2010年10月7日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Southern Baptist leader on yoga: Not Christianity (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 04:04 PM PDT

In this photo taken Friday, Sept. 24, 2010, Stephanie Dillon conducts a yoga class in Louisville, Ky. Dillon's practice of yoga puts her at odds with Southern Baptist Seminary President Albert Mohler who feels the stretching and meditative discipline derived from Eastern religions is not a Christian pathway to God. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)AP - A Southern Baptist leader who is calling for Christians to avoid yoga and its spiritual attachments is getting plenty of pushback from enthusiasts who defend the ancient practice.

US condemns deadly bombings at Pakistani shrine (AFP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 03:29 PM PDT

Pakistani security officials cordon off the blast site following two bomb explosions at the entrance of the shrine to Sufi saint Abdullah Shah Ghazi in Karachi. The United States on Thursday condemned the bomb blasts that killed eight worshippers, adding there was no AFP - The United States on Thursday condemned twin bomb blasts that killed eight worshippers at a packed Sufi shrine in Pakistan, adding there was no "political justification" for such an attack.

France's constitutional watchdog endorses veil ban (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 10:38 AM PDT

France's top legal authority approved a law banning full-face veils in public, the last hurdle for the ban, which aims to protect women's rights but has been criticised as stigmatising Muslims. Prime Minister Francois Fillon, pictured on October 6, immediately hailed the judgment as AP - France's constitutional watchdog on Thursday endorsed a divisive law forbidding face-covering Islamic veils anywhere in public, but expressed concern about applying it in places of worship such as a mosque.

Pope taps Italian to head office for world priests (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 04:28 AM PDT

AP - The pope has tapped an Italian to head the Vatican office in charge of the world's 400,000 Catholic priests.

Top US Court hears free speech claim by anti-gay church (AFP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 07:50 PM PDT

Jacob Phelps (L) and Daniel Phelps, members of Westboro Baptist Church from Topeka, Kansas, stand in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. The US Supreme Court Wednesday weighed whether an anti-gay religious group that pickets military funerals with signs that read AFP - The US Supreme Court weighed whether an anti-gay religious group that pickets military funerals with signs that read "Thank God for dead soldiers" is exercising its right to free speech or invading a grieving family's privacy.

What Supreme Court justices asked at Westboro Baptist Church hearing (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 03:06 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In a classic battle over free speech in America, the US Supreme Court on Wednesday took up the case of a grieving father who said his son’s military funeral was tarnished forever by religious zealots wielding offensive signs and a message of hate.

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