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Friday, 17 July 2015

New Jewish group wants to restore polygamy
(The Jerusalem Post)

Chinese prosecutors file charges against founder of sham Buddhist cult
(Benjie Batanes, China Topix)

China cremates prominent Tibetan monk against his family’s wishes
(Reuters)

Global ecumenical leaders support call for bilateral ceasefire in Colombia
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Afghan president says negotiations with Taliban are solution
(Amir Shah, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Afghan president says talks with Taliban are solution to strife
(Al Jazeera America)

Syrian refugees describe ISIL-run schools as recruitment centers
(Lauren Williams, Al Jazeera America)

Cameroon bans Islamic face veil after suicide bombings
(Leadership)

Kazakhstan: Mosque again denied legal status, Imam dies, electricity "temporarily" cut off
(Forum 18 News Service)

Hamas leader, Saudi king shake hands after Muslim prayers
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Celebrate Eid: 60,000 enjoy end of Ramadan at event in Birmingham
(Steven Morris, The Guardian)

U.S. Jewish groups aid in recovery after Israeli church arson attack
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Religious liberty extends beyond house of worship
(Todd Hachmann, The Des Moines Register)

India to amend law to expedite Christian divorces
(UCA news)

Women of the Wall member detained at holy site with Torah
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Jerusalem rabbinical court clerk accused of taking bribes
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

10-year-old girl kills 12 in Nigerian suicide bombing; Christian persecution watchdog calls Boko Haram a 'death cult'
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Boy Scouts of America's executive panel votes 17-0 allowing homosexual leaders
(Andre Mitchell, Christian Today)

French churches becoming mosques isn't the big problem – it's rabid secularism
(David Buick, Christian Today)

Sudan: Two Christian women found guilty of public indecency
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Nigeria's Boko Haram crisis: Eid prayer blasts hit Damaturu
(BBC News)

Islamic State claims suicide car bomb that kills 80 in Iraq
(The Jerusalem Post)

ISIS releases execution video of 1,700 Iraqi recruits found in mass graves in Tikrit
(Ray Nothstine, The Christian Post)

Islamic State claims bold strike on an Egyptian navy vessel
(Erin Cunningham, The Washington Post)

Islamic State ordered failed attack on France: prosecutor
(Reuters)

Clashes at Islamist march in Egyptian capital kill 6
(Brian Rohan, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Senior Iranian cleric challenges nuclear deal with world powers
(Bozorgmehr Sharafedin Nouri and Babak Dehghanpisheh, Reuters)

30,000 Lutherans blanket Detroit to volunteer, worship
(Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press)

GOP sees Iran nuclear deal as chance to gain Jewish voters
(Sergio Bustos and Ken Thomas, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Chattanooga mosque where gunman worshiped mourns marines
(Richard Fausset, The New York Times)

Tennessee shootings investigated for possible terrorism link
(Adam Goldman, Greg Miller, and Thomas Gibbons-Neff, The Washington Post)

After spate of attacks, area Muslims reach out during Ramadan to foster better image
(Pamela Constable, The Washington Post)

Thursday, 16 July 2015

Armenian military presence in occupied Azerbaijani territories main obstacle to Karabakh conflict settlement – FM
(APA)

Free speech: what banning ‘gay conversion therapy’ will really stop
(Christopher Rosik, Mercator Net)

Muslim fundraiser for burned black churches close to $100,000 goal
(Renee Lewis, Al Jazeera America)

Where’s the harm? Assisting change in adolescent sexual orientation
(Christopher Rosik, Mercator Net)

Muslim scholars use Ramadan to push for an Islamic renewal
(Aya Batrawy, Associated Press, The Big Story)

The religious liberty defense can, and probably will, obscure the truth
(Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture)

Hungary puts inmates to work on border fence to bar migrants
(Ivana Bzganovic and Pablo Gorondi, Associated Press)

"Human Rights Fanatic": A new criminal offense in Europe?
(Alberto Caruso interview with Roger Kiska, The Catholic World Report)

Same-sex marriage ruling will be followed by new legal battles
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Why America's small businesses aren't cheering same-sex marriage
(Danielle Weatherby, Fortune)

Same-sex marriage and heresy: The importance of anthropology
(Ryan T. Anderson, First Things)

Religious liberty bills gaining ground after Supreme Court same-sex ruling
(Nick Starling, WEAU.com)

Gay rights and religious freedom: Must religious bakers bake cakes for gay weddings?
(W.W., The Economist [Democracy in America: American politics])

Justice Kennedy likens gay marriage opposition to flag burning case: Opponents will dissipate in 'two or three months'
(Ray Nothstine, Christian Post Politics)

Conservatives warn IRS could target gay marriage opponents
(Stephen Ohlemacher, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Mohammad Nassif: The Shadow Man of the Syria-Iran Axis
(Mohammad Ataie, Syria Comment (Joshua Landis))

