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Wednesday, 7 January 2015

Taming the Christian rage
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

State Democrats to address wage gap, religious freedom bill
(Brandon Smith, Indiana Public Media)

Indiana Supreme Court interprets Civil Rights Commission jurisdiction over educational matters narrowly
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Transgender woman says she was denied access to Western Wall
(JTA)

2nd Circuit upholds eruv against Establishment Clause attack
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Injunction issued in contraceptive mandate case on remand from Supreme Court
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

California prison guard files discrimination lawsuit alleging religious, racial harassment
(Associated Press, Daily Journal)

Radical Islam a growing threat to sub-Saharan Christians: report
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)

Religious tolerance: Finding a model that works in dangerous times
(Nasimi Aghayev, Roll Call)

Libya violence: seized Coptic Christians 'freed' in Libya
(BBC News)

Myanmar Catholics pleased to welcome first local cardinal
(Esther Htusan and Aye Aye Win, Charlotte Observer)

Archdiocese letter warns employees about supporting same-sex marriage
(NBC 6 (Miami))

The problem with meaning
(David Brooks, The New York Times Opinion)

Ukrainian Christians observe Christmas in a state of civil war
(Russia Religion News)

Concerning a seriously neglected church-state drama in the District of Columbia
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Epiphany for the Greek left: Spreading his wings
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus blog: Religion and Public Policy])

On the German protests against Islam
(Abdulrahman al-Rashed, Al Arabiya)

Erdogan tells EU to crackdown on 'Islamophobia'
(Middle East Monitor)

Council of Europe hails Turkey’s decision to build a church in Istanbul
(Hurriyet Daily News)

China's empty promise of rule by law
(AsiaNews.it)

2014: A year of rising hostility toward Christians
(World Watch Monitor)

Fire chief fired after gay comments in book
(Julie Wolfe, USA Today)

China's ban on Islamic veils sends Uighurs westward to pray
(Ting Shi, Bloomberg)

Church responds to questions regarding upcoming TLC program
(Mormon Newsroom)

Neil deGrasse Tyson says he's not anti-Christian
(David Bauder, Associated Press: The Big Story)

Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Norwegian NGO sponsors map exhibit that swaps Israel with Palestine
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Erdogan grooms a new jihad generation
(Abigail R. Esman, Investigative Project on Terrorism, Breitbart News)

Reed: Atlanta fire chief terminated following book controversy
(Katie Leslie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

King settles: 3-2 vote for settlement on flag issue could save city $2 million
(Nicholas Elmes, The Stokes News)

Transgender woman denied entry to Western Wall
(YNetNews.com)

Germany turns off the lights to protest growing anti-Islam movement
(Krishnadev Calamur, NPR)

Controversial Episcopal seminary dean Katherine Hancock Ragsdale to step down
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)

What Newsweek gets wrong about evangelicals
(Rachel Held Evans, CNN)

Iran closes private TV channels for 'inciting sectarianism'
(Arash Karami, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Heavy security at Egypt's churches ahead of Coptic Christmas
(Ahram Online)

Court rules eruv can remain in place in Westhampton Beach
(Will James, Newsday)

Federal court rules that Michigan firm, Autocam, not required to provide abortion coverage
(Press Release, Thomas More Society)

Anti-Islam protests 'tearing apart' German society
(EurActiv)

No atheists in US Congress - OpEd
(William Donahue, Eurasia Review)

A bad situation - for academic, political, and religious freedom - in China
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice)

Indiana Supreme Court strikes down overreach by State's Civil Rights Commission
(Tom Ciesielka, Christian News Wire)

Germany; Controversy surrounding “Twelve Tribes” – Sociologist warns against targeted misinformation by sect experts
(Erich Mayer, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

Maher Hathout, interfaith Muslim leader, dead at 79
(Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press, KSL.com>>U.S.)

