2012年8月29日星期三

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Mexican religious sect vows to fight to keep public schooling out of its community

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 03:40 PM PDT

NUEVA JERUSALEN, Mexico - Sprouting out of the corn fields of western Mexico rises a hill crowned with two arches and four towers, marking the gates of an improvised "holy land" that farmers built brick by brick over nearly four decades. The sprawling complex, they believed, would be the only place saved in the coming apocalypse: Nueva Jerusalen, or "New Jerusalem."

Cops: Religion not motive in attack on Jewish man

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:34 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by Bruce Tennen shows Zachary Tennen. Police say an attack on the Michigan State University student at an off-campus party is not being investigated as a hate crime. Tennen, a 19-year-old Michigan State University sophomore, told East Lansing, Mich. police his attackers asked if he was Jewish, and when he responded "yes," he was punched in the face. Tennen, from the Detroit suburb of Franklin, was recovering Tuesday from jaw surgery. He says the assault took place early Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012, at an off-campus party. (AP Photo/Courtesy Bruce Tennen)A Michigan State University student's Jewish religion was not a factor in an assault at an off-campus party, police said Wednesday, a day after the 19-year-old man claimed he was popped in the jaw as a victim of "religious hatred."


Frustrated by lack of protection, Kenyan churches sue government

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 11:57 AM PDT

In the wake of the torching of churches in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa and grenade attacks on other churches around the country, Protestant leaders are trying a new tack to get more help from the government: they're suing.

Cops: Religion not motive in Jewish student attack

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 10:27 AM PDT

This undated photo provided by Bruce Tennen shows Zachary Tennen. Police say an attack on the Michigan State University student at an off-campus party is not being investigated as a hate crime. Tennen, a 19-year-old Michigan State University sophomore, told East Lansing, Mich. police his attackers asked if he was Jewish, and when he responded "yes," he was punched in the face. Tennen, from the Detroit suburb of Franklin, was recovering Tuesday from jaw surgery. He says the assault took place early Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012, at an off-campus party. (AP Photo/Courtesy Bruce Tennen)Police say a Michigan State University student's Jewish religion doesn't appear to have been a factor in his assault at an off-campus party.


Anti-GOP protesters clash with church group

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 08:12 PM PDT

A demonstrator prepares to leave his tent, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. Protestors gathered in a camp called "Romneyville," in Tampa to march in demonstration against the Republican National Convention. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)Police officers in riot gear broke up a scuffle outside the Republican National Convention on Tuesday between anti-GOP protesters and Kansas-based church members who often picket soldiers' funerals.


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