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May 21, 2012 - The Australian
The Australian: Real reform for women a must in Muslim world
In the latest edition of Foreign Policy magazine, Muslim reformer Mona Eltahawy called for a genuine revolution in the Middle East. Unlike the Arab Spring, this one would release women from oppression. "First we stop pretending," she said. "Call out the hate for what it is."
May 21, 2012 - The Times of India
Times of India: Uttar Pradesh may give inheritance rights to Muslim women
Muslim women may finally get their due share in family inheritance.
May 21, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Egyptian women feel excluded, despite the promise of the revolution
After Egyptian women stood shoulder to shoulder with men in the protests that toppled Hosni Mubarak, many looked forward to a role in the revolution’s next steps.
May 21, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Opinion: No model for Muslim democracy
It is fashionable these days for Western leaders to praise Indonesia as a model Muslim democracy. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has declared, “If you want to know whether Islam, democracy, modernity and women’s rights can coexist, go to Indonesia.”
May 21, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Mixed reactions over Malawi's plan to repeal anti-gay law
Malawi's President Joyce Banda has announced her intention to repeal a number of laws that have made Malawi into a pariah state, from its ban on homosexuality to broad police powers of search and arrest, to a law that allows cabinet ministers to shut down newspapers.
May 20, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Secular or Islamist? Egypt chooses a president
Sixty years after their country came under military dictatorship, Egyptians are for the first time freely electing their president.
May 20, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: For gay marriage opponents, moments shape minds
When President Obama announced his support for gay marriage, supporters and pundits declared it symbolic of a historic shift in American attitudes.
May 20, 2012 - Newsweek
Newsweek: Egypt Elections: Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, the Irresistible Islamist
He’s on the move again. Abdel Moneim Abou el-Fotouh has finished one interview in a suite at the Movenpick hotel outside Cairo and now he’s squeezing his six-foot frame into a Volkswagen Passat to get to the next thing.
May 19, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: The fight over who fights in Israel
As the first chief rabbi for the modern state of Israel, Isaac Herzog helped persuade Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion to exempt 400 ultra-Orthodox men from the draft so they could study full time in yeshivas.
May 19, 2012 - The Observer
Observer: Christians and Muslims unite in new bid to silence Lady Gaga
Christian groups in the Philippines have called for a ban on Lady Gaga's Manila concerts, alleging that her song Judas is an offensive mockery of Jesus Christ.
May 19, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Vatican calls leak 'criminal'
The Vatican has denounced as "criminal" a new book of leaked internal documents that shed light on power struggles inside the Holy See and the thinking of its embattled top banker, and warned that it would take legal action against those responsible.
May 19, 2012 - The Tennessean
Tennessean: Churches shift positions on abortion
Two years before the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, the largest Protestant group in the United States made a powerful statement on abortion.
May 19, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Obama could have a prayer among Ohio's white evangelicals
The Rev. Chris Beard is a theological conservative, make no mistake about it. He believes the Bible is the word of God.
May 18, 2012 - Straits Times
Straits Times: Using religion to play hardball
In a speech before thousands of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) faithful gathered at the Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta in July last year to celebrate the organisation's 85th anniversary, NU chairman Said Aqil Siradj reiterated an important message.
May 18, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: For many in Egypt, the presidential vote is not about Islam
A mechanic hammered a fender and boys wandered amid tin and rust as Adham Bishr, his opinions flaring on an agitated afternoon along the Nile, said Egypt's next president should give him a job, not tell him how to worship God.
May 18, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: D.C. pastor Derrick Harkins tries to balance spiritual and political roles
Derrick Harkins has had a tough week.
May 17, 2012 - National Post
National Post: UPDATED: Board suspends Toronto Islamic school’s operating permit after row over anti-Jewish curriculum
An Islamic school that had been using teaching materials that disparaged Jews and encouraged boys to keep fit for jihad has lost its license to use Toronto District School Board property.
May 17, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: D.C. becomes national abortion battleground with bill that would ban procedure after 20 weeks
The nation’s capital once again served as a battleground in the national debate over abortion Thursday as a Congressional subcommittee aired a bill that would ban abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
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 16, 2012 - The Irish Times
Irish Times: Opinion: Bible not the rule book on gay marriage
Diarmuid Martin, Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, was asked last week for his views on same-sex marriage. The question arose in the aftermath of the support Barack Obama voiced for same-sex marriage.
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