Yahoo! News: Religion News

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• CORRECTION: U.S. senators press Vietnam on jailed priest (Reuters)
• GOP loses last Jewish senator with Coleman loss (AP)
• Religion News in Brief (AP)
• Pastor Rick Warren to address American Muslims (AP)
• Ancient Iraqi sect struggles to keep culture in US (AP)
• Top US destinations for Mandaean refugees, '02-'09 (AP)

CORRECTION: U.S. senators press Vietnam on jailed priest (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 03:58 PM PDT Reuters - A group of U.S. senators urged Vietnam's president on Wednesday to free a Catholic priest as human rights groups said his imprisonment justified putting Hanoi on a U.S. religious freedom blacklist.

GOP loses last Jewish senator with Coleman loss (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 02:50 PM PDT AP - The defeat of incumbent Norm Coleman in the drawn-out Minnesota Senate race leaves Republicans without a Jewish senator for the first time in half a century.

Religion News in Brief (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 08:48 AM PDT AP - The Rev. Peter Morales of Colorado has been elected as the first Latino president of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Pastor Rick Warren to address American Muslims (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 08:37 AM PDT AP - Sayyid Syeed remembers an interfaith event several years ago when a Jewish leader went to embrace him, saw someone snapping a photo, then suddenly pulled back.

Ancient Iraqi sect struggles to keep culture in US (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 02:22 AM PDT AP - When the bride and groom arrive at the Mandaean Association, the Middle Eastern salad is ready and flower petals are lightly strewn across the floor.

Top US destinations for Mandaean refugees, '02-'09 (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 01:48 AM PDT AP - The top five destinations for Mandaean refugees in the United States from 2002 through June 24, 2009:

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