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US religious rights panel wants Vietnam, Pakistan blacklisted (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A US religious freedom watchdog asked the State Department to include Vietnam, Pakistan and Turkmenistan in its global blacklist of religious freedom violators, and maintained Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, on a watchlist.

U.S. ignores religious oppression, federal panel says (CNN.com)
China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are among 11 countries that practice religious oppression, a federal commission says.

US religious freedom watchdog mulls blacklisting Iraq (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A US watchdog on religious freedom on Friday expressed serious concern over violations in strife-torn Iraq and was considering whether to place the ally of Washington on a blacklist with countries such as North Korea and Iran.

USU religious studies in high demand (Deseret Morning News)
Some have long viewed religious studies in Utah either as the purview of Latter-day Saint scholars at Brigham Young University or as a narrow specialty of interest only to aspiring clergy.

US religious rights panel wants Vietnam, Pakistan blacklisted (AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
A US religious freedom watchdog on Friday asked the State Department to include Vietnam, Pakistan and Turkmenistan in its global blacklist of religious freedom violators, and maintained Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, on a watchlist.

China accused of religious persecution (CNN.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom submits its annual report to the State Department Friday, including a list of nations it says should be treated as the world's worst persecutors.