Yahoo! News: Religion News

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• US sues school over denial of Muslim pilgrimage (AP)
• French court annuls fine for driver in Muslim veil (AP)
• Iranian president sacks foreign minister (Reuters)

US sues school over denial of Muslim pilgrimage (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 04:53 PM PST AP - The federal government sued a suburban Chicago school district Monday for denying a Muslim middle school teacher unpaid leave to make a pilgrimage to Mecca that is a central part of her religion.

French court annuls fine for driver in Muslim veil (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 12:22 PM PST AP - A French court on Monday annulled a fine given to a woman driver wearing an Islamic face veil, months before a ban on wearing the garments goes into effect.

Iranian president sacks foreign minister (Reuters) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 11:33 AM PST Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed his long-serving foreign minister on Monday and named one of his own close allies, Iran's nuclear chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, as his interim replacement.

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