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Thursday, 16 May 2013

The Politics of anti-Rohingya Violence in Myanmar
(Zak Rose, Geopolitical Monitor)

Pope Francis blasts free market system, urges rich to help the poor
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

North Carolina advances bill to ban "foreign laws," like Sharia
(John Celock, Huff Post Politics)

Anti-Shariah movement changes tactics and gains success
(Omar Sacirbey, Religion News Service)

Georgia governor engaged in bible dispute
(Kate Brumback and Russ Bynum, ABC News)

U.S. government's faith-based initiative moves ahead while dodging controversy
(Matthew Brown, Deseret News)

ACLU-NC criticizes N.C. House passage of H.B. 730 restricting access to abortion care
(ACLU)

Liberty University, gov't clash over health care overhaul
(Dave Thompson, The News & Advance)

In wake of IG Report, Evangelical leaders charge IRS also dealt improperly with religious non-profits
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

HHS contraceptive mandate set to take effect Aug. 1
(Joyce Coronel, The Catholic Sun)

The Israeli Peace Organizations and the Arab Spring
(Yael Patir, MITVIM)

Texas House votes to prevent universities from dictating club admission rules
(Dallas News)

As Gosnell court case closes, questions on abortion and ethics remain
(Sarah Torre, The Heritage Foundation)

Gosnell's crimes not uncommon: Column
(Mark L. Rienzi, USA Today)

Gosnell case: What if it happened in Minnesota?
(Teresa S. Collett, Star Tribune)

Wash. florist will not wilt, sues AG to reclaim religious freedom
(Dale Schowengerdt, Alliance Defending Freedom)

Tories fear inclusion of humanism in gay marriage bill could allow other sects the same powers
(Tamara Cohen, Mail Online)

National Geographic Channel releases marriage survey results that explore people's attitudes toward plural and traditional marriage
(National Geographic Channel, Herald Online)

Boy Scouts slammed by Lutherans over gay issues
(Michael McGuire, Examiner.com)

Church resolves historic flags conflict
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

The missing children of early modern religion
(Alec Ryrie, OUP Blog)

Smithsonian to launch world's 1st yoga history exhibit
(Eurasia Review)

Congress investigating Obama admin's hostility to religion in the military
(Ken Klukowski, Breitbart.com)

Christian leaders seek to overcome polarization
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Christians uneasy in Morsi's Egypt
(Stephen Glain, The New York Times)

Cardinal O’Brien leaving Scotland for penance, prayer
(Lizzy Davies, The Guardian)

Al-Qaeda ally Boko Haram assassinates Christian leader in Nigeria
(Jim Kouri, Examiner.com)

Tanzania: A secular state, why all this fight?
(Michael Mbiro, DailyNews)

Priests should return to Chinese Orthodox churches
(Interfax-Religion)

Hungary clamping down on media freedom and human rights, report says
(Rick Westhead, Toronto Star)

Graduation prayer, fighting over a lost cause
(Charles C. Haynes, North Country Gazette)

Vatican Bank to publish its accounts, launch website
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)

Barclays has 'repeatedly let down society', says Church of England
(Jill Treanor, The Guardian)

Saudi Arabia's religious police head condemns Twitter users
(Big News Network)

Israel police limit non-Muslim visits to Jerusalem mosque
(AFP, The Daily Star)

At political rally, Serbian church crosses sensitive line
(Vesna Peric Zimonjic, Inter Press Service News Agency)

Uganda: New religion discourages use of cellphones
(George Bita, New Vision)

Sudanese centre says incidents of apostasy, atheism increasing in country
(Sudan Tribune)

Nigeria: Lagos insists on restriction of Hijab in public schools
(This Day)

Nigeria: Gunmen kill Borno CAN's Secretary
(Vanguard)

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood party to host former Malaysian Premier
(Aswat Masriya)

Africa: Global survey aims to equip Anglicans to engage in Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
(Anglican Communion News Service)

Serbia: Church dignitaries face criticism after remarks
(Ivana Jovanovic, Southeast European Times)

Wednesday, 15 May 2013

More books to read about Islam
(Marvin Olasky, World)

Muldrow board approves removal of 10 Commandments
(The Houston Chronicle)

Canadians turning away from organized religion
(Ron Csillag, Religion News Service)

Ten Commandments plaques pulled from school walls in Muldrow, Oklahoma
(Hunter Stuart, Huff Post Religion)

Human cloning breakthrough prompts religious objections
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Can Russia and the West end Syria's chaos?
(Marc Pierini, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

Egypt teacher accused of insulting religion released on bail
(Aswat Masriya)

