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• John Walker Lindh seeks Ind. prison prayer ruling (AP)
• NY Muslim groups decry hostile atmosphere (AP)
• Mormon church, Jewish leaders tackle proxy baptism (AP)
• Methodist survey aims to stop membership decline (AP)
• New York imams say Muslims are Americans, too (Reuters)
• Police release 911 tape after church slaying (AP)
• Religion News in Brief (AP)
• New York imam: Mosque fight about Muslim role (AP)

John Walker Lindh seeks Ind. prison prayer ruling (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:05 PM PDT AP - American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh and another Muslim inmate have asked a judge to order a federal prison to allow them and other Muslims in their highly restricted cell block to pray as a group, in accordance with their beliefs.

NY Muslim groups decry hostile atmosphere (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:58 PM PDT AP - It is "unethical, insensitive and inhumane" to oppose the planned mosque near ground zero, more than 50 leading Muslim organizations said Wednesday as they cast the intense debate as a symptom of religious intolerance in America.

Mormon church, Jewish leaders tackle proxy baptism (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:38 PM PDT AP - The Mormon church says it has changed its genealogical database to better prevent the names of Jews killed in Nazi concentration camps from being submitted for posthumous baptism by proxy.

Methodist survey aims to stop membership decline (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:01 PM PDT AP - It's the conundrum Protestant denominations with declining memberships and shrinking budgets are desperate to solve: How to stem the decades-long losses and attract new worshippers.

New York imams say Muslims are Americans, too (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 01:33 PM PDT Reuters - New York City Muslims declared themselves just as American as opponents of an Islamic cultural center and mosque near the World Trade Center on Wednesday in a bid to seize control of a debate they appear to be losing.

Police release 911 tape after church slaying (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 01:15 PM PDT AP - Police have released a tape of a 911 call in which a man suspected of fatally shooting a Mormon church official in Central California told officers where to find him and to be ready for "mortal combat."

Religion News in Brief (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 09:22 AM PDT AP - A lawsuit filed by a federal agency claims Somali Muslim workers at a meatpacking plant in Nebraska were denied prayer time and faced harassment and even termination for asking to pray.

New York imam: Mosque fight about Muslim role (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 08:10 AM PDT AP - The imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York said the fight is over more than "a piece of real estate" and could shape the future of Muslim relations in America.

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