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December 01, 2012 - The Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune: Salvation Army denies being anti-gay
Shortly after the Salvation Army's red kettle ringers set up shop around Chicago this year, Rick Garcia took to his Facebook page and posted a status update telling friends and followers to boycott the group.
November 30, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: For Amish, fastest-growing faith group in US, life is changing
For Jacob Beachy, life moves along much as it always has.
November 30, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Large Europe majorities for assisted suicide: survey
Large majorities of west Europeans favor the legalization of assisted suicide, now allowed only in four countries on the continent, according to a new survey.
November 30, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: In Turkey, forging a new identity
“There are liquids that are not mixable — it’s like that.”
November 30, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Some wish Islam would inform climate debate
At Friday prayers in Qatar's most popular mosque, the imam discussed the civil war in Syria, the unrest in Egypt and the U.N. endorsement of an independent state of Palestine.
November 28, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Tibetan protests against Chinese rule in new phase
Two dozen Tibetans have set themselves on fire in western China this month in a dramatic acceleration of the protests against authoritarian Chinese rule, activist groups say.
November 28, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: In Egypt and Tunisia, Salafis move from prisons to parliaments
Mehdi Mezmi rediscovered Islam eight years ago via a website, then illegal to access in his native Tunisia, called Minbar at-Tawheed wal Jihad – “The Forum for God’s Oneness and Holy Struggle.”
November 28, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Rastafarianism grows in Jamaica after long disdain
The robed Rastafarian priest looked out over the turquoise sea off Jamaica's southeast coast and fervently described his belief that deliverance is at hand.
November 27, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: Religion spreads the word
'My reverend told me that he had prayed for me and that I had been healed," Mary Jere says, her wide eyes glazing. "So I stopped taking the HIV medication."
November 25, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: In world's most religious country, humanists rally for secular space
In Ghana, where deeply held religious beliefs unite much of the population, a new group has formed around a shared disbelief in religion.
November 24, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Colombian evangelical Christians convert to Judaism, embracing hidden past
They were committed evangelicals, devoted to Jesus Christ.
November 24, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Afghan’s Shiite minority fears a return to old ostracism
For the past week, the Afghan capital has been draped with black cloth arches and festooned with huge colored banners. Mournful, pounding chants pour from loudspeakers across the city, filling the air with slow martial intensity.
November 24, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: As O'Malley eyes repeal, Md. death row remains at 'impasse'
Coming off some high-profile wins at the ballot box this month, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is considering another run at repealing the death penalty when lawmakers reconvene in January, aides say.
November 21, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Saudi reforms detour through Vienna faith center
The road to reform in Saudi Arabia is long and winding. In the rigidly restricted field of religion, the path is so circuitous that part of it even runs through traditionally Catholic countries like Austria and Spain.
November 21, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: At public meetings, fights over prayer drag on
It happens every week at meetings in towns, counties and cities nationwide. A lawmaker or religious leader leads a prayer before officials begin the business of zoning changes, contract approvals and trash pickup.
November 21, 2012 - The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Post-Gazette: Hanukkah or Christmas? Some local families celebrate both holidays
To be sure, southwestern Pennsylvanians love their traditions, and none more so than those surrounding the Christmas season, complete with Santa Claus, carols, and of course, presents.
November 19, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Syrian Islamist groups reject Western-backed opposition, declare Islamic state in key city
Syria's increasingly powerful Islamist rebel factions rejected the country's new Western-backed opposition coalition and unilaterally declared an Islamic state in the key battleground of Aleppo, a sign of the seemingly intractable splits among those fighting to topple President Bashar Assad.
November 19, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LAT: Ever misunderstood, Sikhs savor teaching moments
The first slide professor Nirvikar Singh flashed on his PowerPoint showed the faces of six Sikh worshipers gunned down the previous month in Oak Creek, Wis., by a man with white supremacist ties.
November 14, 2012 - Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel
Journal Sentinel: Atheist group likely to get $67,000 in UW student fees
An atheist group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seems on track to receive nearly $70,000 in student fees for staffing and programming next year, in what appears to be a first for the university and student atheist groups nationally.
November 13, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Top bishop: We won't give in on birth control rule
A top American bishop said Tuesday the Roman Catholic church will not comply with the Obama administration requirement that most employers provide health insurance covering birth control.
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