Yahoo! News: Religion News

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• Prosecutors: $30M Ponzi scheme targeted Muslims (AP)
• Clinton critical of religious freedom in Europe (AFP)
• Clinton: US opposes religious defamation bans (AP)
• Rev. to NJ church leaders: Thou shalt not Facebook (AP)
• Religion news in brief (AP)
• Pope urges freedom for Pakistani Christian (AP)
• Church arsonist pleads guilty in Mass. case (AP)
• Polish board game celebrates late pope's travels (AP)
• Minn. Catholic school deletes student editorials (AP)

Prosecutors: $30M Ponzi scheme targeted Muslims (AP) Posted: 17 Nov 2010 03:19 PM PST AP - A taxi driver turned prominent businessman in Chicago's South Asian community is among three people indicted for defrauding hundreds of Muslim investors out of $30 million, in part by promising that investments complied with Islamic law, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

Clinton critical of religious freedom in Europe (AFP) Posted: 17 Nov 2010 01:48 PM PST AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized Wednesday the state of religious freedom in Europe, as Washington highlighted policies and attitudes toward Muslim veils and Islam as a whole.

Clinton: US opposes religious defamation bans (AP) Posted: 17 Nov 2010 01:10 PM PST AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that Islamic nations and others are restricting free speech by attempting to ban statements defaming religion. She declared the Obama administration's opposition.

Rev. to NJ church leaders: Thou shalt not Facebook (AP) Posted: 17 Nov 2010 10:27 AM PST AP - Thou shalt not commit adultery. And thou also shalt not use Facebook.

Religion news in brief (AP) Posted: 17 Nov 2010 10:21 AM PST AP - Nearly 3 million Muslims performing the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia climbed the rocky desert Mount Arafat on Monday, chanting that they have come to answer God's call.

Pope urges freedom for Pakistani Christian (AP) Posted: 17 Nov 2010 07:54 AM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday urged the release of a Christian woman in Pakistan facing the death sentence on a charge of blasphemy.

Church arsonist pleads guilty in Mass. case (AP) Posted: 17 Nov 2010 06:05 AM PST AP - A Massachusetts man serving a federal prison sentence for burning down a predominantly black church hours after Barack Obama was elected president has been sentenced to six years in a case brought by state prosecutors.

Polish board game celebrates late pope's travels (AP) Posted: 17 Nov 2010 06:00 AM PST AP - Poles have a new way to remember the late Pope John Paul II: a board game that celebrates the Polish-born pontiff's extensive travels.

Minn. Catholic school deletes student editorials (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2010 06:38 PM PST AP - Editorials in a Catholic prep school's student newspaper about same-sex marriage and gay teenagers are sparking debate about free speech in Minnesota.

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