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Obama ads focus on religion

msaleem — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:57:16 EDT

As Tuesday's presidential primary nears in Kentucky, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama is using advertising that hammers home the fact that he is a Christian.

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Organized Religion and Spirituality at UCSC

msaleem — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:55:15 EDT

It was his first experience tabling at UC Santa Cruz, and Rabbi Shalom Bochner was sitting in the Quarry Plaza.

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Religion must not block progress

msaleem — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:55:13 EDT

The Commons has usually debated and voted sensibly over on issues such as embryology. Will members - particularly those who are Catholic - do the right thing?

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Einstein's letter on religion sells for Ã;Â£170,000

msaleem — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:55:09 EDT

A letter in which Albert Einstein branded religious beliefs as "childish superstitions" and the "product of human weaknesses" has been sold at auction in London for Ã;â;;Ã;Â£170,000 to a private collector, smashing the world record for a letter by the great scientist.

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There's no religion in tragedy, say victims' kin

msaleem — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:11:43 EDT

Three-year-old Diya and five-year-old Mehak were the youngest victims of Tuesday's mindless attack. They were making their weekly visit to the Hanuman temple with their grandmother when the bomb exploded and they were killed.

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Obama: Give Me That Old Time Religion

msaleem — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:11:39 EDT

After getting walloped in the West Virginia primary, Barack Obama is making an explicit appeal in Kentucky to one group where he needs help -- evangelicals. The campaign is distributing fliers in advance of next week's primary that depict Obama in the pulpit with a cross looming overhead. The flier recounts the day he visited a church, "felt a

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Go easy on religion for Harold's sake

msaleem — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:11:36 EDT

I used to think God's name was Harold. This was a fairly reasonable mistake for a youngster to make, having mumbled my way through, "Our father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name..." during most of my childhood.

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SC lawmakers have religion on minds, in bills

msaleem — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:09:01 EDT

Faith in the public square would have a high profile in South Carolina as three bills move closer to becoming law.

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Priest leaves McNeil Island job in protest of state religion rule in prisons

msaleem — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:58:30 EDT

The Rev. Tom Suss spent Monday afternoon at McNeil Island prison loading the contents of his office into his Hyundai Elantra. His last official day is today.

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Judge dismisses case of woman who says veil cost her claim

msaleem — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:57:01 EDT

A lawyer representing a Muslim woman who sued a judge for dismissing her small-claims court case after she refused to remove her veil said he's prepared to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Finding His Religion In Film

msaleem — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:55:50 EDT

David Volach may have left his ultra-Orthodox upbringing,but his debut work is infused with spirituality.

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Letter up for auction reveals Einstein's views on 'childish' religion

msaleem — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:55:15 EDT

Albert Einstein Ã;Â¢Ã¢â;;Â¬" arch rationalist or scientist with a spiritual core?

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The Fed Finds Religion

msaleem — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:55:10 EDT

Has the Federal Reserve found religion?

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IUN prof's book addresses religion's link to democracy

msaleem — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:42:11 EDT

Indiana University Northwest assistant professor Marie A. Eisenstein of Munster has written a book called "Religion and the Politics of Tolerance: How Christianity Builds Democracy" that recently was published by Baylor University Press.

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Science and Religion wed in the Embrace of Sacred Evolution

msaleem — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:41:39 EDT

Five Nobel Laureates have endorsed the book "Thank God for Evolution! How the marriage of science and religion will transform your life and our world," by Michael Dowd, Viking edition on-sale date: June 19, 2008.

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Religion reason for father's assault

msaleem — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:41:09 EDT

An Iraqi immigrant attacked his daughter for religious reasons, Wellington District Court heard yesterday.

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Belief and the human heart

msaleem — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:40:17 EDT

Two books with stories set in Muslim nations offer compelling emotional sagas, writes SU AZIZ.

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Tell you a true Tibet - Freedom of Religious Belief - People's Daily Online

msaleem — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:40:13 EDT

The majority of Tibetans believe in Tibetan Buddhism. There are also about 2,000 Muslims and 600 Catholics in the autonomous region.

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Vietnam: Religious Freedom Denied

msaleem — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:40:06 EDT

Buddhists Remain Behind Bars While Vietnam Hosts UN Buddhist Celebration

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Polygamy in America

msaleem — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:39:55 EDT

More than 200 women and children moved from Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints community

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Recordnet.com: Minister to discuss religion, politics

msaleem — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:34:27 EDT

The words of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright would seem the ideal jumping off point for J. Phillip Wogaman's lecture on "How Religion Affects Politics: For Good or Ill" at University of the Pacific.

