Religion News on the Web
Selected religion-related news from around the Web
November 09, 2011
- The New York Times
NYT: Ahead of vote, Egypt’s parties and skepticism are growing
At the rally kicking off his campaign for Parliament, Basem Kamel, a core member of the youthful council that helped spur the end of the Mubarak government, wrestled with his stump speech calling for civilian rule.
November 09, 2011
- The New York Times
NYT: Ahead of vote, Egypt's parties and skepticism are growing
At the rally kicking off his campaign for Parliament, Basem Kamel,
a core member of the youthful council that helped spur the end of the
Mubarak government, wrestled with his stump speech calling for civilian
rule.
November 08, 2011
- The Associated Press
AP: Gender segregation on rise in Israel
Posters depicting women have become rare in the streets of Israel's capital. In some areas women have been shunted onto separate sidewalks, and buses and health clinics have been gender-segregated.
November 07, 2011
- The Associated Press
AP: Iranian influence seeping into Iraq
Iran's presence is already visible in Iraq, from the droves of pilgrims at Shiite holy sites to the brands of yoghurt and jams on grocery shelves. But now Iraqis are bracing for a potential escalation of Persian influence as the U.S. military leaves at the end of the year.
November 06, 2011
- The Associated Press
AP: Muslim hajj pilgrims perform devil stoning ritual
Chanting "God is great," millions of Muslims on Sunday stoned pillars representing the devil in a symbolic rejection of temptation on the second day of their annual hajj pilgrimage, a day that also marks the start of the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha.
November 05, 2011
- The Associated Press
AP: Yemen uprising binds women from many walks of life
Early in Yemen's uprising, about 20 women with banners demanding equal rights marched into the heart of the capital, joining the thousands who were calling for the ouster of the president. They were greeted with cheers.
November 05, 2011
- The Associated Press
AP: Yemen uprising binds women from many walks of life
Early in Yemen's uprising, about 20 women with banners demanding equal rights marched into the heart of the capital, joining the thousands who were calling for the ouster of the president. They were greeted with cheers.
October 31, 2011
- Los Angeles Times
LA Times: UNESCO Palestine decision sets off U.S.-U.N. confrontation
A decision by the United Nations' cultural organization to admit Palestine
as a member state set off a confrontation between the U.S. and the
U.N., threatening to strip Washington of influence in several key
international agencies while cutting off a major source of contributions
to the world body.
October 27, 2011
- The Daily Star
Daily Star: Dim prospects for Syrian dialogue
An Arab League delegation tasked with restarting dialogue
between President Bashar Assad’s government and the country’s diverse
opposition to end the country’s eight-month crisis arrived in the
capital Damascus Wednesday.
October 25, 2011
- Common Ground News Service
Common Ground: Women of the Arab Spring: their issues are everyone’s issues
The capture and killing of Libya’s Muammar Qaddafi,
on-going demonstrations for an end to the oppressive reigns of Yemen’s
Ali Abdullah Saleh and Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, and new elections in
Tunisia show that one thing has not changed in the Arab Spring – change
itself.
October 24, 2011
- The Weekly Standard
Weekly Standard: The Pakistan illusion
During his four-year tenure as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
Admiral Mike Mullen embodied the quiet professionalism of the American
officer corps.
October 24, 2011
- The Irish Times
Irish Times: Sharia law surprise for secular-minded Libyans
Libya's interim authorities formally declared liberation yesterday
with soaring speeches that praised their revolution’s victory over
tyranny, paid tribute to the fallen and offered clues as to what kind of
state might emerge from the ashes of Muammar Gadafy’s idiosyncratic
rule.
October 23, 2011
- Newsweek
Newsweek: For king or for country?
Awn Khasawneh faced one of the most difficult choices of his life last
week: jump into a political minefield by becoming the prime minister of
Jordan or stay on at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), where he
was on track to lead the body, potentially becoming only the second Arab
judge in history to take up the vaunted position.
October 22, 2011
- The Economist
Economist: The Islamist conundrum
The Casbah in Tunis’s Old City, hard by the ancient Az-Zaytouna
mosque and university, is where the Turkish bey once exercised a shaky
control over his militias.