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Wednesday, 30 September 2015

5th Circuit's revised opinion again allows school to reject jumbotron ad of tattooed Jesus
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Nepal's new constitution fails both religion and secularism
(Slok Gyawali, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)

Anglican head says S. African leaders have created era of sadness with corruption
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

France opens probe into Assad regime for crimes against humanity
(France 24 International News)

Opinion: The hypocrisy of Canada’s anti-blasphemy law
(Calgary Herald)

Kentucky clerk Kim Davis met with pope
(Al Jazeera America)

Pope Francis met with Kim Davis; supports conscientious objection
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pope Francis met privately with Kim Davis and encouraged her to "stay strong"
(Press Release, Liberty Counsel)

Six churches torched in Tanzania
(World Watch Monitor)

Muslim man beaten to death over rumours he had eaten beef in India
(The Telegraph)

India arrests eight for killing Muslim farmer over beef rumor
(Al Jazeera America)

Hindu extremists plan more attacks if beef ban not enforced
(Nirmala Carvalho, Asia News)

Can people in Turkey really ‘live according to their beliefs’ nowadays?
(Cafer Solgun, Today's Zaman)

Tuesday, 29 September 2015

An environmental tipping point? Evangelicals going to the dogs ... and cats ... with major statement on animal welfare
(David Briggs, The Association of Religion Data Archives)

Pope Francis visits Catholic-Jewish statue in Philadelphia
(The Jewish Journal)

Tveit: We need an international solution to the refugee crisis
(World Council of Churches)

Wisconsin grants first religious waiver under new accommodation law
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty Blog)

Anchorage Assembly passes LGBT rights law
(Devin Kelly, Alaska Dispatch News)

NYC joins global network of cities to 'counter violent extremism'
(Wilson Dizard, Al Jazeera America)

French court to deliver verdict in high-profile Lambert euthanasia case
(France 24 International News)

Is a ‘burka ban’ really necessary in Switzerland?
(Peter Siegenthaler, swissinfo.ch)

Iranian President Rouhani's takes flak for 'prisoner swap' talk
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Incense in worship not caught by Psychoactive Substances Bill
(http://www.lawandreligionuk.com/2015/09/29/incense-in-worship-not-caught-by-psychoactive-substances-bill/, Law & Religion UK)

Christian, Muslim refugees separate housing in Germany: Religion segregation at camps encouraged by police union leader
(Adam Lidgett, International Business Times)

Taliban captures major Afghan city in 'stunning' assault after US, NATO withdraw troops
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Pastor Saeed Abedini won't be set free until the US first releases 19 Iranian criminals, says President Rouhani
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

90-Y-O Christian woman shaves her head to raise money for Syrian refugees
(Ray Nothstine, The Christian Post)

A top Nigerian export: fervent Christianity
(Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor)

Four British jihadists face UN sanctions
(BBC News)

Islamic State group says it guns down Italian in Bangladesh
(Julhas Alam, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Bangladesh, Islamic State militants claim murder of Italian volunteer
(Sumon Corraya, Asia News)

Afghan forces fight to retake Kunduz from Taliban
(BBC News)

Ahead of synod on family, pope rules out divorce
(Agence France-Presse)

Hajj stampede: Saudi officials clarify toll after questions
(BBC News)

Churches step in after feds drop Fugitive Safe Surrender
(Heidi Hall, Religion News Service)

Prayer Caucus, funded by taxpayers, defends faith in the public square
(Paul Singer, USA Today)

Shock after Junipero Serra statue vandalized days after sainthood declared
(Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times)

Majority says any budget deal must include Planned Parenthood funding
(Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy)

Three arrested after Nepal church bombings
(World Watch Monitor)

Arson attack at Bethlehem’s St Charbel Monastery, probably the work of Islamic fundamentalists, says Maronite leader
(Asia News)

Why repealing blasphemy laws might help promote religious freedom (Analysis)
(Brandon G. Withrow, Religion News Service)

Pakistan: 23 unreported ‘blasphemy’ cases in 2 years
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)

Muslim radicals set churches on fire, threaten to eradicate Christianity in Tanzania
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

At U.N., Hungary defends blocking migrants, says fences not 'for fun'
(John Irish, Reuters)

Abortion rights group seek to halt Oklahoma law that targets clinics
(Heide Brandes, Reuters)

Planned Parenthood wins round in U.S. court against Utah
(Peg McEntee, Reuters)

Anonymous hacktivists target Saudi Arabia to prevent brutal execution of 21 year old
(Mint Press News)

Iraq’s Yazidis take claims of genocide by ISIS to International Criminal Court
(Mint Press News)

Israel escalates ‘water-apartheid’ as illegal settlers contaminate Palestinian water
(Joe Catron, Mint Press News)

Alleged rapes prompt Rohingya mass walkout of Indonesia camp
(Al Jazeera America)

