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Thursday, 22 January 2015

Responding to Muslim Minorities in Europe - Part Two: A way forward
(Daniel Philpott, Cornerstone: Religious Freedom Project - Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Freedom of ideas does not mean freedom to insult
(Harun Yahya, National Yemen)

New Charlie Hebdo issue: Finding balance between rights and morals in media - analysis
(Penza News, Eurasia Review)

Mims Distributing Company to pay $50,000 lawsuit to settle EEOC religious discrimination lawsuit
(Press Release, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

Company settles EEOC suit; rejected Rastafarian applicant gets $50K in damages
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

First Amendment: Duke, Muslims and the politics of intimidation
(Charles C. Haynes, GazetteXtra)

Muslim population in India grows 24%, slower than previous decade
(Bharti Jain, The Times of India)

Leader of Boko Haram says God told him to carry out massacre
(Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times)

France takes activist role in the Muslim world
(Yaroslav Trofimov, The Wall Street Journal)

Argentine phone calls detail efforts to shield Iran
(Jonathan Gilbert and Simon Romero, The New York Times)

Is it fair to argue that the European Court has interpreted Article 9 ECHR too narrowly?
(Atéka Vasram, Religion and Human RiIghts (Scribd))

Charlie Hebdo attack sparks France to fight terrorism and 'ethnic apartheid'
(S.N. Tate, Design & Trend)

The Supreme Court won’t end the gay marriage debate for Republicans
(Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times)

Did US backtrack on Palestinian statehood to please Israel?
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

In Mosul, Islamic State turns captured city into fortress
(Ahmed Rasheed and Ned Parker, Reuters)

Oklahoma bill would put an end to marriage licenses
(Rick Green, The Oklahoman)

Religious freedom advocates offer to share Raif Badawi’s flogging for insulting Islam: “Permit each of us to take 100 lashes….”
(Inquisitr)

Burma: USCIRF Strongly Condemns Race and Religion Bills
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Manorial rights: Justice Committee report
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Politics and religion: Can religion help fix our broken political system?
(Glenn Davis, IVN)

U.S. Supreme Court will not hear Baton Rouge Catholic confession case
(Emily Lane, The TImes-Picayune)

UN meeting challenges world to stand up to anti-Semitism
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press: The Big Story)

U.N. General Assembly holding first-ever meeting on anti-Semitism
(JTA)

Mercy Health mulling option to extend same-sex benefits to employees
(Samantha Liss, Jordan Shapiro, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Aum death row inmate blames self for Takahashi
(The Japan News)

Custody provisions did not violate father's Free Exercise rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Why I support some religious exemptions (though I myself am not religious)
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy (Washington Post))

Catholic, Evangelical document says same-sex marriage more dangerous than divorce or cohabitation
(Greg Garrison, Al.com)

Turkey's outgoing top boss highlights need for secularism
(Hurriyet Daily News)

Rules versus religious freedom
(Cecil McCarthy, Nation News)

Religious freedom proposal in Georgia draws Baptists into debate
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Russian Patriarch calls for abortion curbs, touts conservative values
(Tom Balmforth, Radio Free Europe; Radio Liberty)

Abortion bill dropped amid concerns of female GOP lawmakers
(Ed O'Keefe, The Washington Post)

Shy of votes, House GOP drops planned vote on abortion bill
(Alan Fram, The Associated Press)

GOP abandons anti-abortion bill, angering religious conservatives on Roe anniversary
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

House Republicans pass watered-down antiabortion bill
(Ed O'Keefe, Washington Post)

The religious politics of abortion are more nuanced than we think (analysis)
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)

The religious politics of abortion are more nuanced than we think
(Jacob Lupfer, Deseret News)

Covering abortion: Why do so many journalists use labels from only one side of the debate?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

After GOP House scuttles one bill, pro-life leaders turn to plan B
(Mark Stricherz, Aleteia)

6 very basic facts about abortion in America
(Sarah Kliff, Vox)

March for life expands
(Mark Stricherz, Aleteia)

Conservatives rethink liberty vs. safety
(Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune)

House Catholics are trending Republican
(Aleksandra Sandstrom, Pew Research Center’s Religion & Public Life Project)

Muslim woman sues after being forced to remove head scarf after arrest
(CBS Detroit)

Law Prof. Douglas Laycock wins Supreme Court case
(Kristen Cugini, Cavalier Daily)

Did Justice Ginsburg endorse the Establishment Clause third-party burdens argument in Holt v. Hobbs?
(Kevin C. Walsh, Mirror of Justice)

Baptist Joint Committee, others react to Supreme Court’s prison grooming decision
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Hindu group mulls approaching Australia Advertising Standards Bureau on Ganesh-Lakshmi beer labels
(Eurasia Review)

Myanmar monk's U.N. whore rant 'could hurt Buddhism'
(Thin Lei Win and Andrew R.C. Marshall, Reuters)

