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03/09/2011 ISLAM – ALGERIA
Muslim lawyer defends women’s rights
Based on Islamic law and tribal traditions, Algerian law discriminates against women in terms of marriage, children’s custody and education, divorce and more. Here is an in-depth analysis by an expert.
Algiers (AsiaNews) – On the occasion of International Women’s day, celebrated yesterday, Nasr Eddine Lezzar, an Algerian lawyer expert in social issues, said that women in Algeria are victims of profound discrimination, and that the...

03/04/2011 VATICAN
Towards the synod: the mission to proclaim the Gospel to today's world
Lineamenta of the assembly of bishops to be held next year presented. A necessarily missionary church in the face of challenges posed by secularization, globalization, economic crisis, the decline of ideologies.
02/26/2011 LIBYA – ISLAM
Perhaps a thousand people killed in Tripoli after leaving a mosque
Some sources say 30 to 50,000 people demonstrated against Qaddafi. His troops use machine guns to disperse crowds. Libya’s UN delegation to Geneva defects to the opposition.

02/22/2011 EU - ISLAM
Europe’s stuttering timidity in denouncing the persecution of Christians
by Bernardo Cervellera
After nearly three weeks, finally a European text condemns the violations of religious freedom of Christians. The statement suffers from "excessive" balance and distance. The EU's inability to understand what is happening in North Africa and the Middle East is a result of its ignoring its Christian roots. Without a sense of identity the ability to read the situation or offer a way forward. The teaching of Benedict XVI.
02/17/2011 ASIA
Rising food prices push up inflation significantly
by Maurizio d’Orlando
A report by the World Bank’s Food Price Watch confirms rising prices, 15 per cent higher between October and January. For the poorest nations, this has had serious consequences and is causing social tensions and uprisings.
02/12/2011 EGYPT - ISLAM
First dawn after Mubarak: rebirth and domino effect
In Tahrir Square military and young volunteers clear up the barricades and waste. The Arab countries greet the "historic day" of Egypt, but fear a "domino effect". Gulf activists are preparing protests. China also fears the Egyptian example.
02/11/2011 EGYPT
President Hosni Mubarak resigns
Power is handed over to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Crowds celebrate in Cairo and throughout Egypt. Demands that he not be allowed flee abroad, but held to count for his crimes. A “peoples revolution”, not “Islamic”.
02/11/2011 EGYPT - ISLAM
In Egypt, young people are changing Islam, separating religion and politics
by Husani Massri
The demonstrations do not stop after Mubarak's speech and the declaration of the Supreme Council of the army. The international community is guided only by their own interests, but does not understand the needs of the Egyptian people. Should be supporting the youth of Tahrir Square. The transition in Egypt is a symbol that can change the Arab world and the planet.
02/10/2011 VATICAN
Pope: All Christians must help vocations in this time when God's voice seems stifled
In his message for World Day of Prayer for Vocations on "Proposing Vocations in the Local Church," Benedict XVI stresses the responsibility of the entire ecclesial community, starting with bishops to promote and support the "workers of the harvest"
02/09/2011 ASIA
Himalayan glaciers not melting, but stable, even advancing
A new study published by "GeoScience" refutes statements made by a UN commission, that claims by 2035 at the latest, the Himalayan glaciers will have disappeared. The report was criticized by India’s top expert in the field, Vijay Raina.
02/08/2011 EGYPT – MIDDLE EAST
Unrest in Muslim nations: multinationals, dictators and the social doctrine of the Church
by Fady Noun
Fady Noun and Georges Corm analyse the wave of popular unrest in Tunisia, Egypt and the Middle East. The possibility that Muslim radicals could highjack the movement exists but is weak. For the Lebanese economist, the answer lies in the social doctrine of the Church. Still, the fire could spread eastward and reach even the Philippines.

Altri articoli
02/07/2011 EGYPT
Egypt’s revolution belongs to the young people, not the Muslim Brotherhood by H. Boulad - S. Chafik
02/04/2011 ISLAM - EGYPT
Bishops of North Africa: Egypt and Tunisia claiming freedom and dignity
02/03/2011 ASIA
Fireworks and hopes for the Year of the Rabbit
01/31/2011 RUSSIA
Catholics increasingly present in Russia society, apostolic nuncio says by Nina Achmatova
01/28/2011 ISLAM - EGYPT
Egyptian revolt not only political but also spiritual and Islamic by Samir Khalil Samir
01/26/2011 ISLAM - EGYPT
Egyptian Imams and intellectuals: Renewing Islam towards modernity by Samir Khalil Samir
01/27/2011 ASIA
Riots caused by high prices are the result of US Fed policies by Maurizio d’Orlando
01/25/2011 VATICAN-ISLAM - EGYPT
Al Azhar also expected in Assisi by Bernardo Cervellera
01/24/2011 RUSSIA
Chechen president backs dress code proposed by Moscow Patriarchate by Nina Achmatova
01/23/2011 VATICAN
Pope: Ecumenism, close to the Churches of Jerusalem
01/21/2011 ISLAM - VATICAN
Al-Azhar against the Vatican: politics and pettiness by Bernardo Cervellera
01/19/2011 PALESTINE – RUSSIA
Medvedev’s full support for a Palestinian state
Dossier
Egyptian Revolution: Muslims and Christians united

World Peace Day 2011
Religious freedom, the path to Peace


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VATICAN
Towards the synod: the mission to proclaim the Gospel to today's world Lineamenta of the assembly of bishops to be held next year presented. A necessarily missionary church in the face of challenges posed by secularization, globalization, economic crisis, the decline of ideologies.
EU - ISLAM
Europe’s stuttering timidity in denouncing the persecution of Christians
by Bernardo CervelleraAfter nearly three weeks, finally a European text condemns the violations of religious freedom of Christians. The statement suffers from "excessive" balance and distance. The EU's inability to understand what is happening in North Africa and the Middle East is a result of its ignoring its Christian roots. Without a sense of identity the ability to read the situation or offer a way forward. The teaching of Benedict XVI.
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03/08/2011 EGYPT
“Give us back our church,” Copts and Muslims tell Egyptian government
03/07/2011 CHINA
Police and helicopters to stop "jasmine revolution”. Beijing denies unrest
03/09/2011 INDONESIA
Yasmin church in Bogor could be shut down and moved
by Mathias Hariyadi
03/11/2011 JAPAN
Powerful tsunami of 10 meters. Earthquake off the coast of Tokyo
03/07/2011 EGYPT
Muslim Brotherhood’s power growing from the Jasmine Revolution
03/07/2011 VATICAN - PAKISTAN
Shahbaz Bhatti “an authentic martyr", Card Tauran leads suffrage mass
03/10/2011 EGYPT
Cairo, Al-Azhar condemns violence against Christians
03/08/2011 PAKISTAN – INDIA
Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who has become the symbol of violence against women in Pakistan
03/07/2011 SAUDI ARABIA
Demonstrations and appeals deemed “unIslamic” by religious scholars and government
03/08/2011 INDIA
Pandita Ramabai, Brahmin Christian Pioneer of women’s liberation in India
by Nirmala Carvalho

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