Yahoo! News: Religion News

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• Muslim woman told to remove scarf sues Mich. judge (AP)
• Religion News in Brief (AP)
• Iraq violence puts off plan for seminary (AP)
• US remains concerned over free speech in Vietnam: envoy (AFP)
• Ex-Bosnian Serb chief: US helped Iran arm Muslims (AP)
• California Catholics try TV to draw churchgoers (AP)

Muslim woman told to remove scarf sues Mich. judge (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2009 02:00 PM PDT AP - A Muslim woman on Wednesday sued a Michigan judge for telling her to remove her headscarf in his courtroom, claiming he violated her First Amendment right to practice her religion.

Religion News in Brief (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2009 10:07 AM PDT AP - Two smaller, more conservative U.S.-based Lutheran denominations are expressing disappointment in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's decision to open a wider door to gay clergy.

Iraq violence puts off plan for seminary (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2009 09:33 AM PDT AP - It took years for a family of prominent American Shiite scholars to build a specialized seminary that would train Americans and Europeans to lead mosques in the West.

US remains concerned over free speech in Vietnam: envoy (AFP) Posted: 26 Aug 2009 06:27 AM PDT AFP - Vietnam has made progress on religious freedom but its efforts to "criminalise" free speech were among rights issues which still raise concern, the United States ambassador said Wednesday.

Ex-Bosnian Serb chief: US helped Iran arm Muslims (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2009 05:19 AM PDT AP - Radovan Karadzic is seeking evidence that the U.S. turned a blind eye to weapons shipments from Iran to Muslim forces fighting in the Bosnian war, to support his claim that Serbs acted in self-defense during the conflict.

California Catholics try TV to draw churchgoers (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 05:56 PM PDT AP - Sacramento Catholic leaders are turning to television ads in an effort to get the region's lapsed churchgoers back in the pews.

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