Religion News on the Web
Selected religion-related news from around the Web
September 17, 2012
- Reuters
Reuters: As Muslims rage, Pakistan scrutinised by churches
With Muslim leaders in many countries calling for a global law barring what they call insults to Islam, the main non-Catholic world Christian grouping on Monday said just such a law in Pakistan is used to persecute other religions.
September 16, 2012
- The Associated Press
AP: Multiple personalities of the Muslim rage
At the height of the latest Islamic rage, one of the Muslim world's first media-celebrity imams told worshippers they were indeed witnessing a clash of civilizations. But just not the kind you think.
September 16, 2012
- The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: After film, push strengthens for blasphemy clause in Egypt's constitution
Last week's protests in reaction to an anti-Islam YouTube clip have led to Egyptian demands that the United States prosecute the filmmakers and may give a decisive push to an effort to enshrine in the Egyptian constitution the criminalization of blasphemy, or insulting religious figures.
September 16, 2012
- The New York Times
NYT: Cultural clash fuels Muslims angry at online video
Stepping from the cloud of tear gas in front of the American Embassy here, Khaled Ali repeated the urgent question that he said justified last week’s violent protests at United States outposts around the Muslim world.
September 13, 2012
- The Associated Press
AP: Change of Pakistan's blasphemy laws unlikely
The apparent collapse of a case against a Christian girl accused of
burning pages of a Quran has given a dim ray of hope to critics of
Pakistan's blasphemy laws, some of the harshest in the Muslim world.
September 12, 2012
- Reuters
Reuters: Egypt constitution talks stumble on role of Islam
A proposal by ultraconservative
Salafis to give Egypt's main Islamic institution the final say
on whether the law of the land adheres to Islamic laws threatens
to bring the already painfully slow process of drafting the new
constitution to a grinding halt.
September 11, 2012
- The Associated Press
AP: American killed in Libya protest over film
Protesters angered over a film that ridiculed Islam's Prophet Muhammad fired gunshots and burned down the U.S. consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, killing one American diplomat, witnesses and the State Department said.
September 07, 2012
- The Associated Press
AP: Tunisia designs its democracy, painfully
Tunisia dived into a fierce debate this week over a
document that could be an example for the changing Arab world: a
long-awaited constitution that will lay out what women are free to do,
Islam's role in society and art, and how to share political power after
decades of dictatorship.
September 05, 2012
- The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Platform change on status of Jerusalem sparks debate
The Democratic Party released a 2012 platform Tuesday that omits previous language describing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, sparking an unexpected dust-up just as President Barack Obama is preparing to accept his party's nomination for a second term.
September 01, 2012
- The Times
The Times: Israel's Orthodoxy at odds with Reformers
Shlomo Amar, Israel's joint Chief Rabbi,
is on the warpath. He is mobilising rabbis in what he has called a
"battle for the soul of the Jewish people", warning of a threat posed by
the "uprooters and destroyers of Judaism" and "haters of the Lord".
August 26, 2012
- The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Attacks on shrines rattle Libya
Libya's newly elected congress held an emergency session on Sunday about the destruction over the weekend of two of the country's most revered Sufi shrines by suspected religious extremists, who some lawmakers allege may have undertaken their actions in collusion with security officials.
August 26, 2012
- The Miami Herald
Miami Herald: Spiritual journeys
In troubled times, many people turn to their faith, which may explain why faith-based travel has been gaining momentum in recent years.