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• Defiant Florida church says Koran burning to go ahead (AFP)
• Muslim mason immortalized at French cathedral (AP)
• Clinton slams 'disgraceful' Koran-burning, but pastor defiant (AFP)
• Florida church says Koran burning will go ahead (AFP)
• Religion news in brief (AP)
• Pope thanks UK for 'vast' efforts for trip (AP)
• Call for Sept 11 truce over New York Muslim Center (Reuters)
• Florida pastor not backing down on Koran-burning (Reuters)
• Abstinent Mormon farmers grow barley for beer (AP)
• Religious leaders condemn "anti-Muslim" frenzy (Reuters)
• Backers of NYC Islamic center appear divided (AP)
• Dove World church plan for Koran burning triggers counterprotests (The Christian Science Monitor)

Defiant Florida church says Koran burning to go ahead (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 02:20 PM PDT AFP - A small Florida church Wednesday shrugged off a wave of global outrage and vowed to go ahead with a Koran burning ceremony, as local officials drew up plans to tamp down the protest.

Muslim mason immortalized at French cathedral (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:49 PM PDT AP - A Muslim stonemason who spent nearly four decades helping to restore a Roman Catholic cathedral in France has been immortalized as a winged gargoyle peering out from its facade — with the inscription "God is great" written in French and Arabic.

Clinton slams 'disgraceful' Koran-burning, but pastor defiant (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:36 PM PDT AFP - An evangelical pastor insisted his plans to torch the Koran would go ahead after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the "disgraceful" burning ceremony in Florida.

Florida church says Koran burning will go ahead (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 08:50 AM PDT AFP - A small Florida church Wednesday brushed aside global outrage and vowed to go ahead with burning some 200 Korans, as local officials drew up plans to try to tamp down the protest.

Religion news in brief (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 07:00 AM PDT AP - In a move that stunned parishioners, the Boston Archdiocese shut down a Quincy church last weekend, five years after it was allowed to remain open as a chapel.

Pope thanks UK for 'vast' efforts for trip (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 05:49 AM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI thanked the British on Wednesday for the "vast amount of work" they have put into his upcoming visit and said he hoped their efforts would pay off.

Call for Sept 11 truce over New York Muslim Center (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 05:48 AM PDT Reuters - Families of September 11 victims are arguing whether to call a truce on the anniversary of the 2001 attacks on the United States as debate rages over plans for a Muslim center near the World Trade Center site.

Florida pastor not backing down on Koran-burning (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 04:58 PM PDT Reuters - An obscure U.S. Christian pastor whose plan to burn copies of the Koran on September 11 has sparked an international outcry said on Wednesday he would go ahead with the event despite warnings it would endanger American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Abstinent Mormon farmers grow barley for beer (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:26 AM PDT AP - Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo might seem like an unlikely person to be pushing a bill to cut federal taxes on small beer-makers: A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he abstains from alcohol.

Religious leaders condemn "anti-Muslim" frenzy (Reuters) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 09:58 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. religious leaders on Tuesday condemned an "anti-Muslim frenzy" in the United States, including plans by a Florida church to burn a Koran on September 11, an act a top general said could endanger American troops abroad.

Backers of NYC Islamic center appear divided (AP) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 04:16 PM PDT AP - The group of Muslims planning to build a 13-story Islamic center and mosque near ground zero appears plagued by divisions that raise questions about the future of the project, with one major investor saying he is prepared to sell some or all of the site if the price is right.

Dove World church plan for Koran burning triggers counterprotests (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 03:48 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The Gainesville, Fla., pastor leading a campaign to burn copies of the Koran on Sept. 11 is no stranger to controversy.

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