Religion News on the Web
Selected religion-related news from around the Web
October 04, 2011
- The Toronto Star
Toronto Star: Bomb blast in Somalia targets students
A massive truck bomb in Mogadishu killed dozens of students Tuesday,
shattering an uneasy calm in the country’s capital and fulfilling the
threat made by Shabab militants of a return to guerrilla warfare.
October 03, 2011
- The Weekly Standard
Weekly Standard: The people, no
On September 9, a mob of Egyptian protesters stormed the Israeli embassy here, necessitating the emergency evacuation of the ambassador, most of his staff, and their families.
October 03, 2011
- Reuters
Reuters: Saudi preacher not consulted on women’s voting
One of Saudi Arabia’s most senior religious leaders said he was
not consulted about King Abdullah’s decision to grant women more
political rights, one of the first signs of discontent from powerful
conservatives since the reform was announced.
September 30, 2011
- The Associated Press
AP: US strike kills American al-Qaida cleric in Yemen
In a significant new blow to al-Qaida, U.S. airstrikes in Yemen
on Friday killed Anwar al-Awlaki, an American militant cleric who became
a prominent figure in the terror network's most dangerous branch, using
his fluent English and Internet savvy to draw recruits for attacks in
the United States.
September 29, 2011
- The New York Times
NYT: Activists in Arab world vie to define Islamic state
By force of this year’s Arab revolts and revolutions, activists
marching under the banner of Islam are on the verge of a reckoning
decades in the making: the prospect of achieving decisive power across
the region has unleashed an unprecedented debate over the character of
the emerging political orders they are helping to build.
September 28, 2011
- Agence France-Presse
AFP: Iran tries 7 Bahais accused of proselytizing
Iran has put on trial seven Bahais accused of proselytizing, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahais of the United States said in a statement received by AFP Tuesday.
September 27, 2011
- The New York Times
NYT: Fearing change, many Christians in Syria back Assad
Abu Elias sat beneath the towering stairs leading from the Convent of Our Lady of Saydnaya, a church high up in the mountains outside Damascus, where Christians have worshiped for 1,400 years.
September 24, 2011
- The Economist
The Economist: The war over statehood
To judge by the vehemence of the arguments, the issue could be a matter of war or peace. “A UN vote on Palestinian membership would be ruinous,” says the New York Times.
September 24, 2011
- The Economist
The Economist: A bitter stalemate
In the villages inhabited by Bahrain’s Shia majority on the outskirts of the capital, Manama, protesters battle with police every day.
September 23, 2011
- The New York Times
NYT: Distinctive mission for Muslims’ conference: remembering the Holocaust
One afternoon this week, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran addressed the United Nations General Assembly, once again casting doubt that the Holocaust had occurred. Almost exactly 24 hours earlier, an otherwise obscure college student in Morocco named Elmehdi Boudra was convening a conference devoted not to denying the Holocaust but to remembering it.
September 18, 2011
- Newsweek
Newsweek: The new faces of Islam
When 20-year-old Hind Sahli, a brown-skinned young woman with dark shoulder-length hair, was growing up in Casablanca, she used to watch television shows like America’s Next Top Model and daydream about being on a fashion runway.