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August 03, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: In Nordics, ethnic tensions beneath placid surface
He feared immigrants, kept a victims' list that included a famous black hip-hop artist, and allegedly stalked his targets with a gun.
August 01, 2011 - The Toronto Star
Toronto Star: Trail of hatred leads to anti-Muslim views
Norway is burying its 77 dead after an unprecedented terrorist attack. The Norwegian Police Security Service said that the massacre was “unique,” and would not boost the levels of threat from extremist political groups.
July 29, 2011 - The Guardian
The Guardian: Vatican row over sex abuse scandal reveals emergence of a new Ireland
When Ireland's prime minister, Enda Kenny, dared to attack the Vatican's role in the alleged cover-up of child abuse, he unleashed an unprecedented row between the Catholic church and the Irish state, with Rome recalling its ambassador to Dublin, and one priest even comparing Kenny to Adolf Hitler.
July 29, 2011 - The Mail
The Mail: As Islamic extremists declare Britain's first Sharia law zone, the worrying social and moral implications
As a throng of Muslim families crowd around him, Abu Izzadeen speaks in a quiet voice of his plans for the future of Britain.
July 27, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: Shift in Europe seen in debate on immigrants
Less than a week after the mass killings in Norway, evidence of a shift in the debate over Islam and the radical right in Europe already appeared to be taking hold on a traumatized Continent.
July 25, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: Vatican recalls ambassador to Ireland over abuse report
The Vatican recalled its ambassador to Ireland on Monday, citing reaction to a recent Irish government report that said the Vatican had discouraged efforts by bishops to report cases of sexual abuse to the police.
July 25, 2011 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Norway massacre likely to ramp up monitoring of right-wing groups
Ideological far-right fellow-travelers of Anders Behring Breivik are rushing to distance themselves from the Norwegian killer’s carefully planned murder spree – even as many of these groups defend their own often virulent anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant viewpoints as reasonable.
July 25, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: Attack reignites immigration debate in divided Oslo
This is one of the most placid and pleasant capitals of Europe, but Oslo is a divided city.
July 24, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Muslims say extra security to be placed at Britain's mosques after Norway attacks
Some British mosques are boosting security after Norway's horrific massacre was traced to a man who fears Muslims are taking over Europe - an attack that exposed a failure to root out Islamophobia that has bled into the European mainstream.
July 21, 2011 - The Irish Times
Irish Times: Vatican relationship at new low
Relations between Ireland and the Vatican have reached a historic low following the Taoiseach’s unprecedented attack on the Holy See’s role in covering up cases of clerical child sex abuse.
July 18, 2011 - The Daily Star
Daily Star: U.N. makes first Somalia aid airdrop after pope calls for help
The first U.N. aid delivery has been made to a rebel-held Somalia region after the rebels who hold the area lifted a ban on the operations of foreign aid agencies, according to a spokeswoman who spoke to AFP Sunday.
July 15, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: Russia enacts law opposing abortion
President Dmitri A. Medvedev has signed into law the first steps intended to restrict abortion since the collapse of communism, the latest salvo in what is beginning to resemble the fierce divide over abortion in the United States.
July 12, 2011 - The Irish Times
Irish Times: Why Dawkins's case against religion creaks at every joint
RICHARD DAWKINS sold himself very short indeed in Dublin recently.
July 12, 2011 - The Daily Mail
Daily Mail: At last, equality police decide Christians DO have right to follow beliefs
Christians who disagree with gay equality rules should have the freedom to follow their conscience, a watchdog ruled yesterday.
July 12, 2011 - The Guardian
Guardian: Could community relations survive a homophobic campaign?
It's late afternoon on Bethnal Green Road, in east London, and I am rushing from the tube for a meeting.
July 11, 2011 - Washington Post
Wash. Post: New study shows how terrorist activities are evolving
Jihadist terrorist activities in Europe, which far outnumber those in the United States, are now mostly run by independent local groups, though the more serious plots appear to have connections to groups in North Africa or the Middle East, according to a new Rand Corp. study.
July 05, 2011 - The Irish Times
Irish Times: Putting faith in a broader vision of religion
From behind his desk in room 222 of the O’Rahilly building at University College Cork, Prof Brian Bocking hands me a framed photograph of a blue-eyed man with a shaved head, dressed in the style of a Burmese monk.
July 05, 2011 - Religion News Service
RNS: Schismatic bishop faces trial over Holocaust denial
The case of an outspoken schismatic bishop headed back to court on Monday (July 4), with lawyers for British Bishop Richard Williamson saying he shouldn't be punished for downplaying the severity of the Holocaust.
July 01, 2011 - The Guardian
The Guardian: Bishops review approach to gay relationships and gay priests
The Church of England has said it is reviewing its approach to same-sex relationships and whether gay priests in civil partnerships should be allowed to become bishops, its most significant work on the subject for years.
June 29, 2011 - The Daily Mail
Daily Mail: The joke of 'secure Britain'
Britain's powerlessness to control who has the right to be in this country was glaringly exposed last night by two extraordinary cases.
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