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Landmark Status Could Stop Mosque Near Ground Zero
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nsymmonds
NEW YORK – New York City officials say a plan to tear down a building and put up a mosque near the World Trade Center site will need the approval of a commission that protects landmarks. They say the building Muslim groups plan to tear down to make room for the mosque and a cultural…
In Last NYC Stop, Dalai Lama Discusses Kinship
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nsymmonds
NEW YORK – The Dalai Lama said Sunday that the U.S.-led war in Iraq could perhaps have been avoided through negotiations with Saddam Hussein. Responding to a question about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the exiled leader of Tibetan Buddhists said that Hussein was “not such a foolish person. War with America. He can’t…
Jews for Jesus Founder Dies at 78
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mconsoli
(RNS) Moishe Rosen, a controversial Baptist minister, writer and founder of the group Jews for Jesus, died in San Francisco Wednesday (May 19) at the age of 78. He had prostate cancer. Rosen was born in Kansas City, Mo., to a family of Orthodox Jews. At the age of 21, Rosen met his wife Ceil…
Evangelicals Push ‘Theology of Sex,’ Abortion Reduction
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mconsoli
(RNS) The National Association of Evangelicals on Thursday (May 20) launched an initiative to reduce abortions by promoting a “Theology of Sex” for churches and pledging to find common ground with opponents on abortion. “There’s a sense that, whatever our laws are, abortion is a problem because of the underlying issues of how we treat…
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