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Sugar Creek man has tended grass at Independence religious site ... 4 May 08, 23:43 ET By BRIAN BURNES It’s springtime, and that means mowing about 2.5 acres of grass for Dennis Seger weekly in April and May. For more than 35 years, ... more Religious group to e-mail primary voters 4 May 08, 22:23 ET By Ralph Z. Hallow Redeem the Vote - the evangelicals' version of MTV's Rock the Vote - will send 1.5 million e-mails to North Carolina and Indiana voters ... more Religion permeates life, relations in Iraq 4 May 08, 21:30 ET By Allan Collins There are lots of things I just don’t understand about Iraq in particular and the Middle East in general. One of these things is the role ... more For god's sake, don't exploit religion for political gain 4 May 08, 20:57 ET New Delhi May 5: Perhaps one of the most misunderstood religions in the world is that which Prophet Mohammad originally presented before us. ... more Ministry Of Religious Affairs Holds Dikir Syarafil Anam 4 May 08, 20:34 ET Bandar Seri Begawan - Twenty-four groups participated in the quarterfinal level of Dikir Syarafil Anam (Dikir Brunei) contest among the departments under the Ministry of Religious Affairs held at the Pusat Dakwah Islamiah Hall in Pulaie, Berakas. more Kapok Religious School Triumphs In Rawi Reading Competition 4 May 08, 20:34 ET Bandar Seri Begawan - Kapok Religious School, Muara won the Rawi Reading' Competition for both boys' and girls' categories among all religious schools in the Brunei II Zone 2008/1429. more Documents show UK post-WWII dilemma over Jewish refugees 4 May 08, 19:05 ET AP - Documents released Monday show how the British government tried to send thousands of Palestine-bound Jewish survivors of the Nazi genocide back to postwar Germany without inflaming world opinion. more Independence Day among religious Zionists: Less happy, more questions 4 May 08, 18:59 ET By Nadav Shragai When the author SY Agnon wrote the prayer for the welfare of Israel after the War of Independence, he could not have imagined that 60 years ... more The African-American Religious Experience Theology & Practice 4 May 08, 18:41 ET by Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. [ed. The Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., the former senior pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, ... more Suicide Bombing wounds 30 at HQ of religious group in northwest ... 4 May 08, 18:10 ET Written by Riaz Khan, AP PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Officials say a suicide attacker struck the headquarters of a Taliban-style religious group today, ... more Church recognizes Virgin Mary appearances in France 4 May 08, 17:39 ET AP - A Roman Catholic bishop said Sunday that the church has officially recognized that the Virgin Mary appeared to a 17th-century shepherd girl in the French Alps. more Scrap religious studies from curriculum 4 May 08, 17:09 ET By Don Wanyama I read with concern an article in The New Vision of April 29, where the lands commission boss, Mayanja Nkangi, was lamenting over a Cabinet ... more Rangel says issue of religion will 'come back to haunt us' 4 May 08, 15:03 ET (CNN) — Hillary Clinton supporter Rep. Charles Rangel, D-New York, attacked the media coverage of Barack Obama’s former pastor on CNN’s “Late Edition”, ... more Racists, religious fanatics are idiots, says Museveni 4 May 08, 14:27 ET President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday spoke angrily on the rising racial segregation and religious fundamentalism in the world, calling the extremists “idiots” who must be shunned. more The state of religion in China 4 May 08, 13:46 ET That's the subject of this Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life report, which includes lots of polling data. Comments limited to 30 words or less are ... more Tax Protesters vs, the Government's Religion 4 May 08, 12:07 ET "'They all go to trial,' he said. 'They have a given belief system and are all incapable of admitting they are wrong. You hope to talk some out of it and ... more Religion, Culture, and Society 4 May 08, 11:30 ET Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivering a speech to the families of war veterans, martyrs and war wounded in Fars Province: "By standing by Islamic ... more Zimbabwean police violently disperse religious group in Harare 4 May 08, 10:57 ET Johannesburg/Harare - Zimbabwean police violently dispersed a group of people aligned to the new head of the Methodist church who were attending a service ... more * US Commission on International Religious Freedom says Pakistan ... 