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May 2007
- Iranians Embrace Underground Fashion Shows
  
  Los Angeles Times | May 11, 07 1:34 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Under the nose of Iran's fundamentalist Islamic government, Western standards and customs are gaining ground. From satellite dishes to hip-hop parties to screenings of banned films, temptations abound. The LA Times goes behind the scenes of a fashion show in Tehran, where women and men mix freely and models flash plentiful skin. More »
- Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea
  
  Economist | May 7, 07 7:53 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - If the choice is between somewhat more religion in public life and democracy in Turkey, choose the latter, argues the Economist. The ruling party's choice of an Islamist candidate, Abdullah Gul, for president set off a familiar confrontation between the Turkish military and the political establishment. The Economist asks, "if Turkey cannot reconcile Islam and democracy, who can?" More »
- Turkish Candidate Bows Out
  
  BBC | May 7, 07 7:46 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Turkish presidential candidate Abdullah Gul threw in the towel yesterday after secularist legislators boycotted the election for the second time in nine days in reaction to Gul's pro-Islamist record. The partisan standoff portends a bitter clash between secularists who generally populate Turkey's urban areas and the ruling AK party in crucial parliamentary elections in July. More »
- GOP Debate Pivots on Abortion
  
  Associated Press | May 4, 07 8:05 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Republicans went straight into the breech during their first debate at the Reagan Library last night, tackling the hot-button issue of abortion. All 10 aspirants supported overturning Roe v. Wade, including Romney and Giuliani, who struggled to distance themselves from embarrassing previous endorsement of abortion rights. More »
- Turkish PM Backs Election Overhaul
  
  Jerusalem Post (Israel) | May 1, 07 7:38 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Turkey's prime minister put his weight behind a new, popular presidential vote, hours after a court invalidated Friday's election by parliament. The secular opposition had boycotted that vote because of the Islamist background of the lone candidate, foreign minister Abdullah Gul. More »
April 2007
- How Barack Found Jesus
  
  New York Times | Apr 30, 07 1:32 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Times retraces Barack Obama's peripatetic path to the Christianity he embraced 20 years ago and now invokes as he presents his presidential campaign in nothing short of biblical terms. Obama's mother was an anthropologist who schooled her son in the variety of religious experiences; his father's family in Kenya is Muslim. More »
- Million Turks Rally for Secularism
  
  BBC | Apr 30, 07 6:35 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Secular Turks staged an enormous rally yesterday amid a constitutional crisis over the election of the next president, the BBC reports. As many as a million protesters turned out in Istanbul to oppose ruling-party candidate Abdullah Gul, who they're afraid is orchestrating an Islamic coup in the country even as it seeks E.U. membership and modernization. More »
- Mexico City Legalizes Abortion
  
  CNN | Apr 25, 07 7:48 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Mexico City has passed a law legalizing first-trimester abortions and offering them virtually free. The move by the city's predominantly leftist leadership was bitterly opposed by the Catholic Church and Mexico's conservative government, CNN reports. More »
- Bible Belt Brings Fight to Europe
  
  Christian Science Monitor | Apr 17, 07 11:36 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - American evangelicals have opened a new front in the culture wars—across the Atlantic. Christian groups, including Pat Robertson's legal organization, the American Center for Law and Justice, are actively challenging German laws against home schooling, defending Britons who refuse to work on Sunday, and combating same-sex marriage and stem cell research across the continent. More »
February 2005
- In Greece, calls grow for separation of state and scandal-ridden church
  
  Associated Press | Feb 11, 05
January 2004
- John Wesley, the establishment of religion and the separation of church and state
  
  Journal of Church and State | Jan 1, 04