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Cleric Claims He Was Pressured to Leave
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akornfeld
The Miami Herald A South Florida imam says U.S. officials pressured him to give up his immigration appeals and leave the country voluntarily. A Muslim group says the imam’s case is part of a troubling trend in which religious leaders are compelled to become informants or risk being deported. Foad Farahi, 33, of the Shamsuddin…
Have a Buddhist Question? ‘Ask a Monk’ has the Answer
By
nsymmonds
By JANET FILLMORE 2007 Religion News Service CLEVELAND — When the Ven. Shih Ying-Fa parks his 5-foot-10 frame before the computer in his home office, he never knows who will be seeking his help. It could be a high school student in Baton Rouge, La., who asks the difference between Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism for…
Romney: Attacks on Religion Go Too Far
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nsymmonds
Associated Press – December 12, 2007 BOSTON – Republican Mitt Romney retorted to questions about his faith by surging rival Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, declaring that “attacking someone’s religion is really going too far.” In an article to be published Sunday in The New York Times, Huckabee, an ordained Southern Baptist minister, asks, “Don’t Mormons…
Muslim Student’s Aid in NYC Subway Attack on Jews Leads to Interfaith Friendship
By
nsymmonds
Associated Press – December 12, 2007 NEW YORK – A suspected bias attack on four Jewish subway riders in New York City has resulted in a friendship between the Jewish victims and the Muslim college student who came to their aid. Walter Adler is calling Hassan Askari a hero for intervening when Adler and three…
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