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• Fight over control of polygamous church begins (AP)
• Farrakhan: Libya has lent Nation of Islam millions (AP)
• NY boy, 12, charged with hate crime on Muslim (AP)
• 400-year-old King James Bible found in English church (Reuters)
• Defendant testifies in NJ church shooting trial (AP)
• Religion news in brief (AP)
• Ex-foreign minister could be key to Gadhafi ouster (AP)
• White House: Libyan's exit a 'major defection' (AP)
• New York boy, 12, arrested for attack on Muslim female classmate (Reuters)
• Mixed picture for church donations in 2010 (Reuters)

Fight over control of polygamous church begins (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:07 PM PDT AP - A rival church elder is fighting to keep jailed polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs in charge of his Utah-based church after another member seized the presidency this week.

Farrakhan: Libya has lent Nation of Islam millions (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:03 PM PDT AP - Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan reiterated his defense of Moammar Gadhafi on Thursday, calling the embattled Libyan leader a friend and Muslim brother who's lent the movement $8 million over the years.

NY boy, 12, charged with hate crime on Muslim (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 02:57 PM PDT AP - A 12-year-old boy accused of trying to rip the head scarf off a Muslim classmate during recess has been charged in New York City with a hate crime.

400-year-old King James Bible found in English church (Reuters) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 02:18 PM PDT Reuters - A printing error helped a 12th century English village church realize it owned a rare 400-year-old King James Bible, the book that changed the world.

Defendant testifies in NJ church shooting trial (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 02:12 PM PDT AP - A California man charged with killing his estranged wife and another parishioner inside a New Jersey church took the stand Thursday to describe the killings and a marriage full of turbulence that he blamed on meddling from her family and members of their insular, ancient Christian sect.

Religion news in brief (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 01:39 PM PDT AP - Ex-Sarkozy aide lashes out at debate on Islam

Ex-foreign minister could be key to Gadhafi ouster (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 01:25 PM PDT AP - Moussa Koussa is the ultimate Libyan insider, a one-time intelligence chief and the keeper of Moammar Gadhafi's darkest secrets.

White House: Libyan's exit a 'major defection' (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:39 AM PDT AP - The White House calls the resignation and departure of a top Libyan official a significant blow to the regime of Moammar Gadhafi and says it signals that his inner circle is "crumbling."

New York boy, 12, arrested for attack on Muslim female classmate (Reuters) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:11 AM PDT Reuters - A 12-year-old schoolboy was arrested for a possible hate crime after he attacked a Muslim student and attempted to tear off her religious headscarf at school in New York, authorities said on Thursday.

Mixed picture for church donations in 2010 (Reuters) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:20 AM PDT Reuters - Donations increased at 43 percent of U.S. churches last year, the third annual "State of the Plate" survey found on Wednesday.

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