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Ban on a type of prayer in school allowed to stand (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 12:10 PM PST AP - Coach Marcus Borden used to bow his head and drop to one knee when his football team prayed. But the Supreme Court on Monday ended the practice when it refused to hear the high school coach's appeal of a school district ban on employees joining a student-led prayer.

Study paints rare portrait of Muslim-Americans (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 08:33 AM PST AP - Muslims in America have a much more positive outlook on life than their counterparts in most predominantly Muslim countries and some other Western societies, according to a poll released Monday.

Pope rescinds promotion of 'Katrina' pastor (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 07:47 AM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI on Monday formally rescinded the promotion of an ultraconservative priest who came under fire for suggesting that God punished New Orleans with Hurricane Katrina.

Key demographics of Muslim-Americans (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 07:17 AM PST AP - Gallup Organization interviews with a random sample of 946 Muslim Americans in 2008 shed light on the demographics of this rarely studied group:

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