Wednesday, February 06, 2008

U.N. Rights Investigator Slams Religious Violence

GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. freedom of religion investigator Asma Jahangir has called on Israel and the Palestinian authorities to denounce all violence inflicted in the name of religion, the United Nations said on Monday.

Jahangir, a Pakistani human rights activist, also criticized Israel for laws barring non-religious people from marrying there, and condemned the mistreatment of women and "intolerance" of Christians in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

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