Yahoo! News: Religion News

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• Walking 40 miles in Jesus' shoes (AP)
• Egypt's Islamists claim most seats in run-offs (Reuters)
• Religion new in brief (AP)
• Top NATO official counters Russia threat as waste (AP)
• Game on in Iowa as GOP attacks target Gingrich (AP)
• Europe's radical right focuses on fighting Islam (AP)
• Using Islam to counter jihad in southern Thailand (The Christian Science Monitor)

Walking 40 miles in Jesus' shoes (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2011 11:33 AM PST AP - A new trail across northern Israel offers travelers the chance to walk — or trot — through New Testament sites in the footsteps of Jesus.

Egypt's Islamists claim most seats in run-offs (Reuters) Posted: 07 Dec 2011 02:02 PM PST Reuters - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood won a majority of run-off contests in the first round of a parliamentary election, the electoral commission said on Wednesday, to consolidate its position as the clear front-runner.

Religion new in brief (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2011 09:46 AM PST AP - Western Pa. town rejects atheist banner for inclusion in holiday display including Nativity

Top NATO official counters Russia threat as waste (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2011 11:44 AM PST AP - Russian countermeasures to NATO's ballistic missile defense system would be a waste of money because they would be aimed at an "artificial enemy," NATO's top official said Wednesday.

Game on in Iowa as GOP attacks target Gingrich (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2011 03:54 PM PST AP - Inviting contrasts with thrice-married religious convert Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney cast himself as a man of consistency in religion and matrimony Wednesday as he and other GOP candidates went after the latest front-runner in a strikingly aggressive new phase of the Republican campaign.

Europe's radical right focuses on fighting Islam (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2011 01:11 AM PST AP - As daylight broke on June 4, worshippers found a mosque in southern Denmark defaced with drawings of the Prophet Muhammad and slogans urging Muslims to "go home."

Using Islam to counter jihad in southern Thailand (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Dec 2011 11:27 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - A group of men, most wearing Muslim prayer caps, stand at attention. At the front of the room, an imam leads the group as they shout, “I will sacrifice everything, even my own life, to protect the purity of Islam.”

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