2009年8月26日星期三

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


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

US Ambassador to Vietnam Michael Michalak, seen here in January 2009, Vietnam has made progress on religious freedom but its efforts to 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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