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May 19, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: The fight over who fights in Israel
As the first chief rabbi for the modern state of Israel, Isaac Herzog helped persuade Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion to exempt 400 ultra-Orthodox men from the draft so they could study full time in yeshivas.
May 19, 2012 - The Observer
Observer: Christians and Muslims unite in new bid to silence Lady Gaga
Christian groups in the Philippines have called for a ban on Lady Gaga's Manila concerts, alleging that her song Judas is an offensive mockery of Jesus Christ.
May 19, 2012 - The Scotsman
Scotsman: General Assembly: Church accused of facilitating worship of ‘false idols’
The church at the centre of the threatened schism in the Kirk over gay clergy was accused of encouraging the worship of ‘false idols’ on church property on the opening day of the General Assembly.
May 19, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Vatican calls leak 'criminal'
The Vatican has denounced as "criminal" a new book of leaked internal documents that shed light on power struggles inside the Holy See and the thinking of its embattled top banker, and warned that it would take legal action against those responsible.
May 19, 2012 - The Tennessean
Tennessean: Churches shift positions on abortion
Two years before the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, the largest Protestant group in the United States made a powerful statement on abortion.
May 19, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Obama could have a prayer among Ohio's white evangelicals
The Rev. Chris Beard is a theological conservative, make no mistake about it. He believes the Bible is the word of God.
May 18, 2012 - Straits Times
Straits Times: Using religion to play hardball
In a speech before thousands of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) faithful gathered at the Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta in July last year to celebrate the organisation's 85th anniversary, NU chairman Said Aqil Siradj reiterated an important message.
May 18, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: For many in Egypt, the presidential vote is not about Islam
A mechanic hammered a fender and boys wandered amid tin and rust as Adham Bishr, his opinions flaring on an agitated afternoon along the Nile, said Egypt's next president should give him a job, not tell him how to worship God.
May 18, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: D.C. pastor Derrick Harkins tries to balance spiritual and political roles
Derrick Harkins has had a tough week.
May 17, 2012 - National Post
National Post: UPDATED: Board suspends Toronto Islamic school’s operating permit after row over anti-Jewish curriculum
An Islamic school that had been using teaching materials that disparaged Jews and encouraged boys to keep fit for jihad has lost its license to use Toronto District School Board property.
May 16, 2012 - The Daily Star
Daily Star: Palestinians peacefully mark Nakba Day across Lebanon
Palestinians and their supporters peacefully commemorated the 64th anniversary of Nakba, or the catastrophe, Tuesday with a series of protests across the country, in stark contrast to the deadly events of last year.
May 16, 2012 - The Irish Times
Irish Times: Opinion: Bible not the rule book on gay marriage
Diarmuid Martin, Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, was asked last week for his views on same-sex marriage. The question arose in the aftermath of the support Barack Obama voiced for same-sex marriage.
May 16, 2012 - The Daily Mail
Daily Mail: 'Dangerous atheists want to wipe out Christianity': Cardinal warns lack of belief fosters violence
The country’s most senior Roman Catholic warned yesterday that secular atheists mean to wipe out Christianity in Britain.
May 16, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: Money becomes new church battleground
The Rev Paul Perkin seemed bewildered by the question: what was his take on the latest scheme for conservative evangelical churches to withhold money from the rest of the Church of England in order to keep it out of the hands of liberals, gay people or women priests?
May 15, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: In presidential bid, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood moves to harder line on Islamic law
At a campaign rally for the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate for president, a hardline cleric and TV preacher sang Mohammed Morsi’s praises before thousands massed in the stadium of an industrial city in Egypt’s Nile Delta.
May 15, 2012 - The Korea Times
Korea Times: Is taxing religion an act of blasphemy?
The gambling scandal shadowing the country’s largest Buddhist order has triggered debate on whether the government should collect taxes from temples, churches and religious organizations.
May 15, 2012 - The Times of India
Times of India: Hospitals eye 'halal' certification to attract patients from Middle East
There are two things that worry almost every patient from Islamic countries who come to Indian hospitals: the meat they eat and the direction of Mecca. With more than 75% of the medical tourists being from the Middle East, hospitals are eyeing 'halal' certification to make them feel at home.
May 14, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Critics of Russian Orthodox Church say it's sold its soul to Putin
The skinny dissident is thrown headfirst into a police van by camouflage-clad officers.
May 12, 2012 - The Economist
Economist: The sword and the word
IT SEEMED historic. Muslim scholars, 170 in number and representing nine schools of legal thought (including four main Sunni ones and two Shia), gathered in Amman and declared that, whatever their differences, they accepted the others’ authority over their respective flocks.
May 12, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Coptic Christians fear rise of Islamists on eve of presidential elections
A year after an attack by ultraconservative Muslims raised the spectre of a wave of religious strife in Egypt, the Christian churches in Cairo’s Imbaba district have been repaired, with sturdy wooden rafters, fresh paint and portraits of the Virgin Mary and Jesus ready to be hung anew.
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