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World Service,31 Aug 2001,12 mins

24 aid workers to go on trial in Afghanistan

Reporting Religion

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The Taliban have accused the Shelter Now International workers of preaching Christianity in the country, an offence for which the death penalty can be invoked. Also on the programme: the leader of Britain's Jews, Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, on why he believes globalisation is making the world less tolerant of difference; in Nepal, high-caste Hindus join their lower caste counterparts for prayers at a temple.

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