http://www.infidels.org/wire Current events articles of interest to atheists, freethinkers, and anyone interested in religious liberty en Sat, 6 Sep 2008 02:47:30 GMT Sat, 6 Sep 2008 02:47:30 GMT wire@infidels.org wire@infidels.org http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/sep/05/law.religion A Hindu man is to ask the high court to overturn a ban on open-air cremations to allow the ancient religious ritual to take place in Britain. http://www.myfoxwausau.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7371768&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.1.1 The controversial historical novel based on the life of Prophet Muhammad's child bride will finally find its way into American bookstores next month. http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/europe/church.php While leaders and generals quarrel over the strategic map of Georgia and Russia's future relations with both its neighbors and the West, the Christians of both nations have fretted over the worrisome loss of Orthodox unity. http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/04/asia/04christians.php The violence, which left at least 16 dead, was among the worst in decades against Christians in this Hindu-dominated nation and appears to have been fueled, at least in part, by the growing gap between India's haves and have-nots. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080903/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_palin_iraq_war Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told ministry students at her former church that the United States sent troops to fight in the Iraq war on a "task that is from God." http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20080902/NEWS/809029993/-1/rss02 Husband said wife's screams may have been paranormal: "I told them an angel pulled me out of the water," he said. "That angel was as real to me as my children. Maybe the angel screamed." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/foyle_and_west/7588035.stm A Donegal atheist had to be buried in Londonderry because the county has no facilities for non-religious burials.