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June 21, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Bangladesh moves to retain Islam as state religion
Bangladesh will retain Islam as the state religion in amendments the government is proposing to its constitution, a government minister said Tuesday.
June 19, 2011 - Newsweek
Newsweek: Answered prayers: Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan is redrawing the Constitution. Why the devout Muslim is good for the Christians.
As a teenager growing up in a tough Istanbul neighborhood, Recep Tayyip Erdogan studied to be an Islamic cleric.
June 14, 2011 - The Straits Times
Straits Times: Citizen unity amid Singapore's diversity
These days, religious diversity is the new order in many places. Brought about mainly by globalisation, it is a phenomenon that seems at once comforting, complicating and compelling.
June 06, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Radical Indonesia cleric rejects terrorism charges
A radical Indonesian cleric facing life in prison on terrorism charges professed his innocence Monday and rejected the trial as outside Islamic law in a final court appearance before judges announce a verdict.
May 28, 2011 - The Australian
Australian: New wave of conservatism as migrants bolster Catholic Church
IN 2003, religious writer Chris McGillion authored a book on the Australian Catholic Church called A Long Way from Rome in which he argued that while the church in Australia had changed radically, Rome had not.
May 24, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: A god is dead, but it’s business that may suffer most
His face adorns the yellow motorized rickshaws zipping down the streets. Billboards bear his simple motto, “Love All, Serve All.”
May 23, 2011 - The Weekly Standard
Weekly Standard: The crackdown continues: The ongoing persecution of Christians in China.
Communist China has earned praise in the past few years for a perceived thaw in its strict opposition to religious observance—particularly Christianity.
May 20, 2011 - Straits Times Indonesia
Straits Times: Hundreds of Indonesian clerics to fight radicalism
Indonesia's largest Islamic organization is enlisting hundreds of religious teachers to fight the spread of radicalism in high schools and universities.
May 18, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Battle over condoms enters Philippine Congress
The president says he is ready to face excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church for advocating free access to condoms.
May 18, 2011 - The Australian
The Australian: Goodbye to rights under sharia
Civil libertarian Spencer Zifcak and constitutional monarchist David Flint are from opposing sides of the political spectrum. But they are united by a deceptively reasonable push for a form of sharia law in Australia.
May 16, 2011 - Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times: A skewed secularism?
In contrast to most south Asian countries, modern India has always been officially "secular", a word the country inscribed in its Constitution in 1976.
May 09, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Fresh religious tensions brewing in Malaysia
Malaysia's government sought to defuse new religious tensions Monday following allegations that church leaders were conspiring to make Christianity the official religion in this Muslim-majority country.
May 09, 2011 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: India's Supreme Court suspends ruling on disputed Ayodhya holy site
India’s highest court Monday suspended a historic verdict that had sought to end controversy over one of the most hotly disputed religious sites in the world.
May 06, 2011 - Reuters
Reuters: Pious Indians bank on holy deposits
In a bank with no security gates, guards or locks, deposits from thousands of customers from across India are stacked on shelves, protected from theft by the grace of God.
April 27, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Exiled Tibetan community gets new prime minister after Dalai Lama gives up political roles
A Harvard legal scholar has been elected the next prime minister of Tibet's government-in-exile, officials announced Wednesday, paving the way for new leadership in the Tibetan community as the Dalai Lama gives up political power.
April 27, 2011 - The New York Times
NYT: India puts tight leash on internet free speech
Free speech advocates and Internet users are protesting new Indian regulations restricting Web content that, among other things, can be considered “disparaging,” “harassing,” “blasphemous” or “hateful.”
April 26, 2011 - The Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph: Indian guru had followers in many nations
Sathya Sai Baba, who died on Sunday, probably aged 84, was India's most famous, and most controversial, Swami or holy man, and one of the most enigmatic and remarkable religious figures of the last century.
April 25, 2011 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Beijing police detain group of Christians
Police in Beijing detained more than 30 evangelical Christians as they attempted to gather outdoors for Easter services and confined about 500 to their homes, continuing a broad crackdown on dissent that has also targeted lawyers, bloggers and human-rights activists.
April 24, 2011 - The Associated Press
AP: Japan's Christians celebrate Easter amid disaster
This Easter, the story of resurrection carried a deeply personal message for the small community of Christians in disaster-hit Japan.
April 21, 2011 - The Guardian
The Guardian: Be Muslim for a month in Istanbul: pray five times a day and fast
It has the ingredients of a conventional holiday – experiencing the culture and hospitality of one of the most exciting cities in the world.
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