2009年8月12日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

French pool bars Muslim woman for 'burquini' suit (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 04:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb.15, 2007 file photo, Sama Wareh walks along the sand dressed in swimwear designed for Muslim women Newport Beach, Calif. A French Muslim was denied last Aug.1, 2009 entry to a swimming pool for wearing an Islamic-style full-body swimsuit. Officials say the head-to-toe 'burquini' is unhygienic and harmful to other bathers, but the woman complains of religious discrimination. The incident adds to controversy over wearing explicitly religious symbols in public places in this secular country. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, Files)AP - A Muslim woman garbed in a head-to-toe swimsuit — dubbed a "burquini" — may have opened a new chapter in France's tussle between religious practices and its stern secular code.

Just who are these health care protesters? (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 02:07 PM PDT

Randy Hook, 50, of Hopewell, Pa., yells at Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., during a town hall meeting on health care in a Penn State University ballroom in State College, Pa, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009. More than 400 attended. Opponents occasionally drowned out the Republican-turned-Democrat. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - Nancy Snyder says she kept quiet when abortion was legalized and prayer in schools was eliminated. Not this time.

Religion News in Brief (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 10:42 AM PDT

AP - The beating of Jewish soldier in Army basic training last fall has prompted Fort Benning to make changes aimed at improving conditions for Jewish troops, from adding a rabbi chaplain to offering kosher meals at dining halls.

Jakes counsels patience in economic 'sorrows' (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 09:12 AM PDT

AP - As the economy continues to grind away at jobs, homes and lifetimes' of savings, Bishop Thomas D. Jakes looks back from his position as one of America's most successful preachers and remembers his own hard times.

Bodies of Italians killed in air crash going home (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 02:17 PM PDT

Investigators examine the wreckage of an airplane, right, that sits on a pier next to the the wreckage of a helicopter Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009, in Hoboken, N.J. The two aircraft collided and fell into the Hudson River on Saturday killing nine people including three members of a Pennsylvania family in the private plane. Five Italian tourists and a pilot from New Jersey were in the helicopter. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - The remains of five Italian tourists killed in the air collision over the Hudson River were taken to Kennedy Airport to be sent home Wednesday as divers recovered about 50 pieces of the helicopter in which they had plunged to their deaths.

Evangelical group faces 'serious' shortfall (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 06:19 PM PDT

AP - A "serious budget shortfall" at Focus on the Family has prompted the conservative Christian group to issue a special fundraising plea, and contributed to a decision to cede control of its contentious "Love Won Out" conferences about homosexuality to another religious organization, a spokesman said Tuesday.

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