2009年9月25日星期五

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Muslims hold prayers outside US Capitol (AFP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 01:30 PM PDT

Muslim men take part in a prayer event on the West Front of the US Capitol Building, in Washington. More than a thousand Muslim men and women gathered Friday outside the US Capitol to hold a prayer meeting and demonstrate against prejudice against Islam.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AFP - More than a thousand Muslim men and women gathered Friday outside the US Capitol to hold a prayer meeting and demonstrate against prejudice against Islam.


Leprosy patients to see 1800s priest canonized (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 03:34 AM PDT

FILE -- A file photo provided by the Hawaii State Archive shows Father Damien two months before his death in 1889 at the leprosy settlement in Kalaupapa, Hawaii.  Eleven elderly leprosy patients from Hawaii are expected to travel 12,000 miles to Rome in October 2009  to see the canonization of Father Damien..  (AP Photos/Hawaii State Archive)AP - Most need wheelchairs. Their average age is 80.


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

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:25 PM 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?
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