http://www.pewforum.org/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, 19 Jun 2013 14:11:31 GMTWed, 19 Jun 2013 14:11:31 GMTTue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMTEgypt’s prosecutors have been flooded with blasphemy complaints since 2011 as Islamists exercising their new societal clout have pushed for prosecutions and courts have handed down steep fines and prison terms for insulting religion.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Islamists-press-blasphemy-cases-in-a-new-Egypt.aspxTue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMTAfter years of moving in a more socially liberal direction along with the rest of western Europe, the Spanish government is now doing an about face, seeking to clamp down on abortion and return the Roman Catholic Church to a prominent role in the country's school system.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/As-Spains-people-drift-from-Catholic-Church-government-cozies-up.aspxTue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMTMost adults in developed countries favor gay marriage or some type of legal recognition for same-sex couples and think they should be able to adopt children, according to an international poll released on Tuesday.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Support-for-gay-marriage-high-in-developed-nations-poll.aspxMon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMTTexas lawmakers and other conservatives are rallying behind Joshua High School’s valedictorian after his principal allegedly threatened to sabotage his academic career at the U.S. Naval Academy.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Ted-Cruz-Bill-Flores-back-North-Texas-valedictorian-who-defied-speech-policy-to-thank-Jesus.aspxMon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMTA judge on Monday declared New Hampshire's new scholarship program unconstitutional but allowed it to continue as long as none of the money goes to religious schools.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/NH-court-scholarship-money-from-business-tax-credit-cant-be-used-at-religious-schools.aspxMon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMTStanislav Zvolensky, the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Slovak capital here, was thrilled when he was invited to Brussels three years ago to discuss the fight against poverty with the insistently secular bureaucracy of the European Union.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/A-more-secular-Europe-divided-by-the-cross.aspxMon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMTWith its tree-lined streets, Dutch colonial buildings and soothing botanical gardens, the quaint West Java mountain town of Bogor hardly appears a hotbed of religious intolerance.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Touting-Islam-to-draw-votes-in-Indonesia.aspxSun, 16 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMTAt the adolescent-unfriendly hour of 7:10 on this rainy spring morning in tiny Loachapoka, Ala., classes won't start for another half hour in the public school.http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/School-prayer-50-years-after-the-ban-God-and-faith-more-present-than-ever.aspxMon, 10 Jun 2013 15:30:17 GMT POLL Iranians' Views Mixed on Political Role for Religious Figures As Iranians prepare to elect a new president on June 14, a Pew Research survey shows that just 40% think religious figures should play a large role in politics, while a quarter say religious figures should have some influence, and three-in-tenhttp://www.pewforum.org/ContentPage.aspx?id=2147489990