the leader of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, said the message of the rally Friday in France was that the "religious fascism" governing Iran "must be overthrown." (Associated Press)

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Displaced Iraqi Christian girls who fled with their parents from the Christian village near Mosul province in Iraq, play by their balloons at a temporary shelter for the displaced Christian families in Ankawa, a suburb of Irbil, with a majority Christian population, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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FILE - In this March 18, 2014 file photo, Pastor Mike Metzger, right, of First Bible Baptist Church, leads a moment of prayer at the start of the Greece Town Board meeting in Greece, N.Y. The Supreme Court said Monday that prayers that open town council meetings do not violate the Constitution even if they routinely stress Christianity. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)

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Arishi, which performs traditional folklore songs and Gregorian chants, will sing Friday at Damascus United Methodist Church in Montgomery County.

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The Ondrasek Czech Youth and Children's Choir will perform at the 2014 Washington, D.C., Choral Festival this weekend.

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Sri Lankan Buddhists attend religious observances at a temple in Colombo. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

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Sri Lankan Buddhist devotees attend religious observances on the day of Vesak, or Buddha Purnima, festival at a temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. The festival marks Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)