Yahoo! News: Religion News

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• Muslim summit planned over NYC Islamic center (AP)
• Ohio man faces hate crimes charge in church arson (AP)
• Pope calm after 6 nabbed in suspected terror plot (AP)
• Feathers fly in Israel over sacrificial chickens (Reuters)
• Friends, neighbors share memories of blast victims (AP)

Muslim summit planned over NYC Islamic center (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 04:52 PM PDT AP - Some Muslims who were initially indifferent about a proposed Islamic center near the World Trade Center site are now rallying around the plan, partly in response to a sense that their faith is under assault.

Ohio man faces hate crimes charge in church arson (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 04:35 PM PDT AP - An Ohio man has been indicted on a federal hate crimes charge in what authorities say was a racially motivated arson at a church with a mostly black congregation.

Pope calm after 6 nabbed in suspected terror plot (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 04:46 PM PDT AP - Police raided a garbage depot and arrested street cleaners in a suspected terror plot against Pope Benedict XVI on Friday. Undeterred, the pontiff stuck to his message, reaching across Britain's religious and secular divide to demand a greater role for faith in public life.

Feathers fly in Israel over sacrificial chickens (Reuters) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 02:57 AM PDT Reuters - A ritual sacrifice of chickens that are also twirled about one's head to atone for sins ahead of the Yom Kippur holiday has come under fire in Israel where animal activists want it outlawed.

Friends, neighbors share memories of blast victims (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2010 04:43 PM PDT AP - The five women grew up together and shared high school and college graduations, weddings, the births of their children and family vacations.

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