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• Judge: SD prison tobacco ban curbs religion rights
• Egypt Christian arrested, beaten over film: activists
• Tunisian artists cry for help against religious extremists
• 'Satanic Verses' author Rushdie dismisses new death threat from religious foundation in Iran

Judge: SD prison tobacco ban curbs religion rights Posted: 19 Sep 2012 04:29 PM PDT A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the South Dakota prison system's ban on tobacco in religious ceremonies substantially burdens Native American inmates' religious rights.

Egypt Christian arrested, beaten over film: activists Posted: 19 Sep 2012 09:31 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian rights groups on Wednesday demanded the release of a Coptic Christian arrested on suspicion of posting an anti-Islam video online that ignited Muslim protests around the globe. Police grabbed computer science graduate Alber Saber from his Cairo home last week after neighbors accused him of uploading sections of the film "Innocence of Muslims", rights activists said. The neighbors also accused Saber, 27, of making a new movie that mocks all religions. He was jailed for 15 days pending investigations. ...

Tunisian artists cry for help against religious extremists Posted: 19 Sep 2012 08:36 AM PDT Tunis (Reuters) - A few hours before Lotfi Abdeli was due to stage his play "Made in Tunisia, 100 percent halal" last month, hundreds of Salafi Muslims who believed the show was offensive to Islam occupied the open air theatre and began to pray. The play, a satire about politics and religion, was cancelled. It was not the first time religious hardliners have stopped the plays of Abdeli, a Tunisian actor and playwright known for criticizing ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben-Ali before last year's revolution. ...

'Satanic Verses' author Rushdie dismisses new death threat from religious foundation in Iran Posted: 18 Sep 2012 09:52 PM PDT NEW YORK, N.Y. - Salman Rushdie is dismissing the latest threat against his life as just talk.

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