2009年11月19日星期四

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


AP Exclusive: Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 02:56 PM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, March 20, 2008 file photo, Pakistani protesters rally against the republishing of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad in Danish newspapers in Quetta, Pakistan. Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery — essentially, a ban on blasphemy.  (AP Photo/Arshad Butt, File)AP - Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery — essentially a ban on blasphemy that would put them on a collision course with free speech laws in the West.


Struggling Anglican leader in Rome for papal talks (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2009 11:23 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI walks past Vatican Swiss guards as he arrives in the Paul VI hall for an audience granted to Roman Pontifical Universities' students, at the Vatican, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - The Archbishop of Canterbury sought Thursday to downplay the implications of the Vatican's unprecedented invitation for Anglicans to join the Catholic Church as he arrived in Rome for his first talks with the pope on the new policy.


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