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June 15, 2012 - The Straits Times
Straits Times: More flexibility for churches, temples with new space rules
Small churches and Taoist groups are likely to benefit from new rules that allow religious organisations to worship in industrial buildings.
June 14, 2012 - New Straits Times
Straits Times: Opinion: Islamic finance can restore confidence during crisis
COMMERCIAL trade exchanges can facilitate both domestic and international trade.
June 13, 2012 - El Pais
El Pais: Blasphemy ain’t what it used to be
God is busy with bigger things, but the arrogance of men makes them feel obligated to defend him, Penal Code in hand.
June 12, 2012 - The Times of India
Times of India: English sermons at Hyderabad mosque a big draw
In the city of Nizams that has metamorphosed into a bustling metropolis, this mosque was possibly in the making.
June 12, 2012 - Irish Times
Irish Times: Opinion: Straight from the atheist's mouth - but Dawkins got it theologically wrong
JOHN WATERS wrote tellingly in The Irish Times last Friday that he would personally find it difficult to discuss transubstantiation with his best friend, “not because I have problems with the doctrine but because such matters are impossible to discuss in the language we use for politics, shopping and sex”.
June 12, 2012 - The Boston Globe
Boston Globe: Sanctions against nuns spark backlash
Last week an obscure 2006 book on sexual ethics by a nun, a retired Yale Divinity School theologian, rocketed to number 13 on Amazon's bestseller list.
June 11, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: 'Mindfulness' stress-busting technique grows in popularity with politicians, military, others
In what's become a daily ritual, Tim Ryan finds a quiet spot, closes his eyes, clears his mind and tries to tap into the eternal calm.
June 11, 2012 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Post-Dispatch: At meeting in St. Louis, Catholic theologians defend one of their own
The head of the Jesuit order in East Africa explained to other theologians gathered here last week that a simple gesture had different meanings in different cultures.
June 10, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Israel forms two lines over shopping on the Sabbath
It's a bright Saturday morning and shopkeepers at the trendy Tel Aviv Port shopping mall are bracing for the thousands of Israeli families about to descend upon the city's busiest outdoor retail promenade.
June 07, 2012 - The Moscow Times
Moscow Times: Orthodox Church destruction fought in Morocco
The Russian Orthodox Church is fighting the demolition of a church in Casablanca after a defrocked priest illegally sold it to a local developer, church officials say.
June 06, 2012 - The Straits Times
Straits Times: Islamic banks 'can fill funding gap': S’pore Monetary Authority
Islamic banks are priming themselves to capture a larger share of the global trade and project financing market, as European banks pull back funds to mend balance sheets back home.
May 31, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Revered Jerusalem church comes alive at night
After the last tourists leave the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City at nightfall, a little-known but centuries-old tradition unfolds at one of Christianity's holiest sites.
May 30, 2012 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: Liberia proves the power of prayer
Sometimes there is an opportunity to document that the power of God is real.
May 27, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Christian woman sues boss over Islamic dress code in Jordan
A Christian Jordanian woman said Sunday she is suing her Gulf Arab employer for arbitrary dismissal after she refused a new dress code forcing her to cover her head.
May 27, 2012 - The Straits Times
Straits Times: Confusion does not faze Buddhist leader
Since he was a boy, Trinley Thaye Dorje has had to deal with divided opinions on whether he is the 17th reincarnation of the Karmapa, the leader of a branch of Tibetan Buddhism.
May 25, 2012 - The Korea Herald
Korea Herald: Seeking the core of Korean Buddhism
For Sem Vermeersch, associate professor of religious studies at Seoul National University, this year means a lot.
May 25, 2012 - The Times of India
Times of India: Tamil Nadu groups campaign hard against inter-caste weddings
In a state that claims to be progressive, caste divide is rearing its ugly head once again. Reversing a recent positive trend, caste and communal leaders have been warning good samaritans against helping distressed couples of different castes from getting married and also issuing diktats against love marriages.
May 22, 2012 - National Post
National Post: Attending religious services linked to better health
People who attend religious services regularly are less likely than others in this country to develop diabetes or high blood pressure, a new study suggests, adding a Canadian dimension to the growing but contentious body of research linking faith and good health.
May 21, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Mixed reactions over Malawi's plan to repeal anti-gay law
Malawi's President Joyce Banda has announced her intention to repeal a number of laws that have made Malawi into a pariah state, from its ban on homosexuality to broad police powers of search and arrest, to a law that allows cabinet ministers to shut down newspapers.
May 19, 2012 - The Scotsman
Scotsman: General Assembly: Church accused of facilitating worship of ‘false idols’
The church at the centre of the threatened schism in the Kirk over gay clergy was accused of encouraging the worship of ‘false idols’ on church property on the opening day of the General Assembly.
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