Yahoo! News: Religion News

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• 'Jewish Indiana Jones' charged in NY Torah fraud (AP)
• Religion News in Brief (AP)
• Duke prof.: American's religious faith waning (AP)
• With CIA help, NYPD moves covertly in Muslim areas (AP)

'Jewish Indiana Jones' charged in NY Torah fraud (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 03:43 PM PDT AP - A Jewish charity co-founder who claimed he crisscrossed the globe rescuing Torahs as a "Jewish Indiana Jones" surrendered Wednesday to face mail and wire fraud charges after authorities said he duped benefactors by fabricating dramatic stories about sometimes dangerous trips, including to concentration camp sites in Poland and Germany.

Religion News in Brief (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 08:33 AM PDT AP - Calif. Senate panel OKs statewide rules on male circumcision after ban effort in San Francisco

Duke prof.: American's religious faith waning (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 08:27 AM PDT AP - Despite the prominence of religious believers in politics and culture, America has shrinking congregations, growing dissatisfaction with religious leaders and more people who do not think about faith, according to a new study by a Duke University expert.

With CIA help, NYPD moves covertly in Muslim areas (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2011 04:26 PM PDT AP - Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the New York Police Department has become one of the nation's most aggressive domestic intelligence agencies, targeting ethnic communities in ways that would run afoul of civil liberties rules if practiced by the federal government, an Associated Press investigation has found.

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