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June 24, 2007 · Author Salman Rushdie is now Sir Salman Rushdie. The Indian-born writer received a knighthood from Britain's Queen Elizabeth last week for his services to literature. Many Muslims are protesting the Queen's decision to honor Rushdie, who spent years in hiding after a fatwa was issued calling for his death.
Many pin the blame for a church coverup on the former Cardinal Ratzinger — now Pope Benedict XVI.
The city is losing much of its African-American population, but a 100-year-old church prevails.
June 23, 2007 · A play about Martin Luther King Jr., featuring a Chinese actor in the lead role, makes its Beijing debut. Despite the play's civil rights theme, it has so prompted no official censorship or interference.
June 22, 2007 · Tony Gargagliano's father came to New York from Italy as a teenager in 1908. But he held on to many of his Old World ways — much to the aggravation —and the delight — of his son. For instance, there was the day they went to get his father's third marriage annulled.
June 18, 2007 · Writer Joe Mackall gained unprecedented access to one of the most conservative Amish communities through his neighbor Samuel. In his new book, Plain Secrets, Mackall chronicles the tightly knit society of Ohio's Swartzentruber Amish. Web Extra: Read an Excerpt
June 18, 2007 · Maha al Douri is a Shiite lawmaker who once was a Sunni. She says she was first attracted to Shiite Islam as a college student and converted because Shiite Islam seemed more peaceful than the Sunni strand. When Douri converted, her Sunni family disowned her. When she married a Shiite man, her relatives threatened to kill her.
June 17, 2007 · In September 1943, Hitler hatched a secret plan. Author Dan Kurzman relates the foiled plot in A Special Mission: Hitler's Secret Plot to Seize the Vatican and Kidnap Pope Pius the XII. Web Extra: Read an Excerpt
June 15, 2007 · The German government's response to a new coalition of major Muslim organizations — that the coalition doesn't represent enough Muslims — set the stage for little progress in a three-year discussion. And many Muslims there disagree on the meaning of integration.
June 6, 2007 · Commentator David Kuo observes how Republicans and Democrats seem to have switched sides when it comes to talking about religion. Democratic candidates can't seem to stop talking about Jesus, while the Republicans barely mention faith at all.
June 5, 2007 · Speaking Monday at a conference on Islam, British Prime Minister Tony Blair promoted "the still, small voice of reason and moderation" that speaks out in opposition to extremism. A new government study paints a picture of Islamic studies departments at British universities as out of touch.
June 5, 2007 · The three leading Democratic presidential contenders — New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, Illinois Sen. Barak Obama and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards — sat down with liberal religious leaders Monday evening to talk about faith.
June 1, 2007 · Former Presidents Clinton, Bush and Carter are on hand for the dedication of the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, N.C. The facility serves as a memorial and historical center for the longtime evangelist.
May 28, 2007 · The Creation Museum opened its doors in northern Kentucky on Monday. Hundreds of people lined up for the opening of the $27 million museum, which promotes the idea that the Bible is more accurate than evolutionary science.
May 28, 2007 · Australian Ken Ham says that 25 years ago, God inspired him to present the Biblical view of creation. Ham's new Creation Museum opens Monday near Cincinnati, Ohio, with this call to action: "Prepare to believe."
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