http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics An examination of religion's role and the ethical dimensions behind top news headlines. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:34:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 An examination of religion's role and the ethical dimensions behind top news headlines. Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly no Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly religionandethics@thirteen.org religionandethics@thirteen.org (Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly) An examination of religion's role and the ethical dimensions behind top news headlines. religion, ethics, news, television, headlines, PBS http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/images/podcast_logo.jpg http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/june-19-2009/geneive-abdo-the-religion-factor-in-iran%e2%80%99s-political-crisis/3287/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/june-19-2009/geneive-abdo-the-religion-factor-in-iran%e2%80%99s-political-crisis/3287/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:00:55 +0000 fabiana ramirez http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/?p=3287 After Iranian officials said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won last week’s presidential election by a landslide, hundreds of thousands who supported opposition candidate Mir Hussein Moussavi took to the streets in protest. Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly managing editor Kim Lawton spoke with Geneive Abdo, Iran analyst at The Century Foundation, about the religious dimensions of the crisis and the challenges it poses for the Islamic Republic’s cleric-run establishment, which is headed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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