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                    [Title] => How Islamic is Islamic State group? Not very, experts say
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Three British schoolgirls believed to have gone to Syria to become "jihadi" brides. Three young men charged in New York with plotting to join the Islamic State group and carry out attacks on American soil. A masked, knife-wielding militant from London who is the face of terror in videos showing Western hostages beheaded.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-03 07:03:26 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1452343 [AuthorName] => Lee Keath and Hamza Hendawi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1364263 [Title] => Iran president urges clerics to tolerate Internet [Summary] =>

Iran's president Monday urged the country's clerics to be more tolerant of the Internet and new technologies, which are often the target of criticism by influential hard-liners in the Islamic Republic.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-01 18:04:39 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1535904 [AuthorName] => Nasser Karimi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20140615/president-hassan-rouhani.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 949693 [Title] => Afghan Taliban confirm talks in Iran [Summary] =>

A Taliban spokesman has confirmed that the Afghan insurgents have sent a delegation to Iran for three days of talks. The unprecedented meeting signals that Iran could be seeking the role of regional mediator between the Taliban and Kabul.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-03 14:32:16 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 928691 [Title] => Living the spirit of Vatican II [Summary] =>

More than 50 years after its occurrence, Vatican II continues to defy the understanding and appreciation of many people. In fact, it is attacked by two opposite sides, from what we may call as the Right and the Left, the Conservative and the Liberal.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134343 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096945 [AuthorName] => Fr. Roy Cimagala [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 609001 [Title] => Saudi telecom shuts websites violating Fatwa edict [Summary] =>

Saudi Arabia's telecom regulator has shut down three websites that were violating a government decree limiting the issuance of religious edicts to the country's most senior group of clerics, authorities said Saturday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-05 14:32:02 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 489822 [Title] => Iran's opposition asks for help from top clerics [Summary] =>

TEHRAN (AP) — Opposition leaders have urged Iran's top clerics in the holy city of Qom to pressure the Islamic regime to release protesters and activists who they say have been tortured following last month's disputed presidential election.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-25 20:01:41 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 469979 [Title] => Indonesian imams approve Facebook - but no flirting! [Summary] =>

SURABAYA (AP) – Muslim clerics debating the exploding popularity of Facebook in Indonesia said Friday that followers could use the networking site to connect with friends or for work — but not to gossip or flirt.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-22 16:41:53 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 34743 [Title] => Prophets or troublemakers? [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-12-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134343 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096945 [AuthorName] => Fr. Roy Cimagala [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 28277 [Title] => Church being used? [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-11-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134343 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096945 [AuthorName] => Fr. Roy Cimagala [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 346145 [Title] => Latin to the rescue [Summary] => One lesson I learned early in life is that when there's a typhoon outside, one should better stay at home and do something productive.

At the moment, we have a terrible, ugly typhoon in the political arena, made more vicious by the participation of some bishops.

We are told these clerics are not interfering in politics but are simply exercising their pastoral duty of upholding and defending morality involved in these crucial big issues in our political life.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133205 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096945 [AuthorName] => Fr. Roy Cimagala [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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By Fr. Roy Cimagala | November 19, 2007 - 12:00am
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