in india's religious ancient mosaic, judaism isn't a newcomer. its roots go back only two millennia. >> bene israel are the oldest jewish community. landed, they were shipwrecked, and they came to india about 2,000 years ago. >> reporter: there were at least two subsequent mini waves that brought jews to india, people fleeing the inquisition and people who came during british colonial days, as traders. there were perhaps 30,000 jews across the country but many moved to israel after its formation in 1948. >> and now we have only 5,000 jews all over india and in delhi we have only 5,6 indian jewish families. we are like a drop in the ocean. >> reporter: ezekiel malekar is the keeper of delhi's tiny synagogue, built in 1956 on land donated by the indian government. >> a lawyer and retired civil servant, he's not an ordained rabbi but for three decades, malekar has volunteered to lead this congregation, reconciling its ancient rituals and traditions with the practical modern realities. >> in order to read this portion of the torah you require a quoru

conform to the religious tenets. it put that in the section defining defenses. the defenses are part of the right, and when it forbids retaliation, it says retaliation against an individual for the exercise of any right granted. and, therefore, i don't believe that a person who has failed to violate the substantive section could be held up normally. i mean, i don't -- mr. dellinger: well, we differ on that, but -- justice breyer: i can think it's pretty easy to read that exception, even though it's in a different subchapter, into the retaliation exception. and assume for me that that's so. mr. dellinger: it is still the case that it is a constitutional matter. the state's interest in allowing citizens to have access to its courts and to its agencies is paramount in cases like child abuse, reporting of school safety problems, and others. in this case, it's -- we are mindful -- justice scalia: it's not paramount. would you -- take the firing of the catholic priest example. does that get into the courts? mr. dellinger:

to the religious tenets.it put that in the section defining defenses. the defenses are part of the right, and when it forbids retaliation, it says forbids retaliation against an individual for the exercise of any right granted. and, therefore, i don't believe that a person who has failed to violate the substantive section could be held up normally. i mean -- >> well, we differ on that. i think it's pretty easy to read that exception even though it's in a different subchapter into the retaliation's exception. >> well, assume for me that that's so. >> it is still the case it is a constitutional matter. the state's interest in allowing citizens to have access to its courts and to its agencies is paramount in cases like child abuse, reporting of school safety problems and others. in this case it's we are mindful -- >> but it's not paramount. take the firing of a catholic priest example. does that get into the courts? >> no, it doesn't -- >> why not? >> >> -- and the reason is, and that points out, justice scalia,

where is the freedom and the protection of religious entities? it's in the bill itself. there is a section in there that says that the bill should not infringe on religious practice and ministry. >> every faith-based organization in the state of illinois has the full capacity and the full right to pursue their religious freedom. the question is what happens when you are paid with taxpayer's money, state money to provide state services. in those cases, we have to insist that those agencies comply with illinois law. >> catholic charities have placed thousands of children in homes over 50 years and 80% of the foster care budget comes from the state. even if it loses that money, catholic charities will continue with adoption and foster care. >> it's part of our mission and part of our teaching. it's part of what we do as catholics. we have to do it in honoring our tenants and faith that call us to do this. if we can't do it in a faith-filled mission, we can't do it. we are using public money. we will do it on our own terms. >> we don't want to see them leave this work, but i

and religious groups are also providing practical help by donating tents, food and money. they've been opening their facilities to the protesters, giving logistical advice and helping to get the message out. >> churches are an excellent place to organize this kind of information because we're under the radar of commerce or of government. >> reporter: many say there is a prominent spiritual dimension to what's been happening. inside zuccotti park is a makeshift community altar, where protestors of all faiths come to pray or meditate. in several cities, protest chaplains, many of them seminary students, minster to the protesters. >> we are here to provide a religious presence. we are here to listen to people, to hear what's on their hearts. and we're here to pray with people. and people do come up to us and ask us to sit with them in prayer, because people are in crisis and that's why we are all here. >> reporter: on this sunday, united methodists led a communion service. participants said concern for economic justice is a core teaching of their faith. >> the bible is all ab

