2009年10月8日星期四

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Evangelicals call for immigration reform (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 05:10 PM PDT

AP - An American evangelical Christian group is urging Congress to approve reforms to immigration laws in a resolution approved Thursday.

3 on trial in Atlantic City corruption case (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 04:18 PM PDT

AP - Sitting in the back seat of a car in Atlantic City, the young prostitute listened as two men in the front told her exactly what to do, prosecutors say. Lure the Baptist minister and councilman to a motel room, have sex with him while he is facing the clock radio and make sure he hands over some money.

DA: Pa. couple prayed, denied care to dying tot (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 02:36 PM PDT

AP - A fundamentalist couple who prayed over their sick toddler rather than get medical help before his pneumonia death have been ordered to stand trial on manslaughter charges.

French culture minister denies paying boys for sex (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 01:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 15 2009, file photo, France's Minister of Culture Frederic Mitterrand attends the question Government session at the National Assembly in Paris.  Criticism is mounting against French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand over an autobiographical book in which he describes paying boys for sex in Thailand. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)AP - France's culture minister denied Thursday paying boys for sex, in an impassioned response to critics on the right and left demanding that he resign over a candid book recounting encounters with male prostitutes in Thailand.


Report: Global Muslim population hits 1.57 billion (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 09:26 AM PDT

HOLD FOR RELEASE 11 p.m. ET; graphic shows countries with the largest Muslim populationAP - The global Muslim population stands at 1.57 billion, meaning that nearly 1 in 4 people in the world practice Islam, according to a report Wednesday billed as the most comprehensive of its kind.


'American Qur'an' blends US life, Quranic verses (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 08:07 PM PDT

A Sept.17, 2009 photo shows artist Sandow Birk posing next to his sculpture titled:  'American Mihrab.' Birk has created an illustrated, English-language Quíran that he's calling the 'American Koran,' at the Koplin Del Rio Gallery in Culver City, Calif.  (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - The scene is seared into the American psyche: the residents of New Orleans engulfed by flood waters, perched on rooftops and desperate for help as corpses float past and helicopters whirl overhead.


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