Yahoo! News: Religion News

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• Judge dismisses lawsuit over Muslim scarf in court (AP)
• US defense of global religious freedom wanes under Obama, panel says (The Christian Science Monitor)
• French church recruits young priests via Facebook (AP)
• US panel names 13 countries as religious violators (AP)

Judge dismisses lawsuit over Muslim scarf in court (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:07 PM PDT AP - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against a Wayne County judge who was accused of violating a woman's right to practice her religion when he told her to remove her Muslim headscarf.

US defense of global religious freedom wanes under Obama, panel says (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:34 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The Obama administration has been criticized since it took office for putting realist foreign-policy goals ahead of more idealistic principles such as democracy and human rights. Now a bipartisan national commission finds President Obama wanting when it comes to defending and promoting global religious freedom, as well.

French church recruits young priests via Facebook (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 09:33 AM PDT AP - As he sat in Church last Sunday afternoon, Guillaume Humblot found himself troubled by the declining number of Catholic priests in France, and asked himself if he was ready to join the cloth.

US panel names 13 countries as religious violators (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 09:02 PM PDT AP - Saudi Arabia and China are among 13 countries a U.S. government panel named on Thursday as serious violators of religious freedom.

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