Yahoo! News: Religion News

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• In Bain deals, Romney gave stock to Mormon church (Reuters)
• Man sentenced in anti-Obama arson of black church (Reuters)
• Religion news in brief (AP)
• Nigeria Christmas church bomb suspect escapes (Reuters)
• In Libya, a Salafi Campaign against Tombs and Heineken (Time.com)

In Bain deals, Romney gave stock to Mormon church (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:33 PM PST Reuters - Using a practice that made him eligible for large tax deductions, Mitt Romney gave the Mormon church substantial stock holdings that he obtained through his private equity firm, according to documents filed with the government and to Romney associates.

Man sentenced in anti-Obama arson of black church (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jan 2012 03:08 PM PST Reuters - A white man who admitted to helping burn down a mostly black church to protest against Barack Obama's election as the nation's first black president was sentenced on Wednesday to four-and-a-half years in prison.

Religion news in brief (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2012 12:59 PM PST AP - Maine lawmakers form legislative prayer group

Nigeria Christmas church bomb suspect escapes (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jan 2012 09:52 AM PST Reuters - The main suspect in a Christmas Day bomb attack on a church just outside Nigeria's capital escaped within 24 hours of his arrest, and the police officers involved in the case have been detained pending an investigation, the government said on Wednesday.

In Libya, a Salafi Campaign against Tombs and Heineken (Time.com) Posted: 18 Jan 2012 02:25 AM PST Time.com - In community after community, rigid fundamentalists are going after purveyors of alcohol and Muslims who pray at the burial sites of saints

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