2010年9月14日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


French Senate passes ban on full Muslim veils (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2010 05:40 PM PDT

France's Kenza Drider , wearing a niqab,  drives a car  in Avignon, southern France, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010.   A ban on the burqa-style veil, to be voted on Tuesday in the Senate, would affect only a tiny minority of Muslim women — estimated at less than 2,000 — making it far less controversial than France's 2004 ban on Muslim headscarves in classrooms, which proliferated in heavily immigrant neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)AP - The French Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a bill banning the burqa-style Islamic veil on public streets and other places, a measure that affects less than 2,000 women but that has been widely seen as a symbolic defense of French values.


Smaller crowds anticipated in UK for papal visit (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2010 12:32 PM PDT

The leader of Roman Catholics in England and Wales said Wednesday he was confident the faithful would show AP - Smaller crowds than initially expected will attend events scheduled during Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Britain, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales said Tuesday.


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