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Conservatives Push For Rival U.S. Anglican Church

June 21, 2009 • Conservative Anglican leaders arrive in Bedford, Texas, this weekend to discuss creating a new Anglican province in the United States. Conservatives split off from the U.S. Episcopal Church, aligning themselves with bishops in other countries, after the ordination of an openly gay bishop.

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Iran's Pivotal Presidential Election

Iran's Religious Minority Speaks Out On Elections

June 18, 2009 • Members of the Baha'i faith, Iran's largest religious minority, have long been discriminated against and persecuted by the Islamic Republic of Iran government. Farhad Sabetan, an official within the Baha'i faith community, offers a reaction to the recent elections.

Iran's Religious Minority Speaks Out On Elections

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Muslims Face Risk In Giving To Charities

June 16, 2009 • After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the government suspected that some Muslim charities were funneling donations to terrorist groups like al-Qaida. Anyone who donated to those charities could be accused of giving material support to terrorists. As a result, many Muslims abandoned their religious commitments to charity, one of the five pillars of Islam.

Muslims Face Risk In Giving To Charities

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Religion A Big Part Of The Charter School Debate

June 16, 2009 • At least a thousand Catholic schools have closed nationwide in the past decade because of overwhelming operating costs. The archdiocese of Washington, D.C., recently decided to remodel seven of its schools into public charters, hoping to save them from financial ruin. But critics say the restructuring violates the First Amendment and the separation of Church and State. NPR Education Correspondent Claudio Sanchez and Patricia Weitzel-O'neill, the superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of Washington, discuss the sensitivities of religious-backed charter schools.

Religion A Big Part Of The Charter School Debate

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Politics

This Week In Politics With Juan Williams

June 13, 2009 • The Obama administration may have hoped Iran would take up its message of change, but now that Ahmadinejad will stay in power, what options does the U.S. have?

This Week In Politics With Juan Williams

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Middle East

American Christian Funding Flows To Jewish Settlers

June 12, 2009 • President Obama has called on Israel to stop expanding Jewish settlements in the West Bank. But U.S. evangelical Christian groups continue to raise millions of dollars for the communities, which many others see as an obstacle to peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

American Christian Funding Flows To Jewish Settlers

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National

Wiesel Reacts To Shooting At Holocaust Museum

June 11, 2009 • The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum closed Thursday in memory of a security guard who was shot and killed there. Elie Wiesel, holocaust survivor and founding chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, reacts to the shooting in the museum he helped build.

Wiesel Reacts To Shooting At Holocaust Museum

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Documentary: Religion And Change Don't Always Mix

June 11, 2009 • When journalist Asra Nomani relocated to her home of Morgantown, West Virginia, she decided to seek solace at her local mosque during a difficult time in her life. Instead of solace, Nomani experienced what would later become the focus of the new PBS documentary, The Mosque in Morgantown. The project centers on her fight to foster social change in her religious community. Nomani and Brittany Huckabee, the film's producer, share highlights from that experience.

Documentary: Religion And Change Don't Always Mix

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National

Holocaust Museum Shooting Suspect Charged

June 11, 2009 • The self-proclaimed anti-Semite who killed a security guard after opening fire at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is being charged with murder, officials said Thursday.

National

Gunman Fires In Holocaust Museum, Kills Guard

June 11, 2009 • Investigations are under way into an 88-year-old suspected gunman. Washington, D.C.'s police chief says James von Brunn was critically wounded by security officers Wednesday after he stepped into the Holocaust museum and started shooting. A guard was killed. Von Brunn is a white supremacist and Holocaust denier.

Gunman Fires In Holocaust Museum, Kills Guard

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National

Museum Shooting Suspect Has Long Trail Of Vitriol

June 10, 2009 • Anti-Semitic writings, arrests and prison time pepper the life of James W. von Brunn. He is the author of a book titled Kill The Best Gentiles and once attempted what he portrayed as a citizen's arrest of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

World

Irish Question Catholic Identity After Abuse Report

June 10, 2009 • In Ireland, a report into child abuse in schools and orphanages run by Roman Catholic religious orders has renewed debate over the power the church wields in Irish society — especially in the field of education. The report found a shocking level of sexual, physical and emotional abuse.

Irish Question Catholic Identity After Abuse Report

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Detainees at Guantanamo Bay

Tiny Island To Take 17 Guantanamo Detainees

June 10, 2009 • The Pacific island nation of Palau says it will temporarily resettle a number of detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay. The 17 Uighurs are Turkic Muslims from northwestern China, captured after the Sept. 11 attacks but found not to be enemy combatants. They can't be returned to China for fear that they might be executed.

Tiny Island To Take 17 Guantanamo Detainees

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Iran's Pivotal Presidential Election

Iranian Women Set Sights On Upcoming Election

June 6, 2009 • Sussan Tahmasebi is a woman's rights activist based in Tehran and a founding member of the One Million Signatures Campaign — a movement seeking to gather one million signatures in hopes of changing gender-biased laws in Iran.

Iranian Women Set Sights On Upcoming Election

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Faith Matters

Groups Of Black Clergy Rally To Support Gay Marriage

June 5, 2009 • More than 100 clergy — mostly African-American — from throughout the Washington, D.C., region, rallied this week in support of same-sex marriage. The Rev. Dennis Wiley, who hosted the pro-gay marriage gathering, explains his decision to lend support and tells of his efforts, met with challenges, to convince fellow black clergy to do the same.

Groups Of Black Clergy Rally To Support Gay Marriage

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