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• Catholics alter Easter traditions to stop SARS (CBC News)
  
  
• Malaysian Catholics avoid kissing cross to prevent SARS | They do not need to kiss the cross in Easter ceremonies in a bid to prevent the spread of the deadly SARS virus. (AFP)
  
  
• SARS victims tied to Toronto religious group | 500 more quarantined: Cases connected to member who died on April 1 (The National Post)
  
  
• Hong Kongers turn to the heavens in fight against deadly virus  | Living under the threat of SARS, people are flocking to pray for heavenly intervention to ward off the deadly virus. (AFP)

Iraq aid and relief:

• A crusade after all? | Plans of some Christians to evangelize as they offer aid pose dilemma for Iraqi reconstruction. (The Christian Science Monitor)
  
  
• Muslim League warns Christian body over Iraq relief | The Muslim World League warned that "non-Muslim organizations," a term used for Christian missionaries, were preparing to work in Iraq under the cover of providing humanitarian aid. (AFP)
  
  
• Interview: Missionary work in Iraq | Time talks to Southern Baptist Theological Seminary leader Albert Mohler about venturing into Iraq  (Time)
  
  
• Christians in Iraq 'live like slaves' | Ottawa cleric fears further hardships for non-Islamics (The Ottawa Citizen)

Passover and Easter connections to the Iraq war:

• What Holy Week can teach us about the war | Holy Week is a time to reflect on the sacrifice, suffering and death of Jesus on behalf of mankind. (Newsday)
  
  
• As Jews celebrate Passover, war comes into question | Although these three events are divergent, for many people, they are connected. (The Dallas Morning News)
  
  
• A freedom festival | Metro Detroit Jews observe Passover today with Iraqi liberation on minds (Detroit Free Press)

Crime:

• Wounds of Israel's Passover bombing slow to heal | Timed to take place on one of the holiest nights of the Jewish calendar, the Park Hotel bombing killed 29 people and injured 150, the worst toll of any suicide attack in 30 months of violence. (Reuters)
  
  
• Couple pleads guilty to harboring killer of abortion doctor | Dennis Malvasi and Loretta Marra conspired to harbor James Kopp (Associated Press)
  
  
• Church man's theft after car sex | A married parish treasurer stole more than £35,000 from church funds to pay off a woman he had a sexual encounter with. (BBC)
  
  
• Hoods steal man's Bible | Victim says it would be good if the thieves took the opportunity to read the stolen Bible. (New York Post)
  
  
• Convicted man appeals sentence over Bible | A man convicted of killing a woman wants his death sentence thrown out because the jury allegedly invoked a Bible passage (Associated Press)

Church and state:

• Ruling backs church posters in schools | A federal judge has ruled that the San Diego Unified School District discriminated against a church by refusing to let it post advertisements on a series of seminars (The Washington Times)
  
  
• Religious group's access to schools limited | A federal judge yesterday denied a religious group's request to immediately be allowed to distribute fliers in two Montgomery County public schools. (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Utah atheist's right to pray upheld | An atheist who sought to pray during City Council meetings for deliverance from "weak and stupid politicians" received the blessing of the Utah Supreme Court on Friday. (Associated Press)

Interfaith relations and other religions:

• Why Muslims love Moses | And yet, I lament the tension that exists between the American Muslim and Jewish communities. (Beliefnet.com)
  
  
• Gnosticism and the struggle for the world's soul | What do Harry Potter, the Star Wars series, The Matrix, Masonry, New Age, and the Raelian cult have in common? (National Catholic Reporter)
  
  

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