Religion

A massive swarm of locust has descended onto Egypt, hitting much of the Giza area and the fertile Nile farming areas. Is this how it happened When Moses warned the pharaoh?

According to Egyptian government figured, an estimated 30-50 million locust have invaded from the west and landed along the fertile Nile river farming areas and in the Giza plateau pyramids.

Government officials from the ministry of agriculture have told people not to attempt to rid the area of the locust by lighting car tires on fire, saying it will not work but can endanger peoples lives.

Washington, D.C. -

Washington's National Cathedral has said it will begin preforming same sex marriages. The move is seen as significant because of it's prominent status, its where president's are mourned, speeches are delivered and presidential inaugural services are held and hundreds of thousand of tourist visit each year.

The 106 year old cathedral is the nation's most prominent of the Episcopal churches.

On Sunday, Egypt's Orthodox Coptic Christian Church enthroned its new leader, Pope Tawadros II, in an elaborate four hour ceremony held at the Coptic cathedral in Cairo that was attended by the Muslim Egyptian Prime Minister as well as numerous other government officials.

The Christian Coptic faith is the largest single Christian group in the middle east and makes up about 10% of the Egyptian population and are found mostly in the north of Egypt and in the seaside city of Alexandria.

U.S. District Court Judge Todd Campbell has ordered Rutherford County in Tennessee to allow the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro to open its new mosque immediately and in time for Ramadam, the Islamic holy month which begins this Thursday.

The Islamic center along with federal prosecutors sued Rutherford County for not granting an occupany permit, and in the emergency hearing today, successfully argued that preventing mosque members from using the new 12,000 sf mosque imposed an unfair burden on the Islamic worshipers and that the ban imposed by another judge was religously based.