GuideStone loses on abortion mandate
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)

DC conference hears how UN reticence to deal with faith groups slowed Ebola response
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

LDS Church releases video urging preservation of religious freedom
(Genelle Pugmire, The Herald Extra)

Justin Welby questioned on arms industry ties with Church of England center
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Learning from bodies
(Nora Calhoun, First Things)

Why the Islamic State leaves tech companies torn between free speech and security
(Scott Higham and Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post)

Big Brothers of the Poor: The Tenth Circuit forces nuns to obey the contraception mandate
(Opinion, The Wall Street Journal)

Extremism concerns growing in West and predominantly Muslim Countries
(Jacob Poushter, Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends)

Constitutional Court rules Russian law above European HR Court decisions
(RT)

Russia's Constitutional Court: Russian Constitution supreme over European Human Rights Court orders
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Seattle mayor offers plan to help followers of Sharia law buy houses
(Marc Stiles, Puget Sound Business Journal)

Seattle mayor recommends increasing access to sharia-compliant housing loans
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Senate votes down federal protections for K-12 LGBT students
(Lyndsey Layton, The Washington Post)

Senate lacks votes to adopt LGBT school anti-bullying amendment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

EEOC files one, settles one, religious discrimination suit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

4 militants reported killed in shootout in Kyrgyzstan
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Yemen troops push Shiite rebels out of Aden areas
(Ahmed Al-Haj, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Coalition MP will speak against 'radical Islam threat' at Reclaim Australia rally
(Shalailah Medhora, The Guardian)

Vicar stole money paid to church for weddings and funerals, court told
(The Guardian)

Excavation of WWII mass grave in Lithuania halted over Jewish concerns
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Dunkin’ Donuts franchisee will pay $22,000 to settle EEOC religious discrimination lawsuit
(The National Law Review)

Majority of US evangelicals back Israel
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

New Myanmar law regulates interfaith marriage
(Anna K. Poole, World Magazine)

Councilman wants to amend non-discrimination ordinance to protect freedom of religion
(Joy Lukachick Smith, Chattanooga Times Free Press)

House conservatives battle their own leaders on religious freedom bill
(Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner)

Christians being 'bullied' by society to change minds on gay marriage, argues Sydney Archbishop
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Student told by professor to remove Bible reference from assignment considers legal action
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

'Death with Dignity'?: Plan to legalise assisted suicide in US capital opposed
(Monica Cantilero, Christian Today)

ISIS bid to link up with other radicals in Russia draws terrorism concern in US
(Monica Cantilero, Christian Today)

‘Hands off my church’ petition plays on French worries about Islam
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)

At least 30 dead in triple Islamist attack in NE Nigeria
(Agence France-Presse)

China to prosecute 'cult' leader as crackdown continues
(Reuters)

Iran’s sway undermined by Sunni-Shiite split
(Yaroslav Trofimov, The Wall Street Journal)

Not just another culture war story: Media reactions to Planned Parenthood, and the way forward
(Dominic Bouck, O.P., First Things)

WaPo gets Planned Parenthood abortion organ harvesting story wrong
(Mark Hemingay, The Weekly Standard)

House Republicans to investigate Planned Parenthood over fetal tissue
(Jackie Calmes and Nicholas St. Fleur, The New York Times)

U.S. pastor held in Iran wrongly overlooked in nuclear deal: wife
(Laura Zuckerman, Reuters)

Nearly all states allow religious exemptions for vaccinations
(Aleksandra Sandstrom, Pew Research Center FactTank)

South Carolina judge extends order sealing church massacre documents
(Harriet McLeod, Reuters)

Tunisia's terrorism problem goes beyond Islamic State
(Alessandro Bruno, Geopolitical Monitor)

Dear New York Times: A hijab is not a Burka
(Elisabeth Becker, First Things)

Are Christian Zionists the 800-pound gorilla in the pro-Israel room?
(Nathan Guttman, The Forward)

The UN and family values: A new global force is fighting liberal social mores
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Big win for traditional family at UN Human Rights Council
(Rebecca Oas, Ph.D, Center for Human and Family Rights)

Beating the Islamic State won't fix Iraq
(Elle Abouaoun, United States Institute of Peace)

New Irish law recognizes legal status of transgender people
(Al Jazeera America)

German TV to air Muslim prayers in historic broadcast
(Basma Atassi, Al Jazeera)

Egypt amends anti-terrorism law, eliminates jail time for journalists
(Al Jazeera America)

Azerbaijan: Religious freedom survey, July 2015
(Forum 18 News Service)

A.S. v. Switzerland: missed opportunity to explain different degrees of vulnerability in asylum cases
(Salvo Nicolosi and Ruth Delbaere, Strasbourg Observers)

Baptists in Crimea split over whether to join Russian union
(Religiia v Ukraine, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Russia: Appeals court defends Jehovah's Witness
(Portal-credo.ru, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

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