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Can megachurches bridge the racial divide?
One Sunday last fall, Bill Hybels, founder and senior pastor at the Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago's northwest suburbs, was preaching on the logic and power of Jesus' words "Love thine enemy."
Essay: Onward Christian Zionists
It being the new year and all, I thought Id introduce you to some new mentalists, just in case youre getting bored with the old mentalists.
Iraq bars major Sunni party from election
In a development that bodes ill for the prospects of national reconciliation in Iraq, a prominent Sunni party has been barred from participating in March elections because of its leader's alleged ties to the outlawed Baath Party that ruled the country under Saddam Hussein, officials said Thursday.
Uganda lawmaker refuses to withdraw anti-gay bill
A Ugandan lawmaker on Friday refused to withdraw proposed legislation that would impose the death penalty for some gays and lesbians despite international condemnation and presidential opposition to a measure that could scare off foreign investors.
Portugal's parliament votes in favor of same-sex marriages
Portugal's parliament passed a bill Friday that would make the predominantly Catholic nation the sixth in Europe to permit gay marriage.
China to Swiss: Don't take Uighurs from Guantanamo
China warned the Swiss government Friday against accepting two Guantanamo inmates as part of President Barack Obama's effort to close the detention center, calling them terrorist suspects who should face Chinese justice.
Brit Hume's Tiger Woods remarks shine light on true intolerance
After urging Tiger Woods to accept the "forgiveness and redemption that is offered by the Christian faith" -- and comparing Buddhism unfavorably to that hope -- journalist Brit Hume insisted he was not proselytizing.
Same-sex marriage rejected in N.J.
The New Jersey Senate yesterday rejected a bill that would have legalized same-sex marriage, dealing a formidable if unsurprising setback to gay-rights advocates nationwide.
Kenya deports Muslim cleric said to be linked to terrorists
A Jamaican-born Muslim cleric whose online sermons drew the attention of a Nigerian man accused of trying to bring down an American airliner was deported Thursday from Kenya, where he had been arrested, according to news reports.
High-stakes gay marriage trial to begin in Calif.
The national debate over same-sex marriage will take center stage in a California courtroom next week at a closely watched federal trial that could ultimately become the landmark case that determines whether gay Americans have a right to marry.
Va. likely to make more eligible for death penalty
Death penalty expansion bills that were blocked in recent years likely will become law in Virginia under a new administration, making more people eligible for what is already the nation's second-busiest death chamber.
NH gay couples to start New Year with wedding vows
Jeffry Burr and Neil Blair are just hours from their wedding, but there are no typical prenuptial jitters.
Malaysian court rules Catholic paper can use "Allah"
The High Court said it was the constitutional right for the Catholic newspaper, the Herald, to use the word "Allah."
Christianity may put American in danger in NKorea
A Korean-American missionary believed detained in North Korea walked into the country carrying a Bible, intent on preaching Christianity in a country that bans illegal worship _ a bold move that may put him at greater risk of harsh punishment.
Power vacuum leaves Nigeria `ripe for jihadists'
Violent clashes with religious sects, militant attacks on oilfields, endemic corruption and now the notoriety of a would-be airplane suicide bomber with Nigerian citizenship.
Chinese Muslim region adopts law on national unity
The government of a restive Chinese Muslim region rocked recently by ethnic strife said Thursday it has adopted what appeared to be a sweeping law barring the spread of views deemed to threaten national unity.
Use of Muslim militancy to defeat Arab nationalism a massive strategic error
AL-QAEDA IN the Arabian Peninsula has issued a chilling communique, couched in a medieval idiom, following its failed attempt to destroy a US airliner over Detroit on Christmas Day.
Essay: To what extent is Sharia already operating in Britain?
In February 2008 the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, gave a speech on Islamic law.
Sudan passes law on southern independence vote
Sudans Parliament passed a long-disputed law governing a southern vote on independence on Tuesday, defusing a political crisis after months of wrangling between the North-South coalition government partners.
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