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Thursday, 26 February 2015

No justice for Turkish women who kill in self-defense
(Sibel Hurtas, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Turkish border closed as Christian hostages in Syria spike to 250
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

Turkey: Top court overturns compensation ruling for Kutlular
(Today's Zaman)

UN rights chief warns of widespread abuse in Myanmar
(Jacqueline Jones, Jurist)

Patriarch of Jerusalem: we must gather and seek ways to unite churches in Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Christian groups recognized for aiding Ukrainian Jews
(Ariel Cohen, Religion News Today)

Hindu radicals: We will convert Christians and Muslims until the government stops us
(Nirmala Carvalho, Religion News Today)

Swastika attack in Montreal considered hate crime
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Canada’s Parliament unanimously condemns rise of anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Danish imam to be charged in Germany for call to kill Jews
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Habayit Hayehudi: ‘We’ve never had a leadership so attentive to the rabbis’
(Chaim Levinson, Haaretz)

Sporadic violence builds tension in CAR, many Christians victims
(Illia Djadi)

Among the FARC, a growing Christian presence
(Deann Alford, World Watch Monitor)

Baker who faces monumental fines for refusing to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple reveals why he won’t back down in passionate religious freedom speech
(Billy Hallowell, The Blaze)

Joint Committee on the Draft Protection of Charities Bill: report
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

EVENT, 26 February 2015: Anger and Revolutionary Justice (2015 Berkley Center Lecture)
(Martha C. Nussbaum, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

CONFERENCE CALL, 26 February 2015: “Obama’s International Religious Freedom Record: Not as Bad as You Think”
(Speaker, Judd Birdsall, Institute for Global Engagement)

Wednesday, 25 February 2015

Briefing: The Muslim Brotherhood in England and Egypt
(Jayson Casper, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)

Can Yoga fix the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
(Batya Ungar-Sargon, The Jewish Daily Forward)

Islam in Britain: No Charlies here
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

State says 70-year-old flower shop owner discriminated against gay couple. Here’s how she responded
(Kelsey Harkness, The Daily Signal)

Howard County school's religious practices questioned
(Lauren Stagter, Kokomo Tribune)

Security tightened at New Delhi churches after attacks
(Rupam Jain Nair, Reuters)

France plans broader dialogue with its large Muslim minority
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)

In Holy City, Iran's Rouhani seeks clergy's backing for nuclear talks
(Babak Dehghanpisheh, Reuters)

Few UK Muslims have sympathy for Paris attack motives, most oppose violence: poll
(Estelle Shirbon, Reuters)

U.S. charges three with conspiring to support Islamic State
(Joseph Ax, Reuters)

Republicans shelve measure labeling Idaho a 'Christian state'
(Laura Zuckerman, Reuters)

Intergroup calls on the European Union to focus on protecting religious or belief minorities in the MENA region as ISIS attacks Christian villages in Syria
(European Parliament Intergroup on FoRB & RT)

Finnish public broadcasting to read entire Quran in new series
(Krishnadev Calamur, NPR)

ISIS heads to Rome
(Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times Opinion)

The funeral of the reposed Primate of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church to be in Ternopil
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Patriarch Filaret called on UAOC clergy to unite
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Russia bans activities of Ukrainian churches in Crimea since March
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Why the world needs interfaith groups
(Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions)

New York residents arrested over ISIS extremist plot
(Al Arabiya News)

School prayer back in focus of Pickens County School Board
(Ron Barnett, The State)

Syrian Kurds cut IS supply line near Iraq; fears for Christians mount
(Tom Perry and Sulieman Al-Khalidi, Reuters)

Officer in parade controversy speaks out on religious liberty
(Pat Reavy, Deseret News)

Officer in gay pride parade incident speaks out
(Brady McCombs, Associated Press, Yahoo! News)

World Christianity by the numbers
(George Weigel, Denver Catholic)

72 Assyrian Christian families captured, 50 besieged by IS after Syria attack
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)

ISIS’ Christian hostage toll in Syria rises to 150
(Al Arabiya)

ISIS is holding 150 Assyrian Christians, will threaten to kill them in video message Wednesday: activist
(Tobias Salinger, New York Daily News)

Army of Assyrian Christians aims to fight Islamic State
(Therese Apel, USA Today)

Appeals court rules for employer on ‘ministerial exception’
(David L Hudson Jr., The Newseum Institute)

NC Supreme Court hears arguments for and against vouchers
(Anne Blythe, News and Observer)

Republicans propose declaring Idaho a 'Christian state'
(Laura Zuckerman, Reuters)

Hundreds protest Austrian Islam bill in Vienna
(APA)

