by Al Webb | Dec 16, 2010 | News
LONDON (RNS) A right-wing political group that had asked a controversial Florida pastor to appear at an anti-Islam demonstration next year now says it has withdrawn the invitation because “he is not the right candidate for us.” Terry Jones, who gained international...
by Peggy Fletcher Stack | Dec 16, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Thirteen members of Congress are urging Swiss authorities to allow Mormon missionaries to continue serving beyond 2012, when a new rule would forbid non-European Union citizens from serving as missionaries. Sens. Bob Bennett and Orrin Hatch, both Utah...
by Adelle M. Banks | Dec 16, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Family Research Council, joined by prominent Republican allies, is mounting an aggressive defense to a decision by the Southern Poverty Law Center to designate the powerful conservative lobby as a hate group. “The group, which was once known for...
by Ivan Andreev | Dec 15, 2010 | News
SOFIA, Bulgaria (RNS/ENInews) The decision by Bulgarian Orthodox priests to join a trade union because they haven’t been paid on time has angered at least one church hierarch, saying it goes against the church’s internal canon law. According to Bulgarian-language...
by Omar Sacirbey | Dec 15, 2010 | News
(RNS) The federal government has filed suit against an Illinois school district for not allowing a Muslim teacher to make the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, and the ACLU has filed suit on behalf of a Georgia woman who was thrown in jail after refusing to remove her...
by Anne Ruisi and The Birmingham News | Dec 15, 2010 | News
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) It was all a joke, says Chuck Biddinger, a small business owner in Roebuck, Ala., whose outdoor sign last week sported the phrase “BBQ Pork Restaurant Is Safest No Muslims Inside.” Muslims, however, didn’t find it funny. “I still can’t get over...
