Religion News on the Web
Selected religion-related news from around the Web
February 15, 2012
- The New York Times
NYT: Gay marriage a tough sell with blacks in Maryland
As a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Maryland hurtles toward a vote in the legislature this week, a coalition lobbying for its passage has focused much of its efforts on a group of Democrats who could potentially scuttle its success: African-Americans.
February 10, 2012
- Agence France-Presse
AFP: Turkish PM criticized for 'religious youth' remark
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's comment his government wants to "raise a religious youth" has touched a nerve in society, fuelling debates over an alleged "hidden agenda" to Islamicize secular Turkey.
January 14, 2012
- The New York Times
NYT: Israelis facing a seismic rift over role of women
In the three months since the Israeli Health Ministry awarded a prize to a pediatrics professor for her book on hereditary diseases common to Jews, her experience at the awards ceremony has become a rallying cry.
January 05, 2012
- The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: From back of the bus, Israeli women fight segregation
For years, Israeli women have been pressured into moving to the rear of public buses serving strictly religious Jews. Now, in confrontations reminiscent of the era of Rosa Parks, women are pushing back.
January 02, 2012
- The Irish Times
Irish Times: At least 50 killed in ethnic clashes in Nigeria
Clashes between rival ethnic groups in eastern Nigeria’s Ebonyi state on Saturday killed at least 50 people, the state government spokesman has said, and according to police, mobile units had been sent to the state to quell the violence.
December 30, 2011
- The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: The surprising success of the Confession app
When they launched their first Roman Catholic mobile phone application early this year, the founders of the Indiana-based startup Little i Apps had hoped their product would reach a small, niche market of fellow Catholics.
December 29, 2011
- The Associated Press
AP: Saudi women to run, vote without male approval
Women in Saudi Arabia will not need a male guardian's approval to run or vote in municipal elections in 2015, when women will also run for office for the first time, a Saudi official has said.
November 09, 2011
- The New York Times
NYT: Ahead of vote, Egypt’s parties and skepticism are growing
At the rally kicking off his campaign for Parliament, Basem Kamel, a core member of the youthful council that helped spur the end of the Mubarak government, wrestled with his stump speech calling for civilian rule.
November 08, 2011
- The Associated Press
AP: Gender segregation on rise in Israel
Posters depicting women have become rare in the streets of Israel's capital. In some areas women have been shunted onto separate sidewalks, and buses and health clinics have been gender-segregated.
November 05, 2011
- The Associated Press
AP: Yemen uprising binds women from many walks of life
Early in Yemen's uprising, about 20 women with banners demanding equal rights marched into the heart of the capital, joining the thousands who were calling for the ouster of the president. They were greeted with cheers.
November 05, 2011
- The Associated Press
AP: Yemen uprising binds women from many walks of life
Early in Yemen's uprising, about 20 women with banners demanding equal rights marched into the heart of the capital, joining the thousands who were calling for the ouster of the president. They were greeted with cheers.
October 25, 2011
- Common Ground News Service
Common Ground: Women of the Arab Spring: their issues are everyone’s issues
The capture and killing of Libya’s Muammar Qaddafi,
on-going demonstrations for an end to the oppressive reigns of Yemen’s
Ali Abdullah Saleh and Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, and new elections in
Tunisia show that one thing has not changed in the Arab Spring – change
itself.