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Tuesday, 2 December 2014

Human Rights Without Frontiers launches new website
(Willy Fautré and others, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

The Pope's true agenda
(William Doino Jr., First Things)

Ecumenism after 50 years
(Timothy George, First Things)

South Korea approves new 'Christmas tree' at border
(BBC News)

European court condemns Turkey for discriminating against Alevis
(Nicholas Vinocur, Reuters)

Cumhuriyetçi Eğitim Ve Kültür Merkezi Vakfi v. Turkey
(European Court of Human Rights)

Güler and Uğur v. Turkey
(European Court of Human Rights)

One Muslim’s quest to save a revered Syrian synagogue
(Adam Entous, The Wall Street Journal)

Churches praise UAE’s religious freedom and tolerance
(Sami Zaatari, Gulf News)

Lebanon is said to detain wife and child of ISIS leader
(Ben Hubbard and Hwaida Saad, The New York Times)

Atheists are making sure these anti-Christmas messages appear near nativities in Illinois
(Billy Hallowell, The Blaze)

Atheist Christmas billboard ads target America's Bible Belt
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Christian war cemetery in Libya at risk from Islamist militants
(Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today)

Indian TV host slapped on-air for wearing a 'short dress'
(Christian Today)

Rastafarian pursues wrongful termination suit against retailer
(Christian Nolan, The Connecticut Law Tribune)

ISIS jihadist from India leaves terrorist group due to 'low pay'
(Shiena Bernardino, Christian Today)

Antisemitism is racism. We need to acknowledge that
(David Baddiel, The Guardian)

Evangelicals add support for EPA plan to cut coal pollution
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Oklahoma school district drops plans for Bible course
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Al-Shabab massacres non-Muslims at Kenya quarry
(BBC News Africa)

Suit charges Jehovah's Witnesses with covering up child abuse
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

ERISA "church plan" definition certified for interlocutory appeal to 9th Circuit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Greek justice minister denounces gay marriage
(Helena Smith, The Guardian)

Teacher's case against diocese headed to trial
(Rebecca S. Green, The Journal Gazette)

7th Circuit rejects appeal of non-final order by Catholic Diocese sued over firing of teacher
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

A French town reels after teenage girl vanishes, apparently to join jihadists
(Suzanne Daley and Maia de la Baume, The New York Times)

Al-Shabaab militants kill 36 Christian quarry workers in Kenya
(Murithi Mutiga, The Guardian)

India Christians protest as fire destroys church
(The Associated Press)

School nativity plays 'pushed aside'
(BBC News)

1 in 3 Americans want a divorce between clergy and civil marriages
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)

D.C. synagogue fires rabbi accused of voyeurism
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)

The Eritrean regime is very happy with Denmark
(Habtom Yohannes, The Local: Denmark)

China bans religion in Uighur home Xinjiang
(World Bulletin)

MK: Change law threatening prison for 'off record' marriages
(Yaakov Levi, Israel National News)

Capitol Source: Religion and the U.S. Supreme Court
(Townhall.com)

Disallowing one from wearing religious symbols 'is against the freedom of religion’
(Kota Kinabalu, The Rakyat Post)

The fight for religious freedom in Jerusalem
(Ronn Torossian, Front Page Magazine)

Sarkissian, “The Varieties of Religious Repression”
(John Boersma, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)

Momentum builds for review of same-sex marriage
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

South Carolina to take same-sex marriage case to Court
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

Bumper Edition: Libyan Rendition, Human Rights Week 2014 and the Naked Rambler – Human Rights Roundup
(Celia Rooney, UK Human Rights Blog)

How the federal government is engaging religious groups at home and abroad
(Matthew Brown, Deseret News: National Edition)

Mysterious fire guts Delhi church, foul play suspected
(Suhas Munshi, The Times of India)

Rise of Turkish Islamic schooling upsets secular parents
(Dasha Afanasieva and Can Sezer, Reuters)

Curbs on crucifix or any religious symbols:
(Malaysia Chronicle)

Michigan lame-duck watch: Gay rights and religious freedom bills up for debate
(Jonathan Oosting, Michigan Live)

Saudi woman 'arrested' for driving
(Al Jazeera)

Pope hopes for better Armenia-Turkey relations
(Asbarez)

Pope Francis joins other faith leaders to demand an end to human trafficking
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

Profiling the Islamic State
(Charles Lister, The Brookings Institute)

Authors reflect on Science, Theology, Humility, Wisdom, and more
(Ansley Roan, Big Questions Online)

