2010年9月12日星期日

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Fears rise over growing anti-Muslim feeling in U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 09:53 AM 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)Reuters - Amid threats of Koran burning and a heated dispute over a planned Muslim cultural center in New York, Muslim leaders and rights activists warn of growing anti-Muslim feeling in America partly provoked for political reasons.


Different pope, different times for British trip (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 03:24 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, May 28, 1982 file photo, Pope John Paul II walks with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in London. Pope John Paul II sought to overcome centuries of distrust when he became the first pope  to visit British shores in 1982, preaching reconciliation between the Vatican and Anglicans even as British troops battled Catholic Argentines in the Falklands. His successor, Benedict XVI, can expect a far cooler — if not at times downright hostile — reception in his upcoming state visit. (AP Photo/pool, file)AP - The Falklands war was in full swing and John Paul II was in London as the first pope ever to set foot on English soil.


No Koran burning, but activists gather outside US church (AFP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 12:48 AM PDT

Some of the several hundred protestors outside Pastor Terry Jones's Dove World Outreach Center, September 11, 2010 in Gainesville, Florida. The church had planned to burn Korans today, but relented after world pressures mounted.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)AFP - Police sent reinforcements to separate angry activists gathered outside the US church where Korans were to be burned, even though the church's controversial pastor called off the event.


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