Delink religion from terrorism, says Omar (Express India)
J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said there was a need to defeat the ideology of terrorism which could be achieved only after delinking religion from it.

Delink religion from terrorism: Omar (Hindustan Times)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said there was a need to defeat the ideology of terrorism, which could be achieved only after delinking religion from it.

Journalists Choose Top 10 Religion News Stories of 2008 (The Morning News)
After waves of headlines about faith and politics, President-elect Barack Obama was the clear choice as the top Religion Newsmaker of 2008.

Grand Blanc man, Lloyd Racine, committed to faith, religion and family, dies at 88 (The Flint Journal)
Lloyd Racine GRAND BLANC, Michigan -- Lloyd Racine was committed to his faith, his religion and his family. "Those three things consumed his life," son John Racine of Grand Blanc said. "He was very focused." Lloyd Racine of Grand Blanc...

Lisa Marie Presley defends Scientology (AP via Yahoo! News)
Lisa Marie Presley is expressing her condolences over Jett Travolta's death and defending Scientology, the religion that Presley, John Travolta and Kelly Preston follow.

Religion and Resolutions (2 Letters) (New York Times)
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Court to rule on pot's use in religion (East Valley Tribune)
The Arizona Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide whether there is a religious right to possess marijuana.

Redemption, Religion, and Reconsideration with Director Carlos Reygadas (The Village Voice)
With the release of Silent Light , Carlos Reygadas may have to surrender his title as Mexican cinema's resident rabble rouser. Coming on the heels of the elephant-dung Jesus that was 2005's Battle in Heaven , this austere, astonishingly beautiful drama of marital and spiritual crisis,...

Tom Verducci: Old guard squeezed in new market (Sports Illustrated)
The baseball actuarial tables have been rewritten. As clubs continue to place greater value on young players under control (witness the new religion about not losing compensatory draft picks), the older free agent is being severely devalued. What has been a slow market for almost every player not negotiating with the New York Yankees has become downright cruel for the aging position player.

Don’t confuse moral fights for religion’s (Las Vegas Sun)
Mon, Jan 5, 2009 (2:02 a.m.) Regarding Richard Mundy’s Saturday letter to the editor, headlined “Religious extremism isn’t foreign to U.S.”: Mr. Mundy accused religion of forcing its views on the nation.