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a system of religious worship or ritual, a quaisi-religious group, often living in a colony, with a charismatic leader who indoctrinates members with unorthodox or extremist views, practices, or beliefs. is that what you believe as a cult? >> well, i believe in more a -- >> this is what websters says. so you disagree with this definition? >> i think it can be expanded. but you look at brigham young, and some parts of those definitions apply to that as well. but what i'm saying is to those of us who are evangelical christians, and remember, chris, that is to who i'm speaking, there are a lot of reasons why to prefer rick perry to mitt romney. i believe that mitt romney is conservative out of convenience, while rick perry is one a conservative out of conviction. but to those of us who are evangelicals, when all other things are equal, we prefer competent christians to competent nonchristians, who may be good, moral people like mitt romney. >> but are you concerned at having what you consider a member of a cult in the white house? would you want a cultist in the white house? it's your word, not mi

that is a religious issue. any candidate who says they are a christian and is not dealing with that is not really raising the true religious issue. this next week, state leaders are sending a letter to every candidate, republican and to mr. obama, to say these census numbers are religious matters. how are you going to respond to these terrible numbers from the census bureau? those are for us will be the face issues in this campaign -- faith issues in this campaign. tavis: let me ask you to talk to me specifically about what the challenges in these difficult time for those who are agnostic and atheist but care about humanity and want to see america become a greater nation. what is the call to us as american citizens? >> there are 2000 vs in the bible about poor people. as a seminary in, we took an old bible and a pair of scissors and we cut out all of those verses and they were on the cutting room floor. afterwards there was a bible full of holes. now, there is a new poverty level out by world vision and the bib

he said religious clarity and not a mixing of faiths is essential to a religious school arguing a multifaith approach could weaken curriculum and argue alumni and campus supporters. >> we are asked do you admit non-christians here? they want to know. they want to hold us accountable for that. that's something we want to look at. >> they want to make sure it's not here. >> not as enrolled students because they are fearful of the curriculum. >> do you think it's easy for faith to cohabitate like that in theological instruction? >> no, i think it's difficult. i think there great challenges. >> however at claremont they think the future is on their side and increasingly multifaith america. >> some of us are looking at a jewish direction. some of us are looking at a muslim direction. some are looking in a christian direction and yet we are all looking in a god direction. >> beyond christians, jews, and muslims, administrators are talking about enrolling buddhists and hindus. for religion and ethics news weekly, i'm saul gonzalez. >> on our cal entdar this week, hindus and the sikhs are preparing

life and in religious community. he reports one of the most important advantages of inner city churches is they provide a community where black stunts are valued both for their academic success and more broadly human human beings being part of a society with promise, with talents to contribute, and from whom success is expected. churches also affirm inner city youth as trusted members of a community that celebrate academic success and the practices that produce it that override the low expectations communicated at school. additionally, he highlights the ways in which black churches because they are equipped to deal with families are standing and encouraging parental education and involvement from the heart as well as providing context where youth can have regular contact with other adults for role modeling and mentoring. baret is not alone. in that article from howard university, 4,273 black stopts were studied -- students were studied, and it was found that family and religious life, family and religious social capi

faced religious backgrounds and beliefs and conscience including atheists that the chaplains just aren't resorts or on aren't trained to provide for and what i'm doing is reaching out to those chaplains three thousand senior officers to help them to help the troops that they don't have any training about so far now how many people would you say are in the military that are atheists or freethinkers as your organization is named well at least between ten thousand and forty thousand depending on the most recent survey forty thousand of the most recent defense equal opportunity management initiative survey identified you know that many so forty thousand that's number two behind all the christians put together ahead of jews buddhists muslims hindus and what i want to do is make sure that there's overt policies that say chaplains have to provide for those service members and to ensure that there is training so that they know how to properly provide for them what give us you know give us a hypothetical or just tell us i guess how it actually works when you're out in the field when you are in a

you think that they need to have atheist chaplains right what is it that those who don't have a religious background who are christian are missing out on will for two hundred years the chaplains have been very focused on their mission to pray with troops in moderate chaplaincy in the modern military you have a diversity of religious based religious backgrounds and beliefs and conscience including atheists it chaplains just aren't resources on aren't trained to provide for what i'm doing is reaching out to those chaplains three thousand senior officers to help them to help the troops that they don't have any training about so now how many people would you say are in the military that are atheists or free thinkers as your organization is named well at least between ten thousand and thirty thousand depending on the most recent survey forty thousand of the most recent defense equal opportunity initiative survey identified you know that me so forty thousand that's number two behind all the christians put together the head of jews buddhists and muslims hindus and what i want to do is make sure

