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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Most Americans uninformed about religions, survey says
Atheists/agnostics, Jews and Mormons scored best in a national quiz on religious knowledge, getting about 20 out of 32 questions right, according to a survey from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
RNS: Poll finds unbelievers know the most about belief
Who can best answer questions about religion in America?
AP: Agnostics, atheists, Jews, and Mormons score high in religion survey
A new survey of Americans' knowledge of religion found that atheists, agnostics, Jews and Mormons outperformed Protestants and Roman Catholics in answering questions about major religions, while many respondents could not correctly give the most basic tenets of their own faiths.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Americans' religious knowledge lacking
Did you know that most people in Indonesia are Muslim? That American public school teachers can read from the Bible as an example of literature? That only Protestants traditionally teach that salvation comes through faith alone?
Deseret News: Pew study: Religion plays key role in deciphering public opinion
While a number of Americans cite religion as the most important influence on shaping their opinion on key social issues such as same-sex marriage, abortion and the death penalty, religious attitudes play a substantially lesser role when it comes to opinions on poverty, immigration and the environment.
WSJ: In one city, an Islamic Center unifies

Infuriated residents of this small southern California city made a national name for themselves when they ousted three municipal officials after revelations of six-figure salaries.

Reuters: Low support for radicalism among European Muslims

Support for radical Islamist groups is low among European Muslims and some leading groups with overseas roots are now cooperating with local governments and encouraging Muslims to vote, according to a new report.

Post-Crescent: Fox Valley Muslims say faith is mostly misunderstood by Americans

The women intently watched as Mohamed Hassan Abdelazim's sermon was streamed live via television from the next room where their husbands did the same while cross-legged on the floor.

Indianapolis Star: Parents teach and learn about Rosh Hashana

The books arriving in the mail in recent weeks have been about the birthday of the world, the sweet taste of apples and honey, and the importance of reconciliation.

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Muslims prepare to balance joy, sensitivity

Elena Marusak was Christian the day Muslim extremists hijacked four airplanes and crashed them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Somerset County in 2001.

Courier-Journal (Ky.): New mosque an oasis of calm

Kiarash Jahed looked skyward as workers gingerly pulled tethers to fit a two-ton dome into place.

Grapevine Courrier: Local churches witness major growth

Local churches are tapping strategies long used by businesses to gain loyalty and customers -- and it appears to be working.

Austin American-Statesman: Shifting role for black churches in Austin?

After years of attending a nondenominational church near her home in the Wells Branch neighborhood, Kim Alexander started making the 20-minute drive to Greater Mount Zion Baptist Church in East Austin.

Oregonian: Jamal Jordan keeps Ramadan fast despite his freshly baked bread

In the midst of public debate about building a Muslim community center near ground zero in New York City, Muslim Americans are fasting quietly through their holy month of Ramadan.

News Journal: A season for seekers

With dusk approaching, Aimee Wiest has music to light the way.

Pioneer Press: A new State Fair freebie: education about Islam

The Great Minnesota Get-Together kicks off today. Folks from all four corners of the state and elsewhere are making the annual pilgrimage to the 12-day cultural celebration of everything that is "Minnesnowta."

Denver Post: Denver's City Park becomes sanctuary for informal congregation

The congregation has no name.

CS Monitor: 'Ground Zero mosque' debate hits the streets of New York

The debate over the so-called “Ground Zero mosque” hit the streets of New York Sunday.

Miami Herald: South Florida Muslims weigh in on ground zero mosque debate

In Pembroke Pines, imam Shafayat Mohamed plans a sermon on Islam's stance against excess, citing the proposed $100 million Islamic community center near ground zero. In Miami, hotel broker Ahmed Kabani is torn between his love of Islam and his belief that the project's location is insensitive to victims of 9/11.

Wash. Post: Obama keeping public expressions of religion to a minimum

As he flew aboard Air Force One to Chicago on his 49th birthday earlier this month, President Obama dialed three Christian pastors to pray with him.

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