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Turkey presents Prophet's sayings for the 21st Century

ANKARA (Reuters) - Scholars around the Muslim world were alarmed five years ago by news reports that Turkey planned a new, possibly heretical compilation of the Prophet Mohammad's sayings that might scrap those it thought were out of date.Full story

Judge rejects plea from men who sought to join al Qaeda affiliate

NEWARK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday refused to overturn the prison sentences of two New Jersey men convicted on terrorism charges, rejecting the argument that the decision was tainted by the Boston Marathon bombing. Full story

Myanmar Muslims jailed for killing Buddhist monk

A Myanmar court sentenced seven Muslims to prison Tuesday — one of them to a life term — in the killing of a Buddhist monk amid deadly sectarian violence that was overwhelmingly directed against minority Muslims but has not led to any criminal trials against members of the country's Buddhist majorit Full story

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  How to bridge the gap between security and civil liberties infringement

In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, there’s new evidence Americans are more willing to forgo some civil liberties for the sake of fighting terrorism. Time’s Michael Crowley joins Alex Wagner and the NOW panel to discuss the state of surveillance in America.

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