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May 03, 2012 - The Tennessean
Tennessean: Foes of Vanderbilt's nondiscrimination policy point to Harvard
When Vanderbilt wanted its freshmen students to learn about ethics, the school turned to the late Rev. Peter Gomes to teach them. Gomes’ book, The Good Life, was required reading for the Vanderbilt class of 2015.
May 03, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: Indonesia's atheists face battle for religious freedom
When Alex Aan picked up a copy of Karen Armstrong's Holy War from his local library in west Sumatra in 2005, he had little inkling of his own religious battle to come.
May 03, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Texas pastor drives support for Chinese dissident
Only a few hours after blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng left his sanctuary in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and the United States' declared it had won concessions over his future from the Chinese government, a soft-spoken 44-year-old West Texas pastor was questioning the official version of events.
May 03, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Mormon church girds for landmark political race, with Romney as prominent face of the faith
As 20,000 Mormons streamed from the church conference center, a ragtag group of protesters stood across the street shouting that the Latter-day Saints were going to hell.
May 02, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Tunisian court case exposes rift over free speech in new democracy
Outside the courthouse, 16 armed police officers screen all comers, including hundreds of lawyers in flowing black robes.
May 02, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Methodists vote against ending investments tied to Israel
The United Methodist Church, the nation’s largest mainline Protestant denomination, voted against two proposals on Wednesday to divest from companies that provide equipment used by Israel to enforce its control in the occupied territories.
May 01, 2012 - The Irish Times
Irish Times: Bill proposes full legal status for humanist weddings
THE GOVERNMENT is expected to agree today to back legislation giving humanists the same status as organised religions and civil registrars in conducting marriage ceremonies.
April 30, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Syria attacks seen as sign of extremists' rise
Suicide blasts on Monday and a series of other bombings across Syria have renewed concerns that unrest there is giving extremist Islamist groups room to grow, a scenario Western officials fear will make it more difficult to contain the crisis.
April 30, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Geert Wilders of the Netherlands reveals a resurgent far right in Europe
Europe’s most controversial politician lives in a government safe house fitted with a panic room and guarded round the clock.
April 30, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Okla. court halts effort to grant ‘personhood’ rights to embryos, says it’s unconstitutional
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Monday halted an effort to grant "personhood" rights to human embryos, saying the measure is unconstitutional.
April 30, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Sikh group launches phone app to report unfair airport screeners, 2 complaints already made
A Sikh advocacy group has launched a free mobile application that allows travellers to complain immediately to the government about unfair treatment by airport security screeners.
April 29, 2012 - The Canadian Press
Canadian Press: Tamils in limbo after crackdown in Thailand
All wars cause collateral damage. Vashni is collateral damage in Canada’s war on human smugglers.
April 29, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: In Egypt, Salafist vote could prove decisive
After Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was ousted last year, ultraconservative Muslims known as Salafists emerged from the shadows and quickly became a surprising political force.
April 28, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Nigeria journalists become target of radical sect
Nigeria journalists, already the targets of threats and bribes, face a new danger after a radical Islamist sect bombed the offices of a major newspaper in the country and vowed to "hit the media hard" in Africa's most populous nation.
April 27, 2012 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: Dalai Lama mocks China’s interest in naming his successor
In the political dispute over the future of Tibet, the reincarnation of a spiritual leader – the Dalai Lama – looms as the focal point of a tug-of-war with Beijing.
April 27, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: With prison ministry, Colson linked religion and reform
“Since the 1960s, prison reform has been seen as a leftist cause,” Robert Perkinson, a historian and the author of “Texas Tough: The Rise of America’s Prison Empire,” said this week.
April 25, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: A local link for overseas students
Tom Zhou arrived from Beijing three years ago to attend Chinese Christian High School here.
April 25, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Egypt Islamic body backs Brotherhood candidate
A panel of fundamentalist Islamic clerics has endorsed the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood for president of Egypt, an attempt to prevent a split among conservative Muslim voters.
April 24, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Californians to vote on abolishing death penalty
California voters will soon get a chance to decide whether to replace the death penalty with life in prison without the possibility of parole.
April 24, 2012 - The Atlantic
The Atlantic: Mitt Romney's gay spokesman: A milestone in Republican politics
The recent hiring of Richard Grenell, Mitt Romney's openly gay foreign-policy spokesman, represents a breakthrough in the world of Republican presidential campaigns.
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