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Monday, 30 March 2015

Fringe preacher Anjem Choudary is trying to discourage Muslims from voting
(Jon Stone, The Independent)

Paris Muslims struggle to feel accepted
(Shaista Aziz, BBC News)

China jails a Muslim for six years — for refusing to shave his beard
(Simon Denyer and Xu Yangjingjing, The Washington Post)

If Shi’ite militias beat Islamic State in Tikrit, Iraq will still lose
(Maria Fantappie and Peter Harling, Reuters)

The Battle of Bayside, Queens: a Q&A
(Joseph P. Laycock, OUPblog Religion)

Poverty-fighting Lutheran bishop appointed as Namibian cabinet minister
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Myanmar to pass bills curbing religious freedoms
(Joseph DeCaro, Worthy News)

Directions in religious pluralism in Europe: Mobilizations in the shadow of European Court of Human Rights religious freedom jurisprudence
(OJLR Article by Effie Fokas, Fr Ron Gronowski – Global News)

Grayling’s legacy, naked rambling and the benefits cap: It’s the Round-up!
(1 Crown Office Row, UK Human Rights Blog)

Syrian Islamist rebels deal blow to Assad, capturing Idlib
(Nafeesa Syeed, The Washington Post)

Liberty Institute fighting for Orthodox Jews
(Miriam Rozen, Texas Lawyer)

Religion and law round-up – 29th March
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Burial law reform in Scotland
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Jews, Christians and Muslims in Odessa discussed how to unite the country
(Anna Voloshyna, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Is secularism bad for women?
(Kristin Aune, Open Democracy: Transformation)

EVENT, 30 March 2015: Litigating Religious Liberty: A Discussion with Jones Day Partner Shay Dvoretzky
(Harvard Law School)

UK: Whatever happened to that Muslim Brotherhood review?
(Douglas Murray, Gatestone Institute)

Sunday, 29 March 2015

EP, Global Evangelical churches urged to bury the hatchet
(Ghana Web)

It’s hard to be a Christian in Israel, but not because of prejudice
(Father Gabriel Naddaf, The Jerusalem Post)

Tanzania president warns of rising religious tensions before referendum
(Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala, Reuters)

Saturday, 28 March 2015

19 states that have ‘religious freedom’ laws like Indiana’s that no one is boycotting
(Hunter Schwarz, The Washington Post)

Protestant leader demands protection during Holy Week from radical Hindu attacks
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Vinh: Government uses violence to drive out Catholics from their parish
(AsiaNews.it)

What role would religion play in Nigerian polls?
(Rafiu Oriyomi, On Islam)

Parsi women closer to religious access: Two sisters moved the court seeking freedom to enter religious places
(Harish V. Nair, Daily Mail)

At UN, India condemns persecution, violence in religion's name
(Zee News)

Indiana is the battle over ‘religious freedom’ that Arizona never was
(Hunter Schwarz, The Washington Post)

Gov. seeks to 'clarify' Indiana 'religious freedom' law
(Tim Swarens, USA Today)

Friday, 27 March 2015

2015 state of atheism in America
(Barna Group)

Panelists look at tensions between free press, religion
(Jack Minch, Merrimack)

Protestant pastor in China jailed for trying to defend church crosses
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Two faiths find common ground at Vancouver, Washington Easter concert
(Mormon Newsroom)

Indiana singled out for boycott over religious liberty law in 19 other states
(Valerie Richardson, The Washington Times)

Jamaica Union recognized for promoting religious liberty
(Seventh-day Adventist Church Jamaica Union Conference)

Analysis: Water shortages and violence in the Middle East
(Charles Cameron, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)

Indiana now protects religious liberty. Why that’s good policy
(Ryan T. Anderson & Sarah Torre, CNS News)

White supremacist pleads not guilty in Kansas Jewish center killings
(Kevin Murphy, Reuters)

In Sudan, an unlikely path to jihad for students
(Khalid Abdelaziz, Reuters)

Russian Orthodox Church suspends priest who blessed Ukraine-bound fighters
(Denis Pinchuk, Reuters)

'Unholy alliance' of Islamists threatens Sweden: spy chief
(Alistair Scrutton, Reuters)

Saudi blogger Badawi views survival of 50 lashes as miracle: magazine
(Michael Nienaber, Reuters)

Tibetan Buddhist leader blazes an innovative trail
(Joshua Eaton, Religion News Service)

Latino evangelicals call for end to death penalty. Will others follow?
(Jonathan Merritt, Religion News Service)

Arkansas Senate approves religious protection bill
(Andrew Demillo, The Washington Post)

Judge halts changes to law giving benefits to gay couples
(Bobby Cervantes, Houston Chronicle)

Preliminary injunction bars extension of FMLA to same-sex couples
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

California AG asks court to allow her to reject virulently anti-gay initiative measure
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ministerial exception prevents court from deciding complaint over pastoral letter requirement
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Judge OKs California school's requirement that employees have a pastor for a reference
(Michael Gryboski, Christian Post)

