Religion News on the Web
Selected religion-related news from around the Web
April 21, 2012
- The Economist
Economist: Koran study
THE Gideons in Germany give away 2,000 Bibles a day and nobody complains.
April 19, 2012
- The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Islamist rivalry colors Egypt race
The most bitter rivalry emerging in Egypt's presidential campaign pits two candidates with competing visions of Islam and a long-running personal feud.
April 18, 2012
- The Associated Press
AP: Top Egyptian Islamic cleric visits Jerusalem
A top Egyptian Islamic cleric paid a rare visit to Jerusalem Wednesday, breaking with decades of opposition by Muslim leaders on traveling to areas under Israeli control.
April 18, 2012
- The New York Times
NYT: Vatican reprimands a group of U.S. nuns and plans changes
The Vatican has appointed an American bishop to rein in the largest and most influential group of Catholic nuns in the United States, saying that an investigation found that the group had “serious doctrinal problems.”
April 18, 2012
- The New York Times
NYT: Pakistani Judge upholds three women’s conversions
A controversy over religious conversions that has captivated Pakistanis was resolved in dramatic fashion on Wednesday when a judge ruled that three Hindu women who converted to Islam under disputed circumstances had chosen to go with their new Muslim husbands, causing consternation among the families they left behind.
April 17, 2012
- The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Russian lawmakers target gay ‘propaganda’
The anti-Western rhetoric that dominated Russia’s recent elections has a new focus, with gays targeted as symbols of Western permissiveness in a wave of laws being adopted across the country.
April 16, 2012
- The New York Times
NYT: Killings heighten ethnic tensions in Macedonia
On Orthodox Easter, one of the most sacred holidays for Christians here, Macedonians mourned the deaths of five Macedonian men amid speculation that their killers were ethnic Albanians, arousing fears of a new bout of intercommunal violence.
April 16, 2012
- The Associated Press
AP: French polls silent on key campaign issue of race
Ahead of France's presidential elections, you might find polls showing how factory workers or university students are likely to vote—but you'd be hard-pressed to find data on which candidates black or Muslim voters prefer.