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Muslims find new Ramadan fast partners: Christians

Stephen James Johnson September 19, 2009

From the Associated Press. Like Muslims worldwide, Ben Ries has refrained from food and drink from sunrise to sundown in an act of self-restraint during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which ends...

Jewish leaders calling for ethical renewal

Stephen James Johnson September 18, 2009

From the Associated Press. NEWARK, N.J. – Jewish leaders are calling on U.S. rabbis to emphasize the faith's ethical requirements in their sermons during Rosh Hashana in response to recent financial...

Jewish activists concerned ahead of UNESCO vote

Stephen James Johnson September 17, 2009

From the Associated Press. By ANGELA DOLAND, Associated Press Writer Angela Doland, Associated Press Writer – PARIS – He's an Egyptian culture minister who once threatened to burn...

Archaeologists find early depiction of a menorah

Stephen James Johnson September 14, 2009

From the Associated Press. JERUSALEM – Israeli archaeologists have uncovered one of the earliest depictions of a menorah, the seven-branched candelabra that has come to symbolize Judaism, the Israel...

Texas church marks 10 years since rampage killed 7

Stephen James Johnson September 14, 2009

From the Associated Press. FORT WORTH, Texas – A Texas church where a gunman left seven people dead and seven wounded marked the tragedy's 10-year anniversary on Sunday with a chilling recollection...

Yale criticized for nixing Muslim cartoons in book

Stephen James Johnson September 9, 2009

From the Associated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Yale University has removed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad from an upcoming book about how they caused outrage across the Muslim world, drawing criticism...

Breakaway Episcopalians look to US high court

Stephen James Johnson September 9, 2009

From the Associated Press. NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – Marcia Kear's three daughters were married at St. James Anglican Church. Her mother's funeral was there. She said she found the Holy Spirit there. But...

Gunman in LA Jewish center attack says he’s sorry

Stephen James Johnson September 9, 2009

From the Associated Press LOS ANGELES – A white supremacist who killed a postal worker and wounded five people at a Los Angeles area Jewish community center in a 1999 shooting spree says he has renounced...

Berlusconi allies work to patch up church ties

Stephen James Johnson August 31, 2009

From the Associated Press ROME – Allies of the Italian government have pledged to patch up ties with the Catholic church, after a newspaper in Premier Silvio Berlusconi's media family attacked a Catholic...

Muslim woman told to remove scarf sues Mich. judge

Stephen James Johnson August 27, 2009

From The Associated Press SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – A Muslim woman on Wednesday sued a Michigan judge for telling her to remove her headscarf in his courtroom, claiming he violated her First Amendment right...

Church says God will hold Pa. gunman accountable

The Associated Press August 10, 2009

FOREST HILLS, Pa. – If prayers were said Sunday for the soul of the gunman who killed three women at a Pennsylvania health club, they were not by the parishioners of a church where he apparently...

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