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RELIGION September 27, 2017

3 Palestinians, 3 Israelis killed in violence over holy site

An Israeli police spokesman says police are banning Muslim men under the age of 50 from a contested Jerusalem shrine ahead of feared mass protests over the installation of metal detectors there.

RELIGION September 27, 2017

The Latest: UN deplores Palestinians deaths in Jerusalem

The Latest on developments in Israel (all times local): 9:15 a.m.

RELIGION September 27, 2017

Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive for 1st time next year

Women will be allowed to drive for the first time next summer in Saudi Arabia, the ultra-conservative kingdom announced, marking a significant expansion of women's rights in the only the country that barred them from getting behind the wheel.

RELIGION September 27, 2017

Pakistani inmate asks court to suspend practice of hanging

A defense lawyer says a Pakistani death-row inmate has requested that a court suspend the "un-Islamic" practice of hanging prisoners because it is "too painful," instead urging jail authorities to use lethal injections or some other mode of execution.

RELIGION September 27, 2017

German runaway girl who converted to Islam is found in Iraq

A prosecutor says that a German girl, who ran away from home after converting to Islam, has been found in Iraq.

RELIGION September 27, 2017

Hungary's leader: EU and Soros seek to "Muslimize" Europe

Hungary's anti-migration prime minister says European Union leaders and Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros are seeking a "new, mixed, Muslimized Europe."

RELIGION September 27, 2017

Philippine Congress extends martial law in south amid siege

The Philippine Congress has overwhelmingly approved the president's appeal for martial law in the country's south to be extended to the end of the year, in a boost to a massive offensive aimed at quelling a two-month siege by Islamic State group-linked militants.

World September 27, 2017

The Latest: German girl found in Mosul is in good health

The Latest on foreigners found in Iraq (all times local): 3 p.m. Three Iraqi intelligence and investigative officials have told The Associated Press that 26 foreigners have been arrested in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul — including two men, eight children and 16 women — and they have been taken to Baghdad.

RELIGION September 27, 2017

Erdogan says Muslims won't remain silent on Jerusalem crisis

Turkey's president has condemned Israeli security precautions at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site saying the Islamic world would not remain silent.

RELIGION September 26, 2017

Canadian polygamous leader found guilty of having 25 wives

Two former leaders of an isolated polygamous community in Canada were convicted Monday of practicing polygamy after a decades-long legal fight, setting up another potential court battle over the constitutionality of Canada's polygamy laws.