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  • March 2008

    • Pope to Cut Luther a Break

      Times (UK)  |  Mar 6, 08 5:33 AM CST

      Pope to Cut Luther a Break

      (Newser) - Five centuries after he ignited the Reformation by challenging papal authority, Martin Luther is expected to get a break from—of all people—Pope Benedict XVI. The pope is German and ostensibly that's the only thing he has in common with Luther. Nevertheless, the pope plans a warmer and fuzzier re-evaluation of the monk who divided Christianity in 1517, according to the Times of London. Benedict is expected to argue that Luther didn't intend to divide the Church—only cleanse it of corruption. More »

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      Islam  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • Christianity  • Muslims  • Protestantism  • heresy

    • Harvard Begins Women-Only Gym Hours

      Associated Press  |  Mar 5, 08 10:49 AM CST

      Harvard Begins Women-Only Gym Hours

      (Newser) - Harvard is trying out women-only gym hours at one of its facilities to make exercising easier for Muslim women. Six of the 70 hours a week that the Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center is open will be barred to men so that Muslim women feel free to dress appropriately for working out, reports the AP. But some students complain that the new policy is sexist or unfair. More »

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      Islam  • athlete  • exercise  • Harvard  • sexism  • Muslim  • Muslim women  • gym  • Muslim Americans

    • Vatican Meets With Muslims to Set Summit

      BBC  |  Mar 4, 08 12:50 PM CST

      Vatican Meets With Muslims to Set Summit

      (Newser) - Leaders from the Muslim world met with Vatican officials today to begin preparations for this summer's landmark Catholic-Islamic summit. Pope Benedict XVI will participate in the talks in an effort by the two religions to reconcile differences aggravated by a 2006 speech by the pontiff that offended many Muslims, reports the BBC. More »

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      Islam  • Catholic Church  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Vatican  • Muhammad  • interfaith dialogue

  • February 2008

    • Will Mac Reject His Radical Pastor's Nod?

      Salon  |  Feb 28, 08 2:59 PM CST

      Will Mac Reject His Radical Pastor's Nod?

      (Newser) - Barack Obama gets grilled over unsolicited praise from Louis Farrakhan, but John McCain draws no flak for “proudly” accepting the endorsement of a homophobic, Islamophobic evangelical pastor. Grotesque double standard, Glenn Greenwald calls it in Salon. Tim Russert made Obama “jump through multiple hoops” to disown the Nation of Islam leader, but no one’s complaining that Mac’s “honored” to be John Hagee’s choice, he notes. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Islam  • Hurricane Katrina  • New Orleans  • Tim Russert  • John Hagee  • Louis Farrakhan

    • Clintonites Deny Pushing Photo

      Chicago Tribune  |  Feb 25, 08 2:30 PM CST

      Clintonites Deny Pushing Photo

      (Newser) - Hillary Clinton's campaign denies circulating a 2006 photo of Barack Obama wearing traditional African clothing and a turban, even as the Obama campaign blames its rival, calling the incident “shameful, offensive fear-mongering,” the Chicago Tribune reports. The Drudge Report ran the image this morning, saying it had been pushed by Clintonites; the Obama camp says they were trying to make him look un-American. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Africa  • Islam  • drug use  • smear campaign  • Drudge Report

    • 57 Saudi Men Arrested for Flirting

      BBC  |  Feb 23, 08 1:03 PM CST

      57 Saudi Men Arrested for Flirting

      (Newser) - Authorities in Saudi Arabia arrested 57 young men accused of flirting with girls at shopping malls in Mecca, the BBC reports. Prosecutors say the men wore indecent clothing, played loud music, and danced to attract the girls’ attention. The arrests were prompted by Saudi’s Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, which runs its powerful religious police. More »

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      Islam  • Saudi Arabia  • Mecca  • Valentine's Day  • Wahhabism  • religious police  • gender segregation  • flirting

    • Muhammad Cartoon Artist Now Homeless

      Der Spiegel  |  Feb 20, 08 11:11 AM CST

      Muhammad Cartoon Artist Now Homeless

      (Newser) - A Danish cartoonist who enraged the Muslim world in 2005 with his depiction of the prophet Muhammad with a bomb in his turban is now homeless, Der Spiegel reports. Kurt Westergaard, 73, has been thrown out of his police-protected hotel room—where he was sent when authorities uncovered a plot to kill him—because he’s “too much of a security risk.” More »

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      Islam  • Denmark  • homeless  • cartoon  • Danish Mohammed cartoons  • cartoonist  • Islamic radicals  • Kurt Westergaard

    • Unmarried, Frustrated, and Turning to Islam

      New York Times  |  Feb 17, 08 6:10 PM CST

      Unmarried, Frustrated, and Turning to Islam

      (Newser) - Facing a feeble job market, many Middle Eastern youths can't afford pricey marriages—and end up single, frustrated, and devoted to Islam, the New York Times reports. Several countries are trying to stem the religious tide by funding weddings, but thousands are left unmarried and isolated. “People don’t help you,” a single Egyptian woman said. “It is only God that helps you.” More »

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      Islam  • education  • Egypt  • employment  • job market  • Islamic Sharia law  • conservative Islam

    • Iran Asks Dutch Gov't to Ban Anti-Islam Film

      BBC  |  Feb 17, 08 2:35 PM CST

      Iran Asks Dutch Gov't to Ban Anti-Islam Film

      (Newser) - Upset by a right-wing Dutch politician's movie, which portrays the Koran as an inspiration for murder, Iran’s justice minister is asking the Dutch government to ban the film, the BBC reports. The minister called the film, by parliament member Geert Wilders, an unnecessary attack on Islam’s holiest object. The Dutch government has so far supported Wilder’s right to show the film, which is set to air in a few months. More »

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      Iran  • Islam  • Netherlands  • Koran  • Geert Wilders  • religious conflict  • Theo Van Gogh

    • 3 Danish Papers Reprint Cartoon of Muhammad

      Bloomberg  |  Feb 13, 08 6:10 AM CST

      3 Danish Papers Reprint Cartoon of Muhammad

      (Newser) - After yesterday's arrest of three men allegedly plotting to kill a Danish cartoonist, the country's three largest newspapers all reprinted the offending cartoon, Bloomberg reports. Kurt Westergaard's controversial depiction of the prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb in his turban was originally printed in 2005 by Jyllands-Posten , which reproduced it again today.  More »

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      Islam  • newspaper  • Denmark  • cartoon  • Danish Mohammed cartoons  • cartoonist

    • Saudi Officials See Red Over Valentine's Day

      CNN  |  Feb 12, 08 4:05 PM CST

      Saudi Officials See Red Over Valentine's Day

      (Newser) - In preparation for Valentine's Day, Saudi Arabia has temporarily banned all things red. The morality cops are out in force in search of the color of love, reports CNN, with plans to confiscate everything from flowers to stuffed toys. The ban is part of a yearly effort, complete with raids on retailers on the night of Feb. 13, to quell romance's big day. More »

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      Islam  • Saudi Arabia  • Muslim women  • Valentine's Day  • Wahhabism  • red

    • Turkey Lifts Head Scarf Ban

      New York Times  |  Feb 9, 08 1:05 PM CST