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Saturday, 28 February 2015

February 2015 Media Survey: Freedom of Religion or Belief in Former Soviet States
(Catherine Cosman, Senior Policy Analyst, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

The law and children
(Helen Alvaré, American: The National Catholic Review)

Why we should read Dante as well as Shakespeare
(Peter Hainsworth, OUPblog Religion)

Dominicans keep hope alive among Iraqi Christian community
(ICAN)

EVENT, 23-28 February 2015: International Conference, "Towards Religious Freedom in Africa"
(An initiative of the Centre for Human Rights of the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos in collaboration with the Nigerian Bar Association (Lagos and Ikeja Branches); The African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (South Africa), and the Internationa)

Consistory court catch-up, February 2015
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Jews and Muslims in Europe find themselves in the same rocky boat
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

Europe without Jews?
(Guy Millière, Gatestone Institute)

Some legislation on religious and belief communities in Norway
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Catholic diocese raided in Oslo
(Nina Berglund, NewsinEnglish.no)

Faith, family and religious freedom subject of apostle's speech at California university
(Mormon Newsroom)

Elder Holland calls on Christians to unite to counter trends harming faith, family and religious freedom
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)

Five Biblical remixes from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Nyasha Junior, OUPblog Religion)

Turkish President Erdoğan slams Austria's controversial Islam law
(Hürriyet Daily News)

Friday, 27 February 2015

Egyptians of all faiths pray for Copts killed by ISIL
(Waleed Abu al-Khair, Al Shorfa)

Morocco’s religious diplomacy in Africa
(Ghita Tadlaoui, FRIDE)

USCIRF condemns abduction of more than 200 Assyrian Christians and urges their immediate release
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

USCIRF deeply concerned by reports of Saudi death sentence for apostasy
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Vatican: Italy step up security over threat posed by Islamic militants
(ICAN)

After ISIS threats, Italian coastguards seeks weapons
(Al Arabiya News)

King Salman calls for repelling religious extremism, intolerance
(Al Arabiya News)

Montagnard Christians continue to flee to Cambodia, but are running out of food and supplies
(AsiaNews.it)

Illinois professor could help Utah draft religious liberty, nondiscrimination bill
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)

More courts are telling businesses: stop using religion to discriminate
(The Guardian)

Do-it-yourself Islam? Views on the religious credibility of the Islamic State
(Erwin van Veen & Iba Abdo, The International Relations and Security Network)

The lure of Islamic State for Central Asians
(Qishloq Ovozi, Radio Free Europe | Radio Liberty)

Arson attack against Greek Orthodox seminary in Jerusalem
(AsiaNews.it)

Magistrates to opt out of gay marriage ceremonies in NC
(Christian Today)

Mohammed Emwazi triable in British courts for war crimes, say prosecutors
(Vikram Dodd, The Guardian)

Hungary: Little EU action on rights concerns
(Web Newswire)

The human right to offend: Self-censorship in the face of intimidation has another name: cowardice.
(Ronald Bailey, Reason.com Blog)

Smart ID cards trigger privacy concerns in Turkey
(The Journal of Turkish Weekly)

Exceptionalism: The divine purposes of America and Russia
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Study: China most restrictive of religious freedom
(Thomas D. Williams, Breitbart News)

Do people still believe in life after death?
(Relationships in America | Religion, The Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture)

Four charged over albino murder in Tanzania amid growing calls for action
(Kizito Makoye, Reuters)

Only women and married priests can halt decline (Opinion)
(Malachi O'Doherty, Belfast Telegraph)

Married priests would be the wrong solution (Opinion)
(Tina Beattie, The Tablet: The International Catholic News Weekly (Blogs))

With closed borders, Gazans unable to make Muslim pilgrimage
(Fares Akram, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Teacher denies radicalizing Canadian teens headed to Syria
(Andrew Soong and Jake Bleiberg, Reuters)

Newcastle prepares for first UK Pegida rally against 'Islamisation'
(Matthew Taylor, The Guardian)

Morals clause in Catholic schools roils Bay area
(Carol Pogash, The New York Times)

Iranian pastor released from prison but others arrested same day remain
(Lauren Gunias, World Watch Monitor)

Anti-Islamic protesters shout at Muslims at Oklahoma Capitol
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)

Campus anti-Semitism is not just a Jewish problem
(Jeffrey Salkin, Religion News Service)

Niger: Boko Haram is not a feminist problem - a Nigerian woman's perspective
(Yoknyam Dabale, allAfrica)

Mossad's 'moderate Muslim' scorecard
(Clayton Swisher, Al Jazeera)

Over 25,000 Egyptians returned from Libya this week
(Middle East Monitor)

Female genital mutilation persists in rural Egypt
(Walaa Hussein, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