religious leaders say they just want to push peace and justice. they are hoping to change people's perspective of these protesters. they don't want them seen as a fringe group of anarchists. they want people to know theyy y they are lending their voice to this march and wearing traditional religious outfits on purpose to help lend them some credibility. after they hit the locations they will be back to justin herman plaza. live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> in san jose, one protester taking a very big risk on top of a wall outside san jose city hall. he has been there almost eight hours climbing up there early in the morning in the dark. police cannot get to him. on the ground police did arrest several occupy protesters during the night. katie marzullo joins us from the scene. the demonstrators are back. are police going after that guy on wall? >> reporter: hi. easy answer to that, no, they are not going to go after him. occupy san jose has been a small group just a handful gathered now. as of early this morning, the protest is

religious leaders say they just want to push peace and justice. they are hoping to change people's perspective of these protesters. they don't want them seen as a fringe group of anarchists. they want people to know they represent every man that's why they are lending their voice to this march and wearing traditional religious outfits on purpose to help lend them some credibility. after they hit the locations they will be back to justin herman plaza. live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> in san jose, one protester taking a very big risk on top of a wall outside san jose city hall. he has been there almost eight hours climbing up there early in the morning in the dark. police cannot get to him. on the ground police did arrest several occupy protesters during the night. katie marzullo joins us from the scene. the demonstrators are back. are police going after that guy on wall? >> reporter: hi. easy answer to that, no, they are not going to go after him. occupy san jose has been a small group just a handful gathered now. as of early t

among the topics discussed, religious freedom abroad, jobs here at home and cuts to the federal budget. the nae has urged lawmakers not to reduce foreign aid or domestic programs that serve the poor. >> meanwhile, outside a d.c. courthouse, other religious leaders held a prayer vigil opposing budget cuts to anti-poverty programs. >> 11 members of the religious group were facing misdemeanor charges for "intention to disrupt congress" during a prayer vigil at the capitol last july. those charges were dropped after the leaders agreed not to enter the capitol for 6 months and to submit to drug testing. >>> as the occupy wall street protests continue, there is now a noticeable religious presence at t mthass gaerings. sukkahs, the temporary structures built to mark the jewish holiday of sukkot, were constructed at some of the protest sites. earlier, prayer services were held for yom kippur. an interfaith group of clergy also joined the new york protests. they marched carrying a statue of a golden calf, with the word greed written on it. they called greed a false god. >>> many u.s. jewish gro

politicians who never stop talking about their religious convictions.itt romney can be justifiably criticized for implementing health care reform in massachusetts and then trying to disown it when he runs for president. jon huntsman may find it difficult to attack president obama's foreign policy, because that same president gave him the best job of his career as u.s. ambassador to china. but if the constitution is our guide, then tonight, let's not do god, let's go governing. thank you very much for watching. dylan ratigan's here to pick things up and take us forward. dylan, what's on the agenda? dylan, where are you? >> i'm right here. i'm listening, but the wire's not working. i can't even hear you. it's good you work

now, religious people, it is not a movie for religious people. christian people that want to see the kingdom built, the movie is right on. it is a movie that was made for the secular world, but it shows a transformation. it shows a man that was the scumbag of the earth. the worst of them all -- that was me. it shows the transformation, but it shows what he turned to. and he chose jesus christ. i think it's an outreach for churches to buy theaters out, every seat in it, and hand the tickets out to people that don't go to church. because they will see one man's faith. and what he put on the line to -- and also to choose jesus christ. >> reporter: what is your favorite part of the movie? what really impressed you the most? >> i've seen the movie six times now, and every time i break down crying at a different part. every time. >> reporter: is it the kids? >> it's not so much the kids as it was my past. because i was a rough person. and i tried to hide that for so many years. and the last few years i started speaking out my real testimony. last year

