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Tuesday, 3 February 2015

China: Communist party reaffirms ban on belief in Zhejiang
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Holy See to UN: stop ignoring attacks on Christian women, girls
(Catholic News Agency)

Soldiers protecting French Jewish center knifed
(JTA)

The limitations of symbols for religion and civic life
(Dale M. Coulter, First Things)

Fleeing from Vietnam, Montagnard Christians arrested by Cambodian police
(AsiaNews.it)

UK House of Commons OKs making babies from DNA of 3 people
(Maria Cheng, Associated Press)

Student David Souaan jailed after trying to join Isil in Syria
(The Telegraph)

Three-parent babies: an ethical boundary is being crossed
(Michael Nazir-Ali, The Telegraph)

Britain set for historic vote on ‘three-parent’ babies
(Dario Thuburn, Arab News)

Indian bureaucrat convert to challenge preaching ban
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)

Hardline Indian Hindus become Modi's enemies from within
(Andrew Macaskill and Rupam Jain Nair, Reuters)

Tibet, purge of 15 senior communists officials "loyal to the Dalai Lama"
(AsiaNews.it)

Faith under siege: fifth Catholic church vandalized in New Delhi over two months
(Antonio Anup Gonsalves, Catholic News Agency)

Religion a huge issue in upcoming Nigeria polls
(News 24)

Catholics fear campaign of church attacks in India
(Nida Najar and Suhasini Raj, The New York Times)

Klichko has no right to reverse City Council’s decision to repeal property tax exemption for UOC
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Mexico: Most dangerous place for Catholic priests
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Patriarch Kirill calls for end to persecution of Ukraine's Orthodox Christians
(Interfax: Religion)

Patriarch Kirill thanks Vatican for balanced view on Ukraine crisis
(Interfax: Religion)

Why Israeli cartoonists don't draw Muhammad
(Yuval Avivi, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Answers in Genesis to file discrimination suit against Kentucky
(News Release, Answers in Genesis)

Islamic State open market to sell goods stolen from Christians in Mosul
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Another conflict over Orthodox building in Ukraine
(Russia Religion News)

Iraqi Christians still held by Islamic State 'against their will'
(World Watch Monitor)

Malaysian Hindus mark Thaipusam
(Bangkok Post)

Hezbollah heading for the Golan Heights: How the flare-up on the Israel-Lebanon border may portend a larger conflict
(Lee Smith, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Alabama AG asks U.S. Supreme Court to stay same-sex marriage ruling
(Alabama's 13)

France’s ideals, forged in revolution, face a modern test
(Steven Erlanger, The New York Times)

Indiana hiring discrimination bill faces Senate vote, RFRA filed in Arkansas
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Judge rules Oregon bakery discriminated against gay couple in wedding cake rebuke
(Courtney Sherwood, Reuters)

Activists fight discrimination based on sexual orientation
(Nick Smith, The Bismarck Tribune)

Judge: Bakery discriminated against gay couple over wedding cake
(NBC News)

EVENT, 3 February 2015: The Positive Case: Religious Freedom is Good for Society, Business and the Poor
(Brian J. Grim, St Mary's University Twickenham London)

The Supreme Court won’t be airing its same-sex marriage decision on live TV
(Matt Sedensky and Sam Hananel, Associated Press, PBS Newshour)

Christie’s vaccine statements aside, N.J. already allows parents to refuse on religious grounds
(Susan K. Livio, Religion News Service)

Speech and anti-Semitism in France
(Editorial, The International New York TImes)

Some regions of Nigeria now devoid of Christians
(Aleteia)

Why creationists are furious over this Super Bowl ad
(Husna Haq, The Christian Science Monitor)

Donbas and Crimea: new challenges for religious freedom in 2014
(Maksym Vasin, Institute for Religious Freedom - Ukraine)

Jayne Ozanne, Church of England evangelical activist, comes out as a lesbian
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)

Anti-Vaxxers illustrate danger of overly broad religious freedom laws
(Kara Loewentheil, USC Annenberg: Religion Dispatches)

Chinese underground bishop, 94, dies in secret detention site, says relative
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Monday, 2 February 2015

Ypsilanti man fired after making anti-gay comment accuses Ford of religious discrimination
(Ben Baird, Advisor & Source Newspapers)

North Texas home to first Islamic tribunal in U.S.
(Jeff Paul, CBS 11 News)

BOLI interim order: Sweet Cakes discriminated against same-sex couple in bakery civil rights case
(Press Release, Bureau of Labor and Industries (Oregon))

Prisoner beards and religious freedoms — what a recent Supreme Court decision means for you
(Hannah C. Smith, Deseret News)

Christian minister claims she was told her Jesus car bumper stickers could invalidate her insurance policy
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)

Sephardic candidates face real discrimination in elections
(Mazal Mualem, trans. Sandy Bloom, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

British Imams pay solidarity visits to French Imams, Jews
(Associated Press, ABC News)

Iceland to build first temple to Norse gods since Viking age
(Reuters)

The Kingdom and the Caliphate: Saudi Arabia's approach towards the Islamic State
(Prasanta Kumar Pradhan, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)

