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Tuesday, 5 April 2016

Brazilian court trains clergy as mediators
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

US Army allows Sikh officer to serve with his beard and turban
(Beatrice Credi, West)

Army grants Sikh soldier accommodation after his preliminary court ictory
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Destruction, razed monastery left behind by IS in Syria town
(Albert Aji, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Air France allows crew to avoid Tehran route after headscarf row
(Cyril Altmeyer and Victoria Bryan, Reuters)

Diverse group of religion communicators gathered to build bridges, find avenues and discover intersections
(Religion Communicators Council)

Is this N.J. town's seal too religious? An atheist group thinks so
(Andy Polhamus, NJ.com)

Archbishop of Canterbury honours British rabbi for interfaith work
(Jewish News)

Missouri senate moves to hold Planned Parenthood president in contempt
(Jennifer Gerson Uffalussy, The Guardian)

Groups rally to call for veto of religious objections bill
(Nassim Benchaabane, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Tennessee lawmakers vote for Bible as state's official book
(Erik Schelzig, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Big business vs. religious liberty
(Gene Veith, Patheos Blog: Cranach - Christianity, Culture, Vocation)

Avenging blasphemy in Pakistan
(Tufail Ahmad, MercatorNet)

More on Mississippi religious liberty bill: Some views are more equal than others
(Jim Davis, Get Religion (blog))

Monday, 4 April 2016

Canada and counter-radicalisation: From therapists to imams to cops, Canada seeks many antidotes to terrorism
(M.D. and Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Knight Foundation, Newseum Institute release campus free expression survey results
(Newseum)

Building a discussion around the Memorial Church
(Jennifer Doody, Harvard Gazette)

Czechs to return Iraqi Christians who tried to move to Germany, interior minister says
(Robert Muller, Thomson Reuters Foundation)

Religious school held exempt from disrcimination laws
(Charles Toutant, New Jersey Law Journal)

F.G. v Sweden: fine-tuning the risk assessment in asylum claims
(Salvo Nicolosi, Strasbourg Observers)

Obamacare and religious liberty:Flummoxed justices plead for a contraception compromise
(S.M., The Economist [Democracy in America: American politics])

Belgium’s dilemmas over Islam are common to Europe
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Uganda prelate clamps down on charismatic movement
(Crux)

They were freed from Boko Haram’s rape camps. But their nightmare isn’t over.
(Kevin Sieff, The Washington Post)

Indian women barred from temple despite court order vow to keep fighting
(Rina Chandran, Reuters)

Why Indian women weren't allowed to pray in a Hindu temple
(Lucy Schouten, The Christian Science Monitor)

Air France faces staff mutiny in headscarf row
(Kim Willsher, The Guardian)

Thousands attend rally in Warsaw against proposed abortion ban
(Wiktor Szary, Reuters)

Syrian Alawites distance themselves from Assad
(Caroline Wyatt, BBC News)

Mississippi lawmakers approve religion bill amid gay-rights protests
(Letitia Stein, Reuters)

Religious groups in Israel keep to themselves when it comes to marriages and friendships
(Caryle Murphy, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Law and religion round-up – 3rd April
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Insulting religion and legal consequences
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Wolcott replaces Glendon on USCIRF
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

New USCIRF Commissioner appointed
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Egyptian Copt cleared of Facebook 'blasphemy'
(World Watch Monitor)

Brazilian judge trains clergy to mediate domestic disputes
(Janet Tappin Coelho, Religion News Service)

Brazil’s bishops speak out on political crisis
(Gavin Drake, Anglican Communion News Service)

Kenyans mourn 147 victims on anniversary of Garissa attack
(World Watch Monitor)

Ancient Zoroastrian faith gets new temple in New York region
(USA Today Network, Religion News Service)

Polish abortion rights backers protest government push to ban abortion
(Religion News Service)

Faith leaders ask candidates to give poor ‘living wage’
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Lutheran World Federation urges Colombian warring parties to seize peace talks' chance
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Will Saudi block Iranians from hajj this year?
(Arash Karami, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Deported refugees arrive in Turkey as part of EU deal
(Al Jazeera)

Turkish leader Erdogan says Islamophobia on rise in US
(Al Jazeera)

Women activists blocked from entering temple in India
(Al Jazeera)

Qualified immunity for commissioners asking religious questions to constable candidate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Business owner unsuccessful in suing churches that opposed new strip club
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Refusal to enter requested surname on birth certificate did not violate Free Exercise rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Flathead judge rules religious school students eligible for state scholarships
(Holly Michels, The Missoulian)

Montana court issues preliminary injunction to allow parochial school participation in tax credits
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Miss. governor weighs bill allowing denial of services to same-sex couples
(CBS/AP)

