2010年8月8日星期日

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


2 killed by car after church service in Maryland (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 05:55 PM PDT

AP - Authorities say two family members have been killed and third seriously injured when a car plowed into a group gathered on the side of the road after a church service in northern Maryland.

Far from ground zero, opponents fight new mosques (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 01:16 PM PDT

FILE - This July 14, 2010 file photo shows protester Greg Johnson, right, and counter protesters Ina Marshall and Tim Foster, left, arguing during a demonstration against a planned mosque and Islamic community center in front of the Rutherford County Courthouse in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Mosques around the country are facing resistance similar to the opposition against a proposed Islamic center near ground zero in New York, but the anger and fear is a little sharper. (AP Photo/Christopher Berkey, file)AP - Muslims trying to build houses of worship in the nation's heartland, far from the heated fight in New York over plans for a mosque near ground zero, are running into opponents even more hostile and aggressive.


Muslim History Belies Stereotypes in 'Ground Zero Mosque' Dispute (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 10:20 AM PDT

Time.com - The richness and diversity of the Muslim experience in America belies the radical stereotypes in popular culture and political parlance

Cardinal says Scots fed up with U.S. over Lockerbie (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 02:36 AM PDT

Reuters - The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland launched a scathing attack on U.S. politicians on Sunday saying they were in no moral position to lecture Scottish ministers over the Lockerbie bomber's release.

Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 01:12 AM PDT

Muslim men read the Koran, Islam's holy book in a mosque in Dubai. Nearly a billion and a half Muslims worldwide this week begin the annual holy month of Ramadan, a time of prayer and fasting that commemorates the divine revelation received by the Prophet Mohammed.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)AFP - Nearly a billion and a half Muslims worldwide this week begin the annual holy month of Ramadan, a time of prayer and fasting that commemorates the divine revelation received by the Prophet Mohammed.


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