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AFP: Religious violence, abuse growing: world study
Religious-linked violence and abuse rose around the world between 2006 and 2009, with Christians and Muslims the most common targets, according to a private US study released Tuesday.
Reuters: Report shows rise in world restrictions on religion
Nearly a third of the world's population lives in countries where it is becoming more difficult to freely practice religion, a private U.S. research group reported on Tuesday.
RNS: Religious restrictions increased for 2 billion, study says
A third of the world -- about 2.2 billion people -- live in nations where restrictions on religion have substantially increased, according to a new report.
UPI: Pew report details religious restrictions
More than two-thirds of the world's population lives in countries where restrictions on religious beliefs and practices have increased, a U.S. report says.
National Post: Religious tolerance in retreat globally: study
Religious tolerance is in retreat globally, with one-third of people face increasing harassment when seeking to practise their faith, a new study reveals.
Malaysian Insider: Report shows rise in world restrictions on religion
Nearly a third of the world’s population lives in countries where it is becoming more difficult to freely practice religion, a private US research group reported today.
Arab Times: ‘Restrictions high on religions in Kuwait’ - ‘Violence, abuse growing’
Kuwait was ranked high in the Government Restrictions Index involving religion, according to a report released Tuesday by The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life — a private American research group.
Wash. Post: Opinion: Why religion will matter in 2012
After the release of our poll last week showing the impact of perceptions of religious differences on support for President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, I’ve been answering a lot of questions about why religion will matter in the 2012 elections.
CBN News: The Brody File
On this week's edition of The Brody File: CBN News analyzes the "faith factor" among presidential candidates and how voters respond.
Deseret News: Faith in the GOP: how fishing for religious votes in Iowa could lose them the general election
Wearing a fine silk tie and a Boy Scouts of America lapel pin on his suite, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, delivered an open invitation to join him in a day of prayer and fasting at Houston's Reliant Stadium on the 6th of August.
News-Press: Opinion: Religions vary on gay marriage
While America's laws on same-sex marriage are clear, either prohibiting or permitting them, the attitudes of people of faith in America and the religious laws and principles they follow vary in support or opposition, in large part because of varying degrees of devotion and adherence to faith pronouncements and scriptural interpretations.
Al Arabiya News: Opinion: An Arab lesson for Barack Obama
The Arab world is sending a blunt message to Barack Obama: Mr. President, you have disappointed us.
Christian Post: Campaign launches to boost support for Religious Freedom Bill
A Christian persecution watchdog group has launched an advocacy campaign to boost the impact of religious freedom on U.S. foreign policy.
Get Religion: Those Iowans are educated?
On any given day in the coverage leading up to the 2012 election, you can read stories about how the candidates face those evangelicals in Iowa.
CNN: End of Jewish golden age on Capitol Hill?
The following may cheer those who complain that Jews exercise too much influence in the American political system.
Des Moines Register: Iowa poll: Likely GOP caucusgoers educated, religious
Likely Iowa Republican caucusgoers are a highly educated bunch who are not wildly out of step with the rest of America in their religious profile.
Time: The trial of Pastor Amy DeLong: Methodism and same-sex unions
The Rev. Amy DeLong, a Methodist pastor from Osceola, Wisconsin, decided to come clean.
Huff. Post: Why President Obama still says no to gay marriage
President Obama thundered to the throngs at the recent LGBT Leadership Council fund raising bash in New York, "I believe that gay couples deserve the same legal rights as every couple in the country."
Wash. Post: Michele Bachmann: A ‘sense’ God calling me to presidency
Minnesota congresswoman— and now official presidential candidate — Michele Bachmann (R) told CBS News’ Bob Schieffer on Sunday that she believes God is calling her to run for the nation’s highest office.
CNN: U.S. evangelicals gloomy about future, 'global south' optimistic, study finds
Half the world's evangelical Protestant leaders are optimistic about the future, confident that evangelical Christians have an increasing influence in their countries and that things will be better for them in five years.
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