2011年6月28日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


Dissent in the Muslim Brotherhood: How Egypt's Big Tent Party Isn't Big Enough (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 01:55 PM PDT

Time.com - Now a group of prominent young Brothers have decided to go their own way, setting up the Egyptian Trend Party

Pope tweets for the first time (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 11:59 AM PDT

AP - Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday tweeted for the first time, announcing the launch of a Vatican news information portal.

Fopo news roundup: Pawlenty raps GOP, Obama as timid; the pope tweets (The Envoy)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 11:46 AM PDT

The Envoy - • IMF names France's Christine Lagarde as new managing director. (New York Times) • GOP presidential hopeful former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty staked out familiar hawkish terrain in foreign policy speech, taking swipes at GOP isolationism and mocking Obama's "timid" reaction to the Arab Spring; audience reaction was skeptical. (New York Times; Washington Post; Business [...]

Pope praises Jesus in first Twitter message (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 10:17 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI wearing a red Saturn hat, arrives to lead his weekly general audience at St Peter's Square at the Vatican on June 22. Pope Benedict XVI wrote a message on Twitter on Tuesday praising Jesus and announcing the launch of a new Vatican website in the first AFP - Pope Benedict XVI wrote a message on Twitter on Tuesday praising Jesus and announcing the launch of a new Vatican website in the first "tweet" by a leader of the Roman Catholic Church.


Muslim accuses Abercrombie of banning head scarf (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 09:57 AM PDT

Reuters - A Muslim woman alleged in a lawsuit against Abercrombie & Fitch that she was forbidden from wearing her head scarf while working at one of the company's northern California clothing stores.

Jewish groups ask Vatican to punish Polish priest (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 09:27 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2007 file picture made available by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI shakes hands with Rev. Tadeusz Rydzyk in Castel Gandolfo on the hills overlooking Rome. Rydzyk, a controversial Polish priest and media mogul has sparked an uproar in Poland by calling the country a 'totalitarian state' that 'hasn't been ruled by Poles since 1939', a statement many interpret as code for saying Jews are secretly running the country. The priest, who has been accused in the past of fomenting anti-Semitism through his politically influential, ultra-Catholic radio station Radio Maryja, made the comments at the European Parliament last week. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, File)  EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - International Jewish groups have called on the Vatican to sanction a prominent Polish priest who they say uses his media empire to foment anti-Semitism.


Dutch vote to ban religious slaughter of animals (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 09:10 AM PDT

Reuters - The Dutch parliament voted on Tuesday to ban ritual slaughter of animals, a move strongly opposed by the country's Muslim and Jewish minorities, but left a loophole that might let religious butchering continue.

WWII anti-Jewish pogrom commemorated in Romania (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 09:09 AM PDT

Descendants of Jews killed during the Iasi pogrom in Romania joined survivors in ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of one of the single worst Holocaust atrocities.(AFP/Andrei Nacu)AFP - Descendants of Jews killed during the Iasi pogrom in Romania joined survivors Tuesday in ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of one of the single worst Holocaust atrocities.


Christians issue rule book for spreading faith (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 06:53 AM PDT

Reuters - A coalition of major Christian churches including the Vatican launched a rule book on Tuesday for spreading their faith that aims to reduce hostility from Islam and other religions to efforts to convert their followers.

Romania marks 70 years since Jewish WWII pogroms (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 06:14 AM PDT

AP - The president of Romania says his compatriots need to take responsibility for their "serious mistakes of the past," such as the pogroms during World War II.

Cardinal Scola named Milan archbishop (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 04:28 AM PDT

AP - Pope Benedict XVI appointed Venice patriarch Cardinal Angelo Scola as archbishop of Milan on Tuesday, moving him to a high profile position in the Italian Catholic church.

US Muslim woman sues Abercrombie over hijab (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 06:19 PM PDT

A US Muslim woman sued Abercrombie & Fitch on Monday, accusing the clothing retailer of firing her for refusing to remove her religious head scarf, a Muslim advocacy group said.(AFP/File/Eric Piermont)AFP - A US Muslim woman sued Abercrombie & Fitch, accusing the clothing retailer of firing her for refusing to remove her religious head scarf, a Muslim advocacy group said.


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