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June 12, 2013 - Reuters
Reuters: Iranians mixed on having religious figures in politics: Pew poll
As Iran heads into presidential elections this week, Iranians have mixed views on political roles for religious figures but a large majority backs sharia law, according to a poll published on Tuesday.
June 07, 2013 - The Vancouver Sun
Vancouver Sun: Opinion: Should ‘shariah’ set off alarm bells?
The North Shore News recently ran a pleasant multicultural story about a new mosque, called Ar-Rahman, opening in the Norgate neighbourhood.
June 01, 2013 - AFP
AFP: Online Muslims outside the United States are more open to Western culture, Pew study finds
MUSLIMS outside the United States who use the internet are more likely to have a favorable opinion of Western popular culture than those who don't go online, the Pew Research Center said Friday.
May 31, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: How the Internet is changing the Muslim world’s view of the West
The Internet can do many things — help mobilize massive social uprisings in the Arab Spring, raise thousands of dollars for needy girls in an online “flash mob” and drive 500 million people to watch “Charlie Bit Me.”
May 31, 2013 - Religion News Service
RNS: Want to improve Muslim attitudes? Get them online
(RNS) Want Muslims to have a better opinion of the United States? Get them on the Internet.
May 25, 2013 - The Economist
Economist: Change of faith
AT FIRST glance, the religion of legal American immigrants over the past 20 years appears unremarkable: the vast majority are Christian.
May 22, 2013 - CNN
CNN: This Oklahoma atheist isn't thanking the Lord
Behind her were ruins, a tangled mess where structures once stood. Cradled in her arms, the mother’s 19-month-old son played with a snatched microphone, unfazed by the chaos swirling around him.
May 13, 2013 - National Catholic Reporter
Catholic Reporter: Report on global Muslims reveals similarities with Catholicism
It’s always fascinating for me to interview those of other faith traditions and sometimes discover similarities with Catholicism. And Islam certainly has some similarities.
May 07, 2013 - WBEZ 91.5 Chicago
WBEZ 91.5: Report surveys over 38,000 Muslims worldwide on political and personal beliefs
From 2008-2012, the Pew Research Center surveyed over 38,000 Muslims around the world about their personal and political beliefs.
May 01, 2013 - The Atlantic
Atlantic: What Muslims around the world think about women's rights, in charts
We often talk about "the Islamic world," or the "Muslim community," but sometimes it takes being smacked with an enormous, amazing data dump to remind us that Muslims are actually an incredibly diverse group -- if you can call them a group -- who adhere to views that are informed by their cultural and political context as much as their religion.
May 01, 2013 - USA Today
USA Today: Report: Muslims back Islamic law, disagree on meaning
Devotion to Islam shapes the lives of most Muslims but their views on democracy, religious law known as sharia, and family life are varied, a new study finds.
April 30, 2013 - The Guardian
Guardian: US Muslim opposition to suicide bombing revealed in extensive study

Muslims in the US are generally more opposed to suicide bombings than their co-religionists round the world, according to a new report by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life published Tuesday.

 

April 30, 2013 - Reuters
Reuters: World wide Muslim Pew survey shows majority want sharia but disagree on what to include, survey
Large majorities in the Muslim world want the Islamic legal and moral code of sharia as the official law in their countries, but they disagree on what it includes and who should be subject to it, an extensive new survey says.
April 30, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Survey: Many Muslims want sharia, but differ on what that means
In Afghanistan, Iraq and many other countries across the globe, most Muslims support making sharia, or Islamic law, the official law of the land, according to a sweeping survey released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center.
April 23, 2013 - CNN
CNN: Survey: Muslims in North Caucasus concerned about ‘extremism’ within their faith
A majority of Muslims (57%) in Russia’s North Caucasus – including Chechnya, Dagestan and five other Russian jurisdictions – are either “very concerned” or “somewhat concerned” about religious extremist groups in their country, according to a Pew Research Center survey.
April 22, 2013 - Bloomberg
Bloomberg: California Lawmakers Seeks to Buck Anti-Abortion Trend
A California lawmaker, bucking a trend in other states to restrict abortion, has proposed to broaden access by permitting nurse-midwives and others to perform procedures now done only by doctors.
April 19, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Boy Scouts’ decision on gay members divides public
The Boy Scouts of America’s proposal to welcome openly gay scouts — even while still ban gay adult scout leaders — is sure to reignite an already hot debate over the role of gays in society. And, at least when it comes to the Scouts, the issue isn’t totally cut and dry.
April 12, 2013 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: When Muslims intermarry, do they keep the faith?
When it comes to intermarriage, Muslims are becoming the new Jews.
April 10, 2013 - The Economist
Economist: We're not in Kansas any more
IF a judge sentences you to be stoned for adultery, you are probably not in Middle America.
April 10, 2013 - Religion News Service
RNS: As they turn 150, Adventists still pray for the apocalypse
Over the past 150 years, Seventh-day Adventists have built one of Christianity’s most inventive and prosperous churches, all the while praying for the world to end as soon as possible.
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