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The chorus of voices against Pastor Terry Jones’ plan to host “Burn a Koran Day” at his ironically-named Dove World Outreach Center church in Florida church tomorrow — Sept. 11, which coincides with the Muslim celebration of Eid-al-Fitr, the joyous culmination of Ramadan, this year — now includes Pope Benedict, President Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Angelina Jolie, Gen.…

Rosh Hashanah 2010, the Jewish New Year (also spelled Hashana), begins tonight at sundown. The two-day festivity coincides this year with the Muslim celebration of Eid-al-Fitr 2010 (also spelled Id-al-Fitr — Judaism and Islam give copy editors headaches), which marks the end of the daytime fasting month of Ramadan. It’s an interfaith calendar convergence that could make for…

Hope everyone had a good Labor Day weekend. What better way to start off a short week with a big religion news question: what does Stephen Hawking mean, writing that God is “not necessary” to explain the Big Bang? My hunch is that the God focus is more a (highly successful) marketing ploy to get folks…

Cancer takes a horrible toll on the body, so perhaps we can crack a smile when we find examples of the soul remaining defiantly intact — even if it is the potentially-damned soul of someone who doesn’t believe in such nebulous things? Check out notorious atheist Christopher Hitchens’ love letter to the fire-and-brimstone responses he’s heard…
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