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May 16, 2012 - The Daily Star
Daily Star: Palestinians peacefully mark Nakba Day across Lebanon
Palestinians and their supporters peacefully commemorated the 64th anniversary of Nakba, or the catastrophe, Tuesday with a series of protests across the country, in stark contrast to the deadly events of last year.
May 09, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Pious Turks push for labor justice
For the Turkish youths who set out to change the world last week, May Day began with prayers.
May 08, 2012 - The Toronto Star
Toronto Star: Canada’s pro-life movement gets a slick, youthful rebranding
They will fight to protect the unborn, raise their voices against abortion in Canada — and maybe win an iPod.
April 30, 2012 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Post-Gazette: Reform Judaism focuses on youth
Rabbi Jonah Pesner, who helped to lead a grass-roots revolution in the Union for Reform Judaism, visited Pittsburgh last week promoting plans to engage young families in synagogue life.
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 New York Times
NYT: Women see worrisome shift in Turkey
Gokce, a soft-spoken 37-year-old mother of two, has lived on the run for 15 years, ever since her husband broke down a door and shot her in the leg six times after she refused to return to him.
April 23, 2012 - The Straits Times
Straits Times: Asians filling up churches in Australia
Every Sunday, Mr Bernard Wong turns up at a red-brick church near the centre of Sydney, which offers him a choice of services conducted in English, Cantonese or Mandarin.
April 05, 2012 - The Tennessean
Tennessean: Richard Land's rant on Trayvon Martin case stings some Southern Baptists
The Southern Baptist Convention has spent more than a decade trying to leave behind the racially divided past that created it.
April 03, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Clergy group to air ad against AL immigration law
Ahead of Easter and Passover, faith leaders across Alabama have asked state lawmakers to hear "the cries of their people", reflect and revise what they deem the toughest-in-the-nation immigration law.
March 26, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Israel to bar UN fact-finding team from entering
Israel cut working relations with the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday and will bar a U.N. team from entering Israel or the West Bank for a planned investigation of Jewish settlements, the Foreign Ministry said.
March 22, 2012 - USA Today
USA Today: Immigration issues touch many denominations
The Bible tells its readers to obey the law, but it also tells them to welcome strangers and foreigners.
March 22, 2012 - McClatchy Newspapers
McClatchy Newspapers: In macho Mexico, a woman aims for the presidency
In a society that clings to macho ways, Mexican voters find themselves for the first time mulling a field of presidential candidates that includes a woman.
March 08, 2012 - The Independent
Independent: Back to the bad old days: Karzai beats retreat on women's rights
President Hamid Karzai has backed guidelines issued by Afghanistan's religious council that relegate women to the position of second-class citizens, raising questions about whether British soldiers should continue to put their lives at risk for a government that seems prepared to sell out on the issue in order to engage the Taliban in a peace deal.
March 07, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Arab spring fails to allay women's anxieties
Like many Tunisians, Maroua Ben Salah, 23, never imagined that her life and her country would change so drastically in a matter of days.
March 04, 2012 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: For Egypt’s women, equality will take a second revolution
A year ago, on International Women’s Day, a few hundred Egyptian women paraded through Cairo’s Tahrir Square only to be booed, spat on and jostled by several dozen men.
March 01, 2012 - The Guardian
The Guardian: Accusations of witchcraft are part of growing pattern of child abuse in UK
When 15-year-old Kristy Bamu left his parents in Paris on 16 December 2010, he was looking forward to spending the Christmas holidays with his siblings, visiting their sister and her boyfriend in London.
February 29, 2012 - The Irish Times
Irish Times: Young Israelis on mission to improve their country's image
A GROUP of eight young Israeli people have come to Ireland to tell their stories in a bid to improve their country’s image.
February 27, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: The women who oppose female bishops
The Church of England is, in its own confounding and impenetrable way, preparing to welcome women as bishops.
February 24, 2012 - The Daily Star
Daily Star: Women’s spring: Is Lebanon ready for a feminist political party?
For all its virtues, Lebanese society continues to be heavily influenced by patriarchal culture, making it a daunting challenge for women to achieve political influence and power. Yet change may be in the offing.
February 24, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Focus on social issues could shape battle for women
Rick Santorum creates a stir by speaking out against prenatal testing. Virginia’s governor and legislature get caught up in an emotional debate over requiring women seeking abortions to undergo an ultrasound.
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