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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 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.
March 26, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood faces sharp internal divisions over presidential race
With presidential elections set to begin in May, Egypt’s most powerful Islamist party is sharply divided over whether the group should field a candidate.
March 26, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Santorum fails to capture Catholic vote
Cathy Willauer, who is Roman Catholic and a mother of four, says that her religion is important to her and that she shares the same values as Rick Santorum.
March 26, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Raul Castro greets pope at start of closely watched Cuba visit
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Cuba on Monday, declaring himself a “pilgrim of charity” and urging the island to move toward greater openness, freedom and religious devotion.
March 26, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Pope Benedict wins over Mexico; next stop Cuba
He donned a sombrero and was serenaded by mariachi bands, embraced by Mexicans who called him their brother.
March 25, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Catholic church deals with a diminished role in Cuban life
At an evangelical church booming with pounding drums, crashing cymbals and a throaty bass, members of an overflow crowd danced in the aisles, sang over a soaring trumpet and swept their arms in prayer.
March 25, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Wielding fire, Islamists target Nigeria schools
The teenager in the immaculate white robe stood in the ruins of what had been his school. There were no classrooms, no desks or chairs, no intact blackboards — there was, in fact, no longer any reason for him to be there.
March 25, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: In Pakistan, Hindus say woman’s conversion to Islam was coerced
Banditry is an old scourge in this impoverished district of southern Pakistan, on the plains between the mighty river Indus and a sprawling desert, where roving gangs rob and kidnap with abandon.
March 25, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
C.S. Monitor: A Bush-era victory in culture wars: faith-based initiatives
Federal budget cuts wiped out the $49 million Mentoring Children of Prisoners (MCP) program last September, effectively ending one of the signature domestic social service programs created under the George W. Bush administration's faith-based initiative.
March 24, 2012 - The Economist
The Economist: Autumn of another patriarch
If Egyptians in general are frazzled by a year of revolution, the country’s Coptic Christian minority is doubly disturbed.
March 24, 2012 - The Toronto Star
Toronto Star: Little Mosque on the Prairie: concept was bigger than the show
Before Little Mosque on the Prairie premiered on CBC in 2007, there were strategic meetings to discuss marketing and promotion.
March 24, 2012 - Agence France-Presse
AFP: Thousands of U.S. atheists turn out for 'Reason Rally'
Thousands of atheists, agnostics and other non-believers turned out in the US capital on Saturday to celebrate their rejection of the idea of God and to claim a bigger place in public life.
March 24, 2012 - The Economist
Economist: Where angels fear to tread: evangelicals are swooping on long-ignored regions in Mexico
POPE BENEDICT XVI will arrive in Mexico on March 23rd to spend three days preaching mainly to the converted.
March 23, 2012 - National Post
National Post: 'Destroy all the churches'
Imagine if television evangelist Pat Robertson called for the demolition of all the mosques in America. It would be front-page news. It would be on every network and cable news program.
March 22, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Extremist suspect in French killings profits far right in presidential race; Muslims afraid
French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen says her anti-Islam agenda has been vindicated: A French Muslim claiming ties to al-Qaida has taken responsibility for the country's worst killing spree in years.
March 22, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Allegations of opulence refocus attention on TBN, world's largest Christian broadcaster
Televangelists Paul and Jan Crouch have faced plenty of mountains building their religious broadcast empire — among them allegations of a homosexual tryst and a prolonged battle with the Federal Communications Commission — but the most recent attack on the founders of Trinity Broadcasting Network comes from their own flesh and blood.
March 22, 2012 - The Moscow Times
Moscow Times: Madonna vows to defy anti-gay law at St. Petersburg concert
Wherever Madonna goes, controversy follows.
March 20, 2012 - The Korea Herald
Korea Herald: Expat atheists, like believers, seek fellowship
Non-believers tend to agree that losing one’s religion is a long process, not an overnight event.
March 20, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Dutch church is accused of castrating young men
A young man in the care of the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands was surgically castrated decades ago after complaining about sexual abuse, according to new evidence that only adds to the scandal engulfing the church there.
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