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The Arab Spring Come to Wall Street
Apparently the spirit of revolution can come back to life in the United States. However, this time around the model seems to have less to do with throwing tea into Boston Harbor and more to do with storming the Bastille or confronting Marie Antoinette...
Less Educated Americans Turning Their Backs on Religion
While religious service attendance has decreased for all white Americans since the early 1970s, the rate of decline has been more than twice as high for those without college degrees compared to those who graduated from college, according to new research...
Catholics in Kenya Divided Over Pope’s Condom Comments
Following the Pope’s comments in a 2010 book to the effect that condom use may be permissible by HIV-positive sex workers to prevent HIV infection, many Roman Catholic Kenyans have found themselves at odds with their church leaders, who have retained...
‘Go Forth And Blog’
Apparently the Pope has decided that it is time for the Holy See to venture into cyberspace. Here is how Associated Press Writer Ariel David reported the decision this morning: Pope Benedict XVI has a new commandment for priests struggling to get ...
New Zealand’s Young Muslims Integrate Well Says Report
A report conducted by Wellington’s Victoria University has found young Muslims living in New Zealand have adapted well to society. The study looked at the lives of 180 Muslim youths aged 13 to 19 years and gauged their psychological and social well-being...
British And Afghan Troops Restore Local Mosque
A bullet riddled mosque in Sangin, Afghanistan, has been repaired and kitted out with brand new washing facilities and a school building by British troops working with the Afghan National Army. After many years of conflict the mosque outside Patrol Base...
South Africa to Host 6th China-Africa Forum Ministerial Conference in 2015
The sixth ministerial conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) will be held in 2015 in South Africa following the fifth one held in 2012 in Beijing (China). The two sides also agreed to hold the second political dialogue between Chinese...
Muslims in Kenya Celebrate Idd-ul-Adha
Thousands of Muslims in Kenya thronged mosques to celebrate this year’s Idd-ul-Adha special prayers which mark the climax of the Hajj or the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. In Mombasa(450 km from Nairobi), Chief Kadhi Sheikh Hammad...
