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Saturday, 12 October 2013

Gay marriage bill preserves religious freedom
(Cristina L.H. Traina, Chicago Sun-Times)

ERLC hosts panel discussion on religious freedom
(Joe Carter, Baptist Press)

Friday, 11 October 2013

Algeria adopts tougher terrorism laws
(Walid Ramzi, Magharebia)

Brazil tries to combat religious intolerance of minority faiths
(Janet Tappin Coelho, Religion News Service)

Canada: Scientology donors can’t claim tax credits
(Julius Melnitzer, Financial Post)

Herald News: Muslim dialogue positive for troopers
(NorthJersey.com)

How liberalism destroyed the American Jew
(David Harsanyi, The Federalist)

Judge says New Jersey can begin allowing same-sex marriage in two weeks
(Kate Zernike, New York Times)

Lutherans OK congregations affiliating with either Boy Scouts or Trail Life
(Cheryl Wetzstein, Washington Times)

Many of 250 drowned migrants were African Christians fleeing persecution
(Kate Tracy, Christianity Today)

NY arrests 2 in plot to help Taliban ‘cut US soldiers to pieces’
(Jewish Press Staff, Jewish Press)

Orthodox supporters of gay propaganda penalty thwart Moldovan parliament's meeting
(Interfax)

Pro-separation, pro-religious freedom groups lobby School Board
(Wausa Daily Herald)

Religious liberty and the Supreme Court: Endorsing the Endorsement Test
(S.M., The Economist: Democracy in America)

Spain's escalating mosque wars
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)

The rights of couples: formal and informal unions
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Tibetan villages revolt against imposition of Chinese flags
(Observers, France 24 International News)

Tunisia magistrates seek counter-terror role
(Jamel Arfaoui, Magharebia)

Vietnam: More than 60 religious leaders are in prison camps
(Agenzia Fides)

What Obamacare means to Little Sisters of the Poor
(Mario Diaz, The Washington Post)

Thursday, 10 October 2013

A leader’s admission of ‘mistakes’ heartens some doubting Mormons
(Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times)

Bergoglio’s list: the untold story
(Edward Pentin, Mercator Net)

Demolition of landmark spire in Leicester
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Interview: Malcolm Gladwell on his return to faith while writing “David and Goliath”
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)

Is the West becoming less religious?
(Mary Eberstadt, Big Questions Online)

Malala's year: Shot for defying Taliban, now considered for Nobel
(Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times)

Remembering religious minorities in Syria
(Sahar Chaudhry, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs)

Russia blacklists translation of the Quran
(Husna Haq, The Christian Science Monitor)

Sudanese official hails secular system in S. Sudan
(Sudan Tribune)

The rise of Persian Salafism
(Mehdi Khalaji, Real Clear World)

The war on Christians: The global persecution of Christians is the unreported catastrophe of our time
(John L. Allen Jr., The Spectator)

Turkey lifts its ban on headscarves – maybe
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Update: Air Force not persecuting Christians after all
(Rob Shryock, Religion Dispatches)

20th Annual International Law and Religion Symposium concludes
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University)

Religious liberty takes center stage in diplomacy with Iran
(Jordan Sekulow and Matthew Clark, The Washington Post – On Faith)

Vatican tells bishops not to reform faster than Pope Francis does
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)

Ohio school district agrees to keep portrait of Jesus off wall, pay $95G fine
(Fox News)

Muslim leader says pope is model of what religious leader should be
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)

Gulf states to introduce medical testing on travellers to 'detect' gay people and stop them from entering the country
(Ted Thornhill, Mail Online)

Indonesia’s last synagogue, an intended heritage site, destroyed
(JTA and Times of Israel Staff, The Times of Israel)

Religion and law round up – 6th October
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Myanmar: Buddhists kill woman, 94
(Associated Press, The New York Times)

Indonesia: A coffin in procession: Islamist threats against the Christian governor
(Agenzia Fides)

Pakistan: A sanctuary for the Christian victims of Peshawar, still without compensation on behalf of the government
(Agenzia Fides)

Council of Europe says ritual circumcision won’t be banned
(Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu, Jewish Press)

Hizb ut-Tahrir denies recruiting mercenaries for fighting in Syria
(Interfax)

Religion and the UN: Visions of a new world
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Arab Spring is a window on global restrictions on religious freedom
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

Saudi advisory body rejects bid to raise women driving ban
(Ahram Online)

Tension high as Mombasa Muslims protest cleric’s murder
(World Watch Monitor)

Malala Yousafzai wins Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought
(UPI)

