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Thursday, 11 December 2014

Jewish lawmaker in Britain says he’s received death threats
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Persecution of India's sexual minorities surges after court ruling: activists
(Nita Bhalla, Reuters)

Texas teen on trial for 'satanic ritual' killing
(Christian Today)

Atheists in UK face 'systematic discrimination', says report
(The Week UK)

Michigan House passes bill allowing health care discrimination against LGBT on grounds of 'Religious Freedom'
(Chris Weller, Medical Daily)

Refutating ISIS allegations on the revival of slavery
(Mustazah bin Bahari, Eurasia Review)

Mexico priests, Christians fighting pessimism in wake of presumed murder of 43 students
(Sotyan Zaimov, The Christian Post World)

Israel struggles with its identity
(Jodi Rudoren, The New York Times)

San Francisco conference talks LGBTQ issues in Judaism
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)

Eric Holder bans law enforcement profiling based on religion, ethnicity, national origin
(Pete Kasperowicz, The Blaze)

Dalai Lama says Pope Francis is unwilling to meet: ‘It could cause problems’
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

Churches seek to strengthen electoral process in Democratic Republic of Congo
(World Council of Churches (Press Release), All Africa)

Church leaders call for speedy enactment of anti-terrorism law to boost security
(Jacqueline Kubania, Daily Nation)

Religious nonprofits challenge Obamacare
(Newsmax)

Abercrombie claims that job applicants must explain their religious beliefs before the law can protect them
(The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)

Erdogan's 'New Turkey' aspires teaching 'Old Turkish'
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Is IS on an inevitable path to destruction?
(Mark Mardell, BBC)

Turkey’s ruling AKP going back to its radical roots
(Özgoür Korkmaz, Hürriyet Daily News)

Colorado's high court hears school voucher case
(Ivan Moreno, Associated Press)

Colorado Supreme Court hears arguments on school vouchers
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ark Encounter park won't get Ky tax incentives
(Mike Wynn, The Courier-Journal)

In reversal, Kentucky denies tax incentives to Noah's Ark theme park
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Three more cases in which Pakistani Christians accused of blasphemy
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)

Challenge to school board invocation policy dismissed on standing grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Lawsuit regarding prayer at school board meetings dismissed
(Chad Mills, WIS-TV News)

Dispute emerges over cause of prominent Palestinian official Ziad Abu Ein’s death
(William Booth and Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)

Malaysian Christians furious over hundreds of desecrated Bibles
(Asianews.it)

Whose problem is Alevi’ism?
(Akif Emre, World Bulletin)

Freedom of religion shouldn't be unconditional
(Jason Miller, TIME)

Uzbek president asks Putin for help in combatting extremism
(Joanna Paraszczuk, Radio Free Europe | Radio Liberty)

Russian Orthodox Church's manual for migrants
(Radio Free Europe | Radio Liberty)

Insurers in New York must cover gender reassignment surgery, Cuomo says
(Anemona Hartocollis, The New York Times)

Prominent Azerbaijani journalist sent to two-month pretrial detention
(Radio Free Europe | Radio Liberty)

CDC proposes recommendations strongly favoring male neonatal circumcision
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

In Germany, humanist students now can get holiday excused absence
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Polish constitutional tribunal rules ban on ritual slaughter unconstitutional
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Wednesday, 10 December 2014

Dallas approves new homeless-feeding requirements, along with legal settlement
(Elizabeth Findell, The Dallas Morning News)

How jihadists are spinning the CIA torture report
(Adam Chandler, The Atlantic)

Interest in religion only ‘skin deep’, examiners find
(James Debono, Malta Today)

Religious conversion row hits Parliament; Centre passes the buck to state govt
(Deepak Nagpal, Zee News)

Federal circumcision guidelines meet with opposition
(Victoria Colliver, San Francisco Chronicle)

Polish court rules ban on ritual slaughter unconstitutional
(JTA)

Minister: Ottoman not compulsory for all, Alevism can also be taught
(Daily Sabah)

North Korea: 'They torture the Christian the most'
(David Alton, Spero News: Religion)

Hindu American Foundation approves Texas textbooks with new corrections
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)

Vatican conference discusses the morality of prescription drugs
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Ireland’s lower house backs symbolic resolution on Palestine
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

War and ISIS haven't stopped people going to church in Syria
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)

Statues of Mary, Joseph vandalized at church in Chicago suburb
(Mary Wisniewski, Reuters)

