January (Web-only) 2007

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Church and state | Church property disputes | Swaziland to tax churches | Islam and religious freedom | Catholics and Communists | Va. delegate's remarks | Politics | Global warming | Sudan | Iraq | Iraq refugees | Immigration | Life ethics | James Kopp trial | Crime | A Bizzaro "Rev. King" | Va. priest accused of theft | Abuse | Education | School crucifix ban | Evolution | Secularism | Jews and evangelicals | Anglicanism | Catholicism | Boston Globe on relics | Pentecostalism | Church life | Martin Luther King | People | Kenya televangelist soap opera | Media and entertainment | Books | Music | Toronto homeless shelter | Money and business | Other stories of interest

Church and state:

• Mount Soledad cross case appeal by city dismissed | Fine is ruled moot: U.S. controls land (San Diego Union-Tribune)
  
  
• Appeals court moves Quran lawsuit ahead | A lawsuit filed by the ACLU and a Muslim woman seeking the use of the Quran or other non-Christian texts in addition to the Bible for courtroom oaths should be allowed to go forward, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday (Associated Press)
  
  
• New parliament chair drops call for God in EU constitution | Following the vote, Hans-Gert Poettering said one of his key priorities would be to boost a "dialogue between cultures", particularly between Christian and Muslim religions (EU Observer)
  
  
• Amnesty accuses Angola government of evictions | Human rights group Amnesty International on Monday accused Angola's government of forcibly evicting thousands of families since 2001, apparently at the request of the Roman Catholic church looking to reclaim land (Reuters)
  
  
• Daley to lend hand rebuilding church | 2006 fire ravaged Sullivan-Adler site (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Also: Pilgrim Baptist gets push from Daley | Not much progress made on church since fire (Chicago Sun-Times)