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April 27, 2012 - National Post
National Post: Book of Revelation, Bible’s nightmarish finale, put in scriptures by mistake: author
The Book of Revelation, the last book of the Christian Bible and therefore the final word to the followers of Jesus, is like a cinematic explosion of blood, violence and redemption.
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 27, 2012 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: Dalai Lama mocks China’s interest in naming his successor
In the political dispute over the future of Tibet, the reincarnation of a spiritual leader – the Dalai Lama – looms as the focal point of a tug-of-war with Beijing.
April 27, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: With prison ministry, Colson linked religion and reform
“Since the 1960s, prison reform has been seen as a leftist cause,” Robert Perkinson, a historian and the author of “Texas Tough: The Rise of America’s Prison Empire,” said this week.
April 25, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: A local link for overseas students
Tom Zhou arrived from Beijing three years ago to attend Chinese Christian High School here.
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 Associated Press
AP: Californians to vote on abolishing death penalty
California voters will soon get a chance to decide whether to replace the death penalty with life in prison without the possibility of parole.
April 24, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Laws against veils, mosques fuel anti-Muslim prejudice, says Amnesty
European laws on what girls and women wear on their heads are encouraging discrimination against Muslims and against a religion that has been part of Europe’s fabric for centuries, Amnesty International says in a new report.
April 24, 2012 - The Atlantic
The Atlantic: Mitt Romney's gay spokesman: A milestone in Republican politics
The recent hiring of Richard Grenell, Mitt Romney's openly gay foreign-policy spokesman, represents a breakthrough in the world of Republican presidential campaigns.
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 Korea Herald
Korea Herald: ‘Islam is calling for peace’
Islamic culture is not calling for violence, said Abdulla Al-Mulla, Director of the Qatar Islamic Cultural Center.
April 23, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Russians show support for Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill
Tens of thousands of people came to the square in front of a Moscow cathedral Sunday in a show of support for the Russian Orthodox Church, which is facing criticism for its close ties to the Kremlin and the wealth of its leaders.
April 23, 2012 - The Straits Times
Straits Times: Asians filling up churches in Australia
Every Sunday, Mr Bernard Wong turns up at a red-brick church near the centre of Sydney, which offers him a choice of services conducted in English, Cantonese or Mandarin.
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.
April 23, 2012 - NPR
NPR: Vatican reprimand of U.S. nuns divides faithful
The Vatican reprimanded America's largest organization of Catholic nuns, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.
April 22, 2012 - The Herald Scotland
The Herald: Respected Muslim leader warns: gay marriage threatens civilisation and the world's population
GAY marriage is not just a "grave sin" but a threat to civilisation itself, according to one of Scotland's most respected Muslim leaders.
April 22, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Bahrain F1 race: How a Sunni backlash kept an uprising at bay
Yaqoub al-Slaise, a young Sunni activist and assistant researcher at Bahrain University, remembers the exact moment when he decided to oppose Bahrain's uprising – once again in the spotlight with today's Formula One race here.
April 22, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Hindus in Pakistan accuse Muslims of kidnapping teens as wives
Rachna Kumari, 16, was shopping for dresses in this city's dust-choked bazaar when it happened.
April 22, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Russian Orthodox Church is in spiritual crisis, critics say
His unruly mane of white hair giving him the look of Moses, Father Georgy Edelstein struggled over the grayish snow that is the late-spring landscape of this barren village, heading to his church for Good Friday services.
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