{"id":615,"date":"2011-04-24T23:03:52","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T03:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/?p=615"},"modified":"2011-04-24T23:03:52","modified_gmt":"2011-04-25T03:03:52","slug":"where-in-the-world-did-obamas-minority-christians-others-celebrate-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/04\/where-in-the-world-did-obamas-minority-christians-others-celebrate-easter.html","title":{"rendered":"Where in the World Did Obamas, Minority Christians &amp; Others Celebrate Easter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry for the posting delay, but my big fat Greek Easter has a way of slowing productivity. (Insert joke about Greece&#8217;s economy here.)\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/2011\/04\/easter-googling\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+getreligion%2FDmXm+%28GetReligion%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">According to GetReligion<\/a>, I haven&#8217;t missed too much faith-related news, though, despite the Jewish and Christian holidays, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christiantoday.com\/article\/royal.family.join.easter.service.at.windsor.castle\/27879.htm\">upcoming royal wedding<\/a>\u00a0of Prince William (future figurehead of the Church of England), <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2011\/04\/is-the-vatican-rushing-pope-john-pauls-sainthood.html\">beatification of Pope John Paul II<\/a>, etc.<\/p>\n<p>As for Easter-specific stories, apologies to Carmen Sandiego, but\u00a0the coverage this year seems to have focused strongly on\u00a0the\u00a0&#8220;where in the world&#8221; angle, ranging from the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20110424\/ap_on_re_us\/us_obama_church\">usual fascination over which church President Obama and his family decided to attend<\/a>, to the Christians struggling to observe Easter in tough parts of the world:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reuters.com\/faithworld\/2011\/04\/23\/low-key-easter-preparations-for-pakistans-fearful-christians\/\">Low-key Easter preparations for Pakistan\u2019s fearful Christians<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/afp\/20110423\/lf_afp\/sudaneastersouthindependence\">Christians celebrate last Easter in united Sudan<\/a> (AFP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/religion\/2011-04-24-Easter-Japan-tsunami-_24_ST_N.htm?csp=34&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Religion-TopStories+%28News+-+Religion+-+Top+Stories%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">Japan&#8217;s Christians celebrate Easter amid disaster<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/nm\/20110424\/wl_nm\/us_iraq_violence_church\">At least four hurt in Easter blast near Baghdad church<\/a>(Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/04\/25\/world\/asia\/25church.html?partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss\">China detains church members at Easter\u00a0services <\/a>(NYT)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yikes. It certainly puts most of our holiday travel hassles, cooking challenges and even partisan bickering into perspective, doesn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to\u00a0<strong>subscribe to Belief Beat\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to\u00a0<strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry for the posting delay, but my big fat Greek Easter has a way of slowing productivity. 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