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October 05, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: German Catholic Church links tax to the sacraments
It is a paradox of modern Germany that church and state remain so intimately tied.
October 04, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Anti-abortion activists prepare for battle in Ireland
Patricia Casey's views on abortion were formed at the age of 12 when she came across an image of what looked to her like a torn-apart baby - an aborted foetus.
October 01, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Germany resumes ritual circumcisions after bitter dispute
Shopkeeper Nevzat Cavan is rushing to meet orders for the white, fur-trimmed costumes worn by Muslim boys for their circumcision, relieved that Berlin's city government has allowed the operations to resume.
September 28, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: No tax, no blessing: German church insists on levy
The road to heaven is paved with more than good intentions for Germany's 24 million Catholics.
September 20, 2012 - McClatchy Newspapers
McClatchy: Outrage over anti-Islam video threatens to reignite blasphemy debate at U.N.
The divide in world opinion over what constitutes free speech will be on display again next week at the United Nations, where heated arguments over a proposed blasphemy law were an annual feature for the past decade.
September 19, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: New French cartoons inflame prophet film tensions
A French magazine published vulgar caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad on Wednesday, brandishing its right to free speech amid global tensions over a movie insulting to Islam.
September 19, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Some Religious leaders see a threat as Europe grows more secular
This sleepy town not far from the Czech border, in a hilly corner of Catholic Bavaria, is an unlikely place to find an active synagogue, and an even unlikelier focal point for a controversy that some see as a threat to religious tolerance in Europe and even the place of Jews in Germany.
September 13, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Financially troubled parts of Europe consider taxing church properties
Cash-strapped officials in Europe are looking for a way to ease their financial burden by upending centuries of tradition and seeking to tap one of the last untouched sources of wealth: the Catholic Church.
September 13, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Staunchly Catholic Poland takes a new look at easing abortion laws
When pregnant women in Poland decide to have an abortion, they take a common but highly secretive step.
September 10, 2012 - Newsweek
Newsweek: Putin’s God squad
“The enemies of Holy Russia are everywhere,” says Ivan Ostrakovsky, the leader of a group of Russian Orthodox vigilantes who have taken to patrolling the streets of nighttime Moscow, dressed in all-black clothing emblazoned with skulls and crosses.
September 09, 2012 - The Mail
The Mail: BBC resists calls to have atheists on Radio 4's Thought for the Day 'God Slot'
Atheists will not be invited to speak on the BBC's religious programme, Thought for the Day, despite repeated calls by secular groups.
September 05, 2012 - The Scotsman
Scotsman: Christians can’t demand to wear cross at work, European court told
PEOPLE with strong religious beliefs are free to express their faith privately but cannot insist their employer accommodate them, a landmark hearing on ­religious freedom has heard.
September 05, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Euro imams, rabbis pledge zero tolerance for hate preachers
Seventy European Muslim and Jewish leaders pledged on Wednesday to show "zero tolerance" to hate preachers of any faith including their own ranks, citing what they called rising religious intolerance on the continent.
September 01, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: In a Ban, a Measure of European Tolerance
During a recent protest in Marseille, seven people were suddenly surrounded by the police, bundled into a van and brought in for questioning.
August 31, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Insight: Brutality, anger fuel jihad in Russia's Caucasus
Little girls in hijabs peek out of tin-roof houses and boys play at "cops and insurgents" in the narrow dirt streets.
August 26, 2012 - The Miami Herald
Miami Herald: Spiritual journeys
In troubled times, many people turn to their faith, which may explain why faith-based travel has been gaining momentum in recent years.
August 25, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Radical Islamic attacks in a moderate region unnerve the Kremlin
A string of violent attacks by Islamic militants has shattered this city’s reputation as a citadel of religious tolerance and unnerved federal officials in Moscow, who have worked for decades to prevent the spread of radical Islam out of the southern borderlands and into places like this city 500 miles east of Moscow.
August 16, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Russian church leader rejects criticism over state ties
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, who has called President Vladimir Putin's rule a "miracle of God", defended its close ties with the state on Friday against criticism fuelled by the trial of three members of the Pussy Riot punk band.
August 15, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: French Catholic Church pro-marriage prayer provokes gay rights row
Roman Catholic congregations in churches across France prayed for traditional marriage on Wednesday, provoking accusations of homophobia from gay rights groups as Paris prepares to legalize same-sex matrimony.
August 09, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Tensions flare in France over veil ban
Though it was almost midnight, streets were full of Muslim families taking a stroll after breaking the Ramadan fast with a late dinner. As two police officers drove by a storefront recycled as the Grand Sunna Mosque, they noticed a woman wearing flowing black robes and a full-face veil.
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