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Weekly Standard: Beyond the Tea Party: The broadening of a movement
Lively debate continues about just how many people showed up to attend Glenn Beck’s rally at the Lincoln Memorial, but there has been less interest in exactly why they showed up.
AP: Fla. minister determined to hold 9/11 Quran burn
The leader of a small Florida church that espouses anti-Islam philosophy said Wednesday he was determined to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, despite pressure from the White House, religious leaders and others to call it off.
AP: Vatican: Burning Quran is outrageous, grave move
The Vatican on Wednesday denounced as "outrageous and grave" plans by a Christian minister in Florida to burn copies of the Quran to mark the Sept. 11 anniversary.
Chicago Tribune: Many faces under the hijab
In the photo, Heba Abbasi has just emerged from the water after one leg of the Chicago Triathlon. Wearing a long-sleeved shirt and pants, she contrasts with the athlete in spandex shorts and a form-fitting tank top ahead of her.
RNS: British less than enthused about upcoming papal visit, polls say
Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled this month (Sept. 16-19) to pay the first papal visit to Britain in 28 years, but the host nation seems less than enthusiastic about it, according to a pair of public opinion polls.
AP: Teachers killed in restive southern Thailand
Panicked teachers in Thailand's restive south stayed home from school Wednesday after two teachers were killed in broad daylight amid threats from suspected Muslim insurgents that 20 would die.
RNS: Muslims wary of closeness between holiday and 9/11
For this year's Eid al-Fitr, the Islamic holiday that concludes the holy month of Ramadan, Nakia Jackson received an unusual present from a Jewish friend: cab fare.
Duluth News Tribune: Local clergy join crusade against coal industry
It’s 1,000 miles from Concordia Lutheran Church in Duluth to the flattened mountaintops where coal is mined in eastern Kentucky.
CS Monitor: Mosque near ground zero controversy simmers with media help
The Islamic community center near the World Trade Center, the mosque at Ground Zero – whatever you call it, it isn't fading to black any time soon.
AP: Physicist Stephen Hawking says God not needed for creation
Did creation need a creator?

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