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April 19, 2012 - The Tennessean
Tennessean: Vanderbilt anti-bias policy comes under attack before meeting
Christian groups opposed to Vanderbilt University’s nondiscrimination policy are ramping up their efforts as the school’s Board of Trust gathers for a two-day meeting in Nashville today.
April 19, 2012 - National Post
National Post: Presbyterians to probe maternity homes in wake of Post forced adoption revelations
The Presbyterian Church in Canada has launched an internal review of its historic maternity home practices, becoming the third church to do so since the National Post last month began an investigation into coerced and forced adoptions targeting unmarried mothers between the 1940s and 1980s.
April 19, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Islamist rivalry colors Egypt race
The most bitter rivalry emerging in Egypt's presidential campaign pits two candidates with competing visions of Islam and a long-running personal feud.
April 18, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Top US Republican rejects criticism by Catholic bishops
The top Republican in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday defended his party's proposed deficit-cutting federal budget plan against complaints by Roman Catholic bishops that it would hurt the poor and violate certain "moral criteria."
April 18, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Pakistani Judge upholds three women’s conversions
A controversy over religious conversions that has captivated Pakistanis was resolved in dramatic fashion on Wednesday when a judge ruled that three Hindu women who converted to Islam under disputed circumstances had chosen to go with their new Muslim husbands, causing consternation among the families they left behind.
April 17, 2012 - The Times of India
Times of India: Old City violence: Muslim groups move State Human Rights Commission against police 'high-handedness'
Various Muslim groups on Monday filed petitions with State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) against the city police for torturing them during the recent communal clashes in the Old City.
April 17, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Russian lawmakers target gay ‘propaganda’
The anti-Western rhetoric that dominated Russia’s recent elections has a new focus, with gays targeted as symbols of Western permissiveness in a wave of laws being adopted across the country.
April 16, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Killings heighten ethnic tensions in Macedonia
On Orthodox Easter, one of the most sacred holidays for Christians here, Macedonians mourned the deaths of five Macedonian men amid speculation that their killers were ethnic Albanians, arousing fears of a new bout of intercommunal violence.
April 16, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: French polls silent on key campaign issue of race
Ahead of France's presidential elections, you might find polls showing how factory workers or university students are likely to vote—but you'd be hard-pressed to find data on which candidates black or Muslim voters prefer.
April 16, 2012 - Newsweek
Newsweek: Thailand’s Buddhists take up arms against insurgency
A few hours’ drive from the white-sand beaches of Phuket—one of the world’s top tourist destinations—a deadly insurgency is terrorizing Thailand’s south.
April 15, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Fight against death penalty gains momentum in states
The fight against the death penalty is gaining momentum, opponents of the practice say, with Connecticut's decision this month to abolish capital punishment making it the fifth state in five years to so do.
April 14, 2012 - The Economist
Economist: Giving divorce a bad name
THE cold war between Africa’s newest neighbours is heating up.
April 14, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: Far-right anti-Muslim network on rise globally as Breivik trial opens
The international network of counter-jihadist groups that inspired Anders Behring Breivik is growing in reach and influence, according to a report released on the eve of the Norwegian's trial.
April 14, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: 10 presidential candidates disqualified in Egypt
Egypt’s presidential election commission on Saturday disqualified the top two Islamist contenders and the country’s former spy chief, sending shock waves through the volatile political establishment ahead of next month’s vote.
April 13, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Fertility treatment bans in Europe draw criticism
More than three decades after Britain produced the world's first test-tube baby, Europe is a patchwork of restrictions for people who need help having a child.
April 13, 2012 - The Irish Times
Irish Times: London ad campaign for 'gay conversion' shelved
LONDON MAYOR Boris Johnson has pulled an “offensive” Christian campaign advertising “gay conversion” which was due to appear on the city’s buses next week.
April 13, 2012 - The Guardian
The Guardian: 'Gay cure' Christian charity funded 20 MPs' interns
A Christian charity which sponsored a conference promoting the idea that gay people can be converted to heterosexuality has funded interns for an estimated 20 MPs, including some who are now ministers in the coalition government.
April 12, 2012 - Irish Times
Irish Times: 'Islam-lite' Kosovars determined to stay secular
THE CALL to prayer drifting from the spindly minarets of Pristina’s Ottoman era mosques struggles to be heard over the din of the city.
April 12, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Families of murder victims played key role in Connecticut’s path to repealing death penalty
The vote to repeal Connecticut's death penalty brought a moment of triumph for Elizabeth Brancato, a lifelong opponent of capital punishment despite the murder of her mother in 1979.
April 12, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: The danger that Saudi Arabia will turn Syria into an Islamist hotbed
Even as a tentative ceasefire brings an uneasy calm to Syria, opposition leaders and US officials express skepticism that it will hold, particularly in the face of the Assad regime’s record of broken promises.
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