2012年4月12日星期四

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Egypt ex-VP: I joined race to stop religious state

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An Egyptian man ties him self to a cross on a light pole while protesting the presidential elections nomination of the ousted president's spy chief Omar Suleiman at Tahrir square, Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, April 11, 2012. The candidate for Egypt's most influential political force, the Muslim Brotherhood, has warned that the country's upcoming presidential race may be rigged, a sign of rising tensions as his group faces off against one of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak's most powerful deputies. Arabic on the billboard reads Hosni Mubarak's former spy chief said in comments published Thursday that he decided to run for president to prevent Islamists from turning Egypt into a "religious state," and warned that the country would be internationally isolated if one of them won the presidency.


Trial expert: Church could have gone to police

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An expert on Roman Catholicism told jurors Thursday that no church law prevented the Philadelphia archdiocese from relaying to police the scores of complaints coming in about priests molesting children.

Egypt: Candidate Suleiman warns of religious state

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An Egyptian man ties him self to a cross on a light pole while protesting the presidential elections nomination of the ousted president's spy chief Omar Suleiman at Tahrir square, Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, April 11, 2012. The candidate for Egypt's most influential political force, the Muslim Brotherhood, has warned that the country's upcoming presidential race may be rigged, a sign of rising tensions as his group faces off against one of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak's most powerful deputies. Arabic on the billboard reads Hosni Mubarak's former spy chief said in comments published Thursday that he decided to run for president to prevent Islamists from turning Egypt into a "religious state," and warned that the country would be internationally isolated if one of them won the presidency.


Oxford, Vatican team up to digitize ancient texts

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Oxford University and the Vatican are teaming up to make 1.5 million pages of ancient texts available for free online over the next four years.

Oxford, Vatican team up to digitize ancient texts

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Oxford University and the Vatican are teaming up to make 1.5 million pages of ancient texts available for free online over the next four years.Oxford University said Thursday the digitization will focus ...

Expert: Church can investigate sex-abuse reports

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An expert on Roman Catholic church law is testifying in the trial of a Philadelphia monsignor charged with endangering children during the priest sex-abuse scandal.

18 jailed for life over India's 2002 religious riots

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Men have been jailed for crimes when Hindu rioters set fire to a house with Muslim families trapped insideA court in India on Thursday sentenced 18 men to life imprisonment over the killing of 23 Muslims during religious riots in the western state of Gujarat in 2002 that left more than 2,000 dead.


Egypt candidate Suleiman warns of religious state

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An Egyptian man ties him self to a cross on a light pole while protesting the presidential elections nomination of the ousted president's spy chief Omar Suleiman at Tahrir square, Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, April 11, 2012. The candidate for Egypt's most influential political force, the Muslim Brotherhood, has warned that the country's upcoming presidential race may be rigged, a sign of rising tensions as his group faces off against one of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak's most powerful deputies. Arabic on the billboard reads Hosni Mubarak's former vice president said he decided to run for president to prevent Islamists from turning Egypt into a "religious state."


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