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• Minneapolis mosque reacts to terrorist allegations
  A leader of a metro-area mosque is responding to a U.S. Senate committee after testimony yesterday linked two Twin Cities mosques with alleged terrorist recruitment.March 12, 2009
• Hijabs allowed in new Minn. driver's license bill
  A St. Cloud lawmaker says he has changed his bill that would have barred all headwear in driver's license photos to allow for religions headwear.March 6, 2009
• Barbara Brown Taylor at the Westminster Town Hall Forum
  Barbara Brown Taylor is an Episcopal priest, teacher, and author who lectures on preaching at Yale, Princeton, and Duke Universities and is a regular columnist for The Christian Century. She spoke before an audience at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Her speech was titled, "Downtime: The Sacred Art of Stopping."Midday, March 4, 2009
• Dawkins seeks more converts to atheism
  Richard Dawkins says atheists should be just as forthright in their views as those who believe God is real. The prominent atheist talks about why he wants to convert more to his way of thinking.Midmorning, March 3, 2009
• Is there still a place for Catholic confession?
  In therapy sessions, on talk shows, even online, Americans are confessing their sins. It seems the only place not buzzing with mea culpas these days is the confessional booth.February 27, 2009
• Mosque opens doors to help dispel rumors
  Leaders of a Minneapolis mosque have been vigorously fighting accusations linking them to a number of missing Twin Cities men -- men that some believe have returned to Somalia to fight in that country's civil war. Last night they took a different approach by hosting an open house at the mosque.February 26, 2009
• Faith, spirituality and the economy
  Speaking of Faith host Krista Tippett talks about the how people from across the ethics and faith community are viewing the economic crisis.Midmorning, February 23, 2009
• Lutherans weigh making gay clergy a local decision
  The nation's largest Lutheran denomination will consider allowing individual congregations to choose whether to allow gays and lesbians in committed relationships to serve as clergy.February 19, 2009
• Mosque leaders deny they recruited youth to fight
  Leaders and friends of a Minneapolis mosque deny connection to the recent disappearances of young Somali men from the Twin Cities.February 10, 2009
• An anniversary for evolution
  February marks the 200th birthday of naturalist Charles Darwin. His publication of "On the Origin of Species," about his work in the Galapagos Islands, caused religious and scientific uproar, becoming the basis of modern biology and the modern day rift between science and the church.Midmorning, February 10, 2009
• The niche Bible
  Celebrities like Angelina Jolie and John Lennon are gracing the pages of the New Testament in one new version of the Bible. Midmorning asks whether a modern look will help the ancient sacred text reach new audiences or lose its message in the glossy presentation.Midmorning, February 9, 2009
• Holocaust-denying bishop lived in Minn. for 15 years
  A Holocaust-denying bishop lived and taught for 15 years at a Minnesota seminary, where he expressed views similar to those that sparked a diplomatic crisis for the Vatican, the Winona Daily News reported Sunday.February 8, 2009
• Travel writer Rick Steves visits Iran
  Travel writer Rick Steves recently spent 10 days in Iran taping his new special, which airs on PBS.Midday, February 6, 2009
• Director gets animated for his Oscar-nominated film
  A highly unusual Oscar-nominated documentary opens in Minnesota this weekend. "Waltz with Bashir" is out of the ordinary, because it's animated, and because it deals with the psychological repercussions of a Middle Eastern war a quarter century ago.January 30, 2009
• Advice on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
  President Barack Obama inherits an Israeli-Palestinian confrontation in Gaza and a broader Arab-Israeli conflict that seem to defy resolution. Former U.S. negotiator Aaron David Miller reflects on what Obama needs to know as he treads into that troubled region.Midday, January 26, 2009

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