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EU directive could open up faith schools to nonbelievers
Jonathan Wynne-Jones
April 11, 2009
The Telegraph
Plans drawn up by the European Union to combat discrimination would allow nonbelievers to send their children to faith schools and could pave the way for gay marriage in church.
Charity worker suspended over ‘religious debate’ with work colleague
Andrew Alderson
April 10, 2009
The Telegraph
Charity worker David Booker has been suspended after a calm and friendly discussion about religion with a colleague.
My persecution by the Muslim McCarthyites
Taj Hargey
April 9, 2009
Times Online
Islam in Britain has been taken over by the followers of a distorted faith. We need a reformation to rescue it
NEWSWEEK Poll: Americans’ Religious Beliefs
Daniel Stone
April 7, 2009
Newsweek
The latest NEWSWEEK Poll finds shifting American attitudes about religion and faith. Still, the U.S. remains a deeply religious land.
Mecca mosques ‘wrongly aligned’
BBC
April 6, 2009
BBC NEWS
It takes a laser to properly align a prayer…
Human body parts found in religious temple
Nick Evans
April 3, 2009
The Telegraph
The leader of a religious group has been arrested by police after human body parts were found in the cult’s temple.
Call for Egypt Bahai attack probe
BBC
April 3, 2009
BBC News
Rights groups in Egypt call for an inquiry after they say followers of the minority Bahai religion have been assaulted.
Pakistan outcry over flogging of girl by Taliban
Isambard Wilkinson
April 2, 2009
The Telegraph
Diplomats and human rights campaigners have condemned a peace deal between the Pakistan government and Taliban militants after harrowing video footage revealed a teenage woman begging for mercy during a public flogging.
Judge orders records of priests accused of molestation released
Victoria Kim
April 2, 2009
Los Angeles Times
He overrules attorneys for the Franciscan order and the alleged molesters, who argued that personnel documents should remain private due to privilege and constitutional issues.
Polygamist ranch life revealed in documents
Associated Press
April 2, 2009
Print: msnbc
It was a year ago that the outside world got its first glimpse beyond the battered green gate of the YFZ Ranch. And the view was mesmerizing.
Religion and human rights: The meaning of freedom
April 1, 2009
Economist
Why freedom of speech must include the right to “defame” religions
Plea Deal Includes Resurrection Clause
Dan Morse
April 1, 2009
Washington Post
Mother to Testify Against Alleged Cult and to Go Free if Son Rises From Dead
Earl Paulk dies at 81; progressive evangelical’s legacy fell to sex scandals
Associated Press
April 1, 2009
Los Angeles Times
It was revealed in 2007 that Paulk, co-founder of Chapel Hill Harvester Church in Georgia, was the biological father of his brother’s son. He was dogged by accusations of sex misconduct for decades.
Newly hatched chickens can count
Ian Sample
April 1, 2009
The Guardian
Chicks can add and subtract small numbers shortly after hatching and without receiving any formal mathematical training
