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May 26, 2011

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How does the Muslim world view President Barack Obama in the wake of recent uprisings in the Middle East? A new survey by the Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project shows that many Muslim-majority countries still have unfavorable views of the U.S. and Obama despite the rise in pro-democracy movements in the Middle East. The survey also reveals how people in predominantly Muslim nations feel about religion-based laws, Muslim extremist groups and suicide bombings. Read the full report at pewglobal.org > 

 

Pew Forum in the News 

May 24 - the huffington post

An editorial by John L. Esposito in The Huffington Post cites data from the Pew Forum's recent U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey, which found only about half of Americans know that the Quran is the holy book of Islam.

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TOP RELIGION News ON THE WEB

May 24 - the philadelphia inquirer
Clergy, doctors, industry debate new mercury rules at EPA hearing 

May 24 - reuters
U.S. Judgment Day forecaster sets new doomsday date 

May 22 - reuters
Libya clerics see big role for Islam after Gaddafi 

May 21 - The New york times
Promise of Arab uprisings is threatened by divisions 

May 21 - los angeles times
Kabbalah Centre to close U.S. branch of children's charity 

May 20 - the observer
Book review: A Quiet Revolution by Leila Ahmed 

May 20 - the washington post
Muslims battle to be official voice of U.S. Islam 

May 20 - straits times INDONESIA
Hundreds of Indonesian clerics to fight radicalism 

May 19 - National journal
Romney's evangelical problem  

May 18 - the philadelphia inquirer

Study: 'No single cause' of sexual assaults by priests 

read more religion news on the web > 

In This Issue
Obama's Challenge in the Muslim World
Pew Forum in the News
Top Religion News on the Web

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