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December 18, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: How some Israelis see the sacred in settlements
As Rabbi Dovid Ben Meir leads visitors through the ruins of this ancient city, believed to have served as the Jewish capital more than 3,000 years ago, his love of history is clear.
December 17, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Philippine legislators approve divisive contraceptives bill despite church’s objections
Philippine legislators passed a landmark bill Monday that would provide government funding for contraceptives and sexuality classes in schools despite strong opposition by the dominant Roman Catholic Church and its followers, some of whom threatened to ask the Supreme Court to block the legislation.
December 16, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: School yoga tries to avoid religious controversy
Public school yoga instructor Katie Campbell proudly looks out at 23 first graders as they contain their squirming in a kid-friendly version of the lotus position.
December 14, 2012 - The Times of India
Times of India: Turban pride restored as Sikhs win school turban ban case against France in UN
The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) has ruled that France's ban on the wearing of "conspicuous" religious symbols in schools - introduced in a law adopted in March 2004 - violated a Sikh student's right to manifest his religion, protected by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
December 14, 2012 - The Independent
Independent: Debate on Islam and evolution has to be called off after revolt by student societies
Organisers behind a British conference on Islam and evolution say they nearly had to cancel the event after receiving a torrent of opposition from Muslim students at one of the country’s top scientific universities, The Independent has learned.
December 13, 2012 - Detroit Free Press
Free Press: Bills limiting abortion options step closer to becoming law in Michigan
Two sweeping bills aimed at limiting abortion options moved closer to Gov. Rick Snyder's desk Wednesday, adding to two others already awaiting his signature.
December 12, 2012 - McClatchy Newspaper
McClatchy: Religious colleges challenge health care law’s contraception rule
North Carolina’s Belmont Abbey College is trying to resurrect a religious school charge against the Obama administration’s signature health care law.
December 12, 2012 - The Times
The Times: Church of England exempted from gay marriage
The Church of England will be forbidden by law from performing gay marriage ceremonies in an effort to appease senior Anglicans and Tory MPs.
December 12, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Putin pledges to fight corruption, capital flight
President Vladimir Putin pledged on Wednesday to crack down on corruption and the flight of capital from Russia in a new campaign to tackle problems that have marred his 13-year rule and blighted the country's business scene.
December 12, 2012 - National Journal
National Journal: More health care Supreme Court drama: 'Contraceptive mandate' versus religious freedom
The Supreme Court famously upheld most of the Affordable Care Act in June.
December 12, 2012 - The Daily Mail
Daily Mail: Now PM's faith minister attacks gay marriage law: Warsi claims equality could have string of 'unintended consequences'
The minister for faith has broken ranks on gay marriage to warn that David Cameron’s controversial legislation could have a string of ‘unintended consequences’.
December 11, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Election candidate hopes to draw Israeli Arabs out of shadows
One Israeli Arab election candidate aims to lead his community out of the margins of Israeli politics - saying their interests have been overshadowed for too long by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
December 10, 2012 - The Toronto Star
Toronto Star: Women waiting to be heard in post-Mubarak Egypt
Women’s voices were some of the loudest in the Tahrir Square protests that drove Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from office nearly two years ago.
December 09, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Case reviews could test Obama’s ‘evolution’ on same-sex marriage
The Supreme Court gave itself plenty of room to maneuver when it agreed Friday to review the issue of same-sex marriage.
December 08, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Supreme Court showdown expected over gay rights decisions
For more than two decades, the defining battles within the Supreme Court over social and moral controversies have been fought between two devout Catholics appointed by President Reagan.
December 07, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Supreme Court takes up same-sex marriage for first time
The Supreme Court stepped into the gay marriage debate for the first time on Friday by agreeing to review two challenges to federal and state laws that define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
December 07, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Charter enshrining Shariah at core of Egypt crisis
One of Egypt's most prominent ultraconservative Muslim clerics had high praise for the country's draft constitution.
December 06, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Terror fight shifts to Africa
Military counterterrorism officials are seeking more capability to pursue extremist groups in Africa and elsewhere that they believe threaten the U.S., and the Obama administration is considering asking Congress to approve expanded authority to do it.
December 05, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: California's gay-conversion ban up in air after 2 judges disagree
The fate of the state's new law banning gay-conversion therapy for underage Californians is uncertain after a federal judge said it may infringe on free-speech rights — and a second jurist disagreed.
December 04, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Watch your tongue: Prejudiced comments illegal in Brazil.
In an amateur online video, Afonso Henrique Alves Lobato describes how he and fellow members of his Evangelical church snuck into a spiritual center of Umbanda, an Afro-Brazilian faith that venerates deities originating from Africa in services led by a religious figure called a pai de santo.
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