diff --git a/Mustache.php b/Mustache.php
index ee5dffb..da4b8b0 100644
--- a/Mustache.php
+++ b/Mustache.php
@@ -27,6 +27,18 @@ class Mustache {
 
 	const PRAGMA_DOT_NOTATION = 'DOT-NOTATION';
 
+	/**
+	 * The {{%UNESCAPED}} pragma swaps the meaning of the {{normal}} and {{{unescaped}}}
+	 * Mustache tags. That is, once this pragma is activated the {{normal}} tag will not be
+	 * escaped while the {{{unescaped}}} tag will be escaped.
+	 *
+	 * Pragmas apply only to the current template. Partials, even those included after the
+	 * {{%UNESCAPED}} call, will need their own pragma declaration.
+	 *
+	 * his may be useful in non-HTML Mustache situations.
+	 */
+	const PRAGMA_UNESCAPED    = 'UNESCAPED';
+
 	protected $tagRegEx;
 
 	protected $template = '';
@@ -35,7 +47,8 @@ class Mustache {
 	protected $pragmas  = array();
 
 	protected $pragmasImplemented = array(
-		self::PRAGMA_DOT_NOTATION
+		self::PRAGMA_DOT_NOTATION,
+		self::PRAGMA_UNESCAPED
 	);
 
 	/**
@@ -147,11 +160,13 @@ class Mustache {
 				case '#':
 					if ($this->varIsIterable($val)) {
 						foreach ($val as $local_context) {
-							$replace .= $this->_render($content, $this->getContext($context, $local_context));
+							$c = $this->getContext($context, $local_context);
+							$replace .= $this->_render($content, $c);
 						}
 					} else if ($val) {
 						if (is_array($val) || is_object($val)) {
-							$replace .= $this->_render($content, $this->getContext($context, $val));
+							$c = $this->getContext($context, $val);
+							$replace .= $this->_render($content, $c);
 						} else {
 							$replace .= $content;
 						}
@@ -181,7 +196,7 @@ class Mustache {
 
 		$otag = $this->prepareRegEx($this->otag);
 		$ctag = $this->prepareRegEx($this->ctag);
-		$regex = '/' . $otag . '%([\\w_-]+)((?: [\\w]+=[\\w]+)*)' . $ctag . '\\n?/';
+		$regex = '/' . $otag . '%\\s*([\\w_-]+)((?: [\\w]+=[\\w]+)*)\\s*' . $ctag . '\\n?/';
 		return preg_replace_callback($regex, array($this, 'renderPragma'), $template);
 	}
 
@@ -325,11 +340,19 @@ class Mustache {
 				break;
 			case '{':
 			case '&':
-				return $this->renderUnescaped($tag_name, $context);
+				if ($this->hasPragma(self::PRAGMA_UNESCAPED)) {
+					return $this->renderEscaped($tag_name, $context);
+				} else {
+					return $this->renderUnescaped($tag_name, $context);
+				}
 				break;
 			case '':
 			default:
-				return $this->renderEscaped($tag_name, $context);
+				if ($this->hasPragma(self::PRAGMA_UNESCAPED)) {
+					return $this->renderUnescaped($tag_name, $context);
+				} else {
+					return $this->renderEscaped($tag_name, $context);
+				}
 				break;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/examples/pragma_unescaped/PragmaUnescaped.php b/examples/pragma_unescaped/PragmaUnescaped.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59681a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/pragma_unescaped/PragmaUnescaped.php
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?php
+
+class PragmaUnescaped extends Mustache {
+	protected $vs = 'Bear > Shark';
+}
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diff --git a/examples/pragma_unescaped/pragma_unescaped.mustache b/examples/pragma_unescaped/pragma_unescaped.mustache
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76095d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/pragma_unescaped/pragma_unescaped.mustache
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{{%UNESCAPED}}
+{{vs}}
+{{{vs}}}
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diff --git a/examples/pragma_unescaped/pragma_unescaped.txt b/examples/pragma_unescaped/pragma_unescaped.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2860f61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/pragma_unescaped/pragma_unescaped.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Bear > Shark
+Bear &gt; Shark
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diff --git a/test/MustachePragmaTest.php b/test/MustachePragmaTest.php
index 9ef8864..58f380e 100644
--- a/test/MustachePragmaTest.php
+++ b/test/MustachePragmaTest.php
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ class MustachePragmaTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 
 	public function testPragmaReplaceMultiple() {
 		$m = new Mustache();
+
+		$this->assertEquals('', $m->render('{{%  DOT-NOTATION  }}'), 'Pragmas should allow whitespace');
+		$this->assertEquals('', $m->render('{{% 	DOT-NOTATION 	foo=bar  }}'), 'Pragmas should allow whitespace');
 		$this->assertEquals('', $m->render("{{%DOT-NOTATION}}\n{{%DOT-NOTATION}}"), 'Multiple pragma tags not removed');
 		$this->assertEquals(' ', $m->render('{{%DOT-NOTATION}} {{%DOT-NOTATION}}'), 'Multiple pragma tags not removed');
 	}
diff --git a/test/MustachePragmaUnescapedTest.php b/test/MustachePragmaUnescapedTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..559eeab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/MustachePragmaUnescapedTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+require_once '../Mustache.php';
+require_once 'PHPUnit/Framework.php';
+
+class MustachePragmaUnescapedTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
+
+	public function testPragmaUnescaped() {
+		$m = new Mustache(null, array('title' => 'Bear > Shark'));
+		
+		$this->assertEquals('Bear > Shark', $m->render('{{%UNESCAPED}}{{title}}'));
+		$this->assertEquals('Bear &gt; Shark', $m->render('{{%UNESCAPED}}{{{title}}}'));
+	}
+
+}
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