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Associated Press – November 19, 2007 WASHINGTON – Hate crime incidents in the United States rose last year by nearly 8 percent, the FBI reported Monday, as racial prejudice continued to account for more than half the reported instances. Police across the nation reported 7,722 criminal incidents in 2006 targeting victims or property as a…

By Daniel Burke Religion News Service (RNS) The Presbyterian Church (USA) has removed Citigroup Inc. from its list of businesses probed for possible ties to violence and oppression in the Palestinian territories, saying it found no “improprieties.” The Louisville, Ky.-based denomination had looked into whether the financial conglomerate was helping terrorist groups launder money. The…

By David Finnigan Religion News Service LOS ANGELES (RNS) After an angry outcry from Muslim leaders, the Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday (Nov. 14) canceled plans to create a “mapping” database on local Muslim communities to help pinpoint possible Islamic extremists. “When they are talking about mapping gang areas, Mafia areas, it’s erroneous to…

By Roy Hoffman Religion News Service MOBILE, Ala. — Solemn and intent, Irene Raymond stands in the vestibule of All Saints Episcopal Church and clutches the rope that leads through a hole in the ceiling to a 1,500-pound bell. Slowly, methodically, she puts the whole weight of her body into the first pull — gong…
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