Islamophobic bias agianst Muslim gym in France
(Ramin Mazaheri, Press TV)

Faith-based Organisations at the United Nations
(Jeffrey Haynes, EUI Working Papers)

Gender-specific abortion: the Attorney’s view
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Gender-specific abortion: the CPS Statement
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Low-cut dress Turkish TV presenter says she was fired for political reasons
(Ahram Online)

Salafis convicted of terrorism in Kazakhstan
(Interfax)

Largest Presbyterian church's (PC USA) property ownership case headed to court
(Michael Grybosky, The Christian Post)

Pressure mounts on France over Sikh turbans
(Saptarishi Dutta, The Wall Street Journal)

Vietnam lets churches thrive, but keeps control
(Kret Krot, Worldwide Religious News)

Government shutdown may drive more young Christians from GOP
(Jonathan Merritt, Religion News Service)

Pittsburgh Diocese sues again over federal health care mandate it says promote birth control
(Joe Mandak, The Republic)

Obama administration backs Christian in religious liberty case
(Rachel Aldrich, World Magazine)

Conservative Judaism turns 100 and works to reverse its decline
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Religious freedom: Universal right or political pawn?
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)

Local pastor, school system under fire for 9/11 speech
(Antwan Harris, WRCBTV.com)

Faithful filibuster: Christian leaders read scripture, exhort Congress to care
(Katherine Burgess, Religion News Service)

Four points about Madonna’s interest in Islam
(Omid Safi, Religion News Service)

FBI arrests NY Rabbis for beating husbands who refuse divorce
(Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu, Jewish Press)

Wednesday, 9 October 2013

"Islamophobia dictionaries," new mega-mosques and other recent events, A survey of Islam in Europe: September 2013
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)

Akong Tulku Rinpoche dead: Prominent Tibetan monk reported killed in Chengdu, China
(AFP, Huff Post Religion)

Erie diocese files new suit over contraception mandate
(Ed Palattella, Erie Times-News)

In search of real witches in Nicaragua
(Dave Seminara, Fox News)

Kazakhstan: Pastor re-arrested within minutes as suspected "extremist"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Muslim man allegedly fired over beard awarded $66,000 in back pay
(Lornet Turnbull, The Seattle Times)

Quebec seeks ban on religious symbols in public work places
(Benjamin Shingler, Huff Post Religion)

Religious tension in Pakistan as Muslims dig up Hindu grave
(Reporting by Syed Raza Hassan; Editing by Maria Golovnina and Clarence Fernandez, Reuters)

Slight Decline in Islamophobia in America: CAIR Report
(Hina Tai, Illume)

Taliban renews threat against Pakistani teen Malala Yousafzai as Nobel decision nears
(Tim Craig and Saleem Mehsud, The Washington Post)

Vandals damage graves in Jerusalem, in latest attack against Christians
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)

Shots fired at Yekaterinburg synagogue in Russia
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Dubai court clears woman of giving a man the finger
(Jewish Press News Briefs, Jewish Press)

Pushkov warns about danger of radical Islam in Crimea
(Interfax)

Vinh: amid threats and attacks, 50 thousand Catholics pray for release of the two parishioners
(J.B. An Dang, AsiaNews.it)

Attack on Jerusalem graves unnerves Christians
(Ahram Online)

Forty Tibetans arrested for protesting against China's red flag
(AsiaNews.it)

Women members of Saudi Shura Council challenge driving ban
(Ahram Online)

Gaza protesters demand death penalty as anti-NGOs meet
(Ahram Online)

Saudi warns against politics during upcoming hajj
(Ahram Online)

Conservatives say censorship has increased on Facebook, iTunes
(Katherine Burgess, Religion News Service)

Study to examine relationship between health and religion
(Katie Burke, The Michigan Daily)

Water initiatives get congregations to pledge to conserve
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Iowa business defends denial of same-sex wedding
(WCF Courier)

“No more shame”: a Mormon Apostle sheds light on mental illness, and his own struggles
(Jana Riess, Religion News Service)

Voices of Faith: What place does personal identity have in faith?
(Anchorage Daily News)

Religious groups feel the pinch of government shutdown
(Kevin Eckstrom, Cathy Lynn Grossman et al., Religion News Service)

Turkey lifts 90-year ban on Islamic veils in the workplace
(Euronews)

School cancels Halloween events over religion concerns
(Observer-Reporter)

Myanmar religious leaders urge harmony after anti-Muslim clashes
(Radio Free Asia)

British scouts can drop God in alternative 'atheist' promise
(Henry Austin, NBC News)

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