Here is text for Test Article 1: Lucifer is the first studio recording in ten years from composer John Zorn’s most popular Masada line-up—the chamber sextet, Bar Kokhba. Although Zorn’s reputation as the enfant terrible of music has followed him since the early ’80s, his various Masada projects have been universally acclaimed, which showcase a…
A German state governor has won applause from fellow conservatives for demanding a crackdown on “criminal young foreigners.” Immigrant groups and political rivals say he is playing with fire in a debate that reveals the widespread xenophobia obstructing integration in Germany. An assault by two foreign youths on a German pensioner has triggered conservative calls…
A discussion and debate on women in the three Abrahamic religions is planned to take place on Monda, February 4th, to discuss values common to the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Among the goals included in the seminar, is to dissuade misconceptions of women in Islam as repressed and dominated by misogyny, and to…
Catholic and Muslim representatives will meet in Rome, in either February or March to begin a historic interfaith dialogue. Pope Benedict XVI proposed the encounter as part of his official response to Christian leaders in October, by 138 Muslim scholars. Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran did not give an exact date for meeting, but said that it…