For French Muslims, citizenship is conditional
(Saim Saeed, Al Jazeera)

Macedonia parliament defines marriage as between a man and a woman
(Jaqueline Jones, Jurist)

Russia: Punishments continue for religious literature
(Forum 18 News Service)

Roman Catholic parishes in Crimea adapting to new conditions
(Russia Religion News)

Bhutanese Pastor Tandin Wangyal freed from jail
(World Watch Monitor)

ISIL executes foreign fighters trying to quit: report
(Waleed Abu al-Khair, Al-Shorfa)

How Islam became the fastest-growing religion in Europe
(Salima Koroma and Carlos H. Martinelli, Time)

‘Holy in name but not in nature’ – Holy Island residents say no more churches please
(The Telegraph)

Public schools, religion clash in Seattle federal court
(Essex Porter, Kiro TV)

Hope for India’s prosperity and freedom
(Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Post)

Crucifix on police badges 'a fossil': politician
(The Local (Spain))

Baker faces complaint for refusing anti-gay message on cake
(Ivan Moreno, AP: The Big Story)

Civil rights complaint with a twist-- baker refuses to add anti-gay message to cake
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

The humanitarian impulse
(Mormon Newsroom)

MPs' move could outlaw gender abortion within months
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)

Op-ed: Obama must make religious freedom a priority
(Jay Evensen, Deseret News National Edition)

Erdogan urges Islamic unity against ‘modern Lawrences’
(Arab News)

Charlie Hebdo Violence in Niger Has Destroyed at Least 70 Churches – Report
(Irwin Lagman, Ecumenical News)

Biblical scholar claims to have found the oldest known Gospel — inside a mummy mask
(Terrence McCoy, The Washington Post)

FLDS members continue to resist DOL subpoenas on religious grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Austria's first trial of alleged Islamic State fighter starts
(Reuters)

Arrecian las críticas contra la reforma del Código Penal porque recortará la libertad de expresión
(El Mundo)

ISIS executed 13 teenagers by firing squad for watching football game - reports
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)

Wednesday, 21 January 2015

Ahmed insta a Interior a facilitar escudos sin crucifijo a los policías nacionales que lo soliciten
(Gonzalo Testa, Ceutaldía)

Argentina: The sudden death of Alberto Nisman, lead prosecutor of AMIA bombing, deepens the culture of impunity
(Natasha Zaretsky, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Gaza bombings deepen Hamas-Fatah rift
(Adnan Abu Amer, trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Protestantism in Ukraine in 2014. Events, Trends, Challenges and Prospects
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Trial of woman charged with supporting Islamic State starts in Germany
(Anneli Palmen and Erik Kirschbaum, Reuters)

ISIS kills 13 teens over TV soccer game for allegedly violating sharia law
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post World)

Polygamist leaders must answer some questions about labor practices
(Nate Carlisle, The Salt Lake Tribune)

Judge: Jeffs' brothers can avoid some queries in labor probe
(AP, ABC News)

Muslim residents march through Olympia to Capitol
(Joseph O'Sullivan, The Seattle Times)

Saudi single women challenge tradition in love and marriage
(Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Fired teacher asks judge to reject request to reject verdict
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)

Turkey's 'pink prison'
(Sibel Hurtas, Al-Monitor)

Paris attacks: France to recruit more police agents
(BBC News)

Hostage crisis challenges pacifist Japanese public
(Martin Fackler Alan Cowell, The New York Times)

‘Death with dignity’ laws are proposed, bringing national debate to D.C. and Md.
(Mike DeBonis, The Washington Post)

TD Jakes and other religious leaders work together for racial reconciliation
(Irwin Lagman, Ecumenical News)

Egypt uses church to bolster ties with Ethiopia
(Walaa Hussein, Al-Monitor)

Yazidis tell horror stories about ISIL captivity
(Al Jazeera)

Pakistan’s anti-terrorism dilemma
(Meriam Sabih, Al Jazeera)

Anti-Semitism gives way to Islamophobia in France following Charlie Hebdo attack
(Catherine Shakdam, Mint Press News)

Turkish President Erdoğan urges Muslim countries to warn West against Islamophobia
(Hürriyet Daily News)

Pressure mounts on Saudi Arabia to end flogging
(Ahmed Al Omran, The Wall Street Journal)

Seven US religious freedom advocates offer to take lashes for imprisoned Saudi blogger
(Antonia Blumberg, Huff Post Religion)

#IAmRaif
(Daniel Mark, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice - Daniel Philpott)

Princeton Professor Robert P. George and others offer to take 1,000 lashes for Saudi blogger Raif Badawi
(Leonardo Blair, Christian Post)

Saudi dialogue centre harshly criticised for not condemning flogging of blogger Badawi
(AsiaNews.it)

Religious discrimination and the Ministry of Justice: a quick look at religious dress and discrimination
(Guest post by Maria Strauss, Law & Religion UK)

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