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Associated Press ROSKILDE, Denmark – The Muslim outcry over Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad last year is a closed chapter that no longer affects Denmark’s image abroad, the prime minister said in an interview Friday. On Nov. 13, the Scandinavian country will hold its first election since the cartoon crisis in early 2006 when…

By Ian Wilheim Religion News Service WASHINGTON — The Iraq war has claimed many victims, but perhaps the least known is a small religion that scholars say is the last remaining link to ancient faiths that flourished during the time of the Roman Empire. Mandaeanism, a monotheistic belief that follows the teachings of John the…

By Daniel Burke Religion News Service A transgender man can remain pastor of his Baltimore church, the United Methodist Church’s high court announced late Tuesday (Oct. 30), but the court sidestepped larger questions about whether gender change is acceptable in the church. No law in the church’s Book of Discipline prohibits transgender clergy, the nine-member…

Associated Press Berlin – A vast archive of Nazi-era documents started accepting online requests Thursday for information from victims of Nazi crimes and people tracing relatives – a move meant to speed up an often-slow process. The move by the archive, based in the central German town of Bad Arolsen, should make it easier for…
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