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October 07, 2011 - The Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune: Naperville not putting out welcome mat for Islamic religious center
For years, HOPE United Church of Christ advertised on its front lawn plans to build a church on 14 acres it owned just southwest of Naperville, and the minister there says he never heard so much as a peep of displeasure.
October 06, 2011 - The Columbus Dispatch
Columbus Dispatch: Top court may alter religious-employment law
The Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in a case that could change how religious institutions hire and fire people.
October 06, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: An Interview with David Masci About the Ministerial Exception
AP Radio Religion Editor Steve Coleman talks to Senior Researcher David Masci about a Supreme Court case involving a legal doctrine known as the "ministerial exception."
October 04, 2011 - The Christian Post
Christian Post: Joel Osteen on CNN: I Could Vote for a Muslim or Jewish President
Joel Osteen offers a strong statement of support for the Israeli people in an interview with CNN's Pierce Morgan Tuesday night, in which the Lakewood Church pastor also discusses whether he would vote for a Jewish or Muslim presidential candidate.
October 01, 2011 - First Things
First Things: Whither marriage?

Proponents of same-sex marriage frame their cause in terms of civil rights. There are no significant moral or cultural differences between homosexual couples and heterosexual couples, they presume, and therefore limiting marriage to heterosexual couples amounts to discrimination.

October 01, 2011 - The Christian Post
Christian Post: Supreme Court to hear case on church authority, hiring rights
One of the most important religious cases disputed in years, involving the separation of church and state, will soon come before the U.S. Supreme Court.
September 30, 2011 - The Muslim News
Muslim News: USA: American Muslims seeking integration are met with discrimination
In a survey conducted earlier this year, a large majority of Muslims demonstrated their affiliation with the American way of life.
September 29, 2011 - The Korea Times
Korea Times: Opinion: Religious persecution on the rise
History was supposed to have ended.
September 27, 2011 - The Sacramento Bee
Sacramento Bee: Davis' little blue mosque built with community support
They call it the little mosque that could.
September 27, 2011 - Agence France-Presse
AFP: Christians top target of abuse: Vatican
Christians are the number one target of persecution around the world, the Vatican's foreign minister told the UN summit on Tuesday.
September 26, 2011 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Opinion: Millennial Generation challenges religion in America
While most religions believe their doctrines and practices to be eternal verities, all denominations, like other institutions, must continually enlist and renew the commitment of each new generation if they are to survive and carry on their work.
September 23, 2011 - The Christian Post
Christian Post: Palestinian bid for U.N. recognition a sign of the 'last days,' says prophecy author
Christian evangelist and end times author Hal Lindsey believes a push by the Palestinian Authority for statehood recognition by the United Nations is tied to biblical prophecies and is more proof that Christians are living in the "last days."
September 22, 2011 - Catholic Culture
Catholic Culture: Supreme Court case could affect suits against Church for discimination
A case pending before the US Supreme Court could produce an important new precedent regarding the right of religious groups to set standards for their ministers and other employees.
September 22, 2011 - Salon
Salon: How Rick Perry courts the Zionist vote
At a press conference in New York on Tuesday billed "pro-Israel," Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry was flanked by Orthodox Jewish leaders.
September 21, 2011 - The Huffington Post
Huffington Post: Surveying U.S. and French Muslims
The results of two interesting surveys were released recently: one by the Pew Research Center on U.S. Muslims' lives and attitudes and one by IFOP (the leading French market research and opinion poll institute) on French Muslims and the evolution of their socio-religious attitudes over the past two decades.
September 21, 2011 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: In GOP race, public prayers seem more political than personal
Among the Republican candidates running for president in 2012, there’s been a whole lot of praying in public.
September 19, 2011 - Council on Foreign Relations
CFR: Muslims in the United States

Since 9/11, the U.S. war on terror abroad and domestic terror incidents involving U.S. and immigrant Muslims have focused attention on Islam in the United States.

September 16, 2011 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Converts vs. 'Cradle Catholics'
Do converts to the faith make better evangelists than "cradle Catholics"? Pope Benedict XVI seems to think so.
September 15, 2011 - Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera: Arabs and Muslims carve a place in the U.S.
"USA! USA!" chanted the mob of hundreds as it tried to march towards Bridgeview's Mosque Foundation just southwest of Chicago.
September 11, 2011 - The Toledo Blade
Toledo Blade: Area Muslims strive to counter 'Islamophobia'

Ten years ago Sunday, Toledo attorney Linda Mansour was watching the 9/11 terror attacks on a courthouse TV when friends and colleagues gave her hugs and words of support.

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