{"id":382,"date":"2011-03-08T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2011\/03\/coming-up-ash-wednesday-muslim-hearings.html"},"modified":"2011-03-08T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T09:00:00","slug":"coming-up-ash-wednesday-muslim-hearings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/03\/coming-up-ash-wednesday-muslim-hearings.html","title":{"rendered":"Coming Up: Accused Priests Dismissed, Ash Wednesday &amp; Muslim Hearings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a lot of religion news expected over the next few days, including the<a href=\"http:\/\/whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/bloodbath-cometh.html\"> ongoing fallout from the clergy abuse scandal in Philadelphia<\/a>, tomorrow&#8217;s Ash Wednesday (kicking off Lent for Catholics and Protestants; it already began for Orthodox Christians with Clean Monday)&nbsp;and&nbsp;Thursday&#8217;s start of the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2011\/02\/fox-news-fans-republicans-white-evangelicals-most-wary-of-muslims.html\">controversial congressional hearings on homegrown Muslim terrorism<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, I&#8217;ll be offline for the rest of the week. (Guess I&#8217;ve got that Jon Stewart curse, going on vacation when news is about to break!)<\/p>\n<p>While I&#8217;m away, check out my top five websites for general religion news.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/\">Beliefnet News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/\">CNN Belief Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/religion\/\">Huffington Post Religion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politicsdaily.com\/bloggers\/david-gibson\/\">Politics Daily<\/a>&nbsp;(David Gibson)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.religionnews.com\/index.php?\/rnsblog\">Religion News Service Daily Roundup<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the Comments section below, share your favorite religion news sources &#8212; other than Belief Beat, of&nbsp;course! &#8212; and\/or any specific&nbsp;stories that you&#8217;d like me to address when I return.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a lot of religion news expected over the next few days, including the ongoing fallout from the clergy abuse scandal in Philadelphia, tomorrow&#8217;s Ash Wednesday (kicking off Lent for Catholics and Protestants; it already began for Orthodox Christians with Clean Monday)&nbsp;and&nbsp;Thursday&#8217;s start of the controversial congressional hearings on homegrown Muslim terrorism. 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