Religion News on the Web
Selected religion-related news from around the Web
April 27, 2012
- The Guardian
Guardian: After the Arab spring, the sexual revolution?
An explosive call for a sexual revolution across the Arab world in which the author argues that Arab men "hate" Arab women has provoked a fierce debate about the subjugation of women in countries such as Egypt, Morocco and Saudi Arabia.
April 25, 2012
- The Associated Press
AP: Egypt Islamic body backs Brotherhood candidate
A panel of fundamentalist Islamic clerics has endorsed the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood for president of Egypt, an attempt to prevent a split among conservative Muslim voters.
April 25, 2012
- The New York Times
NYT: Women see worrisome shift in Turkey
Gokce, a soft-spoken 37-year-old mother of two, has lived on the run for 15 years, ever since her husband broke down a door and shot her in the leg six times after she refused to return to him.
April 24, 2012
- The New York Times
NYT: Georgetown faculty latest to chide Ryan
Representative Paul D. Ryan, the Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee, has been excoriated by some Roman Catholic leaders ever since he claimed this month that his budget plan, which slashes antipoverty programs, was inspired by the moral teachings of his Catholic faith.
April 23, 2012
- The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Post-Dispatch: Bishop in Peoria stirs controversy, attracts support
It was under the imposing twin spires of St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria that Peoria's Roman Catholic Bishop Daniel Jenky sparked a political firestorm a week ago, with a sermon that appeared to equate President Barack Obama's policies on contraception coverage with the brutal attacks on religion imposed by Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin.