Religion News on the Web
Selected religion-related news from around the Web
May 03, 2012
- The Associated Press
AP: Trial postponed for fugitive Iraqi VP
The terror trial of Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president was postponed Thursday as his lawyers appealed to have parliament create a special court to hear the case that has touched off a political crisis and could deepen the nation's sectarian divide.
May 02, 2012
- The New York Times
NYT: Methodists vote against ending investments tied to Israel
The United Methodist Church, the nation’s largest mainline Protestant denomination, voted against two proposals on Wednesday to divest from companies that provide equipment used by Israel to enforce its control in the occupied territories.
April 30, 2012
- The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Syria attacks seen as sign of extremists' rise
Suicide blasts on Monday and a series of other bombings across Syria have renewed concerns that unrest there is giving extremist Islamist groups room to grow, a scenario Western officials fear will make it more difficult to contain the crisis.
April 27, 2012
- The Guardian
Guardian: After the Arab spring, the sexual revolution?
An explosive call for a sexual revolution across the Arab world in which the author argues that Arab men "hate" Arab women has provoked a fierce debate about the subjugation of women in countries such as Egypt, Morocco and Saudi Arabia.
April 25, 2012
- The Associated Press
AP: Egypt Islamic body backs Brotherhood candidate
A panel of fundamentalist Islamic clerics has endorsed the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood for president of Egypt, an attempt to prevent a split among conservative Muslim voters.
April 19, 2012
- The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Islamist rivalry colors Egypt race
The most bitter rivalry emerging in Egypt's presidential campaign pits two candidates with competing visions of Islam and a long-running personal feud.
April 18, 2012
- The Associated Press
AP: Top Egyptian Islamic cleric visits Jerusalem
A top Egyptian Islamic cleric paid a rare visit to Jerusalem Wednesday, breaking with decades of opposition by Muslim leaders on traveling to areas under Israeli control.
April 18, 2012
- The New York Times
NYT: Pakistani Judge upholds three women’s conversions
A controversy over religious conversions that has captivated Pakistanis was resolved in dramatic fashion on Wednesday when a judge ruled that three Hindu women who converted to Islam under disputed circumstances had chosen to go with their new Muslim husbands, causing consternation among the families they left behind.
April 14, 2012
- The Washington Post
Wash. Post: 10 presidential candidates disqualified in Egypt
Egypt’s presidential election commission on Saturday disqualified the top two Islamist contenders and the country’s former spy chief, sending shock waves through the volatile political establishment ahead of next month’s vote.