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Wednesday, 26 February 2014

Reform and Conservative Jews upset over plans for Robinson’s Arch
(JTA, Jewish Press)

World Russian People's Council threatens with legal prosecution to those who try to capture churches in Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)

Patriarch Kirill calls on Ukrainian authorities not to interfere in church affairs
(Interfax-Religion)

The first Saudi Woman to become an editor-in-chief
(Samya, Patheos Blog: Muslimah Media Watch)

Kathmandu: the invasion of naked holy men sparks protests among residents
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)

New Israeli 'divide and rule' law to separate Arab Christians and Muslims
(Joshua Lapide, AsiaNews.it)

New Ukraine acting president Turchynov is Baptist pastor
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ukraine names Baptist pastor as acting president
(Timothy C. Morgan, Christianity Today)

Profile: Olexander Turchynov
(BBC News)

Oleksandr Turchynov’s Baptist faith may help defuse Ukrainian crisis
(Olga Rudenko, Religion News Service)

Nigeria: Skye Bank chairman - Boko Haram has taken freedom of religion too far
(Senator Iroegbu, This Day via AllAfrica)

Shock as interim prime minister and government resigns
(Christian Telegraph)

Moroccan Salafist imam receives light sentence
(Mohamed Saadouni, Magharebia)

Bombs target church, restaurant in Zanzibar
(Dar Es Salaam, Reuters)

Death toll doubles in Nigerian militant attack on school
(The Journal of Turkish Weekly)

Hindus in New Jersey school district want a day off for Diwali
(Katherine Davis, Religion News Service)

One ugly church bites the dust
(Nicholas G. Hahn III, Real Clear Religion)

Boone County treasurer allows same-sex couples to claim property
(Rudi Keller, Columbia Daily Tribune)

Lesbian employee forced to watch religious anti-gay video loses claim for harassment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Same-sex parenting goes on trial in Detroit
(Rick Pluta, National Public Radio)

Federal judge voids Texas’ gay marriage ban, though he delays order from taking effect immediately
(Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News)

Does the Bible prohibit providing services for same-sex weddings? Theologians weigh in.
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)

Does ‘religious affiliation’ include nonreligiousness?
(Eugene Volokh, Volokh Conspiracy)

Greek Jewish community seeks return of Nazi ransom
(Costas Kantouris, Associated Press)

Are public universities discriminating against Christians with recent hotel Bible bans?
(Billy Hallowell, The Blaze)

Secular group sues state agency for displaying 40-foot Christian cross on public land
(Shadee Ashtari, The Huffington Post)

'Ground zero' for the death penalty
(Tal Kopan, Politico)

Rights group blasts Myranmar over Rohingya policies
(Robin McDowell, Associated Press)

Va. state Sen. Stephen H. Martin criticized for ‘host’ comment in antiabortion Facebook post
(Rachel Weiner, The Washington Post)

Update: Bob Jones University rehires firm hired to investigate sex abuse
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)

Gay-rights advocates rally at Kansas Statehouse
(The Associated Press)

China condemned for charging Uighur academic Ilham Tohti with separatism
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)

Europeans stop Uganda aid after antigay Law
(Nicholas Bariyo, The Wall Street Journal)

Benedict rejects rumors on why he resigned as “simply absurd”
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Riots hit Jerusalem holy site
(Joshua Mitnick, Wall Street Journal)

CPAC reverses decision, will not allow atheist group at conservative conference
(Dan Merica, CNN)

Republicans go from anti-gay to no way on Arizona bill
(Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast)

Prenuptial agreements, the Church and the Law
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Young evangelicals and same-sex marriage
(John Stonestreet, BreakPoint - Religion Today)

Map: Countries where homosexuality is a crime
(CBC News)

Kerry to Uganda: Repeal anti-gay law — or else
(Julian Pecquet, The Hill)

State lawyers don't have to defend gay marriage bans: Holder
(Eric M. Johnson, Reuters via Chicago Tribune)

The Holder ‘nuance’
(Alec Torres, National Review Online)

Symposium: Mandates make martyrs out of corporate owners
(Ilya Shapiro, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: In a battle of semantics, the family businesses win with scientific facts
(Mailee Smith, SCOTUSblog)

Briefing set for Virginia marriage appeal
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

EVENT, 26 February 2014: Encounters with the Religious ‘Other’: From One True Religion to Interreligious Dialogue
(José Casanova, The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

EVENT, 26 February: 50 years after Birmingham: Reflections on and from the Black church
(2-3 pm CST, Patheos Topics: Black History Month)

EVENT, 26 February 2014: Indonesia's Pluralism in Peril: the rise of religious intolerance
(Workshop, 10am-12pm, London School of Economics)

Tuesday, 25 February 2014

Egypt names Ibrahim Mahlab as new prime minister
(Patrick Kingsley, The Guardian)

The real agenda behind the push for "Islamophobia"
(Raheel Raza, Gatestone Institute)

