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At a time when failed mortgages have led to collapse of major banks and foreclosure of millions of homes in the US, a credit union in Canada has introduced Islamic mortgages for Muslims.
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Divisions among Canadian Sikhs over the ongoing controversy about the Dasam Granth reached a flash point with hardliners using kirpans to attack supporters of former Akal Takht head priest Darshan Singh Ragi who suspects the authenticity of the scripture.
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The formation of a new Anglican body in the U.S. and Canada is not only the latest stage of the conflict between Anglicans on contested issues of sexuality and orthodoxy, but it also represents an ingathering of various smaller conservative groups that have broken off from the Episcopal Church in recent years.
Richard Cimino is the founder and editor of Religion Watch, a newsletter monitoring trends in contemporary religion. Since January 2008, Religion Watch is published by Religioscope Institute. Website: www.religionwatch.com.
For the first time, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) is reported within the five largest churches in the United States, according to the National Council of Churches’ 2002 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches,off press this week. NCC News – 13 February 2002 – “This ranking represents a very brisk increase in […]
The 2002 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches (416 pages, paperback) is published by Abingdon Press, Nashville, Tenn.
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