Link roundup: 26 April - 7 May

• Scientists scan the brains of Buddhist monks.
• CNN looks at the international reaction to the French ban on Muslim headdress.
• New atheist billboards battle over judgement day.
• The Washington Post has a series of articles that use the upcoming royal wedding to reflect on the place of religion in secular society.
• Atheists seek chaplain roles in the US military.
• Religious freedom is officially out in Egypt.
• Religious groups fight over the possibility of budget cuts in the US. 
• John Paul II is beatified.
• The Washington Post asks why Americans hate atheists.
• The Peruvian prime minister calls the death of bin Laden a miracle from John Paul II. 
• A century-old church in Nova Scotia is being converted into a winery.
• A Boston University undergrad and student of Stephen Prothero's makes no apologies for celebrating bin Laden's death. This piece is presumably a response to Prothero's editorial condemning such celebrations.
• In related news, a majority of Americans polled agree than bin Laden is in hell.
• Stephen Prothero turns to the power of the image in religions to wade into the debate surrounding pictures of bin Laden's death. 
• A new study suggests that 1 in 5 scientists who identify as atheists also identify as 'spiritual'.