Religion

NEWS DAY | Lutherans come to MN

By Mary Turck, News Day blog

You thought they were already here?

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Turkish delight: Whirling Dervishes of Rumi at the U

By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet

Photo courtesy Whirling Dervishes of Rumi

"How do you review a Dervish?" I tweeted semi-rhetorically last night as I headed off to Ted Mann Concert Hall to see the Whirling Dervish

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Religious right watch: Health care reform is against God’s design

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

Image: Glen, Flickr

The religious right is ramping up its campaign against health care reform, even joining with the “tea party” movement to encourage conservative Christians to swamp town hall meetings.MORE »

Lutheran groups spar over inclusion of gay pastors

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

(Natalie Maynor, Flickr)

Thousands of Lutherans will gather in Minneapolis on August 17 to take a historic vote on LGBT issues within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

The church-wide ELCA assembly will de

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Six imams' case gets boost from judge's ruling

By Ted Trautman, TC Daily Planet
A federal judge on July 24 issued a ruling in the ongoing lawsuit filed by six imams who claim they were falsely arrested on a U.S. Airways jet docked at the Minneapolis-St.MORE »

Moment revisits Rabbi Friedman controversy

By Steven Rosenbaum, American Jewish World

Rabbi Manis Friedman writes again for Moment magazine. (Photo: Mordecai Specktor)

The new issue of Moment magazine revisits the controversy stirred up by the publication of a short article by Rabbi Manis Friedman, aMORE »

NEWS DAY | Six imams can sue

By Mary Turck, News Day blog
The lawsuit by six imams who were ejected from a U.S.MORE »

Thrift shop a friendly oasis for the little guy

By Dwight Hobbes, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
As this economic catastrophe drags on, we stretch each and every buck possible. A smart dollar-saver is your friendly neighborhood thrift store.MORE »

SPLC urges Congress to investigate neo-Nazis in the military

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

2008 NSM rally in Omaha. Photo by Jaime de la Cruz.

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) says that members of the National Socialist Movement — the white nationalist group that was based in Minnesota MORE »
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