2011年12月19日星期一

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


2 Muslim men kicked off flight sue 2 air carriers (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 02:54 PM PST

AP - Two Muslim men who say they were kicked off an airplane in May after the pilot objected to their presence are suing Delta Air Lines Inc. and a regional carrier that operated the Delta Connection flight from Memphis to Charlotte, N.C.

Film shows spread of conservative Islam in secular Syria (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 10:31 AM PST

Reuters - A film about one of thousands of Koranic schools for girls in Syria has shocked some Syrians but impressed others with the implication that one of the bastions of Arab secularism has become a deeply religious society.

Hungary's top court strikes down new religion law (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 09:16 AM PST

AP - Hungary's Constitutional Court has struck down the country's restrictive new church law as well as parts of its disputed media law and the criminal code.

India uproar at call in Russia to ban Hindu holy book (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 07:17 AM PST

Reuters - Angry Indian lawmakers forced parliament to close Monday and protesters gathered outside a Russian consulate over a Siberian trial calling for one of Hinduism's most holy books to be put on a list of banned literature that includes Hitler's Mein Kampf.

Pope OKs 7 new saints, including Hawaii's Marianne (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 06:56 AM PST

AP - Pope Benedict XVI has approved seven new saints for the Catholic Church, including Hawaii's Mother Marianne and a 17th-century Native American, Caterina Tekakwitha.
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