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RELIGION June 18, 2017

Israel goodwill Ramadan efforts cut after Palestinian attack

Israel's prime minister says he has revoked visitation rights for Palestinians that were approved for the holy month of Ramadan following a deadly attack on an Israeli servicewoman.

RELIGION June 18, 2017

Egypt woman breaks into men-only Ramadan wakeup call job

Dalal Abdel-Qader, a 43-year-old mother from Cairo, is doing something that has for centuries been the exclusive domain of men — being a "mesaharaty," or the person who walks the streets before dawn calling out to wake up the devout for their last meal, "sahur," before their dawn-to-dusk fast.

RELIGION June 18, 2017

Pope: Learning from refugees' hopes and pain dissolves fear

Pope Francis is calling for the faithful to not only welcome refugees, but to personally learn from their stories as a way to curb fears and "distorted" ideologies about them.

RELIGION June 17, 2017

Excommunicating mobsters? Vatican eyes new legal doctrine

The Vatican is looking to develop a new doctrine that calls for excommunicating Catholics for mafia association and corruption.

Europe June 16, 2017

Russia preps for Confederations Cup amid fears of violence, racism, terror

Safety is the biggest concern among foreign visitors heading to Russian amid the threat of Islamist terrorism, hooligans, anti-corruption protestors and any crackdown by the country’s security forces.

World June 16, 2017

Uncertainty over Islamic State leader's fate after airstrike

The Russian military claims it has killed the leader of the Islamic State group in an airstrike.

RELIGION June 16, 2017

Germany opens its first liberal mosque in Berlin

Seyran Ates' vision of a liberal mosque where all Muslims can pray together — women and men, Sunni and Shiite, straight and gay — is almost a reality, and the 54-year-old daughter of Turkish guest workers in Germany is ecstatic as she enters the light-flooded room undergoing its final touches.

World June 16, 2017

The Latest: Putin hears briefing on report of IS chief death

The Latest on Russian claim of killing Islamic State group leader (all times local): 11:45 a.m.

Deportation June 16, 2017

ICE arrests of Iraqi Christians in US cause detainee families to feel betrayed

Members of the Iraqi Christian community in the U.S. are expressing feelings of betrayal by their adopted country after dozens of members were detained in a deportation sweep.

RELIGION June 16, 2017

UN experts decry deteriorating human rights in Bahrain

U.N. human rights experts are denouncing a "sharp deterioration" in the rights situation in Bahrain, including an intensifying crackdown on opposition parties and a Shiite religious leader.