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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.
January 07, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: Islam en Español: In conversion, a new identity
At the North Hudson Islamic Educational Center in Union City, N.J., there are Spanish-language classes on the Koran and an annual Latino Muslim Day.
January 04, 2011 - The Independent
The Independent: The Islamification of Britain: record numbers embrace Muslim faith

The number of Britons choosing to become Muslims has nearly doubled in the past decade, according to one of the most comprehensive attempts to estimate how many people have embraced Islam.

December 30, 2010 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: The appeal of Orthodoxy to young, secular-born Jews

As Canadian youth continue their march toward secularism, with the majority of religious communities aging and shrinking, a small but steady trickle of secular Jewish youth have been heading in the opposite direction.

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 20, 2010 - Toronto Star
Toronto Star: Regent Park church hopes for renewal as its parish changes
It’s 6:30 a.m. on a December morning and outside St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church in Regent Park the sidewalk is dark and deserted.
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 14, 2010 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: Young Canadians increasingly shunning religious institutions
If the future for institutional religion in Canada lies in the hearts and minds of the young, a dark night is sweeping down on the country's churches, synagogues and temples.
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 23, 2010 - Anchorage Daily News
Anchorage Daily News: Lawsuit filed challenging parent abortion notification
Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and two doctors have sued the state to block a new law requiring notification of parents before their teenage daughters obtain an abortion.
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.
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