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• Islam critic backs out of West Point cadet event (AP)
• Macedonia Muslims urge restraint over carnival (AP)
• Catholics hear protests of Obama health ruling at Mass (Reuters)

Islam critic backs out of West Point cadet event (AP) Posted: 30 Jan 2012 04:13 PM PST AP - A retired U.S. lieutenant general who made comments denigrating Islam withdrew Monday from speaking at a West Point prayer breakfast after a veterans' advocacy group asked the Army chief of staff to rescind the invitation.

Macedonia Muslims urge restraint over carnival (AP) Posted: 30 Jan 2012 09:11 AM PST AP - Muslim leaders in Macedonia appealed for calm on Monday among community members outraged over a carnival in which Orthodox Christian men mocked Muslims by dressing as Burqa-clad women.

Catholics hear protests of Obama health ruling at Mass (Reuters) Posted: 29 Jan 2012 08:20 PM PST Reuters - U.S. Catholic bishops and priests across the country read out letters at Mass on Sunday protesting plans by President Barack Obama's administration to force religiously-affiliated nonprofit groups to offer birth-control coverage to women employees.

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