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WGNNews.org Posted : November 19, 2002
Mon Nov 18, 8:38 PM ET
Powell Wants More Muslims in U.S.
WASHINGTON (AP) -
Secretary of State Colin Powell
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web sites) said Monday he is trying to expand programs
to bring educators, journalists and political and religious
leaders from Islamic countries to the United States
"We are committed to ensuring that our programs reach
out to Muslims in all walks of life," Powell told a
gathering of Muslim-Americans at an Iftaar, the
end-of-the-day meal that breaks daylong fasts during the
holy month of Ramadan.
Monday, November
18, 2002 Posted: 11:19 PM EST (0419 GMT)
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WGNNews.org Posted : November 19, 2002
Alabama told to remove Ten Commandments
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) --
A Ten Commandments monument in the
rotunda of Alabama's judicial building violates the
constitution's ban on government promotion of religion, a
federal judge ruled Monday.
U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson gave
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who had had the 5,300-pound
granite monument installed in the state building, 30 days to
remove it.
Moore testified during the trial that
the commandments are the moral foundation of American law.
He said the monument acknowledges God, but does not force
anyone to follow his conservative Christian religious
beliefs.
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