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U.S. Bans Mailing of Bible Verses to Overseas Soldiers Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 04/10/2003 Don't mail Christian materials to soldiers, says U.S. The post office in Lenoir, North Carolina, told Jack Moody that he couldn't mail Christian comic books and a book of Bible verses to his son, who is stationed as an Army National Guardsman in the Middle East. U.S. rules prohibit mailing "any matter containing religious materials contrary to Islamic faith," a postal clerk explained. This morning, the Rutherford Institute, a civil and religious liberties organization, is suing the U.S. Postmaster General over the rule. "At...

Official: Bibles Can Be Sent to Troops .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Bibles and other religious materials can be sent by family members to servicemen and women serving in the Middle East, a top postal official stressed Thursday. Postal Vice President Azeezaly Jaffer's comments came after a report that a North Carolina man was told by a postal clerk that he could not send a book of Bible verses to his son, serving in Kuwait, because of regulations against sending non-Islamic materials to Middle Eastern countries. ``The regulation is intended for mass mailings, but there is nothing precluding...