2010年8月19日星期四

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Obama a Muslim? Rumors gain steam, defying facts (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 05:07 PM PDT

President Barack Obama is greeted by Rep. Bill Delahunt, D-Mass., as he deplanes from Air Force One at the Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station in Bourne, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, as he travel to Martha's Vineyard, Mass. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - "President Obama is a Muslim." "He's not an American citizen." "He wasn't even born here."


Mosque Controversy: Does America Have a Muslim Problem? (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT

The former Burlington Coat Factory building that will make way for the Time.com - American Islamophobia: At least six mosque projects across the U.S., not just in New York, have faced bitter opposition this year


In Murfreesboro, Tenn.: Church 'Yes,' Mosque 'No' (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Time.com - Local Muslims want to build a church next to a Baptist Church but somehow thIngs just keep getting in the way

More Americans say Obama is Muslim (AFP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:28 PM PDT

An activist from Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia, which believes Barack Obama is responsible for a war on Muslims, throws a shoe at a poster of the US president on March 5 ahead of a visit by Obama to the world's most populous Muslim-majority country. A new poll has found one in five Americans mistakenly believes that Obama is Muslim, the Washington Post reported.(AFP/File/Mochammad Risyal Hidayat)AFP - Roughly one in five Americans wrongly says President Barack Obama is a Muslim, according to two new US opinion polls out Thursday amid a furor over a planned mosque near New York's "Ground Zero."


White House says Obama is Christian, prays daily (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 02:34 PM PDT

President Barack Obama waves as he deplanes from Air Force One at the Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station in Bourne, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, as he travels to Martha's Vineyard, Mass. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - President Barack Obama is a Christian who prays daily, a White House official said Thursday, trying to tamp down growing doubts about the president's religion.


Australian court tells Muslim witness to remove veil (AFP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 12:40 AM PDT

A court in the Australian city of Perth (seen here) ruled that a Muslim witness must remove her face-covering veil to give evidence at a fraud trial, stoking national debate on the issue.(AFP/File/Tony Ashby)AFP - An Australian court ruled Thursday that a Muslim witness must remove her face-covering veil to give evidence at a fraud trial, stoking national debate on the issue.


Muslim employee sues US Disneyland over headscarf ban (AFP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 11:07 PM PDT

A Muslim woman is suing Disneyland, accusing the company's California theme park of discrimination for telling her she could not serve customers if she chose to wear a headscarf(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)AFP - A Muslim woman is suing Disneyland, accusing the company's California theme park of discrimination for telling her she could not serve customers if she chose to wear a headscarf.


Most U.S. Religious Leaders Support 'Ground Zero Mosque' (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 09:05 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

US lawmakers urge probe on Vietnam Catholic clash (AFP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 07:45 PM PDT

A Vietnamese vendor shows off a painting at a shop selling Catholic religious items next to a church in Ho Chi Minh-City. US lawmakers urged a UN probe into violence in a Vietnamese Catholic village after families said that authorities used deadly force to break up a religious procession.(AFP/File/Hoang Dinh Nam)AFP - US lawmakers urged a UN probe into violence in a Vietnamese Catholic village after families said that authorities used deadly force to break up a religious procession.


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