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Religions seen slow to go green; Pope has chance to inspire

OSLO (Reuters) - Few religious communities have gone as far in fighting climate change as a church in Queensland, Australia, which has 24 solar panels bolted to the roof in the shape of a Christian cross.Full story

Saudis release writer jailed for tweets against Islamism: lawyer

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has released prominent novelist Turki al-Hamad, who was arrested in December after a series of tweets criticizing extreme versions of Islamism and saying Islam needed renewal, an activist said on Wednesday. Full story

Right hurls ‘Muslim’ attacks at one of their own

  Is anti-tax guru Grover Norquist a Muslim convert? That’s what some of the right-wing think, and the reasoning is out there.

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Family stunned, confused over U.S. woman's death in Syria

Court upholds convictions of New York airport bomb plotters

Female suicide bomber injures 18 in Russian region

Turkey presents Prophet's sayings for the 21st Century

Video shows Syrian Islamists flogging men over illegal marriage

Boston Marathon bomb suspect buried in Virginia

French Muslims look to science to determine start of Ramadan

Turkish Airlines backs down on lipstick ban

Secular Turks see red over airline's lipstick ban

Libya expects ICC ruling on Saif al-Islam trial in May: lawyer

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  Beck’s new conspiracy theory about conspiracy theorists

Glenn Beck’s new conspiracy theory might just be his zaniest.

  Menashe Sasson plays santur music at Radio RadisIn

Amid a heated war of words between Israel and Iran over the Islamic republic's nuclear ambitions, one musician is hoping that an unconventional weapon will help cool the tensions.

  Islamic hardliners, police clash in Bangladesh

At least 20 people have died in violence between police and Islamic hardliners demanding that Bangladesh implement an anti-blasphemy law. NBCNews.com's Richard Lui reports.

  Pulse check: Obama’s response to terror crises

A Meet the Press panel of pundits examines the administration’s response to the Boston bombings and crisis in Syria.

  An elephant in the room in the War on Terror

Time Magazine’s Michael Crowley joins The Cycle hosts to discuss the decade-old debate: Are Americans willing to compromise some of their civil liberties to prevent future attacks?

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