Posted on July 30th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
Steven Emerson calls it ‘fake’ aimed at deceiving Americans
The fatwa, or religious ruling, issued by American Islamic leaders against “terrorism and extremism” is “bogus,” charges a leading analyst.
In a Washington press conference organized by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, an organization called the Fiqh Council of North America said several major U.S. Muslim groups [...]
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Posted on July 29th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
“American Muslim scholars issue edict condemning terrorism, saying Islam doesn’t justify it.”
Jul 28, 2005 American Muslim scholars who interpret religious law for their community issued an edict Thursday condemning terrorism against civilians in response to the wave of deadly attacks in Britain and other countries.
In the statement, called a fatwa, the 18-member Fiqh [...]
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Posted on July 29th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
A prominent Dutch aid organization which touts itself as Catholic has endorsed the Dutch government’s position that “reproductive rights” are essential to achieve the Millennium Development Goals of reducing world poverty.
According to a Catholic Dutch journalist, the organization also used its links to Holland’s Bishops to convince the Bishops to participate in a public [...]
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Posted on July 29th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
WASHINGTON - Thirty percent of U.S. troops surveyed have developed stress-related mental health problems three to four months after coming home from the Iraq war, the Army’s surgeon general said Thursday.
The survey of 1,000 troops found problems including anxiety, depression, nightmares, anger and an inability to concentrate, said Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley and other [...]
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Posted on July 28th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
Evangelical Protestants and Roman Catholics—the nation’s two largest religious blocs—have a relationship that’s been marked in the past by hostility and tension.
But now, almost 500 years after Martin Luther, one of the top U.S. evangelical thinkers has co-authored a book that finds an increasingly warm relationship between Catholics and evangelicals.
“Is the Reformation Over? An [...]
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Posted on July 28th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
RICHMOND, Va.—A Methodist minister who allegedly refused to admit a gay parishioner to his rural church is appealing after church leaders banished him from the ministry for one year.
The Rev. Edward Johnson, former pastor of South Hill United Methodist Church, is scheduled to go before the Judicial Council in Houston in late October, according [...]
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Posted on July 26th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
WASHINGTON - The legal right to abortion is settled for lower courts, but the Supreme Court “is not obliged to follow” the
Roe v. Wade precedent, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday as the Senate prepared to consider John Roberts’ appointment that would put a new vote on the high court.
In an interview with [...]
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Posted on July 26th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
GAY couples who “marry” under new civil partnership legislation will not receive a Christian blessing from the Church of England, because it may “erode the unique position” of marriage.
Guidelines issued by the House of Bishops yesterday, ahead of the new legislation, also cast doubt on the position of clergy who decided to enter a [...]
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Posted on July 26th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
(Rochester, NY)—A priest from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester will be in court on Wednesday.
The Rev. Dennis Sewar was arrested at his home in Henrietta this past weekend, charged with sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child.
The alleged abuse took place between August of 1999 and 2001 while Sewar was a [...]
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Posted on July 26th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
A chapter of Iraq’s draft constitution obtained by The Associated Press gives Islam a major role in Iraqi civil law.
Baghdad, Iraq—The draft raises concerns that women could lose rights in marriage, divorce and inheritance.
The proposal also appears to rule out non-governmental militias, an area addressed Monday by the new US ambassador, Zalmay Khalilzad. Urging [...]
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Posted on July 25th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
GANANOQUE, Canada (AFP) – Nine North American women sailed onto the St. Lawrence River to take part in an unauthorized ordination ceremony, risking excommunication by the
Vatican to become priests and deacons.
Dana Renolds, Kathleen Strack, Rebecca McGuyver, Regina Nicolosi and Kathy Vandenberg were named deacons by three female bishops, who claimed to have themselves been [...]
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Posted on July 25th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – While such Mature-rated games as “Resident Evil 4,” “Doom 3” and “Halo 2” are widely known for raking in millions for the video game industry, a small but growing number of game developers are creating titles for Christian gamers.
That emerging market segment will be in focus at the fourth [...]
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Posted on July 25th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
BOWLING GREEN, Va. – Four adult Boy Scout leaders from Alaska were killed Monday afternoon in an electrical accident during the opening day of the organization’s 2005 Jamboree.
The accident happened between 4:30 and 5 p.m. while the leaders were setting up camp, officials said.
One other leader from Alaska and a contract worker were hospitalized [...]
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Posted on July 24th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
PARIS (Reuters) – Lance Armstrong won an unprecedented seventh Tour de France on Sunday, closing the curtain on one of the most extraordinary cycling careers ever.
The American safely crossed the line in the peloton at the end of the 144.5-km final stage on the Champs Elysees.
The last climb in his career was to the [...]
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Posted on July 24th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
WASHINGTON - Americans are far more likely than the Japanese to expect another world war in their lifetime, according to AP-Kyodo polling 60 years after World War II ended. Most people in both countries believe the first use of a nuclear weapon is never justified.
Those findings come six decades after the United States dropped [...]
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Posted on July 24th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
ROANOKE, Va. – Wal-Mart has ditched a program that helped single shoppers find love in the discount store’s aisles.
Officials at Wal-Mart headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., ordered their Roanoke store to put an end to Singles Shopping, the only program of its kind at Wal-Mart’s U.S. stores.
Taking a cue from Wal-Marts in Germany, the month-old [...]
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Posted on July 24th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
LONDON - Sir Richard Doll, the British scientist who first established a link between smoking and lung cancer, died Sunday at age 92, Oxford University said.
The epidemiologist died at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford after a short illness, said the university, where Doll worked at its Imperial Cancer Research Center. The exact cause [...]
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Posted on July 24th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
LOS ANGELES - Federal health investigators are baffled: Why have four California women died from a bloodstream infection after using a controversial abortion pill?
Two of the deaths one this year and one last year were reported last week by the
Food and Drug Administration. The other two deaths occurred in 2003. All were [...]
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Posted on July 23rd, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
SAN FRANCISCO - Tara Teich enjoys nothing more than slipping into the role of a female video game character. But the 26-year-old software programmer gets annoyed by the appearance of such digital alter egos as the busty tomb raider Lara Croft or the belly-baring Wu the Lotus Blossom of “Jade Empire.”
Don’t even get her [...]
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Posted on July 22nd, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A hostile temperament may shorten the lives of middle-aged adults with heart disease, new research suggests.
In a study of more than 1,300 men and women with diseased heart arteries, researchers found that younger patients with an antagonistic personality had a higher risk of dying over the next 14 years [...]
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