British Parliament passes bill authorizing invocations at city council meetings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

FFRF, ACLU file second suit against Franklin County, Ind.
(Press Release, Freedom From Religion Foundation)

Groups challenge residency limits in courthouse open forum law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Mississippi Supreme Court: courts may not rule on dispute over removal of pastor
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

An unusual religious alliance to aid refugees
(Georgette Bennett, The Wall Street Journal)

Nigerian presidential election - Jonathan faces friends and foes in home state
(Rosie Collyer, RFI English)

Goodluck Jonathan ou Muhammadu Buhari, le Nigeria à l’heure du choix
(RFI - les voix du monde)

Morocco deports three French nationals for terrorism
(RFI English)

Give Muslims self-rule or ‘count body bags’: Philippines’ Aquino
(Agence France-Press, Arab News)

Churches’ Roof Repair Fund – grants announced
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Churches back MPs’ call for review of benefits sanctions
(Tim Wyatt, Church Times)

Council Prayers Bill faces oppposition
(Christian Concern)

Sunni status quo confronts Shiite revisionism in Yemen
(Murat Yetkin, Hürriyet Daily News)

New British Museum galleries to help counter militants' image of Islam
(Michael Roddy, Reuters)

How to kill a discriminatory ‘Religious Liberty’ bill: call the bluff
(Zack Ford, Mint Press News)

Crimea: Religious freedom survey, March 2015
(Forum 18 News Service)

Nepal, religious leaders and civil society against chemical castration for rapists
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)

HRW: Boko Haram has killed more than 1,000 civilians in 2015
(The JURIST)

Saudis continue raids against Shiite rebels. A religious war, but also a question of power
(Paul Dakiki, AsiaNews.it)

Ukrainian Churches are facing imminent ban in Crimea
(Institute for Religious Freedom)

Islamists storm Mogadishu hotel with gov't officials inside
(Edith Honan, Reuters)

Congress’ failure to vote on new AUMF against Islamic State would be the real blank check (Opinion)
(Kate Martin, The Hill)

Sounding Off: Richardson-area readers discuss whether a religious body has a right to worship in neighborhood zoned for residential use
(The Dallas Morning News)

Christian, Jewish and Muslim cantors against terror
(Anna Lindh Foundation)

The Islamic State, Boko Haram and the evolution of international jihad
(Nathaniel Allen, The Washington Post)

Bills aim to block D.C. laws opponents say violate religious liberty
(Nate Madden, Catholic News Service)

Egyptian lawyer drops case declaring Hamas ‘terrorist group’
(Al Bawaba)

Islamic Movement of Israel leader gets 11-month sentence for incitement
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Assyrian Christians flee jihadists to southeast Turkey
(World Watch Monitor)

True confessions of a non-Zionist Jew
(Todd Gitlin, Tablet)

Tajik imams call for Islamic party's closure at Friday prayers
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

Lavrov meets with Orthodox monastery abbess in Guatemala
(Interfax-Religion)

New Russian-language guide describes how to join Islamic State
(Anna Dolgov, The Moscow Times)

Give Muslims self-rule or ‘count body bags’: Philippines’ Aquino
(AFP, Al Arabiya News)

Kansas Jewish center shooter to be arraigned
(The Jerusalem Post)

Following grave desecration, Tunisian president vows to defend Jews
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

No new church law until autumn frustrates Hungarian minorities
(Sources: Idea Spektrum, trans. Nicky Seadon, Evangelical Focus)

EVENT, 27 March 2015: Freedom of Religion or Belief in the Education System
(Norwegian Helsinki Committee Freedom of Belief Initiative and Ankara University Human Rights Centre, Venue: Ankara University Faculty of Political Science Mülkiye Şeref Salonu)

Thursday, 26 March 2015

Satanic temple urges "discrimination transparency" amendment to Michigan's proposed RFRA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Secularism with a slightly militant edge
(Celestine Bohlen, The New York Times)

California court rules that Sun Worshipping Atheism is not a religion and requires no accommodation
(Travis Gettys, Raw Story)

'Megamosque' deadline pushed back as government denies extremist links
(Dominik Lemanski, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)

Egypt's Coptic Christians are politically divided
(Ruth Michaelson, RFI English)

GCC attacks Shias in Yemen: How will Iran react? - OpEd
(Zaher Mahruqi, Eurasia Review)

West Bengal, death threats against a Catholic girls' school
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Muslim and Christian leaders against prejudices, for “still possible” peace in Mindanao
(AsiaNews.it)

Jakarta, hijab for policewomen gets go ahead to joy of extremist opposition
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)

A grave problem – NJ ban on religious headstone sales could violate constitution
(Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency)

London Catholic school believes government order threatens its identity
(Catholic News Agency)

Reformed jihadist now fights extremist ideology
(Waleed Abu al-Khair, Al-Shorfa)

Marriage equality and religious freedom can co-exist, Americans United says
(Americans United for Separation of Church and State)

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