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Friday, 15 May 2015

Babil’s Jewish shrine, mosque share space
(Adnan Abu Zeed, trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Campus politics: Are calls to boycott Israel anti-Semitic?
(S.M., The Economist)

Don't bw hoodwinked on human rights
(Emily Thornberry, Huff Post Politics UK)

French lawmakers pass bill requiring ‘neutrality on religion’ at preschools
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

French mayor claims Islam will be banned from France by 2027
(Massoud Hayoun, Al Jazeera America)

Gay leader of Catholic Luxembourg marries partner
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Head of Jewish public policy organization is stepping down
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

In Sierra Leone, religious leaders take on role in Ebola prevention
(Nina Devries, Al Jazeera America)

Indonesia urged to end virginity tests on female military recruits
(Al Jazeera America`)

Indonesian military insists on virginity tests to determine ‘naughty’ female recruits
(Beh Lih Yi, The Guardian)

Islamic State seizes capital of Iraq’s largest province
(Hugh Naylor and Mustafa Salim, The Washington Post)

Islamic State seizes government base in Iraqi city of Ramadi
(Nour Malas, The Wall Street Journal World)

Italians help flood of refugees in Pope Francis’ vision of ‘a church for the poor’
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)

Jehovah's Witnesses win legal recognition in Crimea
(Russia Religion News)

La. proposed abortion restrictions threaten Asian-Americans, activists say
(Massoud Hayoun, Al Jazeera America)

Lebanon's last synagogue
(Ash Gallagher, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)

Malaysia, Thailand keep Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees at bay
(The Wall Street Journal World)

Migrant crisis: Europe is not worth the risk, Ghanaian Church leaders warn African youth
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Musings on the ECHR, the EU and a ‘British Bill of Rights’
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Nervous wait for Ethiopians after baptism arrests
(World Watch Monitor)

Palestinians injured in Nablus clashes over Jewish pilgrimage
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Parishioners must vacate Scituate church, judge rules
(Laura Crimaldi and Travis Andersen, The Boston Globe)

Religion in America is changing, not dying, some observers say
(Compiled by Sarah Mikati, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)

Rohingya migrants from Myanmar, shunned by Malaysia, are spotted adrift in Andaman Sea
(Thomas Fuller and Joe Cochrane, The New York Times)

Russia: Increased fines for "extremist" texts, one jailing so far in 2015
(Forum 18 News Service)

Secular Jews launch Sabbath bus service in Jerusalem
(Nurit Canetti, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Southern Baptists to open their ranks to missionaries who speak in tongues
(Greg Horton and Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Steve Gutow steps down at JCPA
(Nathan Guttman, The Forward)

Syria conflict: IS advances on ancient ruins of Palmyra
(BBC News)

Texas gay marriage bill faces setback after deadline passes
(Paul J.Weber, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

The Alawi community and the Syria crisis
(Fabrice Balanche, Middle East Institute)

Worry over Shariah law in Idaho jeopardizes child support
(Kimberlee Kruesi and David Crary, The Associated Press)

Film on Tamil Muslims wins international award
(B. Kolappan, The Hindu)

Guest blog: Nepal – give don’t go. It might be just as compassionate
(Lorraine Cavanagh, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)

May’s counter-extremism measures will ‘break Muslim hearts’
(Mané Grigoryan, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)

Armed forces, religion and humanists: Sky pilots and earth pilots
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

How interfaith groups are combating the rise in anti-Semitism
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)

"First Church of Cannabis" to test RFRA
(Jeremy Brilliant, WTHR News)

Cannabis advocate will be first to test Indiana's RFRA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Judge orders parishioners to vacate St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church in Scituate
(Associated Press)

Court orders parishioners to end 10+ year vigil protesting church closure
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Protecting Europe or irregular migrants? The (mis)use of force in the Mediterranean
(Melanie Funk, EJIL:Talk!)

Vandals target French Jewish cemetery, Vienna’s Freud museum
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

EVENT, 15-19 October 2015: 2015 Parliament of World Religions [updates on program proposals to go out May 15]
(Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions)

Thursday, 14 May 2015

Church property exempt from taxation
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

European Church leaders discuss prospects of Christian-Muslim dialogue
(Vatican Radio)

Legal Challenge: Human Rights Act may now be hard to replace
(Ruth Hawkins, Oxford Mail)

Services improve under IS in Mosul
(Saleh Elias, trans. Pascale Menassa, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

The British plan to organize a regiment around a religion: Perhaps an imperial solution to a contemporary problem
(Thomas E. Ricks, Foreign Policy - Voice)

California vaccination bill would strip religious exemption
(David Knowles, Bloomberg Politics)

Tuesday is LGBT day in the Louisiana Legislature: religious freedom, anti-discrimination bills on deck
(Emily Lane, The Times-Picayune)