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The History Behind a Religion

msaleem — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:33:15 EDT

Documents show the conflict in Necedah dates back nearly sixty years, when a woman named Mary Ann Van Hoof claimed to have seen apparitions of the Blessed Mother at the Queen of the Holy Rosary Shrine. News of Van Hoof's visions drew a crowd.

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So maybe the IRS should get out of the religion business?

msaleem — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:29:53 EDT

In the past couple of days two of the Usual Suspects in church/state arguments have pushed their gamepieces forward.

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Gambling and religion - Am I a good Christian?

msaleem — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:28:09 EDT

It's a fact that religion in general is one of the most fierce opponent of gambling. It was only a matter of time before religious groups began attacking online gambling, as well, so to take a stance against everything gambling. And it remains a mind-boggling why are religious officials always against gambling, considering the church-style bingo h

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Gowda flays parties using religion, caste for 'political gain'

msaleem — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:28:07 EDT

Former Prime Minister and JDS chief H D Deve Gowda on Sunday hit out at political parties using religion and caste for political gain and said it is a "form of corruption" which must be curbed.

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Forget science and religion, this is about ethics

msaleem — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:26:20 EDT

In the fiercely controversial uproar over the Human Fertility and Embryology Bill, particularly over the issue of embryonic research, the argument has sometimes been distorted into one between science and religion when in fact what is at issue is the ethical basis of profoundly important scientific research - a matter on which many of all faiths an

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On faith: What would an election be without any politics?

msaleem — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:25:14 EDT

The fundamental purpose of religion today is unity. Christ's message of salvation is full of the love we are to show to one another in the creation of a promised heaven on earth.

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Society, religion and violence

msaleem — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:25:11 EDT

A humanistic perspective toward religion

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The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

msaleem — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:53:08 EDT

On May 14, 1948, the day in which the British Mandate over a Palestine expired, the Jewish People's Council gathered at the Tel Aviv Museum, and approved the following proclamation, declaring the establishment of the State of Israel. The new state was recognized that night by the United States and three days later by the USSR.

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Freedom of religion, but for whom?

msaleem — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:51:19 EDT

This past March, Specialist Jeremy Hall filed a lawsuit along with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation against the U.S. Military for religious discrimination.

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Losing faith in modern America

msaleem — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:49:36 EDT

Growing up in what remains the most religious country in the West, Dan Barker, a former evangelical minister and one of the most prominent and politically active atheists in America today, possesses a unique story of "deconversion".

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McCain Advocates for Religious Freedom

msaleem — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:49:30 EDT

John McCain will reach out to social conservatives today, addressing religious freedom, human trafficking and internet child pornography.

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An iffy end to radicalism

msaleem — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:45:19 EDT

Muslim pundits could borrow Bill Clinton's phrase "It's the economy, stupid," to remind President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) not to ban Islamic sect Ahmadiyah.

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Freedom of religion also freedom from religion

msaleem — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:43:54 EDT

Until the U.S. Supreme Court struck it down in 1961, Maryland's Declaration of Rights article 37 required that candidates for office or public trust declare that they believe in the existence of God.

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China rebukes U.S.report on religion policy

msaleem — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:42:50 EDT

China Tuesday expressed "firm opposition" to a U.S. report on the religious situation in China.

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Reza Pahlavi and the Question of Religion

msaleem — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:41:58 EDT

Reza Pahlavi has by and large been reticent on the issue of religion. He mainly mentions it in order to reiterate his belief in an Iran where the separation of Mosque and state are absolute.

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Making do with the Declaration of Independence

msaleem — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:40:19 EDT

Given Israel's lack of a written constitution, the High Court of Justice has used the Declaration of Independence as a basis for defining individual rights. But the declaration is not a constitution that can supersede laws that contradict it.

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Ground-rules recommended for religion in public schools

msaleem — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:39:45 EDT

Whatever the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately decides, communities should strive to have better conversations about the role of religion in public schools, Melissa Rogers told participants at the T.B. Maston Christian Ethics Lectures at Hardin-Simmons University's Logsdon Seminary.

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I'm not losing my religion

msaleem — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:37:49 EDT

A Rastafarian student has been banned from Carlisle clubs and bars because she wears a hat as part of her religion.

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John Ortberg on Religion AND Politics

msaleem — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:34:46 EDT

Why the human race needs an administration of another kind.

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