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• Muslim employee: Disney banned her head scarf (AP)
• Most U.S. Religious Leaders Support 'Ground Zero Mosque' (Time.com)
• Some Muslims question mosque near ground zero (AP)
• Need prayer? Calif. drive-thru takes orders to go (AP)
• Muslims in Manhattan say they need a place to pray (Reuters)
• Sept 11 anniversary set for Muslim center marches (Reuters)
• Religion News in Brief (AP)
• Poland's cross wars revive debate on role of church (Reuters)

Muslim employee: Disney banned her head scarf (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:03 PM PDT AP - A Muslim woman who works as a hostess at a Disneyland restaurant alleged Wednesday the theme park would not allow her to appear in front of customers while wearing her head scarf.

Most U.S. Religious Leaders Support 'Ground Zero Mosque' (Time.com) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 03:55 PM PDT Time.com - Most prominent religious leaders in the U.S. support the planned mosque near Ground Zero. There is no hesitation, however, about Franklin Graham's opposition

Some Muslims question mosque near ground zero (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 03:48 PM PDT AP - American Muslims who support the proposed mosque and Islamic center near ground zero are facing skeptics within their own faith — those who argue that the project is insensitive to Sept. 11 victims and needlessly provocative at a time when Muslims are pressing for wider acceptance in the U.S.

Need prayer? Calif. drive-thru takes orders to go (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 12:50 PM PDT AP - Joyce Kim needed a sign to remind her to pray.

Muslims in Manhattan say they need a place to pray (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 11:23 AM PDT Reuters - Muslims in lower Manhattan who have prayed in a crowded basement or in the streets say they are not looking for confrontation with opponents of a new mosque. They simply need the space.

Sept 11 anniversary set for Muslim center marches (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 09:05 AM PDT Reuters - Opponents and supporters of a planned Muslim cultural center and mosque near the site of New York's World Trade Center will mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks with dueling events.

Religion News in Brief (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 08:38 AM PDT AP - A prestigious North Carolina private college cannot have police officers with the power to arrest suspects and enforce state law because the school is a religious institution, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.

Poland's cross wars revive debate on role of church (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 06:45 AM PDT Reuters - A simple wooden cross honouring victims of a plane crash that killed Poland's president in April has spurred demands that the influence of the powerful Roman Catholic Church be pared back to forge a more secular Poland.

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