On Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 March 15

The operative word in ‘freedom of religion’ is ‘freedom’, and not ‘religion’.

Religious conversions
Source : The Hindu

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“You are free, you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or any other place of worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or cast or creed — that has nothing to do with the business of the State

Qaid i Azam's address to the nation on independence.
Source : Dawn
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. . . for the first time, researchers have observed a vertebrate that can change the shape of its skin to better blend in with its surrounding environment.

vertebrates that can change shape.
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