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• Iowa Muslim leader: Law enforcement betrayed us February 4, 2012
  By Kiran Khalid, CNN (CNN)–The Muslim community in Des Moines, Iowa, is as small as it is diverse. The members of the four mosques here are from Yemen, Somalia, Pakistan and Bangladesh, among other nations. Although the roots of the Muslims here may be worlds apart, the community is a tight-knit group. That’s why what happened […]
• My Take: 'Real Catholics' not opposed to birth control February 3, 2012
  Editor's note: Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion scholar and author of "God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions that Run the World," is a regular CNN Belief Blog contributor. By Stephen Prothero, Special to CNN (CNN) – I don’t know yet what I think of the Obama administration’s policy of requiring employers, including […]
• Bishop Eddie Long crowned 'king' February 3, 2012
  By John Blake, CNN Atlanta (CNN)–Bishop Eddie Long has been called anointed, but he was recently awarded another title, as shown in a video that’s gone viral. He’s now a king. Long was wrapped in a “Holocaust Torah” and crowned a king during a recent Sunday ceremony at New Birth Missionary Church, his suburban Atlanta […]
• From place of prayer to place of beer February 3, 2012
  By Richard Allen Greene, CNN (CNN)–The leafy, genteel north London neighborhood of Muswell Hill is well stocked with stores, coffee bars, restaurants and apartments. It also has plenty of churches – at least four were built within a few hundred yards of each other, thanks to the generosity of the developer who built Muswell Hill […]
• Belief Blog's Morning Speed Read for Friday, February 3 February 3, 2012
  By Dan Merica, CNN Here's the Belief Blog’s morning rundown of the top faith-angle stories from around the United States and around the world. Click the headlines for the full stories. From the Blog: CNN: The pope’s on Twitter? 10 unlikely tweeters Twitter says it has more than 100 million active users – a pretty […]
• The pope's on Twitter? 10 unlikely tweeters February 2, 2012
  By Doug Gross, CNN (CNN) - Twitter says it has more than 100 million active users - a pretty impressive chunk of the online population who are, if nothing else, checking in to see what other people are sharing. With that many folks on the six-year-old microblogging site, Twitter is always good for a few […]
• Obama reflects on faith in prayer breakfast speech February 2, 2012
  By Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama spoke of his personal faith Thursday as he delivered remarks for the third year in a row at the National Prayer Breakfast. In addition, Obama used the platform in front of religious dignitaries and politicians to express his vision of how faith […]
• Politics and Prayers February 2, 2012
  By Lesa Jansen, CNN Washington (CNN)–Speaking at the 60th annual National Prayer Breakfast inWashington on Thursday, the president said, "We know that part of living in a pluralistic society means that our personal religious beliefs alone can't dictate our response to every challenge we face. But in my moments of prayer, I'm reminded that fait […]
• A head on a silver platter – rethinking John the Baptist and Oscar Wilde February 2, 2012
  By Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor Charlottesville, Virginia (CNN)— As Oscar Wilde imagined it, the execution of John the Baptist was packed with love, lust, incest and murder. The Irish playwright spun the ancient biblical story into "Salome," a one-act tragedy written in 1863 in French that today is getting a fresh look thanks to […]
• Belief Blog's Morning Speed Read for Thursday, February 2 February 2, 2012
  By Dan Merica, CNN Here's the Belief Blog’s morning rundown of the top faith-angle stories from around the United States and around the world. Click the headlines for the full stories. From the Blog: CNN: Santorum co-chair: Homosexuality ‘makes God want to vomit’ Reverend O'Neal Dozier, pastor of the Worldwide Christian Center in Pompano Beach, [.. […]