3 senior faculty attack Notre Dame's granting of benefits to same-sex couples
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Adultery is no longer an affair of the state in South Korea
(Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times)

South Korea's Constitutional Court invalidates criminal adultery law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

ISIS destroys ancient museum and library collections in Iraq to purge non-Islamic content
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Teacher forced out for Facebook posting on religious objections to school billboard can sue
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

City of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, files motion to dismiss wedding chapel’s religious discrimination case
(Scottie Thomaston, Equality on Trial)

US House votes to protect religious freedom in schools
(Cristina Marcos, The Hill)

Bishops praise net neutrality ruling
(Mark Stricherz, Aleteia)

Religious freedom and the gross domestic product
(Peter Berger, The American Interest)

5 European Jews on the wave of anti-Semitic attacks, and what it means for their future
(Christopher Looft, Daily Intelligencer)

Mullah Krekar arrested for praising Charlie Hebdo attack
(BasNews)

Cameron says Britain will do what it can to track down ‘Jihadi John’
(Michael Holden, Al Arabiya News)

Morocco arrests 3 seeking to join ISIS in Libya
(Al Arabiya News)

At least 30 dead in Boko Haram raids near Chibok, Nigeria: residents
(Al Arabiya News)

Minnesota teen pleads guilty to conspiring to support ISIS
(The Jerusalem Post)

Report: Quebec judge denies woman hearing until hijab removed
(The Jerusalem Post)

WCC condemns attacks against a mosque in West Bank and Christian centre in Jerusalem
(World Council of Churches)

PA holds Israel responsible for torching of mosque and church
(Middle East Monitor)

Assad regime executes four Palestinian refugees in Homs
(Middle East Monitor)

South African student body wants plight of Palestinians taught in schools
(Middle East Monitor)

Tackling intolerance beyond religion
(Gde Dwitya Arief Metera, The Jakarta Post)

Chart: The sad state of religious freedom around the world
(Adam Taylor, The Washington Post)

Mitochondrial donation approved in UK law
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

EVENT, 27 February 2015: Women in Leadership: Litmus Test for Democracy in the Middle East and Iran
(Panel of Experts speaking at the U.S. House of Representatives, Women's Freedom Forum)

EVENT, 27-28 February 2015: Wisdom, Law, and Lawyers
(Annual Conference, Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California)

Thursday, 26 February 2015

LGBTTQQFAGPBDSM? Housing for 15 alternative sexualities is OK, but men-only fraternities are not, Wesleyan University says
(Napp Nazworth, The Christian Post U.S.)

Congratulating Wesleyan
(Carl R. Trueman, First Things)

Hindu radicals: We will convert Christians and Muslims until the government stops us
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Defending the Faith: Even in science, faith isn't optional
(Daniel Peterson, Deseret News)

ISIL defectors face group's ire: experts
(Waleed Abu al-Khair, Al-Shorfa)

The latest anti-shechitah crusade: a threat to Jewish rites is a threat to Jewish rights
(Harold Brackman, Jewish Journal)

Eric Moutsos SLCPD Officer/Religious Liberty Ep162 [podcast]
(Richie T, The Cultural Hall)

USCCB: support Health Care Conscience Rights Act
(Catholic World News)

War on religion? Lake Worth orders churches to have license to pray
(Kathleen Walter, Columbia Broadcasting System 12)

Germany seeks to undermine Islamic extremists with religious education
(Matthew Bell, Public Radio International)

Negotiations “very close” on LGBT nondiscrimination, religious liberties bill
(Ben Winslow, Fox News)

Blasphemy iceberg bigger than Hebdo
(Terry Mattingly, Morris Daily Herald)

Nevada religious freedom bill for students sparks uproar
(Chris Sieroty, KNPR)

Ada County Highway District divided over new meeting-prayer policy
(Cynthia Sewell, Idaho Statesman)

In a first, atheist activist addresses conservative conference
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

Anti-Semitism a big problem at US colleges, report says
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Will Austria’s experiment with Islam work for grassroots believers?
(The Guardian)

American atheist blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh
(Agence France-Presse)

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

The Indian Muslim student beaten for posing with his female classmates
(BBC News)

Nigerian police search for kidnapped American missionary
(Tamara Audi and Gbenga Akingbule, The Wall Street Journal)

Air strikes hit Islamic State in Syria after Christians abducted
(Oliver Holmes and Tom Perry, Reuters)

Controversial San Francisco handbook to be reviewed, expanded by theology teacher committee
(Dan Morris-Young, National Catholic Reporter)

From competition to compassion, a university president leads the way
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Transcript available for SCOTUS arguments in Abercrombie & Fitch
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Latest Trends in Religious Restrictions and Hostilities
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life Project)

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