Islam and politics in the new Egypt
(Nathan J. Brown, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

Return to Iqrit: how one Palestinian village is being reborn
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Jewish prison inmate wins major victory in battle for kosher food
(Emily Hardman - Press Release, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)

Man who murdered parents wins kosher-diet appeal
(Jacob Gershman, The Wall Street Journal)

ERLC would oppose same-sex immigration bill
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)

Gosnell murder trial spurs House Republicans to demand states regulate abortion clinics
(Melissa Barnhart, Christian Post Politics)

Both sides on abortion applaud verdict
(Melissa Dribben, The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Americans' abortion views steady amid Gosnell trial
(Lydia Saad, Gallup Politics)

Back to the basics of religious liberty
(Tony Perkins, Townhall.com)

Arizona House passes bill protecting religion
(Cristina Silva, San Francisco Chronicle)

Civil liberties experts issue scathing assessment of so-called “conscience protection” bill
(Rob Schofield, The Progressive Pulse)

Momentum continues to build for narrowing ENDA's religious exemption
(Ian S. Thompson, ACLU Washington Legislative Office)

Beyond basketball and bigotry
(Editorial, The New York Times)

China: Tight state controls on religious education
(Magda Hornemann, Forum 18 News Service)

Assisted dying in Switzerland: Unclear lethal drug prescribing guidelines breached human rights
(Isabel McArdle, UK Human Rights Blog)

Armenia has to break traditions to promote freedom of conscience – US ambassador
(Religions in Armenia)

'The Office' star Rainn Wilson campaigns for imprisoned members of his faith
(Abby Stevens, Deseret News)

Concerns raised about religious meeting
(San Francisco Chronicle)

Tradition, religion holding back Africa's progress
(Ferdinand Berkhof, MmegiOnline)

Indonesian police kill suspect in attempted bomb attack
(Joe Cochrane, The New York Times)

Nigeria: State of emergency declared
(AP, The New York Times)

Supreme Court weighing public school graduation in a church
(David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times)

We need more religious broadcasting, not less
(Nick Baines, The Guardian)

Orthodox Christians in China seeking official recognition
(Xuyang Jingjing, Global Times)

Saudi Arabia lifts travel ban
(Paul Kiwuuwa, New Vision)

Egypt's dismal opposition: A second look
(Thomas Carothers, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

Marriage devastation
(Christian Concern)

South Africa: Government encourages freedom of children's religious and ethnic rights
(All Africa)

Ghana: Who chopped the flesh? Methodist clergy quizzes Mahama over bare-bone economy
(Albert Nana Asante, The Chronicle)

Christian teacher in Egypt faces trial for ‘insulting religion’
(Agence France-Press, The Raw Story)

Jail time extended for teacher accused of blasphemy in Egypt
(Christian Today Australia)

Mahama praises Christians Moslems... for avoiding intra-religious conflict in Ghana
(The Chronicle)

Gambia: ICCWC organises 16th annual Islamic conference
(Fatoumata Ceesay, Daily Observer)

Tanzania: Man charged in Arusha church bombing
(Sabahi)

Burma: A subtle way of ethnic cleansing and marginalizing people - OpEd
(Kanbawza Win, Eurasia Review)

New report on the Muslim Brotherhood
(Aron Lund, Syria Comment)

Saudi Arabia: Cleric who backed protests on trial for his life
(Eurasia Review)

Iran: Is Middle East moving toward a Shia-Sunni War? - OpEd
(Hojjatollah Joudaki, Iran Review)

Missionaries urge Korea to lift travel ban
(The Korea Herald)

Women religious uniting in nationwide effort to end human trafficking
(The Georgia Bulletin)

Russian church in China has first service in 51 years
(Agence France-Press, Hürriyet Daily News)

Russian analysts: immigrants, guest workers fertile ground for radical Islamism
(Interfax)

It's time to stop demonising Muslim students
(Mohamed Harrath, Huffington Post United Kingdom)

Catholic population surges across the global south
(Alessandro Speciale, Religion News Service)

Christian conversion of woman in Saudi Arabia results in lashing and prison sentence for Lebanese and Saudi men
(Angus McDowall, Huffington Post Religion)

Federal judge tosses out Bible Believers’ lawsuit
(Joe Slezak, Press and Guide)

EEOC sues medical services company that required employees to participate in scientology classes
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Serbian church likely to back government on Kosovo deal
(Bojana Barlovac, Balkan Insight)

Field of Muslim-Western relations as crucial today as ever
(Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, Common Ground News Service)

EVENT May 16: The 2013 Canterbury Medal Dinner, honoring Elder Dalln H. Oaks
(The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)

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