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Debbie Herbst on religious taboos in medicine 28 Apr 08, 23:48 ET Although I am no Rabbi I am quite aware of the basic principles adhered to by orthodox Jews especially regarding health matters. ... more Beekeeper builds religious buildings for bees 28 Apr 08, 23:43 ET The religious beekeeper in Serbia has started making the buildings because he says "bees have a soul too." more Head Of Turkey's Religious Affairs Attends Rumi Forum In US 28 Apr 08, 23:42 ET WASHINGTON - Head of Turkey`s Religious Affairs Ali Bardakoglu attended a meeting which took place in Rumi Forum in Washington on Friday. ... more Turkey's Chief Religious Authority To Establish Turkish - Islamic Studies Center In Washington 28 Apr 08, 23:35 ET WASHINGTON, D.C. - Turkey`s religious affairs authority is set to establish a Turkish-Islamic studies center in Washington, D.C., the U.S. to promote Turkey`s "unique experience of Islamic culture," country`s highest Muslim cleric said Thursday. more The Confluence of Religion and Freedom 28 Apr 08, 23:27 ET "Textbooks today are trapped in an ideological straitjacket that, in contrast to the surrounding popular culture, restricts content and sterilizes social ... more US Excerpts: Cleaner water in Alabama; religion in science class 28 Apr 08, 23:24 ET The issue: A state environmental board passed new rules that should lower Alabamians’ exposure to cancer-causing pollution. Good. Alabamians who don’t want ... more Turkey's Chief Religious Authority To Establish Turkish - Islamic ... 28 Apr 08, 23:22 ET WASHINGTON, DC - Turkey's religious affairs authority is set to establish a Turkish-Islamic studies center in Washington, DC, the US to promote Turkey's ... more Wis. parents who prayed as diabetic daughter died charged 28 Apr 08, 22:00 ET AP - Two parents who prayed as their 11-year-old daughter died of untreated diabetes were charged Monday with second-degree reckless homicide. more Madonna Angers David Banda's Father For Raising Him In The ... 28 Apr 08, 21:00 ET London, England (CNS) - Madonna has angered the father of her adopted son David Banda by raising him in the Kabbalah faith. The '4 Minutes' singer, ... more Texas showdown: Balancing child welfare, religious freedom 28 Apr 08, 20:16 ET By Charles C. Haynes Texas officials are trying hard to keep the focus on child abuse — and away from religion — in the custody battle involving 437 ... more Eliminate restrictions on religion 28 Apr 08, 20:02 ET We are now finding that there are consequences of our actions. We see videos on TV of children ganging up on another child and beating him or her. ... more Egypt: When Religion Sleeps With Politics 28 Apr 08, 19:52 ET by Gr33nData Egyptian blogger Zeinobia attacks Pope Shenouda III in one of her recent posts here, for his Easter speech this year. ... more Russia-Ukraine religious ties unbreakable, Orthodox Patriarch says 28 Apr 08, 19:51 ET Moscow, Apr. 28, 2008 (CWNews.com) - Lodging a new claim to jurisdiction over the Orthodox Church in Ukraine, Patriarch Alexei II of Moscow has asserted ... more Anti-Religion Dawkins Speaks at Canada's Most Prominent ... 28 Apr 08, 19:49 ET By Hilary White VANCOUVER, April 28, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Canada's Fraser institute sees nothing controversial about its choice of Dr. Richard Dawkins, ... more Religion 'blight' muddle 28 Apr 08, 19:05 ET Respondents to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation poll (Robert McNeil column, 22 April) who said the worst blight on human society was "religion" meant ... more Gay US Anglican bishop speaks of physical threats against him 28 Apr 08, 18:52 ET AFP - Gene Robinson, the openly gay American bishop whose appointment has sparked furore within the Anglican church, said in an interview Monday he had received physical threats in recent years. more Wright Issue Not About Religion 28 Apr 08, 17:25 ET RUSH: To Dallas, this is Marilyn. Glad you called, Marilyn. Nice to have you here. CALLER: Yes, Rush. It's so good to talk to you! ... more Nkangi roots for religious studies 28 Apr 08, 17:06 ET By Moses Mulondo Religious studies should be maintained on the school curriculum, the Uganda Land Commission chief, Mayanja Nkangi, has said. ... more How a Try at Religious Understanding Turned Disastrous 28 Apr 08, 16:53 ET Erstwhile principal and school founder Debbie Almontaser made the front page of The New York Times today. The article is about how a woman who attempted to ... more Potter County Commissioners: No to Religious Monument 28 Apr 08, 16:44 ET AMARILLO -- Potter county commissioners are saying no to a religious monument at the court house. Commissioners say the monument was proposed by an Amarillo resident. more Post Muhamalai :Time for civil and religious society to reflection 28 Apr 08, 16:31 ET By Jehan Perera Last week was a costly one in terms of both life and military hardware that was lost. The wail of sirens on Friday night as they sped to ... more Uganda: Ban Religious Studies, Says Govt 28 Apr 08, 15:42 ET "From a strategic and ideological point of view, it was not appropriate for the Government to condone the continuous teaching of religious education in ... more Catholic Stewardship of the Church’s Religious Patrimony! 