Religion News on the Web
Selected religion-related news from around the Web
November 02, 2011
- The Toronto Star
Toronto Star: Popeyes in fight over Halal chicken
A group of Muslim restaurant franchisees is fighting fast-food chain Popeyes Louisiana Chicken in court over the right to sell hand-slaughtered Halal meat for religious reasons.
November 01, 2011
- The Associated Press
AP: Poland has largest gathering of rabbis since WWII
Dozens of rabbis from across Europe have gathered in Warsaw
for the largest meeting of Jewish religious leaders in Poland since the
community was virtually wiped out during World War II.
October 26, 2011
- The Associated Press
AP: Pope won't take part in common prayers
Pope Benedict XVI has invited Jews, Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims to a pilgrimage at the Umbrian hilltop town of Assisi, but the leaders won't take part in common prayers as they did when summoned for a daylong prayer for peace by Pope John Paul II 25 years ago.
October 26, 2011
- The New York Times
NYT: To be young, hip and Mormon
With his manly stubble, flannel shirt and skinny black jeans, Brandon Flowers looks every bit the hipster front man for his rock band, the Killers.
October 22, 2011
- The Morning Call
Morning Call: To outsiders, a faith that puzzles
Congregation Beth El Gibor has a grand name — it means "House of the
Mighty God" — and a modest setting: a brick ranch-style building in
Bethlehem where congregants observe the Jewish Sabbath, follow Jewish
rituals and believe Jesus Christ is the savior of humankind.
October 22, 2011
- The Associated Press
AP: Tribal religion at center of NV gold mine fight
Lawyers
for an environmental group and Native American tribes trying to block
another expansion at one of the biggest gold mines in North America say
the U.S. government -- in concert with the largest gold company in the
world -- is making an unprecedented attempt to skirt two of the nation's
fundamental laws protecting federal lands.