Religious freedom bill passes Indiana Senate
(Niki Kelly, The Journal Gazette)

Shocking intolerance against Christians in Europe
(Observatory on Intolerance and discrimination against Christians in Europe)

Abercrombie & Fitch, argument analysis: Plucking simplicity out of complexity
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

SCOTUSblog link to EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch case
(SCOTUSblog)

Abercrombie & Fitch, the Supreme Court and you
(Dwayne Leslie, Huff Post Religion)

Justices appear to favor Muslim denied job over headscarf
(AP, The New York Times)

Report: Supreme Court questions seem to favor Muslim woman in hiring discrimination dispute
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

SCOTUS will hear oral arguments today in Abercrombie & Fitch religious accommodation case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Court to consider accommodations for religiously devout employees: In Plain English
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

Religious freedom, again
(Michael Stokes Paulsen, National Review)

Indian authorities dismantle temple built in honor of Prime Minister
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Rights groups welcome announcement of first State Dept. LGBT envoy
(Marisa Taylor, Al Jazeera America)

Kazakhstan: "A general unwillingness to properly protect human rights"
(Forum 18 News Service)

De Blasio cuts deal on controversial circumcision ritual
(Will Bredderman, New York Observer)

New York City changes policy on controversial circumcision rite
(Paul Berger, The Jewish Daily Forward)

Settlement agreed to in NYC circumcision regulation challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Religious freedom in focus
(Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice)

An insider’s view of the pro-life movement
(Michael J. New, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)

The “Is Obama Christian?” question
(Ross Douthat, The New York Times Opinion)

Proust, “The Death of Cathedrals”
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)

SF archbishop is re-wording his strict morality code
(Kevin Fagan, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)

Austria passes controversial reforms to 1912 Islam law
(BBC News)

Anti-Muslim demonstration breach of Article 9 ECHR: Karaahmed v Bulgaria
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

New religious freedom official: the time for action is now
(Christian Telegraph)

Bethlehem, Israeli extremists torch and profane mosque
(AsiaNews.it)

Torching of West Bank mosque called nationalistic attack
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Tajik seized in Moscow on suspicion of online ISIL propaganda
(Interfax-Religion)

Israel: Conservative Movement seeks to bring religion and state center stage in election
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)

The Chinese Church mourns Fr. Ye Yaomin, who died aged 105. He spent 25 years doing hard labor
(AsiaNews.it)

European Court says Bulgaria violated religious rights of Muslims by inadequate response to mosque demonstration
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

'Tireless' missionary kidnapped in Nigeria: Police say Boko Haram not the suspect
(World Watch Monitor)

Ohio Muslim man sues gym he said barred him from praying
(Steve Bittenbender, Reuters)

Ohio Muslim man sues gym he said barred him from praying
(Steve Bittenbender, Religion News Service)

Lawsuit accuses Oakley LA Fitness of religious discrimination
(Nathan Vicar, Fox News)

EVENT, 25 February 2015: Live video discussion: Are you making a mistake raising your kids without religion?
(Opinion, Los Angeles Times)

EVENT, 25 February 2015: Countering radicalisation through personal relationships & social impact development
(Brian J. Grim, European Union Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Brussels)

More on EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch

Tuesday, 24 February 2015

NYC repealing Jewish circumcision law requiring consent
(Aaron Short, New York Post)

Anglican bishop: Religious diversity, a gift for people of Sri Lanka
(Melani Manel Perera, AsiaNews.it)

India: Christians furious over Hindu leader's blessed Teresa remarks
(Ritu Sharma, UCAN)

Radical Hindus against Mother Teresa, but India rises up: "She is a Saint”.
(Santosh Digal, AsiaNews.it)

Former employee suing Costco for religious discrimination
(Kristin Thorne, Eyewitness News)

What Tayeb and Sisi said is big step towards a revolution in Islam
(Samir Khalil Samir, AsiaNews.it)

European Court of Human Rights rules against Bulgaria in 2 cases
(Novinite)

President Barack Obama says key to combating extremism is religious acceptance
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

A Response to President Obama on countering violent extremism
(Brian J. Grim, Cornerstone Blog: Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs)

Radical love, business: key to countering radicalization?
(Interview with Brian J. Grim, Vatican Radio)

Bulgaria: Human rights judges award €7,000 after violent anti-Muslim protest
(Human Rights Europe)

Judgment: Case of Karaahmed v. Bulgaria
(European Court of Human Rights)

Catholic bishops cite poverty as key issue for UK parties at election
(The Guardian)

Religious groups back Muslim woman in U.S. high court scarf case
(Lawrence Hurley, Reuters)

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