Florence Gildea
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#ThisFlag Pastor Evan Mawarire is released after magistrate quashes charges
A court has ordered immediate release from police custody of Zimbabwean Pastor Evan Mawarire, who was arrested on charges of plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe's government.
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Outspoken evangelical Roy Moore trounces Trump candidate in Alabama primary
Roy Moore, the former chief justice of the Alabama supreme court and outspoken evangelical Christian, beat Donald Trump-backed candidate in the Alabama's Republican Primary election last night.
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Tolerance online: those with diverging opinions need not apply
The online abuse directed at BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg provides evidence of a failing capacity in our culture to tolerate what we do not like, let alone love.
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'A night of terror and fear': Coptic Christians face attacks after social media post offends local Muslims
Two Coptic Christians face charges of inciting sectarian strife and insulting Islamic leaders, after their comments on social media caused some Muslims in their village to riot.
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Russian Orthodox extremists arrested for violent campaign against forthcoming film about Tsar Nicholas II
Several Orthodox extremists have been arrested in Russia for arson attacks and death threats as part of their campaign against 'Matilda', a forthcoming film about the affair between a ballerina and Tsar Nicholas II, considered a martyr by the Orthodox church.
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Iraqi Christians fear violence in the wake of Kurdish referendum
Iraqi Christians fear further violence just months after Mosul and the Nineveh Plains were freed from the control self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) as a result of the independence referendum in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
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BBC Strictly's Alexandra Burke and dancing vicar Richard Coles sing out about their Christian faith
The pop star Alexandra Burke and the celebrity vicar Richard Coles have discussed their faith as a means of getting them through the stress of BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing, in an interview with the Radio Times.