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Associated Press – August 18, 2009 AMSTERDAM – A Dutch university fired Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan on Tuesday for hosting a show on Iran’s state television, which the school said could be seen as endorsing the regime. Ramadan – known as a reformist who condemns terrorism, seeks to modernize Shariah law and urges Muslims living…

Associated Press – August 18, 2009 MINNEAPOLIS – Leaders of the largest U.S. Lutheran denomination prayed for unity as they waded into a weeklong debate over homosexuality and the clergy, while a rule change that would allow people in same-sex relationships to serve as ministers cleared its first hurdle. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America,…

United Press International – August 17, 2009 SEATTLE, Aug 14, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) — Regular yoga practice may help prevent middle-age spread in normal-weight people and overweight people may drop a few pounds, U.S. researchers said. Alan Kristal and colleagues at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle said in an earlier study,…

Associated Press – August 17, 2009 NEW YORK – An association of U.S. Roman Catholic sisters raised questions Monday about why they are the target of, and who is paying for, a Vatican investigation that is shaping up to be a tough review of whether sisters have strayed from church teaching. The Leadership Conference of…
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