1963 Dozens Dead in Iran Riots TEHRAN — Thousands of troops acting under shoot-to-kill orders patrolled Tehran today [June 6] after new anti-government religious demonstrations erupted here and in the provinces.
Organizations like the Mostazafan serve as giant cash boxes, he says, to pay off supporters of the mullahs, whether they're thousands of peasants bused in to attend religious demonstrations in Tehran or Hezbollah thugs who beat up students.
But a religious ruling banning demonstrations and a heavy police crackdown appeared to have intimidated most potential protesters.
Not the foreign protesters who have flagged up issues such as Tibet and religious freedom through demonstrations in Beijing.
Sheik Ayed al-Qarni, a prominent Saudi cleric who has written best-selling books and been featured on popular television shows in Arab countries, said Sunday that he had refused an appeal in a phone call from one of Colonel Qaddafi's sons, Saadi el-Qaddafi, to issue a fatwa, or religious edict, banning demonstrations against his father's rule.
There were articles about the conflicts between secular and religious populations; about demonstrations in Tel Aviv demanding civil rights for African immigrants; about powerful rabbis making racist statements; about the addiction to cheap foreign labor ("The streets of south Tel Aviv look like a slave market in the morning," one article began).
MSNBC Officials fear 'catastrophic' epidemic in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 1 December 2006 - World AIDS Day was marked around the globe Friday by somber religious services, boisterous demonstrations and warnings that far more needs to be done to treat and prevent the disease in order to avert millions of additional deaths.
On its way from Bethlehem to Jerusalem, the ambulance was briefly blocked by a demonstration of religious Israeli women.
The softest of targets is destroyed by bombers or gunmen intent on killing themselves along with their enemies as a demonstration of religious faith.
Why not the classrooms?" In the end, Ms. Braksmajer added, she found comfort in Iona's open demonstration of religious affiliation, even though it was not her own, the way she might if she were in a hospital and saw a crucifix in each room.
