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March 31, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Building a business on churches for sale
In better economic times, workers in this dusty inland town east of Los Angeles built motor homes in the low-slung complex at 975 West First Street.
March 31, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: Far right militants fail to strike blow against Islam on their Danish awayday
It was heralded as the start of something big: the opening salvo in the formation of a pan-European coalition of anti-Islamic groups that opponents feared might replicate a network of street armies similar to those that undermined European democracies in the 1930s.
March 30, 2012 - The Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph: Christians driven out of Syrian cities
Almost the entire 50,000 strong Christian population of the Syrian city of Homs has been driven out by fighting, according to report.
March 29, 2012 - Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune: Opinion: The tragedy of religious freedom in Syria
Religious freedom is the common sense of our era. It is easy to be swept up in the hype.
March 29, 2012 - The Times of India
Times of India: Cancer cases tied to religion, region in India
A youngster living in India's northeast is four times more likely to develop and succumb to cancer in his lifetime as compared to a youngster living in Bihar.
March 29, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Okla. court strikes down ultrasound abortion law
An Oklahoma judge on Wednesday struck down the state's law requiring women seeking abortions to have an ultrasound image placed in front of them and to listen to a detailed description of the fetus before the procedure.
March 29, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Atheist and pro-Israel, Maikel Nabil tests free speech in Egypt
Maikel Nabil's views are controversial in Egypt in almost every way – his open atheism, his support for gay rights, and especially his support for Israel.
March 29, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: In Pakistan, faith healers have no shortage of believers
Villagers in this small textile town thought Saeed Mehmood ul Hasan had a pipeline to God.
March 29, 2012 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: French election plunges into ‘obsession with immigrants’
Samia Ghali has spent her whole political career waiting for a French election to turn its attention to the lives of her 100,000 poor, mainly Arab constituents.
March 29, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: British Conservatives lead charge for gay marriage
Americans watching the latest push for social change in Britain might feel as if they had stepped into an alternate political universe: Here, the Conservatives are leading the charge for same-sex marriage.
March 28, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Islamic lending grows as western banks take breather
As European banks have pulled back from overseas exposures to concentrate on cleansing their balance sheets and strengthening their core businesses, Middle Eastern and Asian borrowers have turned to local investors and alternative forms of financing, analysts say, with issues of Islamic bonds, or sukuk, notably on the rise.
March 28, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Malaysian mosque Is also a methadone clinic
Every Monday and Thursday morning, the slightly built man rides the bus for an hour and a half from his home on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur to the Ar-Rahman mosque.
March 28, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: Afghan women are being jailed for 'moral crimes', says report
Nearly half of all women in Afghan prisons are being held for "moral crimes" such as running away from home or adultery, according to a report by Human Rights Watch.
March 28, 2012 - The Wichita Eagle
Wichita Eagle: Kansas House OKs prayer room at state Capitol
Whether a representation of Kansas heritage, or an erosion of the separation of church and state, the Capitol Prayer and Meditation Room moved one step closer to fruition Wednesday.
March 28, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Pope preaches more freedom in Cuba
Pope Benedict XVI demanded more freedom for the Catholic Church in communist-run Cuba and preached against "fanaticism" in an unusually political sermon Wednesday before hundreds of thousands at Revolution Plaza, with President Raul Castro in the front row.
March 28, 2012 - The Washington Times
Wash. Times: Churches step up environmental activism
God is going green.
March 27, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: After killings in France, Muslims fear a culture of diversity is at risk
As near to the Spanish border as it is to the Mediterranean, this sunny red-brick city has long been known as a place of welcome and diversity, far removed from the divisive politics of Paris.
March 27, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Forced conversions hike Pakistan minorities' fears
It was barely 4 a.m. when 19-year-old Rinkal Kumari disappeared from her home in a small village in Pakistan's southern Sindh province.
March 27, 2012 - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Star Tribune: ELCA church in St. Paul picks openly gay pastor
An Atlanta pastor once ousted from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for being in an openly gay relationship will now lead the biggest Lutheran church in St. Paul.
March 26, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Israel to bar UN fact-finding team from entering
Israel cut working relations with the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday and will bar a U.N. team from entering Israel or the West Bank for a planned investigation of Jewish settlements, the Foreign Ministry said.
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