i m kim lawton, sitting in for bob abernathy. thank you for joining us. faith based and humanitarian aid groups gearing up to help those on friday. the earthquake was at strongest ever recorded in japan, and one of the largest in the world in the last century. the house committee on homeland security this week held a first in a series of controversial hearings examining what it called radicalization in the american muslim community and there was wide religious reaction. the hearing called by chair of committee, new york republican peter king, who invokes the member of the 9/11 attacks. we must be fully aware home groan radicalization is apart o al qaeda s strategy to continue attacking the united states. al qaeda is actively targeting the american muslim community for recruitment. today s hearing will address the dangerous trend. reporter: first step on the witness list was congressman keith ellison a democrat from minnesota and the first muslim elected to the house of re
america, designing customized, individual and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome, i m bob aber naeth. it s good to have you with us. president obama welcomed chinese president hu jintao to washington this week as several advocacy groups pushed the president to confront the chinese leader on human rights and religious freedom violations. protestors calling for a free tibet also gathered in front of the white house. for china and u.s. to work together as business equals. that s great, we re not against that at all and we don t think it should come at the expense of human rights. obama urged china to open up a dialogue with the dalai lama. he called universal rights essential to a universal success any prosperity. president hu said more needs to be done in china with human rights. real action must follow hu s words. the house of representatives voted this week to repeal the health care
major funding for religion & ethics newsweekly is provided by the lilly endow do youment and indianapolis based private family foundation dedicated to its founder s interest in religion. community develop. and education. additional funding by mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement providence. that s why we re your retirement company. also by the henry loos foundation and the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome. i m kim lawton sitting in for bob abernathy. thank you for joining us. pope benedict xvi set off a new global conversation this week about the use of condoms to help stop the spread of hiv-aids. in a new book the pope said in certain situations using a condom to prevent the transmission of a deadly disease could be a step towards more s responsibility. he cited the example of a prostitute. the catholic church has longo posed condoms as a means of birth control, but there has been strong internal debate about their use in aid
family foundation dedicated to its founder s interest in religion. community develop. and education. additional funding by mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement providence. that s why we re your retirement company. also by the henry loos foundation and the corporation for public broadcasting. welcome. i m kim lawton sitting in for bob abernathy. thank you for joining us. pope benedict xvi set off a new global conversation this week about the use of condoms to help stop the spread of hiv-aids. in a new book the pope said in certain situations using a condom to prevent the transmission of a deadly disease could be a step towards more s responsibility. he cited the example of a prostitute. the catholic church has longo posed condoms as a means of birth control, but there has been strong internal debate about their use in aids prevention. in 2009, benedict said he believes condoms can increase the problem of hiv-aids. again in this book, benedi
community development and education. additional funding by mutual of america. designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. also by the henry louis foundation and the corpotion for public broadcastin welcome. i m bob abernathy. it s good to have you with us. in the midterm elections republicans gave democrats what president obama called a shellacking. overall democrats suffered significant decline and backing of religious voters. several social issues were taken up to many people of faith. in california proposal to legalize recreational use of marijuana was soundly rejected. oklahoma passed a measure banni banning state courts from considering islamic law when deciding cases. muslim groups have a legal challenge. and recognizing unborn fetuses as persons. and voters in iowa ousted three state supreme court justices who had ruled in favor of gay marriage. on the eve of the elections president obama had a private wh