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• NY gov slammed for 'westernized' Muslims comment (AP)
• Lutherans split over gay pastors, Bible beliefs (AP)
• Church: Calif. minister guilty for marrying gays (AP)
• Fundraising effort begins for NYC Islamic center (AP)
• Ground Zero Muslim center may get public financing (Reuters)
• Bikini-clad strippers protest church in rural Ohio (AP)
• Muslims, Jews still like Obama as his approval rating slips (AFP)
• The chubby girl from Ipanema? Brazil puts on weight (Reuters)
• Vatican: Church defends rights of Gypsies (AP)
• Is New York cabbie stabbing result of 'anti-Muslim hysteria'? (The Christian Science Monitor)

NY gov slammed for 'westernized' Muslims comment (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 05:10 PM PDT AP - Muslim leaders in the United States are criticizing Gov. David Paterson for his description of the developers of an Islamic center and mosque planned near ground zero as peaceful, "almost westernized" Muslims.

Lutherans split over gay pastors, Bible beliefs (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 03:06 PM PDT AP - Critics of the country's largest Lutheran denomination and its more open stance toward gay clergy formed a new Lutheran church Friday at a meeting of a conservative activist group.

Church: Calif. minister guilty for marrying gays (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 02:51 PM PDT AP - A retired Presbyterian minister was found guilty of misconduct Friday by a church court for officiating the weddings of 16 gay couples when same-sex marriage was legal in California.

Fundraising effort begins for NYC Islamic center (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:27 PM PDT AP - The developer behind plans to build an Islamic community center and mosque two blocks from ground zero kicked off fundraising for the project Friday by raising $10,000 in just a few minutes from a congregation of Muslim worshippers.

Ground Zero Muslim center may get public financing (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:54 PM PDT Reuters - The Muslim center planned near the site of the World Trade Center attack could qualify for tax-free financing, a spokesman for City Comptroller John Liu said on Friday, and Liu is willing to consider approving the public subsidy.

Bikini-clad strippers protest church in rural Ohio (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:36 PM PDT AP - Strippers dressed in bikinis sunbathe in lawn chairs, their backs turned toward the gray clapboard church where men in ties and women in full-length skirts flock to Sunday morning services.

Muslims, Jews still like Obama as his approval rating slips (AFP) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 11:01 AM PDT AFP - Muslims and Jews in the United States remain among the most ardent supporters of President Barack Obama, whose overall job approval ratings have been falling sharply, a Gallup poll showed Friday.

The chubby girl from Ipanema? Brazil puts on weight (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 10:09 AM PDT Reuters - Brazilians' waistlines are bulging, belying the country's image as a place of buff sun worshipers and lithe soccer players.

Vatican: Church defends rights of Gypsies (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 04:03 AM PDT AP - The Vatican's top official for migrants says the church's defense of Gypsies expelled by France isn't meddling in politics.

Is New York cabbie stabbing result of 'anti-Muslim hysteria'? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 04:12 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In the wake of a knife attack on a Muslim New York City taxi driver, Islamic leaders are calling for an end to anti-Muslim rhetoric that many say has proliferated on talk radio and cable TV amid the heated debate over the planned Islamic center near ground zero.

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