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As major cities crack down on panhandling, people of faith wrestle with their consciences

By Bobby Ross Jr. — May 26, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (RNS) Ordinances making it a crime to approach vehicles at intersections are touted as safety measures. Civil liberties advocates say the homeless are being treated as 'human blight.'

In Jerusalem, Jews, Muslims clash over mosque loudspeakers

By Michele Chabin — March 4, 2014
JERUSALEM (RNS) The call of the muezzin, broadcast by loudspeakers on nearly 200 minarets, can be heard across Jerusalem’s hills and valleys, especially in the middle of the night, when the rest of the city is asleep.
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