2010年9月1日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

John Walker Lindh seeks Ind. prison prayer ruling (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2002, file photo John Walker Lindh is seen in a photo released by the Alexandria County Sheriff's Department in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2002. The American Civil Liberties Union last Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010, filed a motion in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis on behalf of Lindh, an American-born Taliban fighter to order a federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind., where they are being held, to allow them and other Muslims in their highly restricted cell block to pray as a group, in accordance with their beliefs. (AP Photo/Alexandria County Sheriff's Department)AP - American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh and another Muslim inmate have asked a judge to order a federal prison to allow them and other Muslims in their highly restricted cell block to pray as a group, in accordance with their beliefs.

NY Muslim groups decry hostile atmosphere (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:58 PM PDT

Demonstrators hold up signs during a news conference on the step of New York's City Hall, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. More than 50 leaders of Muslim organizations in New York City are defending plans by developers to build an Islamic community center near ground zero. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - It is "unethical, insensitive and inhumane" to oppose the planned mosque near ground zero, more than 50 leading Muslim organizations said Wednesday as they cast the intense debate as a symptom of religious intolerance in America.

Mormon church, Jewish leaders tackle proxy baptism (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:38 PM PDT

AP - The Mormon church says it has changed its genealogical database to better prevent the names of Jews killed in Nazi concentration camps from being submitted for posthumous baptism by proxy.

Methodist survey aims to stop membership decline (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:01 PM PDT

Doug Kniptash, of Carmel, Ind., speaks at The Garden, a contemporary service of St. Luke's United Methodist Church at the Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre in Indianapolis on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010. A clip from the movie 'The Wizard of Oz'is shown on a screen in the background. 'Worship is like going to a mall,' the church's senior pastor, the Rev. Kent Millard said. 'There are all kinds of stores. Some people like specialty shops. Some like department stores. When you have variety, people can go where they like.' (AP Photo/Tom Strickland) (AP Photo/Tom Strickland)AP - It's the conundrum Protestant denominations with declining memberships and shrinking budgets are desperate to solve: How to stem the decades-long losses and attract new worshippers.

New York imams say Muslims are Americans, too (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 01:33 PM PDT

VIDEO: The proposed construction of a 100-million-dollar, 13-story mosque and Islamic center near Ground Zero in New York City, has stirred raw emotions in the United States as the country prepares to mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Duration: 01:00(afp.com)Reuters - New York City Muslims declared themselves just as American as opponents of an Islamic cultural center and mosque near the World Trade Center on Wednesday in a bid to seize control of a debate they appear to be losing.

Police release 911 tape after church slaying (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 01:15 PM PDT

AP - Police have released a tape of a 911 call in which a man suspected of fatally shooting a Mormon church official in Central California told officers where to find him and to be ready for "mortal combat."

Religion News in Brief (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 09:22 AM PDT

AP - A lawsuit filed by a federal agency claims Somali Muslim workers at a meatpacking plant in Nebraska were denied prayer time and faced harassment and even termination for asking to pray.

New York imam: Mosque fight about Muslim role (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 08:10 AM PDT

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, right, leads the prayers during an Iftar ceremony hosts by Dubia Scholl of Government in Dubai, United Arab Emirates,Tuesday Aug. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)AP - The imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York said the fight is over more than "a piece of real estate" and could shape the future of Muslim relations in America.

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