What price a religious calling? Record seminary debt shows need for financial as well as divine guidance
(David Briggs, The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA))

In Ukraine, both sides exploit Jewish history
(David Firestone, The New York Times: Taking Note)

Religion-civil rights panel: gay marriage will be the law and 'most churches will go along with it'
(Greg Garrison, AL.com)

Religious-freedom bills proliferate in statehouses
(Jacob Gershman, The Wall Street Journal Law Blog)

Rights group: Burma government ‘systematically persecuting’ Rohingya
(Mark Inkey, Asian Correspondent)

Missouri Republican senator introduces bill allowing the refusal of service for religious reasons
(Jason Hancock, Kansas City Star)

Alabama legislators approve bill requiring school prayer every morning
(Adam Weinstein, Gawker)

Knesset panel agrees to extend stays of young Diaspora Jews
(JTA)

Benghazi terrorists slaughter Egyptian civilians
(Asmaa Elourfi, Magharebia)

Islamist militants blamed for deadly college attack in Nigeria
(Adam Nossiter, New York Times)

Civil society and religious leaders support a motion for religious freedom at PACE
(European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom – Articles)

Gay rights and religious freedom
(S.M., The Economist [Democracy in America])

Religious education: More knowledge please, we're British
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

When ‘leave us alone’ became ‘bake us a cake!’
(Matt K. Lewis, The Daily Caller)

Atheists plan conservative outreach with booth at CPAC
(Dan Mercia, CNN Belief Blog)

Israel and the 'Boycott, Divest, Sanction' bandwagon
(Judy Bachrach, World Affairs Journal: O Contraire)

Yogyakarta: University suspends controversial regulation limiting religious freedom
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)

WCC general secretary conveys message of “justice and peace” in Iran
(World Council of Churches)

Rohingya crisis: Burma government implicated in ‘Crimes against Humanity’
(Democratic Voice of Burma, Democratic Voice of Burma)

Nigerian Islamists kill 29 pupils in boarding school attack
(Reporting by Joe Hemba; Writing by Tim Cocks; Editing by Larry King, Reuters)

Call for investigation after churches bombed in Zanzibar
(Christian Today - World)

NC judge’s order halts voucher suit
(Elizabeth Heffner, Lincoln Times-News)

Uganda's President Museveni signs controversial anti-gay bill into law
(Faith Karimi and Nick Thompson, CNN)

Ugandan newspaper prints list of '200 top' gays
(Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press, The Big Story)

On religious liberty, Arizona gets it right and NY Times gets it wrong again
(Ryan T. Anderson, The Foundry (blog))

Sunni anger in Lebanon against army grows
(Diaa Hadid, Associated Press, The Big Story)

Nepal Prime Minister Koirala expands Cabinet
(DPA, The Hindu)

US supports Nigeria’s battle against Islamist terrorists, says Kerry
(Jim Kouri, Eurasia Review)

Miranda detention, whole life tariffs and a Supreme Court ‘holy man’ – the Human Rights Roundup
(Celia Rooney, UK Human Rights Blog)

Winning the abortion Olympics
(Chuck Donovan, First Things: Religion and Public Life)

Pope revolutionizes Vatican by opening finances to scrutiny
(Reuters, Newsweek)

Martin Luther, music, and the Seven Liberal Arts
(Andreas Lowe, OUPblog Religion)

Israeli police enter holy site to disperse clash
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)

Kyrgyzstan: Who can be a conscientious objector?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

The Arizona ‘religious rights’ bill — and where the fight might move next
(Jaime Fuller, The Washington Post)

Same-sex marriage – Update
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Obama orders Pentagon to prepare for complete withdrawal from Afghanistan
(Karen DeYoung, The Washington Post)

Former Guantanamo detainee arrested in Britain
(Karla Adam, The Washington Post)

The Vicar of Baghdad
(Timothy George, First Things: Religion and Public Life)

Orthodox therapists battle ban on gay 'conversion' treatment
(Nathan Guttman, The Jewish Daily Forward)

N.Y. museum reinstates invitation to John Judis, author of controversial Truman book
(JTA)

Leaving marriage defenseless: Blurring law and politics
(John Stonestreet, BreakPoint - Religion Today)

EVENT, 25 February 2014: Is International Religious Freedom Policy Becoming Respectable?
(Andrew Bennett and Katrina Lantos Swett, The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Caricature of Mark Zuckerberg in German paper called anti-Semitic
(JTA)

Dialogue and disagreement: Are Muslims and Christians really speaking about the same God?
(Angelo M. Codevilla, MercatorNet)

Palestinian youths riot at Temple Mount, three arrested
(JTA)

How Philistine became a dirty word
(Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil, Moment: Jewish Politics, Culture, Religion)

France in free fall
(Guy Millière, Gatestone Institute)

Unstable neighborhood: Terrorist groups encircle Israel
(Yaakov Lappin, Gatestone Institute)

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