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 One of the families in TLC's new show.
November 15th, 2011
04:20 PM ET
My Take: 'All-American Muslim' doesn't speak for this Muslim
By Aman Ali, Special to CNN Anytime I hear about a TV show coming out that features Muslims, my initial reaction is almost always “Oh man, please don’t suck. Please don’t suck.” Unfortunately with TLC’s new reality show, it does. “All-American Muslim” is the network’s new series about a group of Muslim families living in the Arab-rich city of Dearborn, Michigan.  Timothy Dolan, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, says “education in this area is phenomenally efficacious.”
November 15th, 2011
03:07 PM ET
Catholic official: Church aims to confront abuse, work with educators after Penn State scandalBy Dan Gilgoff, CNN.com Religion Editor (CNN) - The Roman Catholic Church is willing to partner with American educational institutions to educate the public about child sex abuse after the Penn State scandal, according to the head of the U.S. church. "One of the good things God might bring out of this evil and this tragedy would be now some type of alliance between religion and the educational establishment in a major national campaign to see that this is faced head on," said Archbishop Timothy Dolan, the top Catholic official in the United States.
November 15th, 2011
10:47 AM ET
Hate crime numbers steady, FBI reportsBy Terry Frieden, CNN Justice Department Producer Washington (CNN) – As New York authorities investigate what appears to be the nation's latest hate crime, the FBI's annual hate crime report, released Monday, shows no significant change in the level of crimes motivated by bias. The FBI's annual report comes on the heels of a weekend incident in a Jewish section of Brooklyn in which three vehicles were set ablaze and graffiti was scrawled across park benches. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg issued a statement declaring the attackers to be "a twisted person or people." "This kind of hateful act has no place in the freest city in the freest country in the world," Bloomberg said. The new hate crime statistics show anti-Jewish bias remains far and away the most prevalent form of hate crime directed at a religious group.
November 15th, 2011
05:16 AM ET
Belief Blog's Morning Speed Read for Tuesday, November 15
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. CNN: Bob Jones III becomes latest Christian leader to challenge Obama’s Christianity. CNN: Officials, Jewish leader march after anti-Semitic incident |
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