Tens of thousands of Muslims gathered on the cold streets of Moscow on Sunday to kneel and pray in honor of Eid al-Adha, which commemorates Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice Ishmael to God.
Libyans long-denied the opportunity to make the hajj gathered among the millions in Saudi Arabia.
America’s most famous evangelist, the Rev. Billy Graham, turns 93 today.
The pastor in winter was not listed among Forbes’ 70 Most Powerful People, but Pope Benedict XVI came it at number 7, besting that Zuckerberg fellow with all the friends.
The Dalai Lama was 51st most powerful and Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei is No. 26.
Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor claims she was joking when she said she would kill the pope if he visited Ireland. Hilarious.
A Tennessee pastor who counsels parents to raise their children by “the same principles the Amish use to train their stubborn mules,” is under scrutiny after the death of three children.
The author behind the 2005 bestseller, “Why Men Hate Going to Church,” has issued an update, which, no, is not named “Why Men Still Hate Church.”
Among the book’s reasons for the masculine church-hate dispute: men fear people will think they are gay; men are jealous of Jesus; men are afraid of heaven. I’ll give you another reason, author-dude: N.F.L.
You could say that men are just dogs, but even this pooch knows to pray before he eats.
A Mormon bishop apologized to gays and lesbians, calling their treatment by the LDS church an “atrocity.”
CNN takes a look at Rick Perry’s move from a UMC church to a coffee-slurping, praise-singing evangelical megachurch.
The DNC is catching heat after revelations that its new faith-outreach guy doesn’t walk the party line on abortion or gay marriage.
The AP’s Rachel Zoll previews the upcoming changes to the Catholic Mass.
Cardinal Francis George apologized for slamming Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn for his involvement with an abortion-rights organization that, it turned out, plans to give an award to an advocate for rape victims.
CNN has the story behind the Guy Fawkes masks popular with the OWS crowd. Yesterday, btw, was Guy Fawkes Day (see pic at top left). The Belfast Telegraph offers a few perfect recipes for burning effigies chilly fall nights. Ah, the holidays.
A 91-year-old New York Jewish bagel shop about to go under was saved by two Muslims who vowed to keep it kosher – a story that sounds suspiciously like a Tom Robbins novel.
The U.S. Capitol Christmas tree was cut down and removed from the Sierra Nevada mountains, then loaded on a truck for a 4,500-mile journey from California to Washington, D.C.
Lesser nations might consider that wasteful.
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Daniel Burke
