2008年11月4日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Hope and prayer in Obama's ancestral Kenya village (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 03:54 AM CST

Cyclists ride past a poster of U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama in Kisumu November 3, 2008. (Moses Eshiwani/Reuters)Reuters - Kenyans in Barack Obama's ancestral homeland prayed for victory Tuesday and relatives prepared to roast a bull in celebration if he becomes the first African-American president of the United States.


Joe "O'Biden" plays up working-class, Catholic roots (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 03:25 PM CST

Democratic vice presidential nominee Senator Joe Biden waves to the crowd as he introduces presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama at a campaign rally in Sunrise, Florida, October 29, 2008. (Jason Reed/Reuters)Reuters - Dashing across battleground states in the final race to Tuesday's polls, Joe Biden never fails to bring up his working-class, Irish Roman Catholic roots and the hard times his family faced.


Muslim's suit over scarves in Calif. jail settled (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 02:45 PM CST

Jameelah Medina speaks during a news conference Monday, Nov. 3, 2008, in Orange, Calif. where she said her religious freedom was violated by deputies who made her remove her head covering after being arrested in December 2005 for having an invalid train pass. San Bernardino County will allow jailed Muslim women to wear headscarves after settling a lawsuit Monday with Medina and award her with $45,000 in damages. Medina spent a day in jail, but was never prosecuted in the case. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - A Southern California county will allow jailed Muslim women to wear headscarves after settling a lawsuit with a woman who claims that deputies violated her religious freedom by making her remove her hijab.


Army discharges soldier for beating Jewish trainee (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 10:26 AM CST

AP - The Army has kicked out a soldier for beating a Jewish trainee who complained about religious harassment in their basic training unit, a Fort Benning spokesman said Monday.

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