Sisi first Egyptian President to attend Coptic Christmas mass
(Ahram Online)

Egypt’s Sisi becomes first president to attend Christmas mass
(Egyptian Streets)

Religious school exempt from Arizona unemployment insurance tax
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

In pictures: Twelfth Night celebrations
(The Guardian)

Same-sex marriages in thirty-sixth state: Florida
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog)

As gay marriages begin in Florida, Supreme Court is set to meet on issue
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)

Pope Francis: Epiphany Mass and Angelus
(Vatican Radio, News.va)

Anti-immigration rallies in Germany defy calls to desist
(Alison Smale, The New York Times)

A fleeting renaissance: German Jewish communities face uncertain futures
(Pavil Lokshin, Spiegel Online International)

Streit’s is set to close its Lower East Side matzo factory
(Joseph Berger, The New York Times)

How Bosnia Muslims celebrate an Islamic Christmas
(Stephen Schwartz)

CofE services after suicide
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

President Sisi's speech
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)

Muslim prison guard sues state for religious harassment
(News 10 - ABC)

Noah's Ark park could sue to get back tax incentives
(Dylan Lovan Associated Press, Harlan Daily)

Pakistan: 21st Constitutional Amendment links religion with terrorism
(The Express Tribune)

Sierra Leone declares week of prayer and fasting to end Ebola
(Christian Today)

Ukraine: Civilians need greater protection
(Human Rights Watch)

"Not in our light" - Cologne Cathedral protests anti-Islamization rally
(Susannah Cullinane, CNN)

2014: the year of international surrogacy
(Claire Achmad, MercatorNet)

Libya violence: Seized coptic Christians 'freed' in Libya
(BBC News)

Terror expert Louise Shelley: 'Islamic State is a diversified criminal operation'
(Interview conducted by Markus Dettmer and Jörg Schindler, Spiegel Online International)

New ‘My Husband’s Not Gay’ show causes uproar
(Ann Oldenburg, Religion News Service)

Gay Ugandans face new threat from anti-homosexuality law
(Saskia Houttuin, The Guardian)

Opponents want their brand of religion imposed: Sattar
(The News International)

Why Israel may list this hard-line Jewish group as a terrorist organization
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)

Polls point to declining influence of religion
(Alonzo Weston, News-Press Now)

Challenge to Northern Ireland's abortion laws to be heard in February
(BBC News)

Religious nonprofits challenge health law
(Kristen Wyatt, Foster's Daily Democrat)

South Africans take to Twitter to protest Zuma Bible translation
(Christian Today)

‘Atheist Church’ launches Sunday in Chapel Hill
(Flo Johnston, The Durham News)

Bronx school ousts priest after admissions of abuse
(Sharon Otterman, The New York Times)

Jewish Republicans gird for a fight
(Kenneth P. Vogel, Politico Magazine)

Anti-gay Atlanta fire chief back on job, becomes face of Georgia’s ‘religious freedom’ fight
(Dyana Bagby, The GA Voice)

Indiana, Georgia to consider RFRA bills in New Year
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Does it matter that the new Congress is 92% Christian?
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Meet “Mikey” Weinstein, the questionable critic of the Pentagon’s religious policy
(Mark Stricherz, Aleteia)

Merry Christmas. May you be safe.
(Zahra Vieneuve, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice (Daniel Philpott))

Are civil unions literally marriages?
(Will Baude, The Volokh Conspiracy (Washington Post))

Myanmar's new Catholic cardinal warns against religious extremism
(Jared Ferrie, Reuters)

India's Islamic community livid at security drill where militants dressed as Muslims
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Islamic State book burnings target minorities
(Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Turkey allows building of first new church in a century
(Mustafa Akyol, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Israel and Palestinians need a one-state solution
(Musa al-Gharbi, Al Jazeera America)

Push against anti-Muslim surge signs up German celebrities, ex-leaders
(Al Jazeera America)

Terrorism-lite: How universities let students abuse academic freedom
(Anat Berko, Gatestone Institute)

Ringleader in killings of 3 Israeli teens sentenced to 3 life termsl
(News Brief, JTA)

Palestinian jailed for murder of Israeli teenagers
(BBC News)

Report: Qatar deports Hamas leader Khaled Mashal
(News Brief, JTA)

Islamic scholars join fight against extremism
(Jemal Oumar, Magharebia)

Turkey's top court refuses to lower 10 pct electoral threshold
(Reuter's, Jerusalem Post)

Fire started in synagogue near Paris
(JTA, Jewish Telegraph Association)

Hareidi group to Rabbis: ignore Supreme Court
(Maayana Miskin, The Jewish Press)

How the transgender lobby is using a teen's death
(Carl R. Trueman, First Things)

The death of transgender teen Leelah Alcorn should be a wake up call for Christians
(Eliel Cruz, Religion News Service)

Jordan welcomes throngs of tourists at site where believers say Jesus was baptized
(Dale Hanson Bourke, Religion News Service)

Monday, 5 January 2015

‘Christmas Day reconversion an attempt to insult minorities’
(The New Indian Express)

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