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Thursday, 7 January 2016

Remember refugees are fleeing for their lives, urges US bishop
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Germany considers deportations after sexual assaults
(Al Jazeera America)

NYPD agrees to reforms in settlement over Muslim surveillance program
(Al Jazeera America)

Tajikistan: Religious freedom survey, January 2016
(Forum 18 News Service)

Inside the little-known kitchen of Afghanistan's Sikhs
(Danielle Moylan, Al Jazeera)

Rural Fairchild Amish family gets permit, finally
(Eau Claire Leader-Telegram)

Amish contempt citation upheld; Free Exercise issue avoided
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ninth Circuit rules no substantial burden where church could relocate or submit modified application
(Evan Seeman, Karla Chaffee, Dwight Merriam and John Peloso, RLUIPA Defense)

Two RLUIPA zoning decisions from last month
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

First same-sex marriage case in China moves forward
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Dentist sued for harassing staff with constant playing of Christian music
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

“Grossly offensive” or merely “offensive”? DPP v McConnell: a note
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Indian Church denies rumours it supports Hindu nationalist party
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)

Muslims push for blasphemy law after failing to jail Pastor who called Islam 'satanic'
(Liam Deacon, Breitbart News)

Georgia faces new anti-discrimination battle in ‘religious liberty’ fight
(Greg Bluestein, Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Summer exams will not be fitted around Ramadan, confirm boards
(Richard Adams, The Guardian)

Free speech, even when grossly offensive, has to be defended
(Roy Greenslade, The Guardian)

Sudanese pastor acquitted of obstructing church demolition
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Ugandan bishop to shun Anglican meeting until ‘godly order’ is restored
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Sharp spike in anti-Semitic incidents across France, new report finds
(Elizabeth Bryant, Religion News Service)

Paris attacker shouting ‘God is great’ in Arabic shot and killed
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Israel aiding Paraguayans displaced by worst flooding in 50 years
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Jews in north London attacked with gas canisters
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

We will rebuild your torched churches, Egypt president tells Christians
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Syrian Christian leaders condemn ISIS bombing that killed 16 at Christian-owned restaurants
(Katherine Weber, The Christian Post)

Garissa University reopens 9 months after Islamists slaughtered 150 Christian students
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

ISIS burns Christians alive in locked caskets, escaped prisoner reveals
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Pakistani Christian mother on death row for blasphemy forgives Muslim persecutors
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Syrians trapped in 'extremely dire' crisis, forced to eat dogs, cats, grass to survive
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Louisiana city votes to add 'In God We Trust' stickers to police vehicles
(Katherine Weber, The Christian Post)

Washington enacts 'first-of-its-kind' statewide transgender bathroom policy
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Defiance among rogue settlers as Israel accuses Jewish youth of murder
(Dan Williams, Reuters)

Catholic church in Northern Ireland pushes against easing of abortion law
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Charlie Hebdo anniversary: Paris police shoot man dead
(BBC News)

Arizona churches offer sanctuary to Central Americans who face deportation
(Daniel González, The Arizona Republic)

Wheaton professor denounces efforts to fire her
(Manya Brachear Pashman, Chicago Tribune)

Alabama justice: Order against gay marriage still in place
(Kim Chandler and Phillip Lucas, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

A year after ‘Je suis Charlie’, a divided France struggles
(Ingrid Melander, Reuters)

Some lapsed Israeli Jews find religion in unlikely place: their Filipino partners
(Judy Maltz, Haaretz)

For U.S. Catholic bishops, now is the time to speak up on gun violence
(MIchael Bayer, The Washington Post)

Bangladesh upholds death sentence for Islamist leader Motiur Rahman Nizami
(Agence France-Presse)

Gambia says female govt workers must wear headscarves
(Reuters)

Franciscan priest freed from captivity in Syria
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Vatican newspaper denounces 'woeful' Charlie Hebdo cover
(Reuters)

Nigeria court in Kano sentences cleric to death for blasphemy
(BBC News)

Salt Lake City's first openly gay mayor sworn into office
(Michelle L. Price, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

3 Chicago Archdiocese Catholic schools to close
(Manya Brachear Pashman and Karen Ann Cullotta, Chicago Tribune)

Man behind armed Oregon band says he's on mission from God
(Terrence Petty and Michelle Rindels, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Storm of controversy swirls around Orthodox rabbinic statement promoting interfaith relations
(Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News)

Groundbreaking petition signed by leading rabbis calls for increased partnership between Jews and Christians
(Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News)

Champion of interfaith relations mourned
(The Australian Jewish News)

Groups join interfaith movement against extremism
(The Jakarta Post)

The rumble over religious freedom: Will Georgia’s most divisive bill help or hurt the state?
(Max Blau, Atlanta Magazine)

