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Rainstorms, fears of swine flu snarl Islam's annual hajj, soaking millions of pilgrims
Victoria Star Online - 4 Hours ago
JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site, the Kaaba, on Wednesday in traditional white robes, with new additions - umbrellas and face masks - as the opening of the annual hajj
Many miss Hajj amid flu fears CNN
Swine flu fears for hajj pilgrims MSNBC
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UPDATE 1-Rain, floods in Saudi delay Muslim pilgrims at haj
Reuters Africa - 5 Hours ago
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Heavy rains and floods killed at least 13 people and stranded thousands of Muslim faithful in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah on Wednesday on the first day
Heavy rains, floods kill 13 in Saudi Arabia Gulf News
Rain, floods in Saudi delay Muslim pilgrims at haj InSing.com
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Islam's annual hajj: millions face fears of swine flu, soaking rains
Macleans Online - 2 Hours ago
JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site Wednesday in their traditional white robes, with a few additions - umbrellas and face masks - as the opening of the annual hajj was
Rains soak pilgrims at Islam's hajj (AAP) West Australian
Rains soak pilgrims at Islamâ??s hajj MSNBC
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CAIR to Release Report on U.S. Muslim Civil Rights
Forbes.com - 6 Hours ago
Annual study looks at Islamophobia, watch lists, surveillance of mosques, profiling WASHINGTON WHAT: CAIR to Release Annual Report on Status of American Muslim Civil Rights WHEN: Thursday, December 3
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Gordon Brown opens way for end to ban on monarchs marrying Catholics
Telegraph - 5 Hours ago
Gordon Brown has paved the way for sweeping changes to the 300-year-old law which prevents Roman Catholics ascending to the throne. Mr Brown has made it clear he also wants to change the rule of primogeniture,
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Jewish settlements 'marginal' issue: Peres
National Post - 5 Hours ago
Israel's President said yesterday expanding Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank was a 'marginal' issue blocking resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians. But Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak,
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Synagogue silver raises £175,000
BBC - 5 Hours ago
Some artefacts which went under the hammer date back to the 18th Century A synagogue in Plymouth has sold some of its religious silver for £175,000 at auction in order to boost funds. Membership numbers
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Converted when kid, woman seeks return to Hinduism
Times of India - 5 Hours ago
KUALA LUMPUR: An ethnic Indian woman in Malaysia is fighting to be recognized as a Hindu after being converted to Islam when she was a child. However, the woman has denied charges by government that she
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Turkish court blocks education reform opposed by secularists
National Post - 6 Hours ago
ANKARA -- A Turkish court Wednesday suspended a reform that would have facilitated university access for religious school graduates and was strongly opposed by secularists, the Anatolia news agency reported.
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Millionaire rabbi convicted of cocaine possession
Telegraph - 6 Hours ago
A multi-millionaire rabbi who took part in cocaine parties with prostitutes in a flat nicknamed the â??synagogue of sinâ? has been convicted of possessing drugs. Baruch Chalomish, 54, dipped into his
Rabbi cleared of supplying cocaine faces rehab Jewish Chronicle
Rabbi cleared of dealing cocaine BBC
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Hajj masks Islamic differences
CNN - 9 Hours ago
The path from the holy city of Mecca to the Mina desert turned a sea of white Wednesday as throngs of Muslims began the annual pilgrimage known as the Hajj. They came from all corners of the Earth to
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Catholic schools an oasis in Bosnia's ethnic strife
Reuters UK - 9 Hours ago
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia (Reuters Life!) - You'd never guess at first glance whether Bosnian teen Tanja Bekic is Muslim, Serb, Catholic or from a mixed marriage and that's the point of attending a Catholic
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Muslim graves hit for third time
BBC - 14 Hours ago
Vandals have targeted Muslim graves at a south Manchester cemetery for the third time in two months. More than 20 headstones at the Southern Cemetery on Barlow Moor Road were pushed over in what police
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Christian Brothers to supply 161m
RTE Online - 16 Hours ago
The Christian Brothers have said they intend to supply a 161 million package of measures as reparation for past abuses. In a statement, they said the decision had been taken following the publication
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navigating the byways: Touring the Religious Freedom Byway in Southern Maryland
Washington Post - 17 Hours ago
You mean Maryland wasn't named after the Virgin Mary? I've just been disabused of this fond notion, a product of my obviously fuzzy awareness of the state's history as the first English-speaking Catholic
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Muslims head for Mecca
IAfrica.com - 18 Hours ago
An estimated 2.5-million Muslims have converged on Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage, as workers toil round the clock to complete construction projects designed to avoid deadly stampedes. This year's
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Buddhist Benefit Concert: Another Way to Celebrate the Season of Giving
San Francisco Chronicle - 18 Hours ago
at Art House Gallery and Cultural Center, Berkeley, CA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Join Jennifer Berezan; Wes â??Scoop Nisker; Eve Decker (of Rebeccca Riots) and Kent Welsh; Betsy Rose; Alan Senauke; and Kevin
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Letter writers on a group of Christian leaders calling for civil disobedience
Washington Post - 18 Hours ago
Regarding the Nov. 21 Metro article "Christian leaders take issue with laws": If this story is to be believed, a group of conservative Christian leaders has called on Christians "not to comply with rules
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Settlement in Alaska clergy abuse case
UPI - 6 Hours ago
The diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska, reached a $9.8 million settlement regarding allegations of sexual abuse by priests, lawyers involved in the matter said. Attorney Ken Roosa, who represents 240 victims
Diocese in Alaska agrees to $10M abuse settlement Tri-City Herald Online
Fairbanks Diocese agrees to $10M abuse settlement Tri-City Herald Online
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D.C.'s social changes shift clergy's place at the table
Washington Post - 22 Hours ago
It wasn't that long ago that 'there was no such thing as putting a pastor on hold' when the leader of a D.C. church called city hall, said the Rev. Patrick J. Walker of the New Macedonia Baptist Church
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Courtland Milloy: Amid downturn, trying time for Oblate nuns
Washington Post - 23 Hours ago
These are trying times for the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first Catholic sisterhood started by women of African descent in 1831. The recession is drying up charitable contributions, and the meager
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India basks in lavish White House welcome
News Channel 21 - 97 Minutes ago
It was Washington's way of telling the world's largest democracy that it matters - despite America's ties to India's main rivals, Pakistan and China. The visit was heralded by the Indian media, which
India's first Sikh PM dines at the White House (Wed, Nov 25, 2009 8:52:26 ) EMG Online
Sikh-Americans to protest in front of White House during Indian PM visit Pakistan Times
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Mass. Sen. hopeful Pagliuca spending $5.4M on bid
Boston Globe - 4 Hours ago
BOSTON --Democratic Senate hopeful Stephen Pagliuca (pah-lee-OOH'-kah) has spent $5.4 million of his own money so far in his bid for the seat once held by the late Edward Kennedy. The multimillionaire
Mass. Sen. hopefuls: Church won't dictate policy Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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Familiar Bible phrases in culture
Philadelphia Inquirer - 6 Hours ago
Familiar Bible phrases in contemporary culture: All things to all people (1 Corinthians) Cast the first stone (John) Doubting Thomas (John) Eat, drink, be merry (Luke) Forbidden fruit (Genesis) Man after
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Police arrest man in Aylmer church arson
CBC - 6 Hours ago
Fire tore through St. Paul's Catholic Church in the Gatineau community of Aylmer on June 11. (Rebecca Zandbergen/CBC)Gatineau police have arrested a man in relation to a fire that gutted St. Paul's Catholic
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