NPR Topics: ReligionNPR's stories on U.S. and world religion, spirituality, ethics, and moral issues affecting society and culture. Subscribe to NPR Religion RSS feeds.Turkey's Ruling Party Survives High Court Vote- July 31, 2008 The highest court in Turkey narrowly voted against disbanding the ruling party Wednesday. The party had been accused of trying to impose Islamic law. Turkey's population is overwhelmingly Muslim, but the country has long had a strict secular system of government.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93111076&ft=1&f=1016 Strategies Differ At Two Islamic Schools In England- July 29, 2008 The British government is funding a number of Islamic schools, where children are segregated by gender and receive Islamic teaching. Proponents say it's an excellent way to expand education in the Muslim community. Opponents say it encourages segregation in an already difficult religious and racial situation.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93018405&ft=1&f=1016 Evangelicals Eye Presidential Race- July 28, 2008 Both John McCain and Barack Obama are courting evangelical voters. Mike Rose, senior pastor at the First Federated Church in Des Moines, Iowa, calls McCain a "difficult choice," and says he doubts Obama's ability to draw evangelical Christians.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93004023&ft=1&f=1016 Anglicans Boycott Meeting, Split Over Women, Gays- July 23, 2008 Leaders of the world's Anglicans are meeting in London amid speculation that the church might split. Conservatives argue that there is no place for practicing homosexuals in the church.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92809600&ft=1&f=1016 |