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August 10, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: When majority fasts, social taboos force Ramadan violators underground
Alongside hundreds of millions of Muslims observing the sunrise-to-sundown fast of Ramadan, a minority in the community goes underground each year during the holy month, sneaking sandwiches and cigarettes when no one is looking.
August 08, 2012 - The Toronto Star
Toronto Star: Controversial United Church proposal on Israeli settlements to be debated at General Council
Members of the United Church of Canada and Canadian Jewish community leaders fear a hardening of relations or, at worst, an irrevocable rift between the two religious groups should a controversial proposal to boycott Israeli settlement goods be accepted at the United Church’s 41st General Council next week.
August 07, 2012 - The Times
The Times: Christianity is slowly dying in its homelands
Wherever you go in the Middle East today, you see the Arab Spring rapidly turning into the Christian winter.
August 05, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: As Iraq's modern Christians struggle, newfound ancient ruins remind them of a glorious past
A hundred meters (yards) or so from taxiing airliners, Iraqi archaeologist Ali al-Fatli is showing a visitor around the delicately carved remains of a church that may date back some 1,700 years to early Christianity.
August 04, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: As Syria War Roils, Unrest Among Sects Hits Turkey
At 1 a.m. last Sunday, in the farming town of Surgu, about six hours away from here, a mob formed at the Evli family's door.
August 01, 2012 - Religion News Service
RNS: Jews, Sikhs, Hindus root for fellow believers in Olympics
Americans cheered when Aly Raisman of Needham, Mass., won a gold medal on Tuesday (July 31) in the women's all-around gymnastics competition, but at least some American Jews likely cheered a little louder.
July 30, 2012 - Newsweek
Newsweek: Women rise up in Saudi Arabia: The rebellion behind the veil
A remarkable thing happened this past May in Riyadh. Officers belonging to Saudi Arabia’s ever-zealous religious police, the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, ordered an abaya-clad young woman out of a shopping mall for wearing nail polish.
July 29, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LAT: Egypt unnerved by rising religious fervor
An engineering student is killed for walking with his fiancee by men reportedly linked to a group called the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
July 24, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Al Qaeda taking deadly new role in Syria conflict
It is the sort of image that has become a staple of the Syrian revolution, a video of masked men calling themselves the Free Syrian Army and brandishing AK-47s -- with one unsettling difference.
July 24, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Facing Islamist pressure, Jordan’s king treads a delicate line on reforms, loosening his power
For Jordan's King Abdullah II, preventing the Arab world's wave of uprisings from washing into to his country has been an exercise in careful calibration -- easing his absolute grip on power just enough to defuse protests.
July 23, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Syrian conflict draws in Christians
Syria's conflict, increasingly characterized as a Muslim sectarian war, is now also threatening to engulf the country's estimated two million Christians.
July 19, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Hezbollah squeezed by Syria uprising, Sunni ascendency across region`
On a main road connecting the Lebanese capital with the south, Sheik Ahmad Assir kneels under a blazing sun to pray and then sits down with supporters at his anti-Hezbollah protest camp and launches into a new tirade against Lebanon's most powerful and well-armed force.
July 10, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Analysis: New Arab Spring triumph eluding Islamists in Libya
Early results from Libya's first election since the fall of Moammar Gadhafi show Islamist parties failing to secure the same grip on power as counterparts in neighbouring countries where the Arab Spring also toppled veteran rulers.
July 09, 2012 - USA Today
USA Today: Analysts: U.S. has no choice but to deal with Islamists
The victories of Islamic parties in Egypt and elsewhere have forced the United States to embark on an untested strategy to engage with groups that have historically been hostile to American interests, analysts say.
July 09, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Officials: Long-feared al-Qaida offshoot largely neutralized in country where it made its name
It's being hailed as a key success in the fight against al-Qaida: a determined Algerian clampdown that has pulled the teeth from one of the terror network's deadliest offshoots and could be a model for elsewhere.
July 09, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: As Islamists gain influence, Washington reassesses who its friends are
In his first major speech last month, Mohamed Morsi, the new Egyptian president, pledged to seek the release of a notorious Egyptian terrorist from a North Carolina prison.
July 06, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Campaign against women’s skimpy dress highlights UAE anxiety over rising numbers of foreigners
With the number of foreigners dwarfing that of locals in her hometown of Abu Dhabi, Asma al-Muhairi has become increasingly anxious at the prospect of her younger nieces abandoning their full-length black robes in favor of Western attire that seems to be everywhere she goes.
July 05, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Israeli identity is at the heart of a debate on service
On one level, the questions shaking the Israeli political system this week are pragmatic: how many ultra-Orthodox men and Arab citizens should be drafted into the military or national service, over how many years and how should those who resist be penalized?
July 03, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Saudi female athletes fear crackdown after London
While Olympic leaders and human rights advocates are encouraged by signs that Saudi Arabia may bow to pressure and send female athletes to the Summer Games, women athletes in the ultraconservative kingdom are worried about a backlash at home.
July 03, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: As Libya holds post-Gaddafi election, Islamists’ strength to be tested
In Libya, Islam is woven into every layer of daily life, from business deals to baby-naming to the prayer call that pulls men off the sunbaked streets and into a mosque five times a day.
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