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Category Archives: Currents
LATimes: Egypt, God and Google
According to the LATimes, “God is everywhere in Egypt.” But after reading the paper’s bland explanation of that catchy headline, one wonders “so what?” The September 30 piece notes that religion is important in the Islamic country and that politicians of … Continue reading
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WP’s Fisher looks at Rouhani’s difficult path ahead
While many are hailing today’s phone call between President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as a significant move toward a diplomatic resolution to disputes between the US and the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Washington Post’s Max Fisher … Continue reading
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What Way? Media confronts Buddhism in wake of Navy Yard shooting
Reflecting a number of misconceptions about Buddhism and its adherents in the U.S., news outlets reacted with surprise when it was discovered that the man who killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard this week had been a practicing … Continue reading
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A la mode Francais, Quebec government to propose ban on religious symbols
While it’s not gotten much play in the States yet, the Canadian press has been active in its coverage of the Parti Quebecois government’s plan to amend the Quebec Charter of Rights and Freedoms to ban government workers from wearing … Continue reading
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Andrew Sullivan did a great job of summing up what’s new and what’s not about Pope Francis’ comments on gays. Francis returned the Church to where it was before Benedict’s 2005 decision to bar all gays from the priesthood. The … Continue reading
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Among the recent articles on the election of Israel’s Chief Rabbis, the Los Angeles Times’ piece by Edmund Sanders did the best job of explaining why a seemingly ceremonial position has political importance. As Sanders rightly notes, the Chief Rabbis, one … Continue reading
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