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• New York imam: Mosque fight about Muslim role (AP)
• Book based on interviews with pope due out this year (Reuters)
• Felipe Oliveira Baptista named Lacoste's artistic director (AFP)
• Pope grants interviews to journalist for new book (AP)
• Suspect in Mormon church attack was former member (AP)
• Trial begins in Islamic charity tax case (AP)
• Group sues Ill. police over Muslim chaplain flap (AP)

New York imam: Mosque fight about Muslim role (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 03:43 PM PDT AP - The imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York said Tuesday the fight is over more than "a piece of real estate" and could shape the future of Muslim relations in America.

Book based on interviews with pope due out this year (Reuters) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:13 AM PDT Reuters - Pope Benedict has granted a series of interviews to a German journalist who will publish it late this year as a book in German and Italian editions, the Vatican announced on Tuesday.

Felipe Oliveira Baptista named Lacoste's artistic director (AFP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 08:59 AM PDT AFP - Portuguese designer Felipe Oliveira Baptista has been appointed creative director of Lacoste, the label with the distinctive crocodile logo announced Tuesday.

Pope grants interviews to journalist for new book (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:21 AM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI has granted a series of interviews to a German journalist that will form the basis of a new book expected later this year.

Suspect in Mormon church attack was former member (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 07:31 PM PDT AP - The suspected gunman in the fatal shooting of a Mormon church official in Central California was mentally ill and believed the church had wronged him when he was a member in the 1980s, family members said Monday.

Trial begins in Islamic charity tax case (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 08:27 PM PDT AP - The prosecution said Monday the founder of the U.S. branch of an Islamic charity accused of trying to smuggle $150,000 to Muslim fighters in Chechnya took extreme steps to leave no paper trail.

Group sues Ill. police over Muslim chaplain flap (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 05:41 PM PDT AP - A Muslim advocacy group filed a federal discrimination lawsuit Monday over an Illinois State Police decision to revoke the appointment of the agency's first Muslim chaplain.

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