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• Also: ACLU sues over evolution disclaimers in textbooks | The stickers, placed in new science books this month after requests from parents opposed to evolution on religious grounds, say evolution is a theory, not fact, and should be critically considered (Associated Press)

The Qur'an:

• To read the Qur'an | The public firestorm over the University of North Carolina's decision to ask that incoming students read a book about the Qur'an is a peculiar display of enthusiasm for ignorance (Editorial, The Washington Post)
  
  
• The right decision on a book | The religious right runs some Muslim nations, which harbor neither academic freedom nor religious tolerance - virtues that members of America's religious right tried to dilute at the University of North Carolina (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
  
  
• Critical questioning of Qur'an lacking, could curb abuse | The critical study of Muhammad and the Qur'an lags far behind the comparable study of Jesus and the Bible, and such study could help Islam adapt to modernity, a number of scholars of the religion say (The Washington Times)
  
  
• Earlier: What Is the Qur'an? | Researchers with a variety of academic and theological interests are proposing controversial theories about the Qur'an and Islamic history, and are striving to reinterpret Islam for the modern world. This is, as one scholar puts it, a "sensitive business." (The Atlantic Monthly, Jan. 1999)

War:

• With weapons of the will | How to topple Saddam Hussein—nonviolently (Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall, Sojourners)
  
  
• Watch out: War on terrorism should not mean war on Islam | War of words carried out by Franklin Graham, Bill O'Reilly and others risks further alienating Americans from world's 1.2 billion Muslims (Charles Haynes, Freedom Forum)

Israel:

• A Christian 'Samaritan' with Israeli visa trouble | On the surface, Jonathan Miles, an American Christian who specializes in saving the lives of infants, is the last person one would want removed from the nerve center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (The Christian Science Monitor)
  
  
• Earlier: Israel Deports American Christian who Helped Sick Palestinian Children (ENI/Christianity Today, July 2, 2002)
  
  
• Israel interrogates unorthodox bishop | Palestinian priest asked about ties to terrorists, trips (Chicago Tribune)

Missions and ministries:

• Ministry provides bar patrons with another last call | Last Call Ministries, a Grand Haven-based organization that provides rides home for bar-goers who feel they're not fit for driving, is expanding its services into the Grand Rapids area (Advance Newspapers, Michigan)
  
  
• DivorceCare: Helping hand after breakup | Christian recovery program is now being used in 8,000 churches (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  
  
• Cultivating a religious calling among teens | In a bid to attract talented young people into the ministry, seminaries and divinity schools across the country are hosting summer residential camps of two to six weeks (The Christian Science Monitor)
  
  
• Graham followers break 'routine' of religion | 'Millennial' teens described as more spiritual, less individualistic (Associated Press)

• 22 convert to Christianity | Emphasize that there was no pressure (The Times of India)
  
  
• Also: Stop conversion of Sikhs, urges India's National Commission for Minorities (The Times of India)
  
  
• Also: 12 dalits converted to Christianity in Chhatisgarh | VHP alleges inappropriateness (PTI)
  
  
• From captive to convert | British journalist Yvonne Ridley reveals the reasons behind her decision to convert to Islam (Newsweek International)

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