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April 24, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Georgetown faculty latest to chide Ryan
Representative Paul D. Ryan, the Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee, has been excoriated by some Roman Catholic leaders ever since he claimed this month that his budget plan, which slashes antipoverty programs, was inspired by the moral teachings of his Catholic faith.
April 23, 2012 - The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Post-Dispatch: Bishop in Peoria stirs controversy, attracts support
It was under the imposing twin spires of St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria that Peoria's Roman Catholic Bishop Daniel Jenky sparked a political firestorm a week ago, with a sermon that appeared to equate President Barack Obama's policies on contraception coverage with the brutal attacks on religion imposed by Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin.
April 22, 2012 - The Herald Scotland
The Herald: Respected Muslim leader warns: gay marriage threatens civilisation and the world's population
GAY marriage is not just a "grave sin" but a threat to civilisation itself, according to one of Scotland's most respected Muslim leaders.
April 22, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Bahrain F1 race: How a Sunni backlash kept an uprising at bay
Yaqoub al-Slaise, a young Sunni activist and assistant researcher at Bahrain University, remembers the exact moment when he decided to oppose Bahrain's uprising – once again in the spotlight with today's Formula One race here.
April 22, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Hindus in Pakistan accuse Muslims of kidnapping teens as wives
Rachna Kumari, 16, was shopping for dresses in this city's dust-choked bazaar when it happened.
April 21, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: In uprooting of Kurds, Iraq tests a fragile national unity
In January, the dismembered body of Wisam Jumai, a Kurdish intelligence officer, was discovered in a field in Sadiyah, a small town in northeastern Iraq.
April 19, 2012 - The Scotsman
Scotsman: Scottish council elections: Don’t vote for gay marriage backers, Muslims urged
Muslim religious leaders are urging people in their community not to vote for any candidate in the forthcoming council election who supports same-sex marriage.
April 19, 2012 - The Tennessean
Tennessean: Vanderbilt anti-bias policy comes under attack before meeting
Christian groups opposed to Vanderbilt University’s nondiscrimination policy are ramping up their efforts as the school’s Board of Trust gathers for a two-day meeting in Nashville today.
April 19, 2012 - National Post
National Post: Presbyterians to probe maternity homes in wake of Post forced adoption revelations
The Presbyterian Church in Canada has launched an internal review of its historic maternity home practices, becoming the third church to do so since the National Post last month began an investigation into coerced and forced adoptions targeting unmarried mothers between the 1940s and 1980s.
April 19, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Islamist rivalry colors Egypt race
The most bitter rivalry emerging in Egypt's presidential campaign pits two candidates with competing visions of Islam and a long-running personal feud.
April 18, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Top US Republican rejects criticism by Catholic bishops
The top Republican in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday defended his party's proposed deficit-cutting federal budget plan against complaints by Roman Catholic bishops that it would hurt the poor and violate certain "moral criteria."
April 18, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Pakistani Judge upholds three women’s conversions
A controversy over religious conversions that has captivated Pakistanis was resolved in dramatic fashion on Wednesday when a judge ruled that three Hindu women who converted to Islam under disputed circumstances had chosen to go with their new Muslim husbands, causing consternation among the families they left behind.
April 17, 2012 - The Times of India
Times of India: Old City violence: Muslim groups move State Human Rights Commission against police 'high-handedness'
Various Muslim groups on Monday filed petitions with State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) against the city police for torturing them during the recent communal clashes in the Old City.
April 17, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Russian lawmakers target gay ‘propaganda’
The anti-Western rhetoric that dominated Russia’s recent elections has a new focus, with gays targeted as symbols of Western permissiveness in a wave of laws being adopted across the country.
April 16, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Killings heighten ethnic tensions in Macedonia
On Orthodox Easter, one of the most sacred holidays for Christians here, Macedonians mourned the deaths of five Macedonian men amid speculation that their killers were ethnic Albanians, arousing fears of a new bout of intercommunal violence.
April 16, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: French polls silent on key campaign issue of race
Ahead of France's presidential elections, you might find polls showing how factory workers or university students are likely to vote—but you'd be hard-pressed to find data on which candidates black or Muslim voters prefer.
April 16, 2012 - Newsweek
Newsweek: Thailand’s Buddhists take up arms against insurgency
A few hours’ drive from the white-sand beaches of Phuket—one of the world’s top tourist destinations—a deadly insurgency is terrorizing Thailand’s south.
April 15, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Fight against death penalty gains momentum in states
The fight against the death penalty is gaining momentum, opponents of the practice say, with Connecticut's decision this month to abolish capital punishment making it the fifth state in five years to so do.
April 14, 2012 - The Economist
Economist: Giving divorce a bad name
THE cold war between Africa’s newest neighbours is heating up.
April 14, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: Far-right anti-Muslim network on rise globally as Breivik trial opens
The international network of counter-jihadist groups that inspired Anders Behring Breivik is growing in reach and influence, according to a report released on the eve of the Norwegian's trial.
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