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Husain Abdullah, who gave up football to take Muslim pilgrimage, is back in NFL

Chiefs free safety Husain Abdullah backpedaled with the receiver, recognized the route, broke on the ball and deflected the pass thrown by rookie Tyler Bray.

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RELIGION

Voices of Faith: How does your faith address selfishness?

Voices of Faith: How does your faith address selfishness?
RELIGION

6 men settle abuse lawsuit against Chicago Jesuits

Internal church records released Tuesday show that Chicago Jesuits consciously concealed the crimes of convicted sex offender Donald McGuire for more than 40 years as the prominent Roman Catholic priest continued to sexually abuse dozens of children around the globe.
RELIGION

US report: Scant improvement in religious freedom in Cuba

Cuba's communist government eased controls on religious activities in the past year but overall maintained "significant restrictions" on freedom of religion on the island, according to a U.S. State Department report.
RELIGION

Billy Graham isn’t finished preaching yet

The Charlotte-based Billy Graham Evangelistic Association plans to share his filmed comments in November – on TV, DVD, and the Internet – as part of a new nationwide evangelical effort.
RELIGION

What is Hinduism?

Hinduism is the third-largest organized religion in the world, with almost a billion followers. Most Hindus live in India, and there is a growing population in the United States. Because Hindu temples do not require membership, there is no official count.
RELIGION

Billy Graham isn't finished preaching yet

He'll be 95 in November, but Billy Graham still isn't finished preaching.
RELIGION

Scammers bedevil religious leaders with fake Facebook pages

Search for the Rev. Adam Hamilton on Facebook and you'll likely get two seemingly identical pages to choose from.
RELIGION

A posthumous fall from grace

By the time the letter arrived, the grass on Benjamin Hawkes' grave had grown thick. Historians had chronicled how he transformed the Los Angeles archdiocese into a billion-dollar institution. His portrait had been etched into a metal plaque and bolted to the wall of a sprawling church on Wilshire...
BOOKS

Book review: Atheist calls for abolishing religion

Brit scholar A.C. Grayling says religion is nothing but a plague and a curse. He advocates for a society based on secular humanism, with no hang-ups about abortion, euthanasia and legalized prostitution.
LOCAL/STATE

Drescher: Feisty Baptist editor was one of a kind

R.G. "Gene" Puckett was a verbal pugilist who enjoyed a good argument. Puckett, a man who enjoyed conflict, probably reveled in the split vote that installed him as editor of the Biblical Recorder. He was not for everybody. Nor did he want to be.