2011年8月10日星期三

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Another round in Ten Commandments fight hits Fla. (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 04:33 PM PDT

In this photo taken Wednesday, July 27, 2011 the Ten Commandments monument is seen in front of the Dixie County Courthouse in Cross City, Fla. A federal judge has ordered the removal of the 5-foot granite monument that prominently displays the commandments in front of the courthouse. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - The folks who live in this sparsely populated rural region along Florida's upper west coast don't like outsiders butting in, especially when it comes to their religious beliefs.


Slaying of 3 Muslims lays bare divisions (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 12:59 PM PDT

In this combo image of undated photographs provided by family on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, from left, Haroon Jahan, Shazad Ali and Abdul Musavir who were killed when a car crashed into them on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, as they protected their community from looters in Birmingham, England. British police launched a murder investigation into the deaths of three men hit by a car in Birmingham on Tuesday, Aug. 9 who residents said were members of Birmingham's South Asian communities who had been patrolling their neighborhood to keep it safe from looters. (AP Photo/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVEAP - With police nowhere to be seen, the Muslims of Dudley Road armed themselves with bricks and stones, clubs and cricket bats to fend off carloads of marauding gangs.


Religion News in Brief (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 10:21 AM PDT

AP - NC county commissioners seek Supreme Court appeal to keep opening meetings with prayer to Jesus

Pa. pastor charged with flashing 2 women (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 09:55 AM PDT

AP - A Methodist pastor has stepped down from his suburban Philadelphia church after being accused of exposing himself to two women.

Creditors: Crystal Cathedral in Calif. must sell (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 07:25 AM PDT

AP - Creditors say they'll sue unless owners of the Crystal Cathedral megachurch agree to sell the Southern California landmark.

Jeffs' grip on polygamous church likely to remain (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 05:17 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2010 file photo, Warren Jeffs sits in the Third District Court in Salt Lake City. Jeffs’ Texas sexual assault conviction is considered a victory for prosecutors and former church members who revile him. But it may not mean much for the future of his church and the blindly faithful who follow him. Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints still revere him as a prophet, God's voice on earth, even though he was convicted for having sex with sect girls as young as 12.  (AP Photo/Trent Nelson, Pool, File)AP - Polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, to his followers a prophet who speaks directly with God, is likely to continue to lead his church from behind bars after being sentenced to life in prison on child sex assault charges.


Romanian Academy admits Jewish slur is pejorative (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 05:14 AM PDT

AP - The Romanian Academy will alter its definition of an anti-Semitic slur in a dictionary to make it clear the word is pejorative.
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