2010年8月25日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Church Almost Bought Park51 Site Near Ground Zero in 2004 (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 04:05 PM PDT

Time.com - One New York City Anglican congregation thought the site would have been "strategic" but backed away after it figured out the cost

New Lutheran group likely to rise from gay discord (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 03:27 PM PDT

In this Aug. 24, 2010 photo, Rev. Richard Mahan, lead pastor at St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Charleston, W.V., stands outside the church where Lutheran pastors are preparing for the formation of the new North American Lutheran Church in Hilliard, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)AP - Richard Mahan and Anita Hill are both Lutheran pastors who were inside a Minneapolis convention hall last summer when delegates for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voted to allow non-celibate gay and lesbian pastors.

NY Muslim project spurs support coalition (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 03:14 PM PDT

Dominick DeRubbio holds a picture of his uncle David DeRubbio, who died in the World Trade Center attacks, during a rally held to oppose a proposed Muslim cultural center and mosque near the World Trade Center site in New York August 22, 2010. Supporters and opponents of a proposed Muslim cultural center and mosque near the World Trade Center site rallied in downtown Manhattan on Sunday, kept blocks apart by a heavy police presence. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - Muslim, Jewish, Christian and civic groups formed a coalition on Wednesday to back a plan for a Muslim center near the site of the World Trade Center attacks in New York that has sparked heated national debate.

Susan Boyle says singing for Pope is "dream come true" (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:45 PM PDT

Susan Boyle sings Reuters - Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle said on Wednesday that performing for Pope Benedict during his visit to Britain next month was "her greatest dream come true."

Man held without bail in NYC cab driver stabbing (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:40 PM PDT

This undated photograph provided by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance shows taxi driver Ahmed H. Sharif in a hospital in New York. A drunken passenger riding in a New York City taxi cab attacked the driver after asking him if he was Muslim, police said. Sharif was treated for cuts to the throat, upper lip, forearm and thumb. (AP Photo/New York Taxi Workers Alliance) NO SALESAP - A college student who did volunteer work in Afghanistan was charged Wednesday with using a folding tool to slash the neck and face of a New York City taxi driver after the driver said he is Muslim.

Religion News in Brief (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:04 AM PDT

AP - Local governments can offer religious holiday displays, provided other beliefs are allowed to display their holiday symbols, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli wrote in an advisory opinion.

1001 Inventions: Science in Muslim lands (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 05:15 AM PDT

In this photo of Monday Aug. 23, 2010 visitors view a piece at the '1001 Inventions' exhibit in Istanbul, Turkey.The exhibition about innovation in Muslim civilization seeks to highlight what organizers say is an overshadowed period of history, a 'Golden Age' in which advances in engineering, medicine and architecture laid groundwork for Western progress from the Renaissance until modern times. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)AP - For generations, the lore of "One Thousand and One Nights" helped shape Western notions about Muslim culture. The collection of tales described an exotic world of harems and flying carpets, Sinbad and monsters, Aladdin and the jinn, Ali Baba and the 40 thieves.

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