4 May 08, 10:32 ET WASHINGTON: A United States religious freedom watchdog on Friday asked the State Department to include Pakistan, Vietnam and Turkmenistan in its global ... more US Religious Freedom Body Split Over Blacklisting Iraq 4 May 08, 09:45 ET A US religious freedom watchdog said it is still deliberating whether to downgrade Iraq to the blacklist of violators during the release of its 2008 annual ... more Religion Today Column for Week of May 4-10 4 May 08, 08:25 ET "Religion Today" is contributed by the University of Wyoming's Religious Studies Program to examine and to promote discussion of religious issues. ... more Portsmouth area religious services 4 May 08, 07:36 ET THE SALVATION ARMY, a nondenominational church at 15 Middle St., conducts weekly worship services. Join them for fellowship and practical Christian teaching ... more China asked to recognize religious rights 4 May 08, 07:01 ET Congressional leaders have released a letter directed to the government of China asking that officials protect the rights of North Korean refugees who have ... more Elevate talk about religion, politics 4 May 08, 06:17 ET I assume all chruchgoers disagree with their clergy from time to time or even with some teachings of their religion. Otherwise, I doubt you’d ever see a ... more RELIGION: Blessing of the animals today in Ridgebury 4 May 08, 05:54 ET A Blessing of the Animals will be held by the Rev. John Heeckt today, Sunday, May 4, at 3 pm on the lawn outside the community building, Shields Hall, ... more Letters: Government should stay out of religion 4 May 08, 05:26 ET What happened to the part that states, government shall not interfere between church and state? Catholic priest have been molesting boys for years, ... more Religion Digest 4 May 08, 04:39 ET WORCESTER — An active restraining order didn’t stop a city man from stabbing his girlfriend or ex-girlfriend early yesterday morning in her Constitution ... more Religion, science follow similar template 4 May 08, 04:20 ET The Hebrew word for "create" refers to three areas: matter, life and the image of God in man (some would say conscience). These are three areas about which ... more Religion can't be treated like math 4 May 08, 04:06 ET There is a paradox in connection with the introduction by the Education Department of the course in Ethics and Religious Culture which renders it ... more School is no place for religion 4 May 08, 04:06 ET It is a laudable idea to teach an impartial course on religion, and I'm glad that Elspeth Dowell has "high hopes" (Letters, April 29) for this course. ... more For god's sake, don't exploit religion for political gain 4 May 08, 03:52 ET By Firoz Bakht Ahmed, IANS, Perhaps one of the most misunderstood religions in the world is that which Prophet Mohammad originally presented before us. ... more RELIGION ROUNDUP | MELANIE BASS 4 May 08, 03:12 ET SEND US EVENTS E-mail gaston@charlotteobserver.com and mbass@charlotteobserver.com; mail to Melanie Bass, 407 E. Long Ave., Gastonia, 28054. ... more Same-sex marriages face a religious obstacle 4 May 08, 03:08 ET that I received the phone call. ... more For god’s sake, don’t exploit religion for political gain (Commentary) 4 May 08, 02:36 ET By Firoz Bakht Ahmed Perhaps one of the most misunderstood religions in the world is that which Prophet Mohammad originally presented before us. ... more Science and religion 4 May 08, 02:11 ET The controversy generated by Sean Means' review of the film "Expelled" deserves some reflection ("Creating a stir: Readers take issue with 'Expelled' review ... more Preacher to discuss science and religion 4 May 08, 01:43 ET COLD SPRING — A Pentecostal preacher evangelizing evolution as theology and not theory will be at Peace Lutheran Church, Cold Spring, at 7 pm Tuesday. ... more Erika Ruud, Twin Valley, Letter: Religion has nothing to do with ... 4 May 08, 01:10 ET I was very delighted to read the headline of Dale Heger’s April 27 letter, (I’ma Republican who is supporting Barack Obama for president), ... more Is Liberal Catholicism Dead? 4 May 08, 01:10 ET Time.com - Pope Benedict's visit may have pulled the plug on a movement that helped define the faith here for almost a half-century more Barnett: The next religious awakening 4 May 08, 00:26 ET By Thomas Barnett, Syndicated columnist As our era features globalization's rapid and unprecedented advance, it will logically also feature the greatest ... more Let's leave religion out of candidate assessment 4 May 08, 00:13 ET Must we debate theologies as a way to choose our president? Whatever your beliefs, our Constitution requires that no laws be made respecting religion. ... more Federal judge finds religious bias in Ga. Tech gay-rights manual 4 May 08, 00:08 ET By AP ATLANTA — A federal judge says a gay-rights program sanctioned by the Georgia Institute of Technology cannot use language that discriminates against ... more Religion is powerfully good 4 May 08, 00:05 ET By Jon Sprinkle, Lufkin The desperation apparent in Ted's letter to the editor makes one wonder how the ink stays on the page and how the letters keep from ... more

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