Politics
COMMENTARY: Yasser Arafat’s carefully calculated Big Lie
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.)
(RNS)-About 15 years ago the Palestine Liberation Organization leader, Yasser Arafat, began a propaganda campaign by describing Jesus as"a Palestinian." A...
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TOP STORY: BUDDHISM IN AMERICA: Buddhist Churches of America roiled by change, dissension
c. 1996 Religion News Service
SAN FRANCISCO (RNS)-Since it was established here 97 years ago, the Buddhist Churches of America has provided cultural shelter, and a religious center, to four generations of Japanese-Americans.
At the religious center has been Japan's Jodo Shinshu Bu...
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NEWS STORY: Appeals court rules Religious Freedom Restoration Act constitutional
c. 1996 Religion News Service
NEW ORLEANS (RNS)-City government said the old Spanish-style Catholic church that held only 350 worshipers was too beautiful to replace, even though the 1,300 families of St. Peter's in growing Boerne, Texas, were having to gather for Mass in a nearby m...
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Former Episcopal treasurer admits to embezzling more than $1.5 million
c. 1995 Religion News Service
(RNS)-The former treasurer of the Episcopal Church admitted Wednesday to a federal court in Newark, N.J., that she embezzled more than $1.5 million from the church and evaded income taxes on part of the stolen money.
Ellen F. Cooke, 52, who served as...
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National Religion Report
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Following is a collection of domestic religion stories compiled from RNS staff, wire and denominational reports).
Supreme Court allows $1.5 million judgment against Christian Scientists
(RNS)-The Supreme Court Monday (Jan. 22) let stand a M...
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TOP STORY: JUDAISM IN AMERICA: Synagogues reward Jewish families willing to relocate
c. 1996 Religion News Service
LOWELL, Mass.-"WANTED,"said the ad, published in a regional Jewish newspaper."$2,500 reward. Pioneering families to revitalize the Jewish community in Lowell." With car-dealer flair and Wild West drama, a rabbi here is beckoning Jews to a new frontier,...
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COMMENTARY: The murky waters of `parental rights’ legislation
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Samuel K. Atchison is an ordained minister and has worked as a policy analyst and social worker to the homeless. He currently is a prison chaplain in Trenton, N.J.)
(RNS)-It's an idea that has some merit. But the real key to parental responsibility i...
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NEWS STORY: Christian leaders urge new mobilization against religious persecution
c. 1996 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)-Leaders of more than 40 evangelical and Catholic organizations Tuesday (Jan. 23) urged the federal government to take up the cause of persecuted Christians around the world.
At the same time, the leaders, representing churches, missio...
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TOP STORY: ISLAM IN AMERICAL: In prisons, a declaration of faith often means conversion to Islam
c. 1996 Religion News Service
STORMVILLE, N.Y. (RNS)-The Islamic holy month of Ramadan, said Imam Hasib Abdul-Haqq, the Muslim chaplain at Green Haven Correctional Facility here, is a time for patience, a time to develop the discipline that enables a person to accept his destiny.
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NEWS STORY: Vatican book on sexuality may bolster"parental rights"drive
c. 1996 Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY (RNS)-The"parental rights"movement in the United States has gained an unintended assist from the Roman Catholic Church.
In a new book on human sexuality, the church advises parents to become more involved in their children's education, to...
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