As pro-choice groups see it, this represents a triumph for religious prejudice over women's health.

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But many analysts in Jakarta believe that ethnic and religious prejudice is simply the way the unrest manifests itself, not its cause.

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The commission argued that viewing sectarianism as "Protestant-Catholic religious prejudice, political factionalism, or even 'tribalism' " placed it outside the context of well-established international human rights law, specifically the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which came into force back in 1969.

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He claims his decision was based on his religious views and not prejudice.

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