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• National task force investigating LA church fire
• Muslim-Christian relationship fuels row in Egypt
• Muslim-Christian romance fuels Egypt sectarian row
• Task force investigating LA church fire
• Terrence Malick's moving Christian message — and film critics' failure to engage with it
• Egypt's Pope says Islamist rulers neglect Copts

National task force investigating LA church fire Posted: 26 Apr 2013 03:46 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — A fire that gutted a South Los Angeles church early Friday will be investigated by a national task force that specializes in arsons at worship facilities.

Muslim-Christian relationship fuels row in Egypt Posted: 26 Apr 2013 01:08 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — An alleged romance between an Egyptian Muslim college student and a Coptic Christian man heightened sectarian tension on Friday in a small rural Egyptian town where police fired tear gas to disperse stone-throwing Muslims who surrounded a Coptic church in anger over the inter-faith relationship, a security official and priest said.

Muslim-Christian romance fuels Egypt sectarian row Posted: 26 Apr 2013 10:10 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian security official and a priest say police fired tear gas and clashed with a stone-throwing mob of Muslims who had surrounded a Coptic Church in anger over an inter-faith romance.

Task force investigating LA church fire Posted: 26 Apr 2013 09:21 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — A national task force that investigates arsons at worship facilities is investigating a fire that has gutted a South Los Angeles church.

Terrence Malick's moving Christian message — and film critics' failure to engage with it Posted: 26 Apr 2013 02:35 AM PDT The divisive director's last two films were essentially ecstatic cinematic tributes to God. But you wouldn't know it from reading the reviews

Egypt's Pope says Islamist rulers neglect Copts Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:57 AM PDT By Yasmine Saleh and Paul Taylor CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Christians feel sidelined, ignored and neglected by Muslim Brotherhood-led authorities, who proffer assurances but have taken little or no action to protect them from violence, Coptic Pope Tawadros II said. In his first interview since emerging from seclusion after eight people were killed in sectarian violence between Muslims and Christians this month, the pope called official accounts of clashes at Cairo's Coptic cathedral on April 7 "a pack of lies". ...

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