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• Detroit prayer event puts Muslim community on edge (AP)
• Mexican interior minister killed in helicopter crash (Reuters)
• Obama shocked and saddened at Mexico minister's death (Reuters)
• Why the Religious Right Can't Seem to Get the Candidate It Wants (Time.com)
• Swedish Lutheran church hosts 'techno Mass' (AP)
• Methodist clergy face discipline over gay unions (AP)
• Study links religious services to optimism (Reuters)
• Malaysia states eye harsher laws for Muslim gays (Reuters)

Detroit prayer event puts Muslim community on edge (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2011 05:08 PM PST AP - A group that counts Islam among the ills facing the nation began a 24-hour prayer rally Friday evening in an area with one of the largest Muslim communities in the United States.

Mexican interior minister killed in helicopter crash (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2011 03:24 PM PST Reuters - Mexican Interior Minister Francisco Blake was killed in a helicopter crash on Friday, a blow to the government as it fights powerful drug cartels.

Obama shocked and saddened at Mexico minister's death (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2011 02:21 PM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama called his Mexican counterpart Friday to express his sorrow at the death of Mexican Interior Minister Francisco Blake in a helicopter crash, the White House said.

Why the Religious Right Can't Seem to Get the Candidate It Wants (Time.com) Posted: 11 Nov 2011 01:55 PM PST Time.com - Was it just a month ago that religious conservatives were busy trying to stir up concerns about Mormonism and rally evangelicals behind Rick Perry?

Swedish Lutheran church hosts 'techno Mass' (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2011 11:53 AM PST AP - The blare of techno music throbbed through the streets of Stockholm as churchgoers lined up outside the Church of All Saints for a service far removed from quiet meditation.

Methodist clergy face discipline over gay unions (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2011 11:40 AM PST AP - The Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Church says it will continue to enforce church rules against clergy officiating at same-sex unions.

Study links religious services to optimism (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2011 06:26 AM PST Reuters - Regular attendance at religious services is associated with a more optimistic outlook and a lesser inclination to be depressed, compared to those who do not attend services at all, a study concluded on Thursday.

Malaysia states eye harsher laws for Muslim gays (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2011 06:25 AM PST Reuters - Two Malaysian states are set to change their Islamic laws to punish Muslims who engage in homosexuality, raising the prospect of gay Muslims being punished twice and stoking concerns about rising intolerance toward same-gender relationships.

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