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Thursday, 16 April 2015

Egypt official says she burned books ‘corrupting’ children
(Al Arabiya News)

Police chief: Two civilians that were hit by car were victims of terrorist attack
(The Jerusalem Post)

Russia hopes UN Syria talks will lead to united fight with ISIS
(The Jerusalem Post)

Religion in Cuba: Chango unchained
(The Economist)

Congress’ anti-Semitism task force meets with European envoys
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Everyone is equal, state has no religion: Imran Khan
(Dunya News)

EU parliament calls for Turkey to recognise 'genocide'
(Umut Uras, Al Jazeera)

EVENT, 16 April 2015: Religious Freedom & Foreign Policy
(The Newseum - Knight Conference Center, Washington DC)

EVENT: Religious Freedom & Foreign Policy
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)

Wednesday, 15 April 2015

Boy dies after being set on fire
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide - USA)

The European Court of Human Rights - old and new findings on freedom of religion and belief
(Ottenberg, Daniel - German Evangelical Alliance, Sabinet Reference)

Native elders and spirituality denied to inmates in jail
(Anthony Peter-Paul, CBC News)

How Christians turned against gay conversion therapy
(Jonathan Merritt, The Atlantic)

European Legal (In)Action and the Ukraine Crisis
(Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Just Security)

The European Convention meets the Crisis in Ukraine
(Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Just Security)

The targeted killing that wasn’t: What we can learn from the case of Mohanad Mahmoud al-Farekh
(Brett Max Kaufman, Just Security)

Newman and Vatican II
(George Weigel, First Things)

The man at the heart of the landmark same-sex marriage case
(Richard Wolf, USA Today)

Liverpool will take action against fan who branded Muslim men 'a disgrace' for praying during half-time at Anfield
(Tom Sheen, The Independent)

Russian upper house passes bill allowing convicts to meet with priests
(Russian Legal Information Agency)

Israeli minister demands a halt to Al-Aqsa renovations
(Middle East Monitor)

Teen admits to vandalizing suburban Washington synagogue
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Northwestern University library hit with swastika
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Sri Lankan authorities seek to disband Adventist congregation
(Adventist Review)

How can we balance religious freedom with the rights of others?
(Pat Perriello, National Catholic Reporter)

U.S. military ‘hostile’ to Christians under Obama; morale, retention devastated
(Jacqueline Klimas, The Washington Times)

Commentary: The Supreme Court and marriage for same-sex couples — Part I
(Michael Klarman, SCOTUSblog)

The jujitsu of same-sex marriage
(Hadley Arkes, First Things)

Indian government says Church attacks were criminal not political
(Reuters)

Parent protests 'Pretend you're a Muslim' homework assignment
(Christian Today)

2,200 join first International Bible Marathon in Israel
(Angie Chui, Christian Today)

Nigerian Christians feel mixture of hope and anxiety after Buhari's presidential win
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)

Tennessee house of representatives approves Bible as official state book
(The Associated Press)

Atheist group drops lawsuit against 'Under God' in New Jersey school pledge
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)

Georgia senator vows to resurrect state religious freedom bill in 2016
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)

Louisiana lawmakers debate religious freedom bill despite controversies
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)

Louisiana Religious Freedom bill amendments proposed, then deferred
(Mike Johnson and Lenar Whitney, The TImes-Picayune)

After 15 years, legal victory for family of pastor believed abducted by North Korea
(Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times)

U.S. drone kills a top figure in Al Qaeda’s Yemen branch
(Scott Shane, The New York Times)

El Salvador jails women for miscarriages and stillbirths
(Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times)

Evangelical critics of gay marriage and women bishops meet in London to plot schism
(Jamie Merrill, The Independent)

'Christian Taliban's' crusade on Ukraine's front lines
(Sheren Khalel, Matthew Vickery, Al Jazeera)

A concentration camp liberator shares his story
(Jan L. Apple, The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Student coalition at Stanford confronts allegations of anti-Semitism
(Jennifer Medina, The New York Times)

Guam attorney general orders gay marriage to move forward
(Grace Garces Bordallo, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Failing to face the gender challenge – note on the European Court of Human Rights Jurisprudence
(Chochav Elkayam-Levy, IntLawGrrls)

The Holocaust: Beyond Remembrance
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Remembering the Holocaust, speaking the truth
(Charles C. Haynes, GazetteXtra)

Canada Supreme Court rules against prayer at city council meetings
(CBC News)

Canadian Supreme Court rules against prayer at city council meetings
(Ron Csillag, Religion News Service)

Chinese government white paper criticizes Dalai Lama's "non-violent facade" [Simplified Chinese]
(China News)

China issues Tibet white paper accusing Dalai Lama of 'duping' Buddhists
(Liam Bourke, The Shanghaiist)

