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Jul 5 2008, Maline

Two twelve-year-old non-Muslim boys were placed under detention on Friday for refusing to pray to Allah.The boys angry parents said that their children were also ordered to don Islamic headgear, kneel and pour water over their feet.

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One-and-a-half-year old Chihuahua dog “Conan” prays with his owner and chief priest Joei Yoshikuni during a morning pray at the Shuri-Kannondo temple in Okinawa islands, southwestern Japan, Monday, March 24, 2008.