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• U.S. Muslim students get probation in speech case (Reuters)
• Jail or church? Some Alabama offenders will get to choose (Reuters)
• Muslim students get probation for disrupting speech (Reuters)
• Calif. Muslim students guilty of disrupting speech (AP)
• ACLU: Ala. town cannot impose church sentences (AP)
• Muslim nations criticize Israel over nukes (AP)
• Pope meets with German sex abuse victims (AP)
• Pope meets abuse victims during German trip (Reuters)
• Hell-questioning pastor leaving Mich. megachurch (AP)
• Pakistan warns U.S. "You will lose an ally" (Reuters)

U.S. Muslim students get probation in speech case (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 04:33 PM PDT Reuters - Ten Muslim college students from Southern California were convicted on Friday of unlawfully disrupting a speech by Israel's ambassador to the United States last year and placed on probation.

Jail or church? Some Alabama offenders will get to choose (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 03:47 PM PDT Reuters - Starting on Monday, nonviolent offenders in Bay Minette, Alabama, will get to choose whether to serve their sentence in a jail cell or a church pew.

Muslim students get probation for disrupting speech (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 03:47 PM PDT Reuters - Ten Muslim college students from Southern California were convicted and placed on probation on Friday for unlawfully disrupting a speech by Israel's ambassador to the United States last year.

Calif. Muslim students guilty of disrupting speech (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 03:39 PM PDT AP - A jury on Friday convicted 10 Muslim students of disrupting a talk by the Israeli ambassador on a university campus in a case that has stoked an intense debate about free speech.

ACLU: Ala. town cannot impose church sentences (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 03:08 PM PDT AP - A civil liberties group said Friday that an Alabama town should not start an alternative sentencing program that would give non-violent offenders a new choice: Go to jail, or go to church.

Muslim nations criticize Israel over nukes (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:27 AM PDT AP - Muslim countries at a 151-nation conference demanded Friday that Israel open its nuclear program to international purview, asserting that its undeclared arsenal is a threat to Mideast peace.

Pope meets with German sex abuse victims (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 01:18 PM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI met with German victims of sexual abuse by priests and expressed "deep compassion and regret" at the suffering of those abused by members of the clergy, the Vatican said Friday.

Pope meets abuse victims during German trip (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 03:14 PM PDT Reuters - Pope Benedict held a surprise meeting on Friday with victims of clerical sexual abuse and expressed his deep regret for their suffering, saying the church was committed to the protection of children, the Vatican said.

Hell-questioning pastor leaving Mich. megachurch (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2011 03:23 AM PDT AP - An evangelical pastor who stirred firestorm this year with his book that questions traditional Christian beliefs about hell is leaving his Michigan megachurch to share his message with a broader audience.

Pakistan warns U.S. "You will lose an ally" (Reuters) Posted: 22 Sep 2011 09:57 PM PDT Reuters - Pakistan's foreign minister said on Thursday the United States risks losing an ally if it continues to publicly criticize Islamabad's performance in the war against militancy.

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