2011年1月27日星期四

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Egypt arrests Muslim Brotherhood leaders (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 05:34 PM PST

Reuters - Egypt rounded up members of the Muslim Brotherhood including at least eight senior leaders of the group ahead of planned countrywide protests on Friday, a lawyer representing the detained men said.

Study sees global Muslim population surge (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 01:46 PM PST

Abeer Gaber, 23, attends the 9/11 Interfaith Peace Vigil at the Islamic Center of Southern California in Los Angeles in 2010. The world's Muslim population will grow twice as fast as non-Muslims over the next 20 years according to a new study, which predicted that Muslims within a generation will make up more than a quarter of the global population.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)AFP - The world's Muslim population will grow twice as fast as non-Muslims over the next 20 years and will account for a quarter of people on the planet, a study forecast Thursday.


Santorum to headline Catholic group event in Mass. (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 11:12 AM PST

AP - Possible Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum is headlining a benefit for a Massachusetts Catholic group.

Muslim birth rate falls, slower population growth (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 09:16 AM PST

A woman and her daughter wear green headbands, symbols of the Imam Hussein family, during a Shi'ite Ashura religious festival in Khorramabad, 491 km (305 miles) southwest of Tehran, December 15, 2010. REUTERS/Morteza NikoubazlReuters - Falling birth rates will slow the world's Muslim population growth over the next two decades, reducing it on average from 2.2 percent a year in 1990-2010 to 1.5 percent a year from now until 2030, a new study says.


Report: Muslim cleric arrested by US border agents (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 06:09 PM PST

AP - The Los Angeles Times reports a Muslim cleric who was deported from Canada to Tunisia has been arrested near San Diego after allegedly sneaking across the border from Mexico and hiding in the trunk of a BMW.
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