Mississippi legislature sends governor broad "freedom of conscience" bill
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

The Duel: Should the Church of England be disestablished?
(Linda Woodhead, Lucy Winkett, Prospect)

Islam... Religion of mercy, peace - German Interior Min.
(Kuwait News Agency (KUNA))

El-Rufai’s religious bill an attempt to clip the mouth of religious leaders against people in power – Sani
(Information Nigeria)

School forced to ban yoga after parents complain
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

Terrorists follow no religion: Kaaba Imam
(Sheezan Nezami, The Times of India)

Bharat Mata Ki Jai has nothing to do with religion, Fadnavis
(Deccan Chronicle)

Terror has no religion: Farooq
(Outlook India)

Shani Shingnapur row: Let society peers and religious seers decide matters of religion, says Shiv Sena
(Firstpost)

More than half of people living in Scotland have no religion
(Karin Goodwin, The National)

Saudi Arabia visit: Need to delink religion from terrorism, says PM Narendra Modi
(The Economic Times)

Turkish ‘Ministry of Religion’ promotes martyrdom to children in colorful comic strips
(RT)

Atheists deserve a place in interfaith dialogue
(Chang-Yau Hoon, The Straits Times)

Church leaders call for army crackdown on Pakistan militants
(Kamran Chaudhry, UCA News)

In the battle against Islamophobia, we must stand with interfaith partners
(Maha Elgenaidi, Patheos Blog: altmuslim)

In Ivory Coast, Adventists host peace conference after terrorist attack
(Bettina Krause, Adventist Review)

Mississippi Legislature puts governor on the spot with religious freedom bill
(Greg Botelho and Kevin Conlon, CNN)

Martin King Luther, Jr.: A theologian with a passion for reconciliation
(Noel Leo Erskine, The University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

To vilify, or not to vilify
(Jason Azzopardi, Times of Malta)

Senate battle erupts over charges Israel violates human rights
(Josh Nathan-Kazis and Larry Cohler-Esses, Forward)

Terror, disgust should not prompt quick limits on freedoms
(Gene Policinski, Newseum Institute: Inside the First Amendment)

Georgia religious liberty follow-up: News media pros finally quote religious people
(Jim Davis, Get Religion (blog))

Chaos outside of Turkish President Erdogan’s Washington speech
(Yochi Dreazen, Paul McLearly, and David Francis, Foreign Policy)

Georgia religious-liberty fight reveals Christian Right’s weakened influence
(Elaina Plott, National Review)

Reflections on religion and the Civil Rights Movement
(Carolyn Dupont, OUPblog Religion)

How long can distinction between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism survive?
(Jane Eisner, Forward)

USCIRF welcomes genocide determination; urges focus as well on al-Assad regime
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Crimea: Religious freedom abuses must stop
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

EVENT, 4 April 2016: Colloquium in Law and Religion, St. John's Law School, Queens, NY. Justice Samuel Alito presenting
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)

Sunday, 3 April 2016

A stunning (and haunted) work of public art in honor of Cairo's famous garbage collectors
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))

Saturday, 2 April 2016

Chinese politics: Beware the cult of Xi
(The Economist)

European social democracy: Rose thou art sick
(The Economist)

Freedom of Information and the Vatican archives
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Spain: Courses on Islam in public schools – A gateway to radical Islam?
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)

EVENT, 2 April 2016: Challenges to Free Speech on Campus, Newseum, Washington, D.C.
(Newseum Institute & the Knight Foundation)

Friday, 1 April 2016

A Yoga master, the King of ‘Baba Cool,’ stretches out an empire
(Geeta Anand, The New York Times)

CCCC Factum Filed at the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal (Trinity Western case)
(Barry W. Bussey)

Homeschooling without God
(Jaweed Kaleem, The Atlantic)

How 'values voters' became 'nostalgia voters'
(Robert P. Jones, The Atlantic)

ISIS getting support, training from Pakistan, Afghanistan, says Syria's top cleric Sheikh Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun
(Sanjay Bragta, India Today)

Islam, women’s seating and discrimination
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Islamic State branches in Southeast Asia
(Rohan Gunaratna, Center for Strategic & International Studies)

Karnataka says it erred by printing Muslim bureaucrat’s name on invites for temple festival
(Imran Qureshi, Scroll.in)

Missouri, North Carolina could feel NCAA Tournament ban if ‘religious freedom’ proposals pass
(Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star)

Religious ethos and open membership at Sydney University
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Rohingya left behind in Myanmar's power transition
(Deutsche Welle)

Somalia's Sufi revival
(Hamza Mohamed, Al Jazeera)

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