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LGBTQ Event Cancelled After Security Threats In Indonesia
- Wednesday July 12, 2023
- World News | Reuters
Rights groups have cancelled a Southeast Asian LGBT event in Indonesia after receiving security threats, the organisers said, the latest sign of increasing pressure on the community from religious conservatives in the country.
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Evangelical Leaders Stick With Donald Trump, Focus On Defeating Hillary Clinton
- Tuesday October 11, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Leaders of religious conservative groups largely stood behind Donald Trump on Saturday, the day after vulgar sexual comments he made about women surfaced online, but some expressed concern that the US Republican presidential nominee's remarks could depress evangelical turnout on Election Day.
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Pakistani Muslim Clerics Approve Transgender People's Right To Marry
- Thursday June 30, 2016
- World News | Pamela Constable, The Washington Post
Muslim clerics in Pakistan are usually known for issuing stern, conservative pronouncements on gender-related issues, mostly limiting the rights of women. But in a surprising twist, a large group of clerics there has just issued a fatwa, or religious edict, affirming the rights of transgender people to marry.
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US Military Sees Afghan Talks With New Taliban Leader Unlikely
- Thursday June 2, 2016
- World News | Reuters
A US military spokesman said on Wednesday that talks with the Afghan Taliban on ending the war in Afghanistan are unlikely any time soon after the militant group chose a conservative religious scholar as its new leader.
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Utah Legislators Back Plan To Declare Porn A Health Crisis
- Saturday February 6, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
A state senator in the predominantly Mormon state of Utah wants to declare pornography a public health crisis, echoing an argument made by many conservative religious groups as porn becomes more accessible on smartphones and tablets.
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LGBTQ Event Cancelled After Security Threats In Indonesia
- Wednesday July 12, 2023
- World News | Reuters
Rights groups have cancelled a Southeast Asian LGBT event in Indonesia after receiving security threats, the organisers said, the latest sign of increasing pressure on the community from religious conservatives in the country.
- www.ndtv.com
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Evangelical Leaders Stick With Donald Trump, Focus On Defeating Hillary Clinton
- Tuesday October 11, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Leaders of religious conservative groups largely stood behind Donald Trump on Saturday, the day after vulgar sexual comments he made about women surfaced online, but some expressed concern that the US Republican presidential nominee's remarks could depress evangelical turnout on Election Day.
- www.ndtv.com
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Pakistani Muslim Clerics Approve Transgender People's Right To Marry
- Thursday June 30, 2016
- World News | Pamela Constable, The Washington Post
Muslim clerics in Pakistan are usually known for issuing stern, conservative pronouncements on gender-related issues, mostly limiting the rights of women. But in a surprising twist, a large group of clerics there has just issued a fatwa, or religious edict, affirming the rights of transgender people to marry.
- www.ndtv.com
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US Military Sees Afghan Talks With New Taliban Leader Unlikely
- Thursday June 2, 2016
- World News | Reuters
A US military spokesman said on Wednesday that talks with the Afghan Taliban on ending the war in Afghanistan are unlikely any time soon after the militant group chose a conservative religious scholar as its new leader.
- www.ndtv.com
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Utah Legislators Back Plan To Declare Porn A Health Crisis
- Saturday February 6, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
A state senator in the predominantly Mormon state of Utah wants to declare pornography a public health crisis, echoing an argument made by many conservative religious groups as porn becomes more accessible on smartphones and tablets.
- www.ndtv.com