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April 09, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: New wave of well-off Pakistani women drawn to conservative Islam
All the women working in the information technology division of the Bank of Punjab's headquarters in the western Pakistani city of Lahore wear headscarves tightly wound around their cheeks and chin, framing their faces as they tap at their keyboards.
April 08, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Pope marks Easter with call for Syria violence end
Pope Benedict XVI implored the Syrian regime Sunday to heed international demands to end the bloodshed and expressed hope that the joy of Easter will comfort Christian communities suffering because of their faith.
April 08, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: A northern Iraqi Easter
In the small church of St. Addaie the Messenger, the crucifixion and resurrection, retold in the village for the past 2,000 years, was re-enacted in elaborate Easter celebrations by a community holding fast to its ancient traditions but uneasy about its future.
April 07, 2012 - The Economist
Economist: Doing well on parole
TUNISIA’S Islamist-led government boasts an unusual qualification. No fewer than ten cabinet members are former political prisoners.
April 06, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Gaza militants say they'll adhere to cease-fire
A Palestinian militant leader said Friday that his group is adhering to a cease-fire that stopped a barrage of rockets and air strikes between Israel and the Gaza Strip last month.
April 04, 2012 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: Octogenarian Islamist cleric an unlikely revolutionary
At 86 years old, ghost-like, hard of hearing and dependent on eye drops to blink, Sheik Yusuf al-Qaradawi is an unlikely revolutionary.
April 03, 2012 - The Daily Star
Daily Star: Hip-hop echoes of an Arab Spring
Lebanon hasn’t had much in the way of an Arab Spring.
April 01, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: In Egyptian hard-liner’s surge, new worries for the Muslim Brotherhood
Hazem Salah Abu Ismail is an old-school Islamist.
March 30, 2012 - The Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph: Christians driven out of Syrian cities
Almost the entire 50,000 strong Christian population of the Syrian city of Homs has been driven out by fighting, according to report.
March 29, 2012 - Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune: Opinion: The tragedy of religious freedom in Syria
Religious freedom is the common sense of our era. It is easy to be swept up in the hype.
March 29, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Atheist and pro-Israel, Maikel Nabil tests free speech in Egypt
Maikel Nabil's views are controversial in Egypt in almost every way – his open atheism, his support for gay rights, and especially his support for Israel.
March 29, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: In Pakistan, faith healers have no shortage of believers
Villagers in this small textile town thought Saeed Mehmood ul Hasan had a pipeline to God.
March 28, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Islamic lending grows as western banks take breather
As European banks have pulled back from overseas exposures to concentrate on cleansing their balance sheets and strengthening their core businesses, Middle Eastern and Asian borrowers have turned to local investors and alternative forms of financing, analysts say, with issues of Islamic bonds, or sukuk, notably on the rise.
March 28, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: Afghan women are being jailed for 'moral crimes', says report
Nearly half of all women in Afghan prisons are being held for "moral crimes" such as running away from home or adultery, according to a report by Human Rights Watch.
March 26, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Israel to bar UN fact-finding team from entering
Israel cut working relations with the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday and will bar a U.N. team from entering Israel or the West Bank for a planned investigation of Jewish settlements, the Foreign Ministry said.
March 26, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood faces sharp internal divisions over presidential race
With presidential elections set to begin in May, Egypt’s most powerful Islamist party is sharply divided over whether the group should field a candidate.
March 24, 2012 - The Economist
The Economist: Autumn of another patriarch
If Egyptians in general are frazzled by a year of revolution, the country’s Coptic Christian minority is doubly disturbed.
March 23, 2012 - National Post
National Post: 'Destroy all the churches'
Imagine if television evangelist Pat Robertson called for the demolition of all the mosques in America. It would be front-page news. It would be on every network and cable news program.
March 20, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Human Rights Watch alleges serious abuses by some Syrian rebel soldiers
Even as Syria’s security forces have tortured and massacred civilians and anti-government activists, armed members of the Syrian opposition have carried out “serious human rights abuses” against Syrian soldiers and some civilians, the New York-based Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
March 19, 2012 - The Daily Star
Daily Star: Lebanon’s religious leaders to hold summit on uprisings
Lebanon’s top Muslim and Christian religious leaders will meet in a spiritual summit at the weekend to discuss fast-moving developments in the region, media reports said Sunday.
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