Obama urges world leaders to hold course against ISIL
(James Reinl, Al Jazeera)

ISIL-claimed attack in Bangladesh may not foretell firmer foothold
(Michael Pizzi, Al Jazeera America)

Key issues Pope is expected to raise during his Uganda visit
(Gerry Loughran, Daily Monitor)

Azerbaijan: Fines, deportations, criminal trials to punish meetings for worship and study
(Forum 18 News Service)

Humanity over religion: Muslim man performs last rites of Hindu friend
(FP Staff, FirstPost)

Religion is leverage for power, not faith for the AKP
(Murat Aksov, Today's Zaman)

Religious freedom takes center stage in Madagascar at Adventist-sponsored festival
(Lauren Brabant, Adventist News Network)

Monday, 28 September 2015

Church urges “protection” of marriage
(Cayman Reporter)

House passes bill to protect religious liberty under Obamacare
(Committee on Ways and Means)

Religious waiver exempts Amish households from new state building code
(Laura Grulke, The Daily Cardinal)

Francis and the First Freedom
(Brian Fraga, National Catholic Register)

PACE fall session kicks off today
(Azertac)

Supreme Court to look at health law's effect on religion
(Mark Sherman, Contra Costa Times)

Africa eager to welcome Pope Francis, Ugandan Archbishop says
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)

Discrimination and opposition to Same Sex Marriage in Tasmania
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Jedi Society Incorporated
(Charities Services - Ngā Rātonga Kaupapa Atawhai)

Jedi not religious enough for a tax break in New Zealand, says Department of Internal Affairs
(Ben Heather, National Stuff.co.nz)

Argentinian pastor’s fight for religious freedom goes on
(World Watch Monitor)

Secular thinkers under attack in India as religious fundamentalism grows
(Parth M.N. and Shashank Benhali, Los Angeles Times)

Church schools are struggling to recruit Christian headteachers
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Obama exchanges views with China's president on human rights and religious freedom
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Israeli troops at Vic Uni an 'apology for military violence' - academic
(Tom Hunt, The Dominion Post)

Dublin to host next World Meeting of Families
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

'God bless the military' sign in US Marine base violates Constitution, group claims
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)

Pakistani army warns Christians of possible ISIS attacks
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Moscow officials help citizens avoid the 'Moonies,' other cults
(The Moscow Times)

FRC honors Kim Davis with 'Cost of Discipleship Award' for courage in standing for Biblical marriage
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Christian-Muslim brawl with machetes and grenades leaves 24 dead, 100 injured
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Tajik prosecutors ask court to ban Islamic Party
(Interfax-Religion)

What happens when the 'moral majority' becomes a minority?
(Laura Turner, The Atlantic)

Bid to revive Miss Iraq pageant draws ire of hardline Muslim clerics, tribal leaders
(Reuters)

France launches air strikes against Islamic State in Syria
(John Irish and Dominique Vidalon, Reuters)

The Grand Unification Theory of Religion in four paragraphs
(Tom Toles, The Washington Post)

Obama: Religious freedom no excuse to deny rights to others
(Darlene Superville, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Remarks by President Obama and President Xi of the People's Republic of China in joint press conference
(Press Release, The White House)

Francis: The right to religious freedom is fundamental
(Michael O'Loughlin, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)

Pope Francis at Independence Hall: A mayor and an archbishop offers starkly different interpretations
(Alexi Sargeant, First Things)

Pope to Americans: Avoid a 'superficial quest for unity'
(Daniel Burke, Kristi Ramsay and Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN)

Pope Francis backs ‘conscientious objection’ to marriage licenses for gay couples
(Religion News Service)

Pope Francis finally met with sex abuse survivors but more action is critical, activists say
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Abby Ohlheiser, and Terrence McCoy, The Washington Post)

In Philadelphia, Pope Francis put himself into America’s hot-button religious freedom debates
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey and Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)

Catholics, especially Hispanics, echo pope’s call to embrace immigrants
(Michael Lipka and Jessica Martinez, Pew Research Center FactTank)

Govt. workers have right to refuse gay marriage licenses: pope
(Philip Pullella | Papal Plane, Reuters)

Controversial saint's memorial vandalized days after Pope-led canonization ceremony
(rt.com)

Alabama pilgrims hope Francis will change attitudes toward immigrants
(Kate Kilpatrick, Al Jazeera America)

What Pope Francis thought of the United States
(Elizabeth Dias / Papal Plane, Time)

Thousands enter Syria to join ISIS despite global efforts
(Eric Schmitt and Somini Sengupta, The New York Times)

Delta Beta Om: Buddha comes to San Diego's Greek system
(Claire Trageser, NPR)

Assisted suicide and religious liberty
(Eugene Volokh, The Washington Post)

Israeli police, Palestinians clash at Jerusalem holy site
(Writing by Jeffrey Heller; Additional reporting by Ori Lewis, editing by William Hardy, Reuters)

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