11.   The State Department criticized anti-Jewish comments by Syrian President Bashar Assad, accusing him of inflaming religious passions and hatred.

12.   The State Department criticized those comments Monday, accusing Assad of inflaming religious passions and hatred.

13.   Two Christians involved in a controversial blasphemy case that stirred religious passions in Pakistan have fled the country, a source said Monday.

14.   A controversial film opens in movie theatres across India on Friday amid fears that the love story of a Hindu boy and a Moslem girl could rekindle religious passions.