A US military contractor has said it will stop engraving Biblical references on rifles used by the US army.
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The references - first reported on by ABC News - had raised concerns that they broke a US rule barring troops [from] proselytising in the predominantly Muslim countries of Afghanistan and Iraq, where they are widely used by both the US and British military.
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In a letter sent to the US president on Thursday, the head of the Interfaith Alliance said the gunsights "clearly violate" the rule.
"Images of American soldiers as Christian crusaders come to mind when they are carrying weaponry bearing such verses," Welton Gaddy said.
Earlier in the week, the Church of England told the UK's Guardian newspaper: "People of all faiths and none are being killed and injured in these conflicts, on all sides, and any suggestion that this is being done in the name of the Bible would be deeply worrying to many Christians."
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