A protester holds a picture of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after Friday prayers in Tehran June 19. 2009. The banner refers to the Baha’i faith. Baha’is regard their faith’s 19th-century founder as the latest in a line of prophets including Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Jesus and Mohammad. Iran’s Shi’ite religious establishment considers the faith a heretical offshoot of Islam. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi
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