The continuing war against Islamic charities
(Alex Delmar-Morgan and Peter Oborne, The Telegraph)

Hindu group seeks Diwali holiday in all US universities
(Eurasia Review)

Monday, 1 December 2014

After joining IS, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis expands in Egypt
(An Al-Monitor correspondent in Sinai, trans. Pascale Menassa, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Bishop: United with Muslims after mosque attack
(Missionary International Service News Agency)

Case Law, Strasbourg: Gough v United Kingdom, No violation of the Article 10 rights of the Naked Rambler
(Hugh Tomlinson QC, Inforrm's Blog)

Clerk of Court, County Attorney butt heads over same-sex marriage licenses
(Clair Johnson, Billings Gazette)

Ebola, ISIS and how to find balance in a culture of fear
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition | Media)

Houthis’ advance threatens Red Sea countries
(Walaa Hussein, trans Cynthia Milan, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Muslim leader calls for urgent action against extremism
(European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom (EIFRF))

Notre Dame University and Witherspoon Institute Blogs cite research of RFBF scholars
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Sex on campus
(R.R. Reno, First Things)

The dangerous implications of the “Naked Rambler” case: On FEMEN activists and throwing paint on Atatürk statues
(Stijn Smet, Strasbourg Observers)

The Islamic State: Is history rhyming?
(Felix Imonti, Geopolitical Monitor)

The Naked Rambler in the European Court
(Marko Milanovic, EJIL:Talk!)

Jehovah's Witnesses under fire from former congregants who say child sex abuse was hushed
(Aimee Green, The Oregonian)

Judge hands Dignity Health a temporary reprieve on pension plan
(Kathy Robertson, Sacramento Business Journal)

High court rejects case of Tulsa police officer who refused to attend Islamic event
(Chris Casteel, NewsOK)

Supreme Court denies cert. in suit by police officer who refused to attend event at mosque
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Solana pide un Registro de Objetores de Conciencia
(La Arena)

¿Otro califato en Nigeria?
(El Espectador)

Religión, arte y libertad de expresión
(Marc Carrillo, El Periódico)

El velo, centro de disputas de Gobierno y radicales en Irán
(Catalina Gómez Ángel, El Tiempo)

Nueva resolución europea en defensa de Asia Bibi y de los perseguidos por la ley antiblasfemia en Pakistán
(Hazteoir.org)

Comité Central del Judaísmo Alemán: El antisemitismo va tomando día a día cada vez más estado público
(Itongadol)

Boko Haram terrorists aim at Nigeria’s Muslims, too, killing 120 Friday worshippers
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Pakistan: Christian woman suffers miscarriage after being stripped and beaten
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Church mourns pastor and children killed by Taliban suicide bombing in Afghanistan
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Christian village in Lebanon saved from Islamic State attack
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Presidential Proclamation – Thanksgiving Day, 2014
(Press Release, The White House)

Religion and Law round-up – 30th November
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

World religious leaders together against modern slavery
(AsiaNews.it)

Fight against terrorism and religious extremism "unites South Asia"
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)

Humanist marriage – a government response
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Christian Association of Nigeria condemns mosque bomb attack
(Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today)

Federalism can still save religious liberty
(Donald Devine, The American Conservative)

US Christian couple acquitted of murder but barred from leaving Qatar
(Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today)

Kennesaw City Council rejects mosque at shopping center
(Jim Galloway, Atlanta Journal Constitution: blog)

Lahore dedicates a street to Pakistani Catholic activist Cecil Chaudhry
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)

Malaysian Christian students told to wear headscarves and sent outside to pray
(Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today)

Malaysian minister rejects report of harassment of Christian students in Sabah
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

First Nations need more than a band-aid solution
(Andre Forget, Anglican Communion News Service)

Hundreds march in New Delhi for gay pride in Modi's India
(Al Jazeera America)

American Atheists launch provocative campaign in religious Deep South
(Peter Foster, The Telegraph)

Arsonists torch an Arabic-Hebrew bilingual school in Jerusalem
(William Booth, The Washington Post)

Arab-Jewish school, symbol of Jerusalem co-existence, torched
(Maayan Lubell, Reuters)

Prince Faisal opens global Qur’an forum
(Arab News)

British Muslims face worst job discrimination of any minority group, according to research
(Roger Dobson, The Independent)

Tajik Islamists use Moscow as a crossing point between Tajikistan and Syria
(Interfax: Religion)

North Carolina: Forsyth County can resume prayers after Supreme Court ruling
(The Global Dispatch)

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