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Danish Cartoon Controversy - Encyclopedia of Religion (2015 words) |
 | The foreign ministries of eleven Islamic countries demanded action from the Danish government, and several Arab countries eventually closed their embassies in Denmark in protest after the government initially refused to intervene or apologize. |
| Valby is a district of Copenhagen known for having a concentrated population of immigrants. |
| Offensive or satirical pictures are a different case — disrespect to Islam or to Muhammad is still widely considered blasphemous or sacrilegious, and blasphemy is seen as a kind of apostasy, which many Muslims believe should be punished by death, though not all Muslims agree that this is the only or correct interpretation. |
| American football in TutorGig Encyclopedia (5846 words) |
| Canadian football, which also descended from rugby, is closely related to the American sport with a few key differences; the word "football" in Canada can mean American football or Canadian football depending on context. |
| Tackle football is often banned in American schoolyards in favor of touch football, which uses two-hand touching instead of tackling; or flag football in which a player is "tackled" when an opponent pulls a flag off a belt attached to the player's waist. |
| There is a widespread perception that football teams based in schools and public recreational leagues consume far more than their fair share of the sports budget, although sales of tickets to college (and to some extent high school) football games often make it a revenue-producing sport. |
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