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• Baha'is most persecuted religion in Iran: U.N. investigator
• Backers of jailed religious chief riot in Dakar
• First Native American Saint Opens New Chapter of Catholic History

Baha'is most persecuted religion in Iran: U.N. investigator Posted: 22 Oct 2012 02:48 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Members of the Baha'i community in Iran are the most persecuted religious minority in the Islamic Republic, where suppression of alternative faiths is growing worse, U.N. special rapporteur for human rights in Iran Ahmed Shaheed said on Monday. Shaheed also warned that the increasingly harsh sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program may be preventing normal Iranians from exercising their human rights because they face greater difficulties accessing medicine and other basic necessities. ...

Backers of jailed religious chief riot in Dakar Posted: 22 Oct 2012 08:40 AM PDT DAKAR (Reuters) - Scores of followers of a jailed Senegalese religious leader smashed car windows, set fire to buses, and ransacked shops in the capital Dakar on Monday before riot police scattered them with volleys of teargas. The riot was the most violent protest yet by followers of Cheikh Bethio Thioune, a senior member of the powerful Mouride brotherhood, since he was arrested in April in a murder case that has strained the relationship between Islamic orders and the country's justice system. ...

First Native American Saint Opens New Chapter of Catholic History Posted: 21 Oct 2012 07:13 PM PDT On Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI canonized Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American Saint, and six others in front of some 80,000 people at Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City. These kinds of ceremonies are always a big deal. There have only been about 3,000 people canonized in the history of the Catholic Church, and it's really hard to think of a better title for people to remember you by. ...

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