China’s campaign to wipe out Falun Gong drives tenacious movement undergroundBEIJING — A musician dies in police custody, a lawyer is beaten, an aid worker abandons China after 10 years of persecution — the stories are the human toll behind China’s decade-long campaign to wipe out Falun Gong, a spiritual movement that the government calls an evil cult. China’s 10-year campaign to crush Falun Gong drives movement undergroundBEIJING — Now entering its second decade, China’s relentless drive to obliterate the Falun Gong spiritual sect has left a human toll ranging from the deaths of followers in custody to the self-exile of others and the beatings of their lawyers. Malaysia bars religious conversion of children without both parents’ consent to ease conflictsKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia announced Thursday it will bar the religious conversion of children without both parents’ consent in a major step to ease interfaith conflicts that have strained this Muslim-majority country. As gay-marriage dominoes fall throughout New England, Maine gets its turnAUGUSTA, Maine — A legislative hearing to extend gay marriage to Maine took on the atmosphere of a religious revival Wednesday as ministers made impassioned speeches for and against the bill before thousands of cheering spectators packed into a civic arena. Religion News in BriefPITTSBURGH — State House officials say they have been inundated with protests about a policy that barred a clergyman from using the word “Jesus” in a prayer that was to open one of the lawmakers’ daily sessions. |
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