22 Jun 2004
BJP keeps hardline Hindu stance

Republicans take note: this is what ultimately happens to your party when you mix religion and politics in a modern democracy.

India's main opposition Hindu nationalist party says it will not change its ideology following shock general election defeat.

(link) [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

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Court: If police ask, you must give your name

Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that the police could legally utter the infamous line "Your papers, please" here in the US.

US high court rules that officers can arrest people who won't reveal their identity.

(link) [Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories]

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Moscow ruling vexes religious minorities

I'm no big fan of JW's either, but this quote illustrates perfectly the way Christians treat other religions - even those claiming to be Christian!

"We do not consider the Jehovah's Witnesses real Christians; it's high time they were prohibited," says Dimitri Lotov, a chaplain with the Lutheran Church in Moscow.

Wonder what this bozo thinks of the revival of Slavic heathenry?

Some fear a district court decision to ban the Jehovah's Witnesses will revive religious intolerance.

(link) [Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories]

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