28 Apr 08, 15:36 ET April 28, 2008 - There is no such thing as “desanctification” within the Catholic Church. That is precisely the reason we need to develop good stewardship ... more DA: Parents prayed as daughter died of untreated diabetes 28 Apr 08, 14:30 ET AP - A Wisconsin prosecutor says she plans to file charges against parents who prayed while their 11-year-old daughter died of untreated diabetes. more JAMES MCAVOY - MCAVOY'S RELIGIOUS AMBITION 28 Apr 08, 14:21 ET Caption: James McAvoy, Anne- Marie Duff, Michael Hoffman, Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer. 'The Last Station' photocall held at the Landesvertretung ... more Catholic Stewardship of the Church’s Religious Patrimony 28 Apr 08, 14:00 ET By Hugh McNichol April 28, 2008 - There is no such thing as “desanctification” within the Catholic Church. That is precisely the reason we need to develop ... more Unique religious life lives on in Tibet 28 Apr 08, 13:42 ET BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Thirty-five-year-old Dawa works hard at balancing the demands of his centuries-old faith and holding down a career as an IT ... more U.S. among most Bible-literate nations: poll 28 Apr 08, 13:23 ET Reuters - Americans are among the world's most 'Bible-literate' people and Spaniards, French and Italians are among the most ignorant about what the "good book" says, according to a new study released on Monday. more New Religion Started in St James', Newcastle 28 Apr 08, 13:08 ET If you are Christian, Jewish, Moslem, Mormon, 7th day Adventist, a Buddhist, Eric Clapton or even Welsh, the arrival of a new God at the start of the year, ... more Wright says criticism is attack on black church 28 Apr 08, 13:08 ET AP - In a defiant appearance before the Washington media, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright said Monday that criticism surrounding his fiery sermons is an attack on the black church and he rejected those who have labeled him unpatriotic. more Religious exchange? 28 Apr 08, 12:58 ET By ANGELO ARMBRISTER Rev. Dr. Emmette Weir, who has served the Methodist church for more than 40 years, now shepherds the island's oldest Lutheran church. ... more Obama's ex-pastor confronts media in Washington 28 Apr 08, 12:33 ET Reuters - Barack Obama's former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, blasted news media he said had sensationalized his remarks in an often confrontational appearance at a reporters' club on Monday. more Religion a Figment of Human Imagination 28 Apr 08, 12:29 ET By ANDY COGHLAN That's the argument of anthropologist Maurice Bloch of the London School of Economics. Bloch challenges the popular notion that religion ... more Religious leader lambastes gov’t for introduction of casino gambling 28 Apr 08, 12:06 ET The government's decision to sanction the introduction of casino gambling has drawn sharp criticism from one of the country's respected religious leaders. ... more Electing or hiring on the basis of religion, race, gender and age 28 Apr 08, 10:26 ET By Al Wyllie Chatham County, NC - When it comes to hiring people for jobs, there have been several long struggles by women's suffrage and civil rights ... more Candidates for London Mayor Get Religion 28 Apr 08, 09:47 ET Transport, crime and the economy are traditional vote-winners, but places of worship are also battlegrounds in this year's mayoral election in London. ... more Using drama in religion 28 Apr 08, 09:18 ET By Arielle Berlin TOLEDO -- Using drama to minister faith. That's what a group called the "Covenant Players" does in Toledo and all across the world. ... more Social justice key for young, religious 28 Apr 08, 09:13 ET By AP | 4/28/08 7:57 AM EST He's a 22-year-old at the University of Chicago Divinity School, an active member of the Disciples of Christ and - in his spare ... more Rev. Wright Speaks On Black Religion 28 Apr 08, 08:49 ET The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's former pastor, defends black religion in a speech at the National Press Club. more Religulous and and Henry Poole; the next two movie arguments about ... 28 Apr 08, 08:45 ET Henry Poole is Here looks to be the most interseting Luke Wilson movie since The Family Stone. He plays a drunken misanthrope whose house is visited by one ... more Science Weekly podcast: synthetic biology and Daniel Dennett on religion 28 Apr 08, 08:26 ET The team discuss the future of synthetic biology. Philosopher Daniel Dennett explains why religion is an affront to rationality. Plus, have scientists finally discovered dark matter in Italy? more A new 'religious experience' competes for adherents, the last drum ... 