education at the same time we should certainly develop our religious institutes to train experts of the studies in the north caucasus i believe the key aspect will be to establish a secular islamic institute through the north caucasus federal university or another regional institution for. crap for and that have been out that about democracy and it i thought it meant in our country and most people believe that sooner or later it will reach the buttons down democracy and cookies put centuries that have been in think you shouldn't which i'm very difficult to be able to that leave you think you should they tend to lean comprehensive but the but the mentality that is the tape to stem islamic to me and particularly. does the kind of a society really need a western style democracy. i don't know what a western style democracy is the west itself has various kinds of democracy in the political interpretation of democracy everyone wants to impose their vision of democracy on other country singers but i'm totally against it i believe russia has its own form of democratic development for our re

the deadliest riots since the egyptian revolution flare up in cairo as religious tensions lead to dozens of deaths in clashes between the country's christians and security forces also. poland is counting the votes off the bottom entry election on sunday it is expected that the prime minister believe those party is in line for a second spell of power in a row join us for all the latest details. as growing poverty and e.u. countries spirals out of control due to cost and social spending russia says it could step into how the debt ridden of european economies. and the biggest challenge for a legendary creature in over half a century our correspondent joins the international expedition determined to finally prove bigfoots existence. but from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching our team with me and he said now it's four pm here in the russian capital we begin in cairo where religious tensions in egypt intensified following the fall of mubarak now grown into a full scale riots over twenty people were killed and hundreds injured as clashes erupted between coptic christians and se

watching r t with me and he said now it's four pm here in the russian capital we begin in cairo where religious tensions in egypt intensified following the fall of mubarak have now grown into full scale riots over twenty people were killed and hundreds injured as clashes erupted between coptic christians and security forces but what began as a peaceful rally calling for justice over attacks on christian churches by muslim extremists quickly turned into the most violent episode since february revolution military vehicles were seen charging through crowds as you can see here and plowing into people army infantry fired rubber bullets and tear gas it's still unclear who sparked the fatal scenes but state owned media has placed blame with the christian protesters as you discuss these events unfolding in egypt i'm now joined by carl shara he's author of a blog on the middle east affairs called coral remarks mr charles thanks for being with us authorities seem to be putting the blame for what happened entirely on christian protestors do you agree with these versions of the events. absolutely not and w

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the outcome could affect every church, every religious institution in this country. an other religious institutions don't have to follow antidiscrimination laws in hiring and firing clergy members because of what's called the ministerial exception. now the court will decide if that exception should apply to other church workers, like maybe teachers or administrators. here to talk us through this and this case is an adjunct professor of church state law at georgetown university and a lawyer who represents religions. thank you for being here. explain first the idea in the first place of this rule of ministerial exception. why is it there in the first place? >> the ministerial exception is part of the first amendment body of law that protects religious institutions from being regulated by the government. since the dawn of the republic, religious institutions have had the right to conduct their internal affairs, including to select who will minister for them, without interference by the government. now this case presents a classic clash now between the nondiscrimination

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i would like an agnostic unfettered by religious rituals and unaffiliated with a religious organizations. i would like an analytic agnostic. i needn't go far. an hour's drive from london to oxford, where i meet the director of the future of humanity institute at oxford university. nick bostrum. nick is a pioneer in trans humanism - what our species may become. existential risk, the threats to our survival, and the nature of the universe. why is he agnostic? nick, i would be really interested in how you reflect on the ultimate questions of reality - theistic, atheistic - what are your views? >>well i guess the first step would be to specify more precisely what you would mean by these possibilities so i will say the theistic possibility. what exactly would you include in that? >you would say that there is a - an ultimate creator god, who is infinite in all of his primary virtues in corporals of no body. and that is the terminus of explanation. so rather than an infinite regress of causation, that entity is determinous of explanation. that is the god hypothesis. >>so there are a lot of smar

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religious landscape.ound governor rom nil would tell you it's a speed bump in places like iowa, south carolina, so many evangelical vote to have this view reinforces, the cult voting for romney would be a vote giving a cult credibility. now it's about to be, if not a political issue. >> that word cult has been used a lot, too. i don'ty in that will come to a surprise, certainly not to evangelicals who have heard that in their churches and for example like dr. jeffress many times. so i think, i agree with david gergen, that the most serious consequence is likely to be a backlash. we live in a tolerant country where people look at other relidges. with respect. a cult is a pejorative word. using that term i think the -- those who tuesday discredit themselves more than they discredit the object. >> help me with the history. you heard tony perken he says governor romney's been there many times he personally himself does not consider mormonism to be christianity, by his definition but there's a bridge built bet