2011年6月15日星期三

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Farrakhan defends Libya, lambasts UN, US, NATO (AP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 01:17 PM PDT

AP - Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan on Wednesday lambasted the U.N., the U.S., and the "coalition of demons" that he said makes up NATO, accusing them of trying to assassinate Moammar Gadhafi and promote regime change in Libya.

Religion news in brief (AP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 11:31 AM PDT

AP - Southern Baptists re-elect president who challenged them

Minister Shocked Somalia Isn't Worst Country for Women (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 11:04 AM PDT

The Atlantic Wire - Related: Life as an Afghan Soap Opera Actress

Pakistan's female madrassas breed radicalism (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 05:19 AM PDT

Reuters - Varda is an accountancy student who dreams of working abroad. Dainty and soft-spoken, the 22-year-old aspires to broaden her horizons, but when it comes to Islam, she refuses to question the fundamentalist interpretations offered by clerics and lecturers nationwide.

Muslim soldier opposed to war faces porn charge (AP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 12:23 AM PDT

AP - A Muslim soldier from Fort Campbell has been approved as a conscientious objector to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but he has now been charged with possession of child pornography.

Southern Baptists elect black pastor to No. 2 post (AP)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 07:56 PM PDT

Pastor Fred Luter acknowledges the crowd at the Southern Baptist Convention prior to to being elected as the first African-American vice president of the organization, Tuesday, June 14, 2011, in Phoenix.  The move to elect Luter comes at the same time the SBC is making a push for greater participation among what it sometimes calls its 'non-Anglo' members in the life of the convention, particularly in leadership roles.  Luter's church is one of an estimated 3,400 black churches in the nation's largest Protestant denomination, a small minority of more than 45,700 total SBC-affiliated churches with about 16 million members total. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - Members of the Southern Baptist Convention elected an African-American pastor to its No. 2 position for the first time on Tuesday, signifying an effort to diversify its leadership and flock at a time of declines in overall membership and church attendance.


South Asia's growing modernity masks women's plight (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 07:39 PM PDT

A woman harvests wheat stalks in a village near Abbottabad May 5, 2011.REUTERS/Erik de CastroReuters - South Asia may boast a number of women leaders and be home to cultures that revere motherhood and worship female deities, but many women live with the threat of appalling violence and without many basic rights.


Southern Baptists elect African-American to VP (AP)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:59 PM PDT

AP - The nation's largest Protestant denomination has chosen an African-American to serve as its No. 2 officer in an historic election.

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