Delhi, another Catholic church vandalized. The fifth in two months
(AsiaNews.it)

As the anniversary of the referendum approaches, pressure on Crimean Tatars increases
(Nina Achmatova, AsiaNews.it)

Two members of an "evil" cult executed for beating a woman to death
(Wang Zhicheng, AsiaNews.it)

California Muslim civil liberties group stands with Jewish fraternity targeted in hate crime
(Associated Press, Fox News)

Civil rights groups, education scholars join fight challenging North Carolina’s school voucher law
(Lindsay Wagner, North Carolina Policy Watch: the Progressive Pulse)

Americans United, allies, ask North Carolina Court to strike down state’s school voucher scheme
(Americans United for Separation of Church and State)

Parents upset that religion taught in a Rankin County School
(Beth Alexander, WJTV (Mississippi))

'Jihad is so simple': Norwegian posts Isis vid
(The Local (Norway))

Norway banishes Islamist preacher to remote village after prison release
(Agence France-Presse)

Police alerted to planned march against ‘Jewification’ of north London borough
(Robert Booth, The Guardian)

After being pushed out of Kobani, ISIS sets its sights on Kirkuk
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)

Launch of the No Hate Parliamentary Alliance (speech)
(Deputy Secretary General, Council of Europe)

Middle Eastern Americans push census change (opinion)
(Hisham Aidi, Al Jazeera America)

Latest attack in Lebanon sends message on IS endgame
(Esperance Ghanem, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)

Teachers can't be preachers
(Linda K. Wertheimer, US News and World Report: Faith Matters)

Evangelical church GracePoint comes out in support of gay marriage
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)

Religion and Law round-up – 1st February
(Frank Cranmer, Law and Religion UK)

Join Brian Grim in London and at the Vatican
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Space enough for all: Nova Scotia Supreme Court makes decision on Trinity Western University Law School
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)

Tolerance: A virtuous cycle for the economy
(Carlos W. Martins, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

War on terror costs trillions, as Europe faces new terror challenges
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

Effective ways to tackle radicalisation - Opinion
(Brian J. Grim, Tony Blair Faith Foundation)

Al Smith, John F. Kennedy, and Pope Francis: Response to Pope Francis, Papal Authority, and Political Discourse
(Matthew J. Franck, Cornerstone: Blog of the Religious Freedom Project of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

FRA speaks in debate on counter-terrorism, deradicalisation and foreign fighters
(European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA))

USCIRF warns of potentially religiously-motivated violence around Nigeria's upcoming elections
(USCIRF)

Compulsory income tax on Christians drives Germans away from Protestant and Catholic churches
(Justin Huggler, The Telegraph)

What is Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia?: The future of the Middle East hinges on the beliefs of the Muslim sect which dominates the oil-rich kingdom
(Galina Yemelianova, MercatorNet)

Pope Francis, papal authority, and political discourse
(Cornerstone: Blog of the Religious Freedom Project of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

German Protestants and Catholics flee churches after compulsory taxes imposed
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Obama warns against exaggerating the Islamic State threat
(Kate Brannen, Foreign Policy: The Cable)

The airstrikes against Islamic State in Iraq and the alleged prohibition on military assistance to governments in civil wars
(Dapo Akande & Zachary Vermeer, EJIL:Talk!)

Ind. Senate poised to allow hiring based on religion
(Tony Cook, The Indianapolis Star)

Attacks that need to be explained
(P. Hans Vöcking, Georges Anawati Foundation (GAS), europeinfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)

Islam and violence: how not to answer a question
(Zac Alstin, MercatorNet)

Freedom to speak, yes. Freedom to insult, no
(Fr. Patrick H. Daly, COMECE General Secretary, europeinfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)

Rally and march against radical ideology that dehumanizes
(Sheila Liaugminas, MercatorNet)

Reference to religious divide "Unfortunate", but I endorse Obama's statement: Rajnath Singh
(The Hindu)

Religion is the most reliable path to personal happiness
(Will Hagle, Opposing Views)

Iraqi Christians still held by Islamic State 'against their will'
(World Watch Monitor)

Two IDF soldiers killed near Lebanon border: First fatal Hezbollah attack in Israel's north since 2006
(Tal Kra-Oz, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Onward, Christian Health Care? (opinion)
(Molly Worthen, The New York Times)

An artillery shell damages the UOC temple
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Beşiktaş Municipality to officially recognize cemevis as houses of worship
(BGN News)

Islamic State affiliate takes root amid Libya’s chaos
(Matt Bradley and Benoît Faucon, The Wall Street Journal)

'Messengers of God' multiply amidst Iraqi chaos
(Adnan Abu Zeed, trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Mosques around Britain open their doors to non-Muslims to ease tensions
(Mina Al-Droubi, Asharq Al-Awsat)

Mosques open their doors for the day to reach out and reassure
(Peter Walker and Dominic Smith, The Guardian)

Gordon College: That big U.S. Supreme Court case isn’t only 2015 gay dispute for religion-beat reporters to watch
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

The persecution of Gordon College
(David French, National Review Online)

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