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• Muslims throng mosques to celebrate end of Ramadan (AP)
• Obama says Koran burning can badly damage U.S. abroad (Reuters)
• Florida church says Koran burning off, as Obama urges calm (AFP)
• Florida church may not burn Qurans, but Kansas church says it will (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Atheist billboard provokes Oklahoman Christians (AP)
• Away from Ground Zero, US Muslims celebrate Eid as usual (AFP)
• Mosque furor, Quran burning: Anti-Islamic fervor mobilizes US Muslims (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Pa. mosque opens peacefully near synagogue, church (AP)
• Australia's Catholic church bans pop songs at funerals (Reuters)

Muslims throng mosques to celebrate end of Ramadan (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 02:25 PM PDT AP - Far from the din and controversy roiling interfaith relations in the West, Muslims worldwide thronged mosques, cafes and parks Friday in a solemn and joyful end to the fasting month of Ramadan.

Obama says Koran burning can badly damage U.S. abroad (Reuters) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 02:16 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Friday appealed to Americans to respect the "inalienable" right of religious freedom and expressed hope a Florida Christian preacher would abandon a plan to burn the Koran that could deeply hurt the United States abroad.

Florida church says Koran burning off, as Obama urges calm (AFP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 02:03 PM PDT AFP - A tiny Florida church Friday sought to quell a storm of protest saying its threatened Koran burning was cancelled, as President Barack Obama pleaded for religious tolerance.

Florida church may not burn Qurans, but Kansas church says it will (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 01:50 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., may have “suspended” plans to burn copies of the Quran on the anniversary of 9/11. But the controversial Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., says it will burn the Quran. In fact, it already has.

Atheist billboard provokes Oklahoman Christians (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 01:22 PM PDT AP - Atheists in Oklahoma City have erected a billboard seeking fellow non-believers, and Satanists have scheduled a conference in a city-owned building, drawing criticism from ministers in a state where more than eight out of 10 people say they are Christians.

Away from Ground Zero, US Muslims celebrate Eid as usual (AFP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:05 PM PDT AFP - Muslims in Los Angeles celebrated the end of Ramadan as usual even as the feast in New York was clouded by the anniversary of 9/11 and contested plans for a mosque near Ground Zero.

Mosque furor, Quran burning: Anti-Islamic fervor mobilizes US Muslims (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 10:49 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - With the emotional uproar over plans to build an Islamic community center near ground zero raging, a canceled Quran burning in Florida, and protests against mosques across the country, American Muslims are stepping up public-relations efforts to counter what many observers see as a growing anti-Islam fervor.

Pa. mosque opens peacefully near synagogue, church (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 02:45 AM PDT AP - A new mosque recently opened in this well-to-do suburb of Philadelphia, but not many people noticed.

Australia's Catholic church bans pop songs at funerals (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2010 11:46 PM PDT Reuters - Football club songs and pop or rock music have been banned from funerals in Catholic churches in Australia under new guidelines distributed this week to priests and funeral directors.

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