2008年10月4日星期六

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News

Newspapers get complaints for DVD ad on Muslims (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 02:23 AM CDT

This is a scanned image of a Clarion Fund-sponsored newspaper advertising supplement containing a DVD called 'Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West.'  Newspapers that carried the advertisement and DVD critical of radical Muslims have faced complaints from readers and questions about whether newspapers should offer a platform to everyone willing to pay for distribution. (AP Photo)AP - Newspapers that carried an advertising supplement in recent weeks containing a DVD critical of radical Muslims have faced complaints from readers and questions about whether newspapers should offer a platform to everyone willing to pay for distribution.


Atheist group sues Bush over national prayer day (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 08:26 PM CDT

AP - The nation's largest group of atheists and agnostics is suing President Bush, the governor of Wisconsin and other officials over the federal law designating a National Day of Prayer.

Episcopalians meet in Pa. to apologize for slavery (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 08:24 PM CDT

AP - Episcopal leaders gathered in Philadelphia expect to formally apologize Saturday for their ancestors' slave ownership — and to discuss the "white privilege" they say endures.

US appeals NJ Muslim cleric immigration case (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 02:49 PM CDT

In this Sept. 4, 2008, file photo, Imam Mohammad Qatanani, center, walks out of the Peter W. Rodino Jr. Federal Building in Newark, N.J., with supporters, after an immigration judge ruled that Qatanani can remain in the United States. U.S. authorities had sought to link Qatanani, a 44-year-old Palestinian who is the spiritual leader of the Islamic Center of Passaic County in Paterson, N.J., to the terrorist group Hamas. Federal immigration officials said Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, they are appealing the  judge's decision to allow Qatanani to remain in the U.S. (AP Photo/Mike Derer, File)AP - In a case that could erode hard-won trust between Muslims and law enforcement, the government is appealing the case of a Muslim leader who won his fight to remain in the United States.


Jewish Army trainee in Ga. says he was beaten (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 02:39 PM CDT

AP - In a letter home, a Jewish soldier in basic training at Fort Benning complained of religious discrimination and wrote that a friend overheard platoon members saying they wanted to beat him up.
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