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Sunday, 28 February 2016

Britain’s odd free-speech coalition sees new demons looming
(Erasmus, The Economist)

'Terrorism in religion’s name must be resisted’
(The Financial Express)

Turkey’s top religious official backs reopening of Halki Seminary ‘in principle’
(Hürriyet Daily News)

Mysuru varsity to host interfaith dialogue
(The Hindu)

Saturday, 27 February 2016

Byzantine details: How are the Orthodox Christian churches organized, and why?
(Richard Ostling, Get Religion (blog))

Ethiopia: IRCE condemns attack on places of worship
(Abiy Hailu, The Ethiopian Herald, All Africa)

Media struggle to grasp what friends (including females) meant to St. John Paul II
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))

Muslim Day at the Capitol draws many interfaith supporters along with protesters
(Barbara Hoberock, Tulsa World)

NPR puff piece on transgender church leaves lots and lots of predictable gaps
(Julia Duin, Get Religion (blog))

Pope Francis gives unity symbol to Argentine president Macri
(The T and D)

Right to die: Should public hospitals have freedom of religion?
(Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News)

Friday, 26 February 2016

Ukrainian Jewish leaders appeal to Holland: Give our country the chance to break with the past
(RISU: Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Christian NHS worker challenges ruling on giving book to Muslim colleague
(BT.com)

Christian channel gives hope to refugee children fleeing Syria with on-air education
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Indonesia's Psychiatry Association classifies LGBT people as having a 'mental disorder'
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

U.S. plans to put advisers on front lines of Nigeria’s war on Boko Haram
(Eric Schmitt and Dionne Searcey, The New York Times)

Anger as Christian lawyer paraded on Chinese state TV for 'confession'
(Tom Phillips, The Guardian)

Two suicide bombers kill 15 at Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad
(Reuters)

Disputes delay video surveillance at tense Jerusalem shrine
(Karin Laub and Josef Federman, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

How Tunisia became a top source of ISIS recruits
(Yaroslav Trofimov, The Wall Street Journal)

Lancaster County residents warned their Amish neighbors of tornado alert, saving lives, officials say
(Steve Marroni, Penn Live)

Mosque bacon attack could get Titusville suspect life in prison
(J.D. Gallop, Florida Today)

Halal foods pioneer gets 2-year prison term for export fraud
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Minister accepts congressional medal for civil rights marchers
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Federal arrests reveal South Dakota polygamist sect details
(James Nord and Dirk Lammers, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

UK lawmakers' report finds Pakistani Christians, Ahmadis and Hindus face persecution
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Human rights group calls for the release of detained Sudanese pastors
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Catholic leaders win some, lose some in Italy’s new gay unions measure
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)

Italy gay rights: Senate backs watered-down civil union bill
(BBC News)

Trump pledges to work to eliminate ban on religious non-profits endorsing candidates
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Trump on why he's being audited: Maybe it's because I'm Christian
(Nick Gass, Politico)

Trump speculates audit of his tax returns stems from religious discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Data on religious affiliation of Super Tuesday voters
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

FFRF sues Texas governor over Bill of Rights display
(Press Release, Freedom From Religion Foundation)

FFRF sues over governor's removal of Bill of Rights "Nativity" display
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ugandan rabbi said to make history with parliament win
(JTA, Times of Israel)

Greece isolated as stranded refugees seek passage
(John Psaropoulos, Al Jazeera)

Recent consistory court judgments – February
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Analysis: The Marrakesh Declaration avoids hard questions
(Peter Riddell, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)

Both sides now: USA Today does a decent job covering LGBT flap in a Florida town
(Jim Davis, Get Religion (blog))

Assistant Secretary of State Tom Malinowski visits Iraq
(Embassy of the United States (Iraq))

Muslim leaders in Central African Republic unite to support social cohesion
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

A mobile minaret is mightier than the sword (Commentary)
(Laleh Bakhtiar, Religion News Service)

Excommunicated Brazilian obstetrician fights for women’s right to abort Zika babies
(Janet Tappin Coelho, Religion News Service)

Interfaith activists sentenced to two years imprisonment with hard labor
(Zarni Mann, The Irrawaddy)

How contraception court challenge hurts religious freedom
(Sarah Posner, The American Prospect)

Four centuries after Galileo was silenced, UK students are still curbing free speech
(Stephen Pumfrey, The Conversation)

After Paris terror attacks, France struggles with faith on the job
(Nicola Clark, The New York Times)

Bahrain jails secular opposition leader Ibrahim Sharif
(BBC News)

European court says Italy failed to protect detained Egyptian cleric
(Gabriele Steinhauser and Manuela Mesco, The Wall Street Journal)

