Religion News on the Web
Selected religion-related news from around the Web
November 22, 2011
- The New York Times
NYT: Opinion: Israel and ‘pinkwashing’
“In dreams begin responsibilities,” wrote Yeats in 1914. These words
resonate with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people who have
witnessed dramatic shifts in our relationship to power.
November 21, 2011
- The Korea Herald
Korea Herald: Islam offers a third way in Pakistan, Tunisia
During the worldwide depression of the mid-1930s, the poet and Islamic
modernist Muhammad Iqbal, often called Pakistan’s spiritual founder,
wrote a poem dramatizing the inadequacies of Western political and
economic systems.
November 19, 2011
- The Economist
Economist: The right to be hidden
SOON after the liberation of Tripoli, the Libyan capital, this correspondent met a woman sporting a niqab, or
face veil, along with a floor-length black dress and black gloves.
November 19, 2011
- The Economist
Economist: Left v right
Whereas Israel’s voters have been moving to the nationalist and
religious right, most of its top judges have clung to a more liberal and
secular view of the world.
November 18, 2011
- The Daily Star
Daily Star: Catholic patriarchs urge Christians to hang on to lands
A gathering of Catholic patriarchs in the Middle East urged
Christians Thursday to hold onto their lands and holy places despite the
ongoing popular uprisings in the Arab world, which have raised fears
about the presence of Christians in the region.
November 17, 2011
- The Associated Press
AP: With eye on militants, Israel builds Africa ties
Israel has identified eastern Africa as an important strategic
interest and is stepping up ties with nations in the region in a joint
effort to control the spread of Islamic extremists, officials said
Thursday.
November 15, 2011
- The Jerusalem Post
Jerusalem Post: Bill to ensure all rabbis can perform weddings
MK Tzipi Hotovely announced Monday she would be introducing a bill, along side
MK Uri Orbach, to legally ensure that any rabbi with ordination from the Chief
Rabbinate is able to carry out wedding ceremonies.
November 14, 2011
- The Daily Star
Daily Star: Islamic Council: Don’t undermine premiership
The Highest Islamic Council, Lebanon’s highest Sunni religious
body, has warned against attempts to undercut the premiership’s
prerogatives, a day after ministers from Michel Aoun’s Free Patriotic
Movement strongly objected to the exception of the prime minister from a
draft law to ban MPs from serving in the Cabinet.
November 14, 2011
- The Associated Press
AP: Jordan's king urges Syria's Assad to step down
Jordan's King Abdullah said Tuesday that Syrian President Bashar
Assad should step down, making him the first Arab ruler to issue such a
call over the regime's deadly crackdown on an 8-month-old uprising.
November 14, 2011
- Newsweek
Newsweek: Dueling manifestos
As most Taliban begin to hunker down in far-flung villages or pull back to safe havens inside Pakistan, preparing for another brutal Afghan
winter, insurgent leaders are thinking further ahead—and their
individual takes are strikingly divergent.
November 09, 2011
- The New York Times
NYT: Ahead of vote, Egypt’s parties and skepticism are growing
At the rally kicking off his campaign for Parliament, Basem Kamel, a core member of the youthful council that helped spur the end of the Mubarak government, wrestled with his stump speech calling for civilian rule.
November 09, 2011
- The New York Times
NYT: Ahead of vote, Egypt's parties and skepticism are growing
At the rally kicking off his campaign for Parliament, Basem Kamel,
a core member of the youthful council that helped spur the end of the
Mubarak government, wrestled with his stump speech calling for civilian
rule.