Archive for the ‘Current Events’ Category
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Islam in the News: Sept 3-16, 2010
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
Syria’s Solidarity With Islamists Ends at Home (NY Times) Indonesians Protest Fla. Church’s Quran-Burning Day (NPR) Why Islamic Moderates Are So Scarce (NRO) Muslim Americans Find Their Voice Amid The Shouts (NPR) Afghans Protest US Church’s Plans To Burn Quran (NPR) For US Muslims, A 9/11 Anniversary Like No Other (NPR) French Bid To Ban [...]
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Christianity in the News: A Weekly News Roundup for Homeschoolers (Aug 27 – Sept 2)
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
In New Orleans, Black Churches Face a Long, Slow Return (NY Times) At Lincoln Memorial, a Call for Religious Rebirth (NY Times) Pro-Vatican Politicians Irked By Gadhafi In Rome (NPR) Glenn Beck And Obama’s Christianity (NPR) Germany: New Guides for Reporting Clergy Sex Abuse (NY Times) Belgium: Cardinal Apologizes for Suggesting Temporary Cover-Up of Bishop’s [...]
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Islam in the News: Weekly News for Homeschoolers (Aug 27 – Sept 2)
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Police Say Attacks On Pakistani Minorities Kill 23 (NPR) Builders Of NYC Mosque Face Financial Hurdles (NPR) Farrakhan Supports Planned Mosque Near Ground Zero (NPR) John Walker Lindh Seeks Ind. Prison Prayer Ruling (NPR) New York Imam: Mosque Fight About Muslim Role (NPR) U.S. Culture Wars Matter in the Middle East, Too (The Root) NY [...]
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Christianity in the News: A Weekly News Roundup for Homeschoolers (Aug 20 – 26)
Friday, August 27th, 2010
The 10th Parallel: Where Christianity And Islam Meet (NPR) Heart And Soul – Christianity In China – Episode 1 (BBC) Far From Ground Zero, Obscure Pastor Is Ignored No Longer (NY Times) Amid Furor on Islamic Center, Pleas for Orthodox Church Nearby (NY Times) Book Review – The Tenth Parallel – By Eliza Griswold (NY [...]
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Islam in the News: A Weekly News Roundup for Homeschoolers (Aug 20 – 26)
Friday, August 27th, 2010
Brutality Against Women Stirs Fear In Afghanistan (NPR) Planned Tennessee Mosque Also Gets Mixed Reaction (NPR) Balancing Act for Imam in Muslim Center Furor (NY Times) Saudi Hospitals Are Asked to Maim Man as Punishment (NY Times) U.S. Anti-Islam Protest Seen as Lift for Extremists (NY Times) The 10th Parallel: Where Christianity And Islam Meet [...]
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Islam in the News: A Weekly News Roundup for Homeschoolers (Aug 13 – 19)
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Islam’s Answer to MTV (NY Times) Obama Strongly Backs Islam Center Near 9/11 Site (NY Times 0n August 13) Later, 3 Republicans Criticize Obama’s Endorsement of Mosque (NY Times on August 14) Oops! Obama Says Mosque Remarks Were Not Endorsement after all (NY Times on August 14) Some Muslims Question Mosque Near Ground Zero (NPR) Obama: [...]
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Christianity in the News: A Weekly News Roundup for Homeschoolers (Aug 13 – 19)
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Christian Aid Groups Tread Lightly In Muslim World (NPR) 2 Muslims Jailed 5 Years For Malaysia Church Arson (NPR) Lebanon TV Stations Scrap Controversial Jesus Show (NPR) Many Black Social Movements Began In The Pulpit (NPR) Obama ‘Obviously A Christian:’ White House Flak (NPR) Renegade Priest Leads a Split St. Louis Parish (NY Times) North [...]
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Christianity in the News: A Weekly News Roundup for Homeschoolers (Aug 6 – 12)
Friday, August 13th, 2010
Highlights about Christianity from this week’s news: Pope Benedict XVI’s 30-year campaign to reassert conservative Catholicism (Christian Science Monitor) Congregations Gone Wild (NY Times) International Assistance Mission slayings: part of Taliban war strategy (Christian Science Monitor)
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Islam in the News: A Weekly News Roundup for Homeschoolers (Aug 6 – 12)
Friday, August 13th, 2010
This week’s headlines about Islam in America and around the world: 2 Minn. Women Among 14 Charged In Terror Probe (NPR) Al-Qaida In Iraq Offers Cash To Lure Former Allies (NPR) Pakistani School Seeks To Turn Boys From Taliban (NPR) OK, I know it’s a story from Aug. 4, but I didn’t see it last [...]
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Islam in the News: A Weekly News Roundup for Homeschoolers (July 30-Aug 5))
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
We’re studying Islam this year in our homeschool. Here are links to some of this week’s news articles about Islam: For Indonesian Christians, Gatherings Bring Tension (NY Times) American Muslims Make Video to Rebut Militants (NY Times) As Some Young Muslims Turn to Radicalism, Concern Grows (NY Times) Debate Heats Up About Mosque Near Ground [...]