China's 'evil' church demolition campaign continues, say activists
(Tom Phillips, The Telegraph)

Jehovah’s Witness molestation-case damages cut to $2.8 million
(Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle)

California appeals court: no duty to warn congregants of child molester
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

AG Pruitt to offer training & assistance to schools to defend religious freedom
(Press Release, Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General)

Oklahoma school district reluctantly stops handing out Bibles after atheist group threatens to sue
(David Edwards, Raw Story)

Oklahoma AG promotes right of schools to have neutral policy allowing Bible distribution
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

USCIRF press release on Yom Hashoah
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Circumcision debate between mother, father headed for federal court
(Kate Jacobson, Sun Sentinel)

Florida lawsuit claims court enforcement of parenting plan for circumicison of 4+ year old boy is unconstitutional
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pruitt defends religious freedoms in schools
(Charlie Taraboletti, Bartlesville Radio)

Indian government says church attacks not political
(Rupam Jain Nair, Reuters)

Ukrainian Jewish leader slams security boss for praising anti-Semitic militia
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

London judge upholds U. of Southampton’s decision to cancel anti-Israel confab
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Religious liberty and the building of a mosque near ground zero (Paywall)
(Janet Parshall, Craig Parshall, and Barry Lynn, Moody Audio)

Turkey's Erdogan: 'I condemn the pope' over Armenia genocide comment
(Humeyra Pamuk, David Dolan, and Louise Ireland, Reuters)

Violent anti-Semitic incidents worldwide soar by 40 percent
(Jewish Journal)

Kazakh teens convicted of promoting terrorism
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

Tennessee attorney general says Bible bill unconstitutional
(Tim Ghianni, Reuters)

Report counts sharp spike in global anti-Semitism
(Kim Hjelmgaard, Religion News Service)

Pope Francis throws the weight of his office behind tackling climate change
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Lawmakers, church urge Uganda to apply land policy giving women access to land
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Pakistan's Christians faithful, resilient in face of persecution
(Matthew Davies, Anglican Communion News Service)

Aleppo's Christians face rising violence
(Edward Dark, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)

AKP's stance on Armenians worries Christians
(Fehim Tastekin, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Turkish students' Jedi temple protest
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Egypt exports interfaith ‘Bridge’
(Jayson Casper, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)

Erdogan rethinks sectarian politics
(Semih Idiz, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

'Significant ramping' of political repression in the Gulf, activists warn
(Jenifer Fenton, Al Jazeera America)

Guam attorney general orders territory to allow gay marriage
(Al Jazeera America)

Uzbekistan: "She fears police brutality during interrogation and administrative arrest"
(Forum 18 News Service)

Redefining marriage would put kids of heterosexuals at risk
(Gene Schaerr, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)

EVENT, 15 April 2015: Luncheon forum: "Religion, Speech, Journalism and Terrorism"
(Carla Hinton, Dialogue Institute of the Southwest-Oklahoma City)

EVENT, 15 April 2015: Charles Taylor discusses Meditation and the Lives of Faith Today
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

EVENT, 15 April 2015: “Gay Rights and Religious Liberty: Constitutional Crossroads or Politics as Usual?”
(Thomas Powers, Carthage College)

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS due 15 April 2015: The Legitimate Scope of Religious Establishment
(Sponsors: Fondazione Marcianum, Emory University, Bar-Ilan Unversity, Padua University, Workshop in Venice, 7-9 March 2016)

EVENT, 15 April 2015: The Gathering Storm: Religious Persecution and Legislative Responses
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

EVENT, 15 April 2015: The Gathering Storm: Religious Persecution and Legislative Responses
(Baroness Elizabeth Berridge and former Congressman Frank Wolf, Religious Freedom Project of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs in cooperation with Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion)

Ireland: Religions unite against marriage equality referendum
(Fiachra Ó Cionnaith, The Irish Examiner)

Tuesday, 14 April 2015

Effort to make the Bible Tennessee's official book bogs down
(Erik Schelzig, Associated Press)

Republican Senate leaders decide to co-sponsor religious freedom bill in Maine
(Kevin Miller, Portland Press Herald)

The never-ending tragedy of Nigeria’s missing schoolgirls
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)

Nigeria abductions: Vows to remember Chibok girls
(BBC News)

A year after kidnap of schoolgirls in Nigeria, hope dwindles
(Michelle Faul, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Gerry Adams: Ireland’s equal marriage vote is ‘bigger than any one party’
(Pink News)

Manhattan synagogue members in court to stop sale of building
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Government involvement complicates balance between minority rights and religious freedom
(Josh Kaib, Watchdog Arena)

‘Religious freedom’ laws threaten to roll back women's access to basic health care
(Tara Culp-Ressler, Think Progress)

Why is Isis a wake-up call to Muslim women?
(Homa Khaleeli, The Guardian)

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