28 Apr 08, 07:48 ET Matt Harrington, a College of Communication sophomore, called his first and only meal at a Wright's Farm Restaurant, a Rhode Island eatery specializing in ... more Prayers answered as religious centre backed 28 Apr 08, 07:10 ET A NEW religious centre is to be built in South Queensferry after winning councillors' backing. Members of the city's planning committee have agreed to ... more Religious group's funding questioned 28 Apr 08, 07:05 ET Ontario should consider pulling funding from a Christian group that has a history of human rights complaints and was recently ordered to compensate a worker ... more Arguing for reason in religious beliefs 28 Apr 08, 06:01 ET By Carlos Mojica East Lyme By now we've all had the opportunity to learn some of the sordid details of the sad episode surrounding the west Texas FLDS ... more Dalai Lama attends religious service for Tibetan victims 28 Apr 08, 05:42 ET By Phurbu Thinley Dharamsala, April 28: His Holiness the Dalai Lama presided over a special Buddhist prayer session this morning for the Tibetans victims of ... more Church-going bees 28 Apr 08, 05:37 ET A religious beekeeper in Serbia has started making beehives shaped like tiny monasteries and churches "because bees have a soul too". Slobodan Jeftic, 58, from Stari Kostolac, said: "By doing this, I am bringing together the two great loves of my life, beekeeping and my religion. more Pull funding from religious group: critics; Evangelical group's ... 28 Apr 08, 05:35 ET Ontario should consider pulling funding from a Christian group that has a history of human rights complaints and was recently ordered to compensate a worker ... more Losing your religion? 28 Apr 08, 05:20 ET Losing your religion?, more In relations with Middle East, Yale must talk religion 28 Apr 08, 05:11 ET I know, these days I am meant to call for your head. You limit speech. But you also kind of allow it. But you also really limit it! ... more Religion a figment of our imagination? 28 Apr 08, 05:08 ET LONDON: A leading anthropologist has questioned the popular idea that religion developed and spread because it encouraged social bonding, by arguing that faith and belief is nothing but a figment of human imagination. more Pete Doherty turns to religion 28 Apr 08, 03:56 ET Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty has turned to religion to beat the boredom in prison. more Growing threats to religious property in Kazakhstan 28 Apr 08, 03:55 ET Ten years after acquiring a disused kindergarten, in the small town of Alga near the north-western city of Aktobe, a New Life Protestant congregation is ... more Group declared "deviant" by religious authorities 28 Apr 08, 03:55 ET He said the mob of more than 100 people also vandalized a nearby school belonging to the Ahmadiyya group, which was declared "deviant" by religious ... more New policy by the U.S. government advises agencies to avoid using some of the same words that make up terror groups' ... 28 Apr 08, 03:37 ET Please consider changing your names to something a tad less religious sounding. Where you infuse your theological thought into radical politics and violence, things might get a little awkward for us. You see, if we point out that you identify yourselves with a religion, we might offend someone. more Bizarre religious ritual: Indians fling infants from buildings 28 Apr 08, 03:17 ET Religious traditions around the world vary in their levels of quirkiness - but very few involve throwing infants off the side of buildings. ... more Religion Calendar 28 Apr 08, 03:10 ET Religion Calendar more Religious taboos a minefield for doctors 28 Apr 08, 02:32 ET by Michael Woodhead The increasing number of porcine and bovine-based surgical products is creating a minefield for doctors dealing with patients of ... more Whitworth U. seeks personal statements of religious belief 28 Apr 08, 02:13 ET By BECKIE SUPIANO Jennifer Stafford Brown thought she was an old pro at applying for jobs. "I've written probably 300 cover letters," she says. ... more Balancing child welfare, religious freedom 28 Apr 08, 02:12 ET By Charles C. Haynes, First Amendment Center | THE MORNING SUN Texas officials are trying hard to keep the focus on child abuse — and away from religion ... more Is religion a figment of human imagination? 28 Apr 08, 01:54 ET London, April 28 (ANI): A leading anthropologist has questioned the popular idea that religion developed and spread because it encouraged social bonding, ... more Forum to explore energy, religion 28 Apr 08, 01:36 ET Panelists from four different religions and cultures will explore the current connection between religion and America’s energy policy as part of a public forum on Sunday, March 30. more LETTER: Don't impose adult religion on children 28 Apr 08, 01:06 ET The profound op-ed in your paper by Walter Andrew Silveira (April 21) condemning religious indoctrination of helpless and impressionable children, ... more 'State cannot meddle in private religious beliefs' 28 Apr 08, 00:27 ET The Coordinating Board for Monitoring Mystical Beliefs in Society (Bakor Pakem) has issued a recommendation for the government to ban the Islamic sect ... more Religious persecution 28 Apr 08, 00:26 ET I am an Ahmadi living in Australia for a number of years. I always considered Indonesia a beacon of hope in the Islamic world. Pakistan introduced a similar ... more FCC rule change seen as threat to licenses of religious stations 28 Apr 08, 00:11 ET WASHINGTON – Today is the last day for public comments on a proposed Federal Communications Commission rule change some say would threaten the licenses of ... more

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