Posted by Matt in July 16th, 2008 |
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The planned construction of over 180 mosques in Germany is mobilizing right-wing xenophobes but also an increasing number of leftist critics. They fear the Muslim places of worship will facilitate the establishment of a completely parallel society. By Jochen Bölsche more…
Photo Gallery: The Call to Prayers
New Front for the German Far Right: Anti-Islamic Party Is [...]
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Posted by Matt in June 26th, 2008 |
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A massive wave of Christianity has been sweeping across China in recent years, and the Chinese ruling party, officially atheist, is now struggling to figure out how to control it. In this joint project of Frontline/World and the Chicago Tribune, reporter Evan Osnos investigates how this movement could potentially transform China at an explosive moment [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 17th, 2008 |
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Despite the fact that Putin’s Russia is increasingly autocratic and irredeemably corrupt, the man himself - their born-again Tsar - is overwhelmingly regarded as the answer to the nation’s prayers.
Russia has a bloody and tormented history. Its centuries of suffering - its brutalities, its wars and revolutions, culminating in the collapse of communism and the [...]
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