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March 20, 2011 - The Guardian
The Guardian: British Muslim who entered Miss Universe contest receives death threat
When Shanna Bukhari decided she wanted to be the first Muslim to represent Britain in a global beauty pageant, she suspected the road ahead might not be smooth, but nothing could have prepared her for the abuse she received.
March 20, 2011 - Newsweek
Newsweek: Hard going in the homeland: Ethiopian Jews in Jerusalem still not assimilated after two decades
Smadar Geto was airlifted to Israel in 1991 in one of the country’s most stunning operations -- a rescue of more than 14,000 Ethiopian Jews caught in the crossfire of a civil war.
March 18, 2011 - Religion News Service
RNS: Obama taps campuses for interfaith service projects
The White House is hoping to recruit America's college and seminary students in a nationwide interfaith service campaign that was launched Thursday (March 17).
March 12, 2011 - The Associated Press
Wash. Post: Friend the pope? John Paul II gets Facebook page
The Vatican will unveil the latest installment in its social media transformation next week - a Facebook page dedicated to the upcoming beatification of Pope John Paul II, officials said.
March 08, 2011 - The Australian
The Australian: Opinion: West obliged to champion Muslim feminists
On the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, women in most Muslim lands are still oppressed by sharia family law.
March 08, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Chinese official touts softer line on restive west
The new Communist Party chief for China's restive western region debuted a softer line on the remote area Tuesday, calling for less discrimination against its largely Muslim population and more initiatives to help win their trust and support.
March 02, 2011 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Religious blacks' views nuanced on Obama and DOMA
When same-sex marriage was upended in California by popular vote in 2008, gay rights activists pointed to one factor: religious African Americans who came out in record numbers for President Obama but who also largely voted against the marriage proposal, according to exit polls.
February 24, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: Young seek to end West Bank and Gaza schism
Young Palestinians watching the revolutions in Egypt, Tunisia and elsewhere in the region have no shortage of their own protest-worthy causes.
February 15, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: In one slice of Egypt, daily woes top religion
A generation ago, Ahmed Mitwalli’s parents were Islamists in this neighborhood along the Nile once nicknamed the Islamic Republic of Imbaba.
February 12, 2011 - The Toronto Star
Toronto Star: Will the House of Saud adapt enough to survive ... again?
When it became evident that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's anticipated resignation was not happening last Thursday, a chorus of indignant tweets rose from the international Internet audience tracking the historic events in Cairo.
February 08, 2011 - National Post
National Post: Christ's birthplace new front in fight for Palestinian state

Palestinians are pushing to get the reputed birthplace of Jesus Christ listed as a World Heritage Site --a move that would see them treated as a de facto state.

February 06, 2011 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Terrorism meets xenophobia in Russia
If current demographic trends continue, within the next half-century Muslims will constitute a sizable part, perhaps even a plurality, of Russia's population; indeed, Moscow currently has more Muslim inhabitants than any other European city.
February 04, 2011 - The Irish Times
Irish Times: Priests say missal is 'sexist and elitist'
The new missal for use at Mass from next November is sexist, archaic, elitist and obscure, the Association of Catholic Priests has said.
January 30, 2011 - Newsweek
Newsweek: Rage against the regime
One by one, the lines of communication that connected Egypt to the 21st century shut down. Twitter, Facebook, and eventually all Internet access were cut off; text messaging became impossible, and then millions of mobile phones went silent across the country.
January 26, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: Egyptian youths drive the revolt against Mubarak

For decades, Egypt’s authoritarian president, Hosni Mubarak, played a clever game with his political opponents.

January 25, 2011 - Agence France Press
AFP: Tunisian women fear Islamist return
Tunisian women are watching warily should the uprising that ousted the authoritarian president also unravel women's rights bolstered by his secular regime in this predominantly Muslim country.
January 24, 2011 - The Toronto Star
Toronto Star: Arab world appalled by Palestinian negotiators
Nothing demonstrates the gap between secret and public diplomacy as well as Monday’s response to news that Palestinian negotiators have been discussing major concessions during their Mideast peace talks for the last four years.
January 14, 2011 - The Canadian Press
CP: As Israel's ultra-Orthodox rise in numbers, so does a sense that things have to change
Dramatic changes may be coming in Israel: Demographers now estimate about a third of last year's Jewish babies were born into the ultra-Orthodox community, an insular and devout minority that has long been at loggerheads with the rest of the increasingly modern and prosperous country.
January 10, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Debate in Turkey over Armenia friendship monument
Modern art or a blight on the landscape? A giant monument to friendship between historic enemies Turkey and Armenia has become a symbol of controversy rather than healing.
January 09, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Turkey's Kurds campaign for language
As a child, Emrah Kilic couldn't understand a word his grandmother was saying. That's because she was speaking Kurdish, the family's ancestral language, whose public use was harshly suppressed in the name of forging a unified Turkish nation.
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