2009年9月24日星期四

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Abercrombie & Fitch Faces Lawsuit Over Muslim Headscarf (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 11:55 AM PDT

Time.com - A young Muslim woman is suing Abercrombie & Fitch after the company allegedly declined to hire her because she wears a hijab. Does she have a case?

French find prehistoric animal worship site (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:34 AM PDT

French archaeologists have discovered the oldest known place of worship dedicated to the dugong, or sea cow, on an island just north of Dubai, two research centres said Thursday.(AFP/MAFUAE/Vincent Charpentier)AFP - French archaeologists have discovered the oldest known place of worship dedicated to the dugong, or sea cow, on an island just north of Dubai, two research centres said Thursday.


Ukraine: hotel plan for Nazi killing field opposed (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 11:37 AM PDT

AP - Jewish groups condemned Thursday a plan by authorities in the Ukrainian capital to build a hotel on what a leading scholar said was a killing field in the Babi Yar massacre, a horrific chapter of the Holocaust.

Pope visits Czech Republic with many nonbelievers (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 07:56 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI arrives in the Paul VI hall for his weekly general audience, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI is going to the heart of central Europe 20 years after the fall of communism ended restrictions on religion. But what he will find is a Czech Republic where nearly half the population professes to be nonbelievers.


'Pretty Woman' takes Hindu names for kids: report (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 06:38 AM PDT

US cinema actress Julia Roberts (R) poses with Indian priest Swami Dharmdev in Hari Mandir Ashram in Pataudi, some 80 kms south-west of New Delhi on September 22, 2009. Roberts' children have been given Hindu names during shooting for her latest blockbuster in India, which has upset some locals over its use of a temple, reports say.(AFP/File)AFP - The children of Hollywood star Julia Roberts have been given Hindu names during shooting for her latest blockbuster in India, which has upset some locals over its use of a temple, reports say.


Portugal says Pope Benedict XVI to visit Fatima (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 06:07 AM PDT

Honduras' Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, left, walks past Pope Benedict XVI during the weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI will visit the Fatima shrine in Portugal next year, the Portuguese president's office announced Thursday.


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