Iran regime continues persecuting religious minorities: Report
(National Council of Resistance in Iran)

Eyeing gay marriage case, evangelicals and Catholics rally around battling poverty
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)

Vatican recognizes 'state of Palestine' to protect Christians
(Dan Gilmore, The Patriot Post)

Navy boot camp under fire for banning religious volunteers
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Taking the muzzle off of Christian faith in public school
(Allison Fick, American Center for Law and Justice)

Religion taking front, center in campaign
(Kathleen Parker, Hutchinson News)

China’s attack on religious liberty: A model for progressives?
(Christians Anonymous)

Libya: ‘a country where Christians shouldn’t come’
(World Watch Monitor)

Malaysia and Thailand turn away hundreds on migrant boats
(The Guardian)

Dutch court clears man who helped his 99-year-old mother die
(Mike Corder, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Laramie passes measure to protect gays, lesbians
(Ben Neary, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Vatican and 'State of Palestine' agree to treaty safeguarding religious liberty
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)

Bilateral commission of Holy See and State of Palestine draft comprehensive agreement
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Judge tosses lawsuit, but atheists still score win over Washington County
(Randy Furst, Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Atheists can now perform marriages in Minnesota county; challenge is moot
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Polygamous church, business fined almost $2 million for using children, unpaid workers
(Nate Carlisle, The Salt Lake Tribune)

FLDS Church and others fined $1.96 million in wage and hour case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Challenge to refusal of "8THEIST" vanity plate may proceed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Azerbaijan: Prisoners of consciences' detention extended, criminal cases imminent
(Forum 18 News Service)

Belgian groups condemn airing of video featuring anti-Israel guide at Auschwitz
(The Jerusalem Post)

Government anti-Semitism conference endorses net censorship
(Sam Sokol, The Jerusalem Post)

Public Order & Public Morality: Uses & Abuses of the Legal Limits on Free Speech & Religious Liberty
(Institute for Global Engagement, Review of Faith & International Affairs, Spring 2015 Issue)

Two views: Women, respect, and the Catholic Church
(Helen M. Alvaré and Frank Bruni, Crux: Covering all Things Catholic)

In Canada, aboriginal pastors mix Christianity with Native spirituality
(Gian-Paolo Mendoza, Al Jazeera America)

Permission granted for Christian parents at Court of Appeal
(Christian Concern)

Is the UK ready for its first women-only mosque?
(Nabila Pathan, Al Arabiya)

House approves 20-week abortion ban
(Sarah Ferris and Cristina Marcos, The Hill)

Satanic Temple abortion battle may become class action, lawyer says
(Massoud Hayoun, Al Jazeera America)

Shiite pilgrimage violence leaves four dead in Baghdad
(Al Arabiya)

Qataris elect two women for first time
(Al Arabiya)

Religious council takes stand that Islamic law is above fundamental liberties
(V. Anbalagan, The Malaysian Insider)

Despite government hindrance, Caritas Uzbekistan helps young people and the poor
(AsiaNews.it)

A centre for disabled children run by Augustinian nuns attacked in Madhya Pradesh
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Iraqi nun says Islamic State wants the human and cultural genocide of Christians
(Suor Diana Momeka, AsiaNews.it)

IS jihadists threaten Syria's ancient Palmyra
(Your Middle East)

IS has no foothold in Gaza: Hamas
(Arab News)

Muted complaints - A call to end the silence over Islamic violence in Nigeria
(Christian Concern)

Tattooed Jesus, yoga and the debate over school endorsement of religion
(Charles C. Haynes, Newseum Institute: First Amendment Center)

GA: The effort to include non-discrimination language in the religious liberty bill takes shape
(Jon Richards, Peach Pundit)

Evangelicals ask Cameron to focus on poverty and religious freedom
(Evangelical Focus)

Sahara extremists pledge allegiance to Islamic State group
(Paul Schemm, ABC News)

Ken Ham says atheists are 'showing intolerance for anyone Christian' after FFRF tells high school it's 'unconstitutional' to invite Creationist speaker
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Bishop of Oxford appointment: reconsideration in 2016
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Abortion ban: Faith and religion evoked on house floor during debate
(Rebecca Downs, The Christian Post)

You better not betray us: Hindu religious leader warns Rajnath Singh over construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya
(First Post)

Is prison the fate for Christians deemed intolerant? Religious freedom champion Frank Wolf asks Harvard audience
(Napp Nazworth, The Christian Post)

Vatican and 'State of Palestine' signing of religious liberty treaty irks Israel
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

EVENT, 14-16 May 2015: Conference - "Religious Freedom Development in the Sphere of Law"
(American University of Armenia, Yerevan, International Center for Law and Religious Studies, Coordinating Counsel for CIS and Baltic Countries on Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Religious Studies)

Under Rouhani, religious persecution grows
(WND Faith)

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