Yahoo! News: Religion News

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• Muslims to NY attorney general: Investigate NYPD (AP)
• US Rep Jackson faces first Democratic challenge (AP)
• Muslim groups plan rally after NYPD intel report (AP)
• UK minister quits Cabinet to fight criminal charge (AP)
• NATO mulls paying for Afghan forces after 2014 (AP)
• Former German minister gets cake in face (AP)
• Court rules against abortion protester's lawsuit (AP)
• Obama says his policies are extension of his faith (AP)

Muslims to NY attorney general: Investigate NYPD (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2012 04:30 PM PST AP - Thirty-three civil rights groups from around the country complained to the New York attorney general Friday about police documents that showed the New York Police Department recommending increased surveillance of Shiite mosques based on their religion.

US Rep Jackson faces first Democratic challenge (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2012 01:13 PM PST AP - The former congresswoman and one-time Mary Kay saleswoman dashed up to the pulpit of the black megachurch and offered stories of growing up poor and raising two children on her own as she tried to win the congregation's support for her bid to unseat Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.

Muslim groups plan rally after NYPD intel report (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2012 07:14 AM PST AP - Muslim groups and interfaith leaders are holding a rally in the wake of a report about New York Police Department intelligence.

UK minister quits Cabinet to fight criminal charge (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2012 06:43 AM PST AP - British leader David Cameron made a third unwanted shake up of his government since 2010 on Friday after Cabinet minister Chris Huhne quit as prosecutors charged him over an alleged attempt to pin a speeding penalty on his ex-wife.

NATO mulls paying for Afghan forces after 2014 (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2012 05:16 AM PST AP - NATO's top official said Friday that the alliance expects regional powers to contribute to a multibillion dollar fund to finance the Afghan army and police after they assume full responsibility for the war in 2014.

Former German minister gets cake in face (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2012 02:12 AM PST AP - Former German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg is brushing aside a cake-in-the-face attack, saying in a Facebook posting that at least he didn't go hungry at an event in Berlin.

Court rules against abortion protester's lawsuit (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 08:58 PM PST AP - A federal appeals court in Philadelphia has ruled that an anti-abortion protester arrested near the Liberty Bell in 2007 can't collect damages from park rangers who detained him.

Obama says his policies are extension of his faith (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 07:22 PM PST AP - Blending politics and religion, President Barack Obama said his Christian faith is a driving force behind his economic policies, from Wall Street reform to his calls for the wealthy to pay higher taxes.

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