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Michigan Legislature getting 1st female Muslim (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2008 06:33 PM CST AP - Michigan is getting its first female Muslim legislator, thanks in large part to her Jewish boss, the incumbent.

Obama election shows deep racial divide in church (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2008 05:30 PM CST AP - The barrier-crossing election of Barack Obama did little to bridge the deep racial divide in American churches. In fact, some clergy say it has only served to underscore their differences.

Smears against Obama energized Muslim voters: experts (Reuters) Posted: 06 Nov 2008 01:40 PM CST Reuters - False rumors that Barack Obama was secretly a Muslim or had ties to Islamic extremism angered Muslim-Americans, who overwhelming supported him in Tuesday's presidential election, experts said on Thursday.

Who is Joel Hunter, and Why Is Obama Praying With Him? (Time.com) Posted: 06 Nov 2008 11:40 AM CST Time.com - The pastor of an evangelical megachurch in Florida is one of a quartet of preachers whom the President-Elect has been consorting with

Pope meets with Muslim scholars, urges better ties (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2008 10:17 AM CST AP - Christians and Muslims must overcome their misunderstandings, Pope Benedict XVI told Muslim clergy and scholars Thursday as he pressed for greater freedom of worship for non-Muslims in the Islamic world.

Catholic Church ready for black pope: US archbishop (AFP) Posted: 06 Nov 2008 10:13 AM CST AFP - The Roman Catholic Church is ready for a black pope, the former head of the US bishops conference told an Italian newspaper after Tuesday's election of the first African-American president in the United States.

Vatican official slams criticism of wartime pope (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2008 09:26 AM CST AP - The Vatican's No. 2 official has slammed as "outrageous" allegations that Pope Pius XII didn't do enough to save Jews during World War II.

Religion news in brief (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2008 06:51 AM CST AP - South Carolina has begun taking online orders for Christian-themed license plates that are the subject of a lawsuit by a group that tries to keep religion out of government.

Religion today (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2008 06:51 AM CST AP - Ruth Graham knows firsthand how life can be filled with heartache.

Rural Arkansas championed foster, adoption ban (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2008 05:18 AM CST AP - Rural and evangelical voters propelled Arkansas to adopt one of the nation's few bans against unmarried couples becoming foster or adoptive parents.

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