Religion stories below the fold

Mainly bookmarked for later reading: Robin is here and I'll probably get around to reading in depth later in the day.


On a Chinese Human Rights activist kerfuffle: From GetReligion.

-BBC says Chen should be leaving China soon...
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 Related item: GetReligion covers press coverage of issues, seeing if the press clarifies the religious issues of the coverage for their readers.
Here is a critique plus links on the religious freedom crisis in the US.
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related item: First comes "futility", then comes rationing, and then ...
Smith notes:

Alright, let’s speak frankly. Yes, we face a new frugality. But part of this is caused by Obamacare central planners’ intention to cover too much, i.e., the unessentials at the expense of the essentials.

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Are the Saudi trained mullahs influencing Indonesia? This article covered in GetReligion makes me wonder: from the Jakarta post

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 Dr. E. at PersianParadox recommends a book on Iranian women succeed in that country.

" Women, Power and Politics In 21st Century Iran. link

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StrategyPage discusses the fanatics in Islam making war on the west against infidels of all faiths,