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October 26, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Pope won't take part in common prayers
Pope Benedict XVI has invited Jews, Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims to a pilgrimage at the Umbrian hilltop town of Assisi, but the leaders won't take part in common prayers as they did when summoned for a daylong prayer for peace by Pope John Paul II 25 years ago.
October 26, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: To be young, hip and Mormon
With his manly stubble, flannel shirt and skinny black jeans, Brandon Flowers looks every bit the hipster front man for his rock band, the Killers.
October 26, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: NYPD keeps files on Muslims who change their names
For generations, immigrants have shed their ancestral identities and taken new, Americanized names as they found their place in the melting pot.
October 26, 2011 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Can Islamists share power with secularists? Tunisia is about to find out.
With full results of Tunisia's first-ever democratic election expected as soon as tomorrow, two secular parties looked poised to join the Islamist Al Nahda party in an alliance that could guide the country's political transition with a decisive majority.
October 25, 2011 - The Daily Mail
Daily Mail: What IS going on in Britain's mosque schools? Beatings, humiliation and lessons in hating Britain
The punishment is almost medieval in its cruelty. Victims are forced to crouch down and hold their ears with their arms threaded under their legs.
October 25, 2011 - The Oregonian
Oregonian: J Street offers D.C. something that was missing
Over 25 years in politics, including a stint as deputy domestic policy advisor to President Bill Clinton, Jeremy Ben-Ami has learned that there are things that you don't do:
October 23, 2011 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: Islamic lender’s troubles put homeowners in limbo
Dozens of Muslim homeowners are complaining that they have been left in limbo by a disintegrating “sharia-compliant” mortgage arrangement, putting a focus on the emergence of parallel banking systems in Canada.
October 22, 2011 - The Morning Call
Morning Call: To outsiders, a faith that puzzles
Congregation Beth El Gibor has a grand name — it means "House of the Mighty God" — and a modest setting: a brick ranch-style building in Bethlehem where congregants observe the Jewish Sabbath, follow Jewish rituals and believe Jesus Christ is the savior of humankind.
October 22, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Tribal religion at center of NV gold mine fight
Lawyers for an environmental group and Native American tribes trying to block another expansion at one of the biggest gold mines in North America say the U.S. government -- in concert with the largest gold company in the world -- is making an unprecedented attempt to skirt two of the nation's fundamental laws protecting federal lands.
October 21, 2011 - The Australian
Australian: Benedict's blessing shows his belief in Australian Catholicism
His willingness to open the centre was a reflection of his belief that the Catholic Church in Australia was doing a good job tackling the problems of an increasingly secular Western world, according to Cardinal George Pell.
October 21, 2011 - Times of India
Times of India: Deoband rector slams allegations of Wahabi link, Saudi funding
Stung by the charge that the Deoband seminary supports hardline Wahabism and is funded by petro-dollars, Darul Uloom Deoband hit back at its critics saying it did not endorse extremism.
October 20, 2011 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Vatican signs deal to collaborate on adult stem cell research
As chairman and chief executive of her own company, Dr. Robin Smith is a significant player in the world of biopharmaceutical products and research.
October 19, 2011 - The Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune: Settlement reached in Muslim's suit over denial of time off for hajj
Safoorah Khan hoped 2008 would be a turning point in her spiritual life.
October 19, 2011 - The Daily Star
Daily Star: Daughter says Afghanistan’s Rabbani sought suicide ban
Days before he died when a Taliban militant detonated a bomb hidden in his turban, Burhanuddin Rabbani was trying to persuade Islamic scholars to issue a religious edict banning suicide bombings.
October 19, 2011 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Catholic bishop indicted over delay in reporting priest to continue leading Mo. diocese
Calls for Roman Catholic Bishop Robert Finn to resign started even before last week, when he became the highest-ranking church leader in the sex abuse scandal criminally charged with sheltering an accused priest.
October 19, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: Islamist imagines a democratic future for Tunisia
For more than three decades, Rachid al-Ghannouchi has preached that pluralism, democracy and Islam are harmonious
October 17, 2011 - The Daily Star
Daily Star: Amin Gemayel visits Egypt, holds meeting with Coptic pope
Kataeb Party leader Amin Gemayel called Sunday for dialogue between Arab states to lay the foundations for political systems based on freedom, democracy and equality among all citizens of the Arab world.
October 17, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Vatican weighs in on cult-like group in Legion
The Vatican has proposed giving hundreds of women who live like nuns within the troubled Legion of Christ order greater autonomy after a Holy See investigation found serious problems in their regimented communities.
October 17, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: In crowded Cairo quarter, Islamists try to seize mantle of a revolution
In one of Cairo’s most crowded quarters, where streets are so filled with trash that bulldozers scoop it up, the Muslim Brotherhood has opened not one but two offices.
October 16, 2011 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Chinese Jews feel more at home in Israel
As a child growing up in Kaifeng in central China, Jin Jin was constantly reminded of her unusual heritage.
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