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• Farrakhan charges Jews with 'anti-black' behavior (AP)
• Report: 1 in 9 of histoic English churches at risk (AP)
• 'Mobile mosques' for Saudi fans (AFP)
• Leading figure in Swiss Jewish community dies (AP)
• Pope to create new office to fight secularization (AP)

Farrakhan charges Jews with 'anti-black' behavior (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 05:36 PM PDT AP - Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan has written the leaders of more than a dozen major U.S. Jewish groups and denominations seeking "repair of my people from the damage" he claims Jews have caused blacks for centuries.

Report: 1 in 9 of histoic English churches at risk (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 04:07 PM PDT AP - About one in nine of England's historically important places of worship are in a bad state of repair, and rural churches tend to be in worse shape than ones in cities, according to research released Wednesday by a conservation group.

'Mobile mosques' for Saudi fans (AFP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 12:15 PM PDT AFP - If you can't beat 'em, join 'em: Saudi Arabia's religious police, who once used staves to prod people to the mosque at prayer time, are taking the mosque to football fans for the World Cup.

Leading figure in Swiss Jewish community dies (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 08:04 AM PDT AP - Alfred Donath, a Jewish activist who helped Holocaust victims and their heirs recover money from Swiss banks, has died. He was 78.

Pope to create new office to fight secularization (AP) Posted: 28 Jun 2010 10:09 PM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI is creating a new Vatican office to fight secularization and "re-evangelize" the West — a tacit acknowledgment that his attempts to reinvigorate Christianity in Europe haven't succeeded and need a new boost.

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