04 May 2005
Polio Spreads From Nigeria After Claims

When religion meets conspiracy theory ...

AP - Nearly two years after radical Islamic preachers told parents to refuse to have their children vaccinated against polio for fear it was part of a U.S. plot against Muslims, the repercussions are still being felt: A Nigerian strain of the virus that causes the crippling disease has cropped up as far away as Indonesia.

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Air Force Academy wrestles with alleged religious bias

You could subtitle this 'Playing into the Terrorists Hands", as this is sure to be picked up in Arabic language sources as "proof" that the US is a Christian nation on a crusade against Islam.

Historically, Christianity was pretty marginal until it learned to adapt itself to a warrior ethos - Constantine conquering in the sign of the cross signaled not only a change in official religion in the Roman empire, but also a new way to look at the military from a Christian perspective. And the Christian soldiers have been marching onward off to war ever since ...

USATODAY.com - A Pentagon task force will investigate the religious climate at the Air Force Academy after allegations of anti-Semitism, favoritism for born-again Christian cadets and conversion attempts by evangelicals on the Colorado Springs campus.

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