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UJC and Jewish Federations of North America Commit $10 Million for Needs in Southern
Forbes.com - 3 Hours ago
Response to Terrorist Missile Strikes NEW YORK, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United Jewish Communities (UJC) and the Jewish Federations of North America today committed to raise $10 million to address
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Two Canadian polygamy sect leaders charged
South China Morning Post - 3 Hours ago
Two leaders of a polygamous community in western Canada have been arrested and charged with practising polygamy, British Columbia's attorney general says. Attorney General Wally Oppal said Winston Blackmore
2 leaders charged with polygamy Calgary Herald
Fundamentalist sect leaders in Canada charged with polygamy AFP via Yahoo!
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Pa. Episcopal church sues parishes for $20 million
Washington Post - 64 Minutes ago
PITTSBURGH -- The Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh is suing its breakaway parishes to recover $20 million in assets it believes were wrongfully taken when the conservative branches split from the liberal
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New Muslim Publication On Obama
Houston Chronicle - 6 Hours ago
elan Explores the Hopes and Aspirations for America's Next Leader NEW YORK, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- elan: The Guide To Global Muslim Culture announced today the publication of its special edition to coincide
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Christian sex therapist 'refused to counsel gay couples'
Telegraph - 64 Minutes ago
An employment tribunal ruled that the national counselling service Relate was entitled to dismiss Gary McFarlane after he said that encouraging gay sex went against his devout religious beliefs. The decision
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Roman Catholic church marriages fall by 24pc since 2000
Telegraph - 3 Hours ago
This is a 24 per cent fall on the figure for 2000, when there were 13,029 Catholic marriages across England and Wales. The rate of decline is twice as fast as the national rate, mainly because the Catholic
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What Facebook should have learned from religion
CNET News.com - 3 Hours ago
When I was little, my parents used to drag me along to a Catholic Church so that I could spiritually contemplate my day of rest. While there was no way I could question that I would go to hell if I used
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Imprisoned Gambia missionaries' friend to seek clemency
Telegraph - 4 Hours ago
Jim Rae, a water engineer from Motherwell and a missionary himself, previously worked for six years in the country, including drilling two boreholes on President Yahya Jammeh's personal projects. 'I hope
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Outrage over Jewish-owned shops boycott
The Times - 5 Hours ago
Jewish leaders in Rome today expressed outrage over a trades union proposal to 'identify and boycott' Jewish-owned shops in the Italian capital amid fears of a resurgence of anti-Semitism linked to Israeli
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Vatican to exhibit art at the Venice Biennale
The Times - 5 Hours ago
In a move to counteract 'blasphemous' modern art the Vatican is for the first time to exhibit artworks at the Venice Biennale in a 'national pavilion'. Monsignor Gianfranco Ravasi, head of the Pontifical
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Pope condemns Gaza violence after aide angers Jews
Reuters India - 7 Hours ago
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Thursday condemned the use of violence by Israel and Hamas Islamists in Gaza a day after one of his senior aides angered Jews by calling the strip 'a big concentration
Pope deplores Gaza violence ansa.it
Pope condemns violence by Israel and Hamas The Times
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Tim Footman: Sussex vicar is right to remove a 'scary' crucifix from his church.
Guardian Unlimited - 7 Hours ago
Comments in chronological order (Total comment) Loading 0% complete Loading comments... In order to post a comment you need to be registered and signed in. Register | Sign in Staff Contributor In order
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'Concentration camp' remark threatens Pope's visit
The Times - 12 Hours ago
A question mark hangs over Pope Benedict XVI's planned trip to Israel in May after Israeli officials expressed outrage over a Vatican statement comparing Gaza to a 'big concentration camp'. Echoing Pope
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US rabbi spearheads care package campaign
San Francisco Chronicle - 13 Hours ago
Troops won't have to dry their underwear on tank carriers thanks to a New York rabbi who raised more than $100,000 in two days to buy care packages for soldiers involved in Israel's offensive against
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Gaza conflict has caused fury among British Muslims
Telegraph - 15 Hours ago
In a letter to the Prime Minister, they said anger had grown to 'acute levels of intensity' and that Britain's failure to condemn Israel's actions would strengthen groups seeking disenchanted young Muslims.
Gaza conflict has caused fury among British Muslims leaders tell Gordon Brown Telegraph
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Open letter: Leading Muslim counter-extremism advisers urge Gordon Brown to hold
Guardian Unlimited - 16 Hours ago
More than a dozen of the government's leading Muslim counter-extremism advisers have signed a joint letter to Gordon Brown to warn that Israeli actions in Gaza are damaging the British government's efforts
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Ariane Sherine: Why should we put up with religious ads on the sides of buses?
Guardian Unlimited - 18 Hours ago
Yesterday I walked to work and saw not one, but two London buses with the question: 'When the son of man comes, will he find faith on the earth?' (Luke 18:8). It seems you wait ages for a bus with an
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Church money allegedly used for vasectomy
MSNBC - 21 Hours ago
MARION, Ind. - An Indiana prosecutor says a former church official is charged with stealing more than $276,000 from church accounts and using some of the money to pay for a vasectomy. Grant County Prosecutor
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Vatican deplores Gaza situation
BBC - 23 Hours ago
Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed in the past weeks The Pope's justice minister, Cardinal Renato Martino, has sharply criticised Israel's actions and likened the Gaza Strip to a 'big concentration
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Analysis: Bountiful case likely to stir up religious freedoms debate
National Post - 24 Hours ago
The charges brought yesterday against two leaders in the polygamous community of Bountiful, B.C., are likely the first steps in a process that could see Canada's anti-polygamy law struck down as unconstitutional.
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Harris Sikh sues IRS after losing job over religious knife
Houston Chronicle - 4 Hours ago
Kawaljeet Kaur Tagore, right, sued the Internal Revenue Service this week. The agency fired her for refusing to take off her kirpan while at work. Sikhism was revealed to Guru Nanak more than 500 years
Local Sikh sues IRS after losingjob over religious knife Lucianne.com
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Union proposes Israeli boycott in Rome
UPI - 5 Hours ago
boycott' Jewish-owned shops, officials said. The proposal came amid amid fears of a resurgence of anti-Semitism linked to Israeli actions in the Gaza Strip, where Israeli troops and Hamas forces are battling,
Jews in Rome outraged over boycott call Ynet News
Outrage over proposal to boycott Jewish-owned shops The Times
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BT Upgrade: Meeting the Chief Priest of a Malaysian Shrine
Budget Travel - 61 Minutes ago
Want an Upgrade? Enter here. The upgradee 'I'm celebrating my 40th birthday in Malaysia. When in Kuala Lumpur, I'm going to the Blue Mosque and the Batu Caves, as I find religious architecture fascinating.
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B.C. polygamist leader claims religious persecution
CTV.ca - 68 Minutes ago
BOUNTIFUL, B.C. -- The leader of a breakaway religious sect in British Columbia says the decision of the B.C. Crown to charge him for practising polygamy is religious persecution. Winston Blackmore said
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Religious schools throughout the country receive registration for pre-schoolers
Government of Brunei - 103 Minutes ago
In Brunei Darussalam, religious education is also of great significance for sustainable progress. Wednesday saw the commencement of the first term of religious schools for 2009 with institutions throughout
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