http://pewforum.org/ The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life seeks to promote a deeper understanding of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. en-us Copyright: (C) Copyright 2005 The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. All rights reserved. info@pewforum.org (PewForum Info) info@pewforum.org (PewForum Info) Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:40:01 -0400 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:40:01 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://pewforum.org/images/rssfeeds.gif http://pewforum.org/ http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19153 Eight years after the atrocities of 9/11, Americans need to know what public school textbooks are teaching about Islam, radical Islam, and terrorism. The big three textbook states-those that set standards for content because publishers aim to capture their large sales, California, Texas, and Florida-are currently preparing for new textbooks, to be introduced in 2010-13. Religion & World Affairs http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19153 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19158 They had planned a wedding day like Latin America has never seen. Religion & World Affairs http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19158 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19159 The debt crisis in Dubai is about to test one of the fastest-growing areas in banking, Islamic finance, and put the city-state’s opaque judicial system on trial, according to bankers and experts in finance. Religion & World Affairs http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19159 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19157 One of the main rites at Islam's annual hajj centers on the bravery and determination of a woman. Religion & World Affairs http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19157 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19134 "If you think you understand Lebanon," a friend counseled me as I prepared for my first trip to her native land, "somebody's just explained it badly." Religion & World Affairs http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19134 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19144 For nearly two decades, obstetrician Shim Sang-duk aborted as many babies as he delivered -- on average, one a day, month after month. Religion & World Affairs http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19144 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19143 The Beruti register office in the Palermo district of Buenos Aires will never have witnessed a marriage like it. Religion & World Affairs http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19143 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19142 Turning on their TVs during the long holiday weekend, Iraqis were greeted by a familiar if unexpected face from their brutal past: Saddam Hussein. Religion & World Affairs http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19142 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19140 The Russian Embassy has been asking for a piece of land in Seoul to open a Russian Orthodox Church, diplomatic sources say. Religion & World Affairs http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19140 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19133 As a gay Ugandan, Frank Mugisha has endured insults from strangers, hate messages on his phone, police harassment and being outed in a tabloid as one of the country's "top homos". Religion & World Affairs http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=19133 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST