Housewife upset by 4am religious dept raid (The Star)
IPOH: Housewife Zuraida Zainul Abidin had a shock of her life when her house was raided by three religious officers in the early hours of Friday morning. |
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Religious colleges win another court battle (Texarkana Gazette)
A federal appeals court ruling that a Christian university in Colorado can receive state scholarship money is the latest in a string of legal victories for religious schools seeking public dollars. |
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Poll probes Americans' belief in UFOs, life on other planets (Abilene Reporter-News)
Most Americans say it is very likely or somewhat likely that humans are not alone in the universe and that intelligent life exists on other planets. |
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Another courtroom victory for religious colleges (The Charlotte Observer)
A federal appeals court ruling that a Christian university in Colorado can receive state scholarship money is the latest in a string of legal victories for religious schools seeking public dollars. The most recent case involved Colorado Christian University, a college of 2,000 students in suburban Denver where most students must attend chapel weekly and sign a promise to emulate the life of ... |
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Court ruling is victory for religious colleges (USA Today)
A federal appeals court ruling that a Christian university in Colorado can receive state scholarship money is the latest in a string of legal victories for U.S. religious schools seeking public dollars. |
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Art of protest: Baghdad mural painters resist brush with themes on Baghdad's religious rifts (Newsday)
BAGHDAD (AP) _ It's art ornamenting life: murals of soothing landscapes and historical heroes covering the blast walls that are now as much a part of Baghdad's cityscape as date palms and desert dust. |
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Lawsuit Over Kosher Prison Food Moves Forward (AP) (KSFY Sioux Falls)
The South Dakota Supreme Court says a prison inmate serving a life sentence for murder can proceed with a lawsuit alleging prison officials violated his religious rights by changing the way kosher food is prepared for Jewish inmates. |
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Art ornamenting life (Lake City Reporter)
Ali Saleem Badran (second from left), a blast wall artist, looks Wednesday at a blast wall painting in Baghdad, Iraq. This art ornaments life with murals of soothing landscapes and historical heroes covering the blast walls that are now as much a part of Baghdad’s cityscape as date palms and desert dust. |
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Religious leaders speak of sacrifice, tolerance (Central Midlands & Costal Advocate)
THEY filed in, some in the hijab, others wearing the yarmulka. There were Buddhist robes, the white and red tunic of the Zoroastrians, a young Hindu man and his revered Mataji, or Reverend Mother. |
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The Man Who Brought Sebring To Life (Highlands Today)
An undated photo of him in glasses and a full mustache benignly keeps watch in the lobby of the Sebring Chamber of Commerce building on the Sebring Circle. A buff-colored historic building that squats on North Ridgewood Drive, a few blocks away, bears his name on a sign that only those who look up notice. |
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