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The march called Hope for Darfur, Justice in Sudan was organized by the Darfur Interfaith Network. Christians, Muslims, Jews and other faiths participated in congregations throughout the Washington area, 23 May 2010 More than 100 people marched and a

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Western leaders often hold up Indonesia as a role model. It's the third-largest democracy in the world, a majority Muslim country where religious coexistence is literally written into the founding documents. Lately human rights act

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【生词预览】 pastor 牧师， pleadfor 乞求， coffer 资金 ,congregation 会众 【笑话原文】 GoodNewsandBadNews Thepastorofmychurchhatestopleadformoney.Butwhenthecofferswererunninglow,hehadnochoice. There sgoodnewsandthere sbadnews, h

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And you have seen that your community has become even stronger 而且你们看到 自己的社区变得比以往更强 even more vibrant because of these men and women 更充满活力 这正是得益于这些人 because they are part of this communit