Business partnership formed to fight "religious freedom" bill
(Dave Williams, Maria Saporta, Atlanta Business Chronicle)

Philosophy professor to give religious freedom talk at UMW
(Lindley Estes, Fredericksburg.com)

When it comes to gender equality, religion in Japan lags behind
(Noriko Kawahashi, The University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

In 2016, genocide is taking place and it must end
(Charles C. Haynes, The Newseum Institute: Inside the First Amendment)

Indian Church denies rumours it supports Hindu nationalist party
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)

It looks like Google gave $6 million in free advertising to the Church of Scientology
(Jim Edwards, Business Insider Australia)

Human values across the globe
(Martin Maier SJ JESC, EuropeInfos: Christian perspectives on the EU)

Wednesday, 6 January 2016

Foad Khanjani Released at the End of His Sentence
(Iran Press Watch)

No, Sunni and Shia Muslims have not been fighting forever
(Haroon Moghul, Religion Dispatches)

Scalia is right, but favoring religion is not the problem
(Douglas W. Kmiec, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)

Pope Francis tries his hand at vlogging to promote interfaith peace
(Antonia Blumberg, HuffPost Religion)

Award-winning book influences religious freedom conversation
(Matt Kucinski, Calvin News)

Diplomat tells students to live religious freedom boldly
(Alan Hustak, The Catholic Register)

A new estimate of the U.S. Muslim population
(Besheer Mohamed, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Vatican newspaper denounces ‘blasphemous’ Charlie Hebdo cover
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)

Forget the Magi. Why Italian children await gifts from the good witch
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)

ISIS video linked to UK Muslim group that hailed 9/11
(Reuters, Religion News Service)

Iran and Saudi Arabia: The showdown between Islam's rival powers
(Robin Wright, The New Yorker)

Living with Difference: The Butler-Sloss Commission’s report reflects its members’ interests rather than the public interest
(Bob Morris, guest post, Law & Religion UK)

Flashback 2015: Jewish news, an all-pope Top 10 list and trends on evangelical left
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))

The 2 key religious issues up for debate in 2016
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)

This graph shows how strongly people around the world feel about religion
(Helena Horton, The Telegraph)

Don't flirt or hold hands, top Turkey clerics tell soon-to-weds
(Agence France-Presse)

Who is the Saudi cleric whose death caused the Riyadh-Tehran blowup?
(Liz Sly, The Washington Post)

Islamic State's 'caliphate' shrank 14% in 2015
(World Watch Monitor, Worldwide Religion News)

Anger grows in Saudi Arabia's Shi'ite areas after executions
(Angus McDowall, Reuters)

Police search for vandal who left bacon at Florida mosque
(Barbara Liston, Reuters)

In a first, Chinese gay man sues for right to marry
(Sui-Lee Wee, Reuters)

Indonesia turns to China as ethnic Uighurs join would-be jihadis
(Randy Fabi and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Reuters)

Islamic State threatens to destroy Saudi prisons after executions
(Reporting by Ahmed Tolba in Cairo and Yara Bayoumy in Dubai; Writing by Angus McDowall; Editing by Catherine Evans and Andrew Heavens, Reuters)

No drop in asylum seekers reaching Germany, Berlin says
(Gabriela Baczynska, Reuters)

Alabama Chief Justice tells probate judges to continue refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Alabama chief justice orders halt to licenses for same-sex marriages
(Al Jazeera America)

Nigeria court in Kano sentences cleric to death for blasphemy
(BBC News)

Nigeria: Islamic cleric sentenced to death for 'blasphemy'
(Abdulsalam Muhammad, allAfrica)

Attorney helps judge fight CA judicial rule
(Charlie Butts, One News Now)

California judges will still be able to lead church Boy Scout troops
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pastor cleared over sermon as judge backs right to 'offend, shock or disturb'
(Belfast Telegraph)

Northern Ireland court acquits pastor charged with internet broadcast of anti-Muslim sermon
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Suit challenges county's historic preservation grants to churches
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Some Arizona churches to defy migrants’ deportation, offer them sanctuary
(Daniel Gonzalez, Religion News Service)

Unusual amicus brief In SCOTUS challenge to Texas abortion regulation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Democrats urge Supreme Court to overturn Texas abortion law
(Marisa Taylor, Al Jazeera America)

Dispatches: Tackling India’s archaic LGBT law
(Meenakshi Ganguly, Human Rights Watch)

Charlie Hebdo's cover for attack anniversary stirs debate on coverage of faith
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Christian college seeks to fire hijab-wearing professor
(Al Jazeera America)

Fallen Israeli soldiers can be buried in military cemetery without religious rite
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

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