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Wednesday, 30 July 2014

Treasure in Churches * Abortion Euphemisms * Nienstedt Report: Wednesday’s Roundup
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

One in 200 churchgoers in same-sex relationships
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Bishops' charge to US government: help Iraqi Christians
(Catholic News Agency)

Gorlovka cathedral church becomes bomb shelter
(Interfax-Religion)

House churches in China report on rapid growth
(Caroline Anderson, Christian News Journal)

State Dept. should act on Pakistan’s religious freedom violations, watchdog group says
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)

Turkish official: Women shouldn’t laugh in public
(Michael Winter, USA Today)

Federal Court blocks law threatening Mississippi's sole abortion clinic; calls it 'undue burden' on a woman's right to abortion
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)

Signs urging people to 'dress modestly' in Jewish neighborhood stir emotions in Brooklyn, New York
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)

Episcopal church celebrates 40th anniversary of female ordination
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

How the Russia Ukraine war is being fought by churches
(Kyle Glatz, World Religion News)

Somali woman killed for not wearing veil, relatives say
(BBC News)

In reversal, Nepal to allow cremation of Tibetan monk
(Bhadra Sharma and Gardiner Harris, The New York Times)

France hands over suspected Jewish Museum gunman to Belgium
(Agence France-Presse)

HSBC closes some Muslim groups' accounts
(Dominic Laurie, BBC News)

France offers asylum to thousands of Christians driven from homes by Islamic State
(Richard Spencer, The Telegraph)

Son says NC-based missionary fighting ebola
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Israelis support Netanyahu and Gaza war, despite rising deaths on both sides
(William Booth and Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)

In church attics, clues to the private life of early America
(Michael Paulson, The New York Times)

SNAP’s clergy abuse victims mark 25 years and eye new targets
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Colorado Supreme Court puts halt to Boulder gay marriage licenses
(Jordan Steffen and John Ingold, The Denver Post)

In Bible Belt, gay marriage rights increasingly in flux (+video)
(Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor)

Obama accused of ‘callous disregard for religious liberty'
(Billy Hallowell, The Blaze)

Tuesday, 29 July 2014

Link between religion and party affiliation strongest among whites
(Asma Ghribi, The Wall Street Journal)

Modi criticized for silence on religious clashes
(ICAN)

Obama nominee prompts ERLC concerns
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)

Paying ransoms, Europe bankrolls Qaeda terror
(Rukmini Callimachi, The New York Times)

State Department updates list of "Countries of Particular Concern" under International Religious Freedom Act
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

The factions of Raqqa Province
(Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)

Appeals court ruling clears way for gay marriage in the heart of Bible Belt
(Richard Wolf, The Washington Post)

Role of Saudi Arabia, as Caliphs of Islam, in promoting Islamic extremism and jihadism - OpEd
(Nauman Sadiq, Eurasia Review)

Court allows 9/11 cross to remain standing at Ground Zero
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)

Lebanon’s Christians react to crisis in Mosul
(Jean Aziz, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)

China Uighur conflict: gang knife attack in Xinjiang province blamed on Islamic terrorists
(Howard Koplowitz, International Business Times)

2nd Circuit: Cross at Ground Zero can stay in museum
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Satanic Temple says its followers can claim exemption from informed consent abortion laws under Hobby Lobby principles
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

4th Circuit invalidates Virginia's same-sex marriage ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Court permits church to move ahead on RLUIPA claims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Turkey's Erdogan "glad" to return U.S. Jewish group award: ambassador
(Daren Butler, Reuters)

German police arrest 18-year-old after attack on synagogue
(Alexandra Hudson, Erik Kirschbaum, and Thorsten Severin, Reuters)

Commentary: China’s grim religious freedom problem
(Katrina Lantos Swett and M. Zuhdi Jasser, Religion News Service)

USCIRF on Release of International Religious Freedom Report and Nomination of Ambassador-at-Large
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Cambodians are increasingly being executed for sorcery
(Denise Hruby, Mint Press News)

DEADLINE August 1: Fifth Annual Religious Liberty Student Writing Contest
(Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

International Religious Freedom Report for 2013
(Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, United States Department of State)

Everything you need to know about Eid Al-Fitr happening today
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)

New report says 2013 was 'the largest displacement of religious communities in recent memory'
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)

Editor-in-chief fired for defending his religious beliefs online
(Brownie Marie, Christian Today)

France ready to offer asylum to Iraqi Christians
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

For Iraqis in crisis, dividing the country seems a poor solution
(Alice Fordham, NPR)

Survey: Most Americans say U.S. should shelter, not rush to deport, child migrants
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)

Israel-Gaza conflict - live
(Hannah Strange, The Telegraph)

