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• Irish Muslim arrested in Dublin over Obama threats (AP)
• Who's Behind Egypt's Sectarian Violence? (Time.com)
• Catholic-Protestant leaders reappointed in Belfast (AP)
• Religion news in brief (AP)
• Egypt moves to combat violence against Christians (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Obama talks immigration at Hispanic prayer event (AP)
• Chinese churches petition parliament for religious reform (Reuters)
• With heavy heart, Christians leave Baghdad (AFP)

Irish Muslim arrested in Dublin over Obama threats (AP) Posted: 12 May 2011 04:50 PM PDT AP - Police arrested Ireland's most notorious Muslim convert Thursday over his reported death threats against President Barack Obama.

Who's Behind Egypt's Sectarian Violence? (Time.com) Posted: 12 May 2011 01:50 PM PDT Time.com - In the recent Muslim-Christian riots, some see pro-Mubarak forces trying to derail the revolution, while others see the hand of creeping Islamic fundamentalism. Either way, it's a reminder that Egypt's problems aren't going away by themselves

Catholic-Protestant leaders reappointed in Belfast (AP) Posted: 12 May 2011 01:20 PM PDT AP - The Catholic and Protestant leaders of Northern Ireland's government were appointed Thursday to new four-year terms and planned to form the rest of their Cabinet next week as power-sharing — the central goal of a U.S.-brokered 1998 peace accord — passed another positive milestone.

Religion news in brief (AP) Posted: 12 May 2011 11:53 AM PDT AP - Navy halts move to allow gay unions by chaplains

Egypt moves to combat violence against Christians (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 12 May 2011 09:35 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Egypt’s interim government said Wednesday it will draft a new law to ease restrictions on building churches, potentially rectifying one of the most apparent forms of discrimination against Christians in Egypt.

Obama talks immigration at Hispanic prayer event (AP) Posted: 12 May 2011 07:16 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says those opposing a pathway to citizenship for the millions of undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. shouldn't have amnesia about how the country began. He says America is a nation of immigrants.

Chinese churches petition parliament for religious reform (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2011 01:06 AM PDT Reuters - Seventeen churches in China have appealed to China's lawmakers to provide legal protection of religious freedom after police detained dozens of Christians from a Beijing church that has been trying to hold outdoor services.

With heavy heart, Christians leave Baghdad (AFP) Posted: 12 May 2011 12:25 AM PDT AFP - Bassam Anis was for a long time an optimist, but persistent attacks against his Christian community convinced him that his home country, Iraq, no longer offered him solace. So, on April 30, he fled.

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