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• Philly warns church over bell-ringing at 7 a.m. (AP)
• Florida pastor cancels Koran-burning plan (Reuters)
• Pastor nixes Quran-burning, claims NYC mosque deal (AP)
• Obama sends greeting on Muslim holiday (AP)
• GOP official Haley Barbour: Obama not a Muslim, but he is mysterious (The Christian Science Monitor)
• 50,000 Hasidic mark Jewish New Year in Ukraine (AP)
• New Muslim college welcomes freshmen in California (AP)
• Pastor calls off Koran burning, claims deal over NY mosque (AFP)
• New York mosque imam regrets 'pain' over project (AFP)

Philly warns church over bell-ringing at 7 a.m. (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 02:57 PM PDT AP - A Philadelphia church could face fines because the city says its 7 a.m. bell-ringing may violate a noise ordinance.

Florida pastor cancels Koran-burning plan (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:08 PM PDT Reuters - A Christian pastor on Thursday canceled a plan to burn copies of the Koran at his obscure Florida church, which had drawn international condemnation and a warning from President Barack Obama that it could provoke al Qaeda suicide bombings.

Pastor nixes Quran-burning, claims NYC mosque deal (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:43 PM PDT AP - The anti-Muslim leader of a tiny Florida church backed off his threat to burn the Quran, defusing an international firestorm Thursday after he said he was promised that a planned Islamic center and mosque would be moved away from New York's ground zero. The imam planning the center, however, quickly denied such a deal.

Obama sends greeting on Muslim holiday (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:23 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is sending best wishes to Muslims worldwide as they celebrate Eid-al-Fitr (ayd ahl-FIH'-tur), which marks the end of the holy month of fasting and prayer known as Ramadan (RAH'-mah-dahn).

GOP official Haley Barbour: Obama not a Muslim, but he is mysterious (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 08:06 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Republican Governors Association Chair and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Wednesday that he accepted “just totally at face value” President Obama’s affirmations that he is a Christian, but added that Americans know less about the chief executive than “any other president in history.”

50,000 Hasidic mark Jewish New Year in Ukraine (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:29 AM PDT AP - Tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews from around the world gathered in a small Ukrainian city Thursday to mark the Jewish New Year at the tomb of their spiritual leader — an apparent record for the annual all-male pilgrimage banned for decades by the Soviets.

New Muslim college welcomes freshmen in California (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 02:44 AM PDT AP - Amid the uproar over the proposed mosque near ground zero in New York, a new Islamic college recently opened its doors in California with plans to educate a new generation of Muslim-American leaders.

Pastor calls off Koran burning, claims deal over NY mosque (AFP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:40 PM PDT AFP - A radical Florida pastor abandoned on Thursday plans to burn hundreds of Korans in an act world leaders feared could spark a fierce Muslim backlash around the globe.

New York mosque imam regrets 'pain' over project (AFP) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 06:16 AM PDT AFP - The cleric behind a proposed Islamic center in New York said he would not have planned it so close to the site of the September 11, 2001 attacks had he foreseen the level of "pain" triggered by the controversial project.

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