http://www.pewforum.org/Selected religion-related news from around the Web. en-usCopyright: (C) Copyright 2009 The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. All rights reserved.info@pewforum.org (PewForum Info)info@pewforum.org (PewForum Info)60http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttp://www.pewforum.org/uploadedImages/_content/defaultPublicationThumb(1).gifhttp://www.pewforum.org/Wed, 23 May 2012 08:53:07 GMTWed, 23 May 2012 08:53:07 GMTTue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 GMTThe University of Notre Dame, the Archdiocese of New York and 41 other Roman Catholic institutions sued the Obama administration in federal court Monday, the latest push against a requirement in the health-care-overhaul law that employers cover contraception in workers' health plans.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Catholics-sue-over-health-mandate.aspxMon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMTMalawi's President Joyce Banda has announced her intention to repeal a number of laws that have made Malawi into a pariah state, from its ban on homosexuality to broad police powers of search and arrest, to a law that allows cabinet ministers to shut down newspapers.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/CS-Monitor--Mixed-reactions-over-Malawi-s-plan-to-repeal-anti-gay-law.aspxMon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMTIt is fashionable these days for Western leaders to praise Indonesia as a model Muslim democracy. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has declared, “If you want to know whether Islam, democracy, modernity and women’s rights can coexist, go to Indonesia.”http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/NYT--Opinion--No-model-for-Muslim-democracy.aspxMon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMTAfter Egyptian women stood shoulder to shoulder with men in the protests that toppled Hosni Mubarak, many looked forward to a role in the revolution’s next steps.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Wash--Post--Egyptian-women-feel-excluded,-despite-the-promise-of-the-revolution.aspxMon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMTMuslim women may finally get their due share in family inheritance.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Times-of-India--Uttar-Pradesh-may-give-inheritance-rights-to-Muslim-women.aspxSun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 GMTWhen President Obama announced his support for gay marriage, supporters and pundits declared it symbolic of a historic shift in American attitudes.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/For-gay-marriage-opponents-moments-shape-minds.aspxSat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 GMTTwo years before the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, the largest Protestant group in the United States made a powerful statement on abortion.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Churches-shift-positions-on-abortion.aspxSat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 GMTThe Vatican has denounced as "criminal" a new book of leaked internal documents that shed light on power struggles inside the Holy See and the thinking of its embattled top banker, and warned that it would take legal action against those responsible.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/AP--Vatican-calls-leak--criminal-.aspxFri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 GMTDerrick Harkins has had a tough week.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/DC-pastor-Derrick-Harkins-tries-to-balance-spiritual-and-political-roles.aspxThu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 GMTThe nation’s capital once again served as a battleground in the national debate over abortion Thursday as a Congressional subcommittee aired a bill that would ban abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks of pregnancy.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/DC-becomes-national-abortion-battleground-with-bill-that-would-ban-procedure-after-20-weeks.aspx