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Religion · June, 2008
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Stories about Religion from June, 2008

30 June 2008

Singapore: Archbishop Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean, 83

Written by Mong Palatino · Quick Reads · East Asia

26 June 2008

Cuba: The Church and Gay Rights

Written by Skye Hernandez · Quick Reads · Latin America

25 June 2008

Caucasus: Religious Practices Update

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

24 June 2008

As the 14th annual Fez Festival of World Sacred Music comes to a close, bloggers – both Moroccan residents and travelers – share their experience with this year's festival. The...

Caucasus: Religious Practices

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

23 June 2008

Trinidad & Tobago: Praise Song

Written by Skye Hernandez · Quick Reads · Caribbean

19 June 2008

China: New website for a free Tibet

Written by John Kennedy · Quick Reads · East Asia

Haiti: Jean-Juste Charges Dropped

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Trinidad & Tobago: Life and Death

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Iran: Citizen Media Sex Scandal

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

Earlier this month, students at Zanjan University in North-West Iran recorded and uploaded a video of their school's vice president, Hassan Madadi, with his shirt unbuttoned, allegedly preparing to have...

Morocco: The Fez Festival of World Sacred Music

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

As the 14th annual Fez Festival of World Sacred Music comes to a close, bloggers – both Moroccan residents and travelers – share their experience with this year's festival. The...

Lebanon: Wilayat el Faqih

Written by Moussa Bashir · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

17 June 2008

China: Olympic torch passes over Tibet

Written by John Kennedy · Quick Reads · East Asia

16 June 2008

Palestine: Obama on Jerusalem as Undivided

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

Barack Obama's pledge on June 11th to AIPAC that Jerusalem should be Israel's undivided capital has angered Palestinian officials. President Mahmoud Abbas made a statement that Obama's pledge is “totally...

Kazakhstan: Religious Communities Cautious Over Law

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

14 June 2008

Algeria: Muslims and Education

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

13 June 2008

Pakistan: On Polio

Written by Neha Viswanathan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Walk like an Egyptian … Marry like an Egyptian

Written by Marwa Rakha · Middle East & North Africa

Why are Egyptian men so special? Why is marrying a foreigner shunned by society? And how difficult it is for an Egyptian woman married to a foreigner to obtain an...