Religion News on the Web
Selected religion-related news from around the Web
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 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 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.
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.