Israel rights groups: Dozens of Palestinians detained abused
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Amnesty criticizes India for intolerance of dissent
(Nirmala George, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Religious groups mixed over Guantanamo closure plan
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)

Supreme Court abortion case seen as a turning point for clinics
(Erik Eckholm, The New York Times)

Abortion clinics are closing at a record pace
(Esme E Deprez, Bloomberg)

Sedition arrests in India inflame old free-speech tensions
(Nida Najar and Swati Gupta, The New York Times)

Spain arrests man in North African enclave for promoting Islamist militancy
(Reuters)

U.S. court allows Louisiana abortion restrictions to go into effect
(Jon Herskovitz, Reuters)

The last of Iowa's small-town synagogues: seven members still praying
(Ryan Schuessler, The Guardian)

Southern Baptist foreign missionaries drop by nearly 1,000
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Simon & Schuster creates imprint for Muslim-themed children’s books
(Alexandra Alter, The New York Times)

Thursday, 25 February 2016

Saba Ahmed: Urging US Muslims to vote Republican
(Ali Younes, Al Jazeera)

Men, women religious gather to study better response to migration
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)

How Justice Scalia ruled on religious freedom — and why it matters
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

BJC’s Walker says Scalia was no friend of religious liberty
(Bob Allen, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Canadian gvmt panel recommends forcing Christian hospitals to euthanize patients
(Lianne Laurence, Lifesite)

Christian media urged to fight 'war on religious liberty'
(Holly Meyer, The Tennessean)

Why Israeli politicians are turning against the IDF
(Ben Caspit, trans. Danny Wood, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

New thinking on International Religious Freedom
(Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)

A Global Peril: The state of religious freedom today
(Elias D. Mallon, America: The National Catholic Review)

Islamic awakening: An ancient faith encounters modernity
(Daniel Philpott, America: The National Catholic Review)

Report from Vietnam: The struggle between government and religion
(Thomas J. Reese, S.J., and Mary Ann Glendon, America: The National Catholic Review)

Liberty’s Rise and Fall: A modern history of religious freedom
(Drew Christiansen, America: The National Catholic Review)

Peace is Our Calling: Catholics on the front lines of religious freedom advocacy
(Maryann Cusimano Love, America: The National Catholic Review)

European Court buttresses binational same-sex couples’ right to family reunification
(Zsolt Bobis, Strasbourg Observers)

Where are privacy, national security limits in new Digital Age?
(Gene Policinski, Newseum: Inside the First Amendment)

Italy Senate OKs civil unions, but LGBT groups are unhappy
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press: The Big Story)

Contraceptive Coverage at the Supreme Court Zubik v. Burwell: Does the law accommodate or burden nonprofits’ religious beliefs?
(Laurie Sobel and Alina Salganicoff, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation: Women's Health Policy)

Amicus briefs supporting government in Zubik case are filed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Zubik v. Burwell
(SCOTUSblog)

Airline faces religious objection to in-flight movie
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Indictment unsealed charging FLDS church leaders with conspiracy to divert SNAP benefits
(Press Release, Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah)

Feds indict FLDS leaders on food stamp fraud charges
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

China publicizes purported confession of Christian lawyer
(Associated Press: The Big Story)

Nigerian churches unite to address violence in north
(Freedom Declared)

Pakistan: Pro-women bill passes despite clerical opposition
(Elliot Friedland, The Clarion project)

In battle of gay rights vs. individual conscience in Missouri, here's a surprising winner
(Bobby Ross, Jr., Get Religion (blog))

Egypt sentences 4 Coptic teenagers for contempt of Islam
(Maggie Michael, Associated Press)

At Rutgers, Wisconsin and Vassar, anti-Semitic incidents prompt different responses
(JTA)

Iran pledges new funds for families of Palestinian terrorists
(JTA)

I am happy you chose Ghana - Prez Mahama tells Catholic Bishops
(Ernest Senanu Dovlo, Ghana Web)

A closer look at religion in the Super Tuesday states
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Defending the Faith: Of Napoleon and 'religious wars'
(Daniel Peterson, Deseret News)

Religion, culture and tradition: No excuse for violence
(Dunya News Pakistan)

Milan measure restricting the construction of mosques thrown out
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)

Azerbaijan’s promotion of interfaith dialogue hailed
(Azernews)

Calais 'Jungle' camp demolition to begin
(World Watch Monitor)

The hypocrisy of big business attacking Georgia’s religious liberty bill
(Ryan T. Anderson, The Daily Signal)

Georgia: A former U.S. Justice Department’s analysis of this year’s ‘religious liberty’ bill
(Jim Galloway, Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Some are pushing to call the Islamic State’s actions ‘genocide.’ What would that mean?
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)

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