Religion News on the Web
Selected religion-related news from around the Web
December 27, 2010
- The New York Times
NYT: Muslim women gain higher profile in U.S.
Around Sept. 11, 2001, not long after she founded the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta, Soumaya Khalifa heard from a group whose name sounded like “Bakers Club.”
December 15, 2010
- The Associated Press
AP: Refugees aim to preserve unique Vietnamese faith
As darkness fell on a recent night, Duc Le donned a long white tunic and black cap, slipped off his shoes and joined other aging refugees to honor the new moon with the chanted prayers and offerings that mark the Vietnamese religion of Cao Dai.
December 07, 2010
- The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: In a battle for all the marble, Israel can't resist Iran
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad once famously threatened to wipe
Israel "off the map." But while the Islamic Republic may be bent on the
Jewish state's destruction, it is also contributing to Israel's
construction.
December 01, 2010
- The New York Times
NYT: Attacks on immigrants on the rise in Greece
A wave of violent attacks against immigrants by suspected right-wing
extremists has put Muslims and the police on alert in rundown parts of
Athens with burgeoning migrant populations.
November 27, 2010
- The Associated Press
AP: Saudi women sue male guardians who stop marriage
Year after year, the 42-year-old Saudi surgeon remains single, against
her will. Her father keeps turning down marriage proposals, and her
hefty salary keeps going directly to his bank account.
November 17, 2010
- The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: Support for female circumcision declining in Africa, study shows
Some experts thought it was so embedded in traditional culture that it
would never change. But new evidence shows that African countries have
made surprising progress in reducing the rate of female genital cutting,
a controversial and often illegal practice that can cause lifelong
injury and illness to girls and women.
November 14, 2010
- The Associated Press
AP: Israel welcomes last Ethiopians of Jewish descent
After years of languishing in makeshift shelters in the Horn of Africa,
the final remnants of an Ethiopian community claiming Jewish descent
received permission Sunday to move to Israel.
November 12, 2010
- The New York Times
NYT: Housewives of God
Priscilla Shirer’s marriage appears to be just the sort of enlightened partnership that would make feminists cheer.
November 11, 2010
- The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Greek town becomes flash point in war against Muslim immigrants
This little farming town on the edge of Europe, where the crosses of
Greek Orthodox churches face Turkey's minarets scarcely a mile away, has
become the latest battleground in the continent's war against a flood
of unwanted immigrants from the strife-torn Muslim world.
November 05, 2010
- The Associated Press
AP: Pope heads to a less Catholic Spain amid protests
Pope Benedict XVI meets Spain's Facebook generation this weekend -
setting up a clash of values and lifestyles in a once-staunchly Catholic
nation that has become one of Europe's most liberal.
November 02, 2010
- The Associated Press
AP: U.N. investigator: Migrants suffer worst racism
Migrants in Europe, the United States and many other parts of the world
are subjected to the worst forms of racial discrimination and
xenophobia, a U.N. independent investigator said Monday.