by Whitney Jones | Nov 11, 2010 | News
(RNS) Christians are more likely to say a proposed Islamic center in lower Manhattan should be built farther away from Ground Zero than Muslims, Jews and other non-Christians, according to a new Gallup Poll. Park51, a proposed Islamic cultural and community center...
by Baptist Times Staff | Nov 11, 2010 | News
The British government’s policy of detaining children at immigration removal centers was challenged in the High Court recently. Although the coalition government has pledged to end the controversial practice and is in the middle of a review looking at...
by Omar Sacirbey | Nov 10, 2010 | News
(RNS) Lawyers for the Oklahoma Attorney General’s office have two weeks to convince a federal judge to remove a temporary hold on a voter-approved state constitutional amendment that prohibits courts from considering Islamic law. U.S. District Judge Vicki...
by Bruce Nolan and The Times-Picayune | Nov 10, 2010 | News
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told thousands of American Jewish leaders that Israel will not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon, and stands ready to negotiate a meaningful peace with Palestinians, but only if they guarantee Israeli...
by Peter Kenny | Nov 10, 2010 | News
GENEVA (RNS/ENInews) Global Christian and Muslim leaders have called for a new group that can be mobilized whenever a crisis threatens to fuel conflict between Christians and Muslims. “Religion is often invoked in conflict creation, even when other factors, such as...
by Al Webb | Nov 9, 2010 | News
LONDON (RNS) Five bishops have decided to leave the Church of England and join the Roman Catholic Church under the Vatican’s new program to welcome disaffected Anglicans. The decision by three active and two retired bishops was reported Monday (Nov. 8) by the British...
