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Associated Press – December 19, 2007 DES MOINES, Iowa – Republican Mike Huckabee, the former Baptist preacher, is depending on more than a leap of faith to win the Iowa caucuses. Leading in polls, Huckabee is determined to make up for his skimpy organization in the state by enlisting national evangelical Christian supporters to rev…

By Tom Feran 2007 Religion News Service CLEVELAND — The biggest holiday of the Muslim year, Eid al-Adha, begins on Dec. 19 (Wednesday) this year. Its proximity to Christmas happens only once every three decades because Muslims use a lunar calendar. For Ohio author Asma Mobin-Uddin, it’s a sweet coincidence that might bring wider interest…

By Kevin Eckstrom Religion News Service History books are full of dates that mark seminal events: 1517, when Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the church door and launched the Protestant Reformation; or 1973, when the Supreme Court legalized abortion. Those boldface dates are preceded by less prominent but nonetheless decisive times: 1516, when…

Associated Press The six prosperity gospel ministries under scrutiny by Republican Sen. Charles Grassley are a tough group to take on. The televangelists are veterans at outmaneuvering opponents, and in this case are even getting support from their critics. Religious groups who consider the prosperity gospel a rip-off still see the inquiry as a potential…

The Miami Herald Washington – Alarmed by what they called a “hateful tenor,” a group of religious leaders, including the former pastor at Miami’s Notre Dame D’Haiti Catholic Church, on Monday called on presidential hopefuls to stop demonizing undocumented immigrants. The call came as immigration emerges as one of the most contentious issues in the…

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service (UNDATED) Come each December, high atop the choir loft of St. Luke Community United Methodist Church in Dallas sit the traditional three purple and one pink Advent candles for several Sundays. But as the month comes to a close, another candelabra appears when the Kwanzaa kinara — with…

Associated Press – December 17, 2007 WASHINGTON – Unable to override a promised veto, Democrats have backed down on their insistence that the 2008 foreign aid budget reverse President Bush’s ban on providing aid to family planning groups abroad that offer abortions. A measure to ease restrictions on international aid was stripped this weekend from…

Associated Press MECCA, Saudi Arabia – Millions of Muslims from around the world gathered in Mecca Sunday for the start of the annual Islamic hajj pilgrimage, as the Saudi Interior Ministry announced tough security precautions. Men and women draped in white robes circled the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, seven times in a ceremony anticipating the…

Associated Press – December 14, 2007 TRENTON, N.J. – With New Jersey poised to become the first state in four decades to abolish the death penalty, opponents of the practice declared a historic victory and hoped other states would follow suit. The Assembly voted 44-36 on Thursday to approve the legislation, which passed the Senate…

Associated Press – December 14, 2007 LONDON – The archbishop of Canterbury said Friday he will not reverse his decision to exclude a gay U.S. bishop from joining other bishops at a global Anglican gathering next year. Archbishop Rowan Williams’ office said he had also not changed his mind about refusing an invitation to Martyn…
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