2009年10月27日星期二

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Church of Scientology convicted of fraud in France (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 09:58 AM PDT

Eric Roux, legal representative of the Church of Scientology in France, speaks to reporters after a court returned a verdict of fraud against the group, at a Paris courthouse, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. A Paris court on Tuesday convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud and fined it more than half a million euros, but stopped short of banning the group as requested by prosecutors. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - A Paris court convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud and fined it more than euro600,000 ($900,000) on Tuesday, but stopped short of banning the group's activities.


UK Jewish school denies racial discrimination (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 09:57 AM PDT

Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth Jonathan Sacks, right, leaves the Supreme Court in London during an appeal hearing for the JFS school (formerly the Jewish Free School), Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. Three judges at the Court of Appeal ruled in June this year that the pupil entry criteria of the school racially discriminated against a boy, referred to as M, because his mother was not officially recognized as a Jew. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - A leading Jewish school asked Britain's Supreme Court on Tuesday to overturn a ruling that said it racially discriminated against a boy when it refused to accept him as a pupil because it did not recognize his mother as Jewish.


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