Hamas denies agreeing to 72-hour cease-fire
(The Jerusalem Post)

Obama to tap rabbi, religious freedom veteran, for ambassador spot
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)

Leading rabbi nominated as first non-Christian Religious Freedom Ambassador
(Timothy C. Morgan, Christian Today Gleanings)

Obama nominates Saperstein to religious freedom post
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Israel hits symbols of Hamas power, Gaza’s only power plant, in heaviest bombardment of war
(Karin Laub and Peter Enav, Associated Press, National Post)

Scientist sues Calif university for firing him after his dinosaur discovery supported creationism
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Majority of states are blocking bills that seek to ban conversion therapy for gay youth
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

U.S. Religious-Freedom Report criticizes Russia, Saudis
(Nicole Gaouette, Bloomberg)

An update on Ukraine
(Micah Meadowcroft, The American Spectator: The Spectacle Blog)

Extremists destroy the splendors of Babylon
(Lucy Schouten, The American Spectator: The Spectacle Blog)

Hamas seen as more to blame than Israel for current violence
(Pew Research Center for the People & the Press)

The spiritual significance of a traditional church wedding
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

American families made more fragile by 'two powerful forces,' researcher says
(Compiled by Lois M. Collins, Deseret News National Edition | Family)

Religion and State-Minorities (RASM) dataset
(Jonathan Fox, Bar Ilan University, Principal Investigator, The Association of Religion Data Archives)

Syrian casualties surge as jihadis consolidate
(Zeina Karam and Sam Kimball, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Gold, diamonds feed Central African religious violence
(Daniel Flynn, Reuters)

In Gaza, Muslim holiday is marred by grief
(Nicholas Casey and Asa Fitch, The Wall Street Journal)

Evolution compromise heads to SC education panel
(Jamie Self, The State)

Anti-Semitic messages pop up on synagogue and cars in Miami-Dade
(Carli Teproff, The Miami Herald)

U.S. cites surge in religious refugees
(Felicia Schwartz, The Wall Street Journal)

Appeals court upholds decision overturning Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban
(Robert Barnes and Jenna Portnoy, The Washington Post)

New Indonesian president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to focus on human rights
(Kyle Glatz, World Religion News)

Jerry Brown urges ‘religious call ... to welcome the stranger’ in border crisis
(David Siders, The Sacramento Bee)

Australian Anglican Church issued an apology to LGBT community
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Kathmandu, interfaith prayer "to close Ramadan in harmony"
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)

Pakistan, Ahmadi neighborhood torched over 'blasphemy' charge: Grandmother and grandchildren die
(AsiaNews.it)

China removes crosses from two more churches in crackdown
(Andrew Jacobs, The New York Times)

Wenzhou, more crosses torn down. Ningbo Cathedral burned
(AsiaNews.it)

Religious violence in 2013 displaced millions
(Al Jazeera America)

U.S. Congregational Life Survey, Wave 2, 2008/2009, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Attender Survey
(The Association of Religion Data Archives)

Presbyterian Panel Survey, 2012-2014 - Background Variables, Clergy
(The Association of Religion Data Archives)

Monday, 28 July 2014

Appeals court affirms dismissal of Longmire lawsuit against Oakland
(Thomas Peele, San Jose Mercury News)

Appeals panel rejects Virginia gay-marriage ban
(Erik Eckholm, The New York Times)

Boko Haram targets political figures in string of attacks
(Adam Nossiter, The New York Times)

Court says ground zero cross can stay
(Bill Mears, CNN)

God is not the only one watching over your church's website
(Adam Tanner, Forbes)

Satanic Temple wants religious exemption from anti-abortion laws
(Philip J. Victor, Al Jazeera America)

Eid al Fitr begins today; White House issues greetings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pro-Israel march brings out thousands in French city of Marseille
(Reuters, The Jerusalem Post)

Forced from Mosul, centuries old Christian community vanishes
(Mohammed A. Salih, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)

Situation deteriorates for Iran's religious minorities, experts say
(Barbara Slavin, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)

Uttar Pradesh, curfew imposed after violence between Sikhs and Muslims
(AsiaNews.it)

Jakarta: for Islamic intellectual, Jokowi will stop religious discrimination
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)

Bangladeshi Christians celebrate the end of Ramadan with "Muslim brothers"
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)

Nepali government ready to allow the funeral of 14th Shamar Rinpoche
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)

Fifteen corpses found in Baghdad put Iraqi capital on edge
(Al Jazeera America)

Report: Religious freedom in peril in large part of the world
(Annysa Johnson, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)

Civil partnership conversion to same sex marriage – Update
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

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