Today is International Human Rights Day
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Remembering Prisoners of Conscience on Human Rights Day
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

In honor of Human Rights Day
(Mormon Newsroom)

Platform: ‘Conscience clause’ can help promote tolerance and respect
(News Letter)

Force alone will not suffice: Undermining ISIL with religious freedom
(Thomas Farr, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Williams: We need to bridge gap between rights and religious freedom
(News Letter)

Seven things you should know about Britain's pro-life movement
(Dina Rickman, The Independent)

'Merry Christmas' returns: How conservatives are winning the Christmas war
(Husna Huq, The Christian Science Monitor)

FIR against forced religious conversion in Agra
(Deccan Chronicle)

Polish ban on kosher slaughter of animals is overturned
(BBC News)

Polish court rules shechita ban is ‘against human rights’
(Orlando Radice, The Jewish Chronicle Online)

Polish court overturns ban on ritual slaughter
(Vanessa Gera, Associated Press, ABC News)

How American Jews made Hanukkah the holiday of religious freedom
(Noam Zion, JNS.org)

Al Smith: Elegy for a hero of religious freedom
(Garrett Eps, The Atlantic)

Turkish Alevis demand respect for European court ruling
(World Bulletin)

The light of the sun in a dark basement: Congressman Frank Wolf
(Jamie Dean, World Magazine)

Court decisions, accommodations dominate 2014 religious liberty news
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Catholic profs told to report opposition to 'gay marriage' as harassment
(Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency)

Marquette U grad student: She's being targeted because she ended class discussion on gay marriage
(Colleen Flahetry, Inside Higher Ed.)

Marquette University training: Report criticism of gay marriage as harassment
(Katherine Timpf, National Review Online)

Michael Lindsay on covenant and conflict at Gordon College
(Timothy C. Morgan, Gordon College)

2nd Circuit dismisses Alien Tort suit charging Catholic Orders with human trafficking
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Indian opposition politicians criticize conversion of Muslims
(Sanjeev Miglani, Reuters)

Security stepped up after Jewish center stabbing
(Karen Matthews and Ula Ilnytzky, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Erdogan Islamizes education system to raise 'devout youth'
(Kadri Gursel, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Kentucky: No tax breaks for Noah's Ark project
(Dylan Lovan, Associated Press)

NI abortion law: NIHRC to begin legal challenge
(BBC)

Israel indicts American over plot to bomb Muslims
(Peter Enav, Religion News Service)

Religion can help restore civility to politics, former Senators say
(Dale Singer, St. Louis Public Radio)

Back-garden burials?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

ISIS' Dabiq and the Bible's Armageddon
(Rabbi Allen S. Maller, Eurasia Review)

Guangzhou [China]: Area religious organizations must submit to financial audits [Simplified Chinese]
(China Audit Net News)

Senator files bills on guns, same-sex marriage refusal
(WLTX)

China jails seven students of prominent Uighur scholar for separitism
(The Bellingham Herald)

China jails 21 members of banned religious cult
(Reuters)

Mongolia to receive its first deacon - from Mongolia
(Troy Dredge, Catholic Online)

Conflict in eastern Ukraine has dire impact on human rights
(Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe)

Syria jihad recruiters spotted in southern Kyrgyzstan
(Interfax: Religion)

Secularism damages religious life in Turkey, says top religious body official
(Meltem Özgenç, Hürriyet Daily News)

French Jewish leaders rip theaters for scheduling Dieudonne show
(JTA)

Pope Francis: ‘There was no clash between the factions … but a dialogue’
(Josephine MKenna, Religion News Service)

Kenya church leaders alarmed by al-Shabab’s persecution of Christians
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Religious leaders must speak up on CIA report
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)

'Atheists, humanists, liberals' say they are targeted as minority by 'hate campaigns'
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Abortion protests: Can't we all just agree harassment of women is wrong?
(Luciana Berger, The Telegraph)

The Christmas of Hindu radicals: We will reconvert 5,000 Christian and Muslim families
(Santosh Digal, AsiaNews.it)

Aceh, the new jihad against tight jeans: "[T]hey are contrary to Islam"
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)

Listed Places of Worship Roof Repair Fund: some legal issues
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

After 50 years, King's Nobel Prize speech sheds light on lasting nonviolent legacy
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)

Human Rights Day 2014 Theme: Human Rights 365
(United Nations)

Human Rights Day: UN Secretary-General's Message for 2014
(Ban Ki-moon)

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