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Saturday, 21 February 2015

ISIS is not a terrorist group: Why counterterrorism won’t stop the latest jihadist threat
(Audrey Kurth Cronin, Foreign Affairs)

Op-Ed: Islamic State's horrible healing power in Egypt
(Nina Shea, Los Angeles Times)

Islamic State spurs increased jihadist activity in Australia
(Andrew Zammit, The Jamestown Foundation)

Daesh burns 50 civilians to death in Iraq's al-Anbar province
(Al Bawaba News)

At least 25 dead in triple bombing in east Libya: medics
(Agence France-Press, Your Middle East)

More than 400 Turkmens in Iraq abducted by Daesh
(Al Bawaba)

Islamist rebels launch deadly attack in Somali hotel
(The Telegraph)

Some signs of tension emerge among Islamic State militants
(Zena Karam, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Disillusioned by ISIL: Saudi preacher reveals group's takfiri approach
(Sultan al-Barei in Riyadh, Al-Shorfa)

Kyrgyz joining IS not illiterate, religious, or disadvantaged
(Joanna Paraszczuk, Radio Free Europe)

Real battle to dislodge Boko Haram begins in March
(This Day Live)

What they get wrong about ISIS
(Rob Schwarzwalder, Real Clear Religion)

Friday, 20 February 2015

Constantinople is ready to help establish a unified local Church in Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Memorial service for Heaven’s Hundred Heroes performed at Ukrainian churches
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Obamacare and the Supreme Court: When ambiguity is a saving grace
(S.W., The Economist [Democracy in America: American politics])

World Evangelical Alliance inaugurates new head in Honduras
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Nigeria: 158 freed Boko Haram abductees reunited with their families
(Michael Olugbode, This Day Live)

Girls who escaped Boko Haram defy kdnappers, go back to school
(This Day Live)

Nigeria elections 2015 Muslims and Christians: Religion being used to divide voters, opposition party says
(Elizabeth Whitman, International Business Times)

Longtime lawmaker Frank Wolf's new fight to represent Middle East's Christians
(Lauren Green, Fox News)

Supreme Court’s recent attention to religion isn’t impressive: Charting 65 years of cases
(Tobin Grant, RNS Blog: Corner of Church and State)

GA religious freedom bill is tabled after an amendment wasn’t allowed to be presented
(Jon Richards, Peach Pundit)

Tacoma judge reprimanded for questioning defendant’s religious head covering
(Adam Lynn, The News Tribune)

SD House committee reviews religious freedom court standard
(Keloland Television)

St. John’s hosts panel on Mideast Christians
(Mark L. Movsesian, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)

Romanian court completely acquits the 21 people from MISA yoga school accused of human trafficking
(European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom)

Measles outbreak: California bill would end all vaccination loopholes except medical
(Tracy Seipel and Lisa M. Krieger, San Jose Mercury News)

Group wants ND House GOP to apologize for canceling prayer
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)

San Francisco archbishop rejects lawmakers’ criticism on morality clauses
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Teen says he was attacked for not talking about religion
(Elizabeth Faugl, ABC News)

Kansas senate approves restrictive abortion bill
(Valerie Howell, The JURIST)

Kazakhstan jails two radical Islamists for terrorism
(Radio Free Europe)

Russian, Austrian public, religious figures to discuss situation of European Jews
(Religion News Today)

Irish voters to decide on same-sex marriage in May referendum
(Chris Johnston, The Guardian)

After attacks, Denmark hesitates to blame Islam
(Andrew Higgins, The New York Times)

Plano officials: false information renders petitions opposing Equal Rights Ordinance invalid
(Wendy Hundley, The Dallas Morning News)

Supreme Court to hear religious discrimination case (Abercrombie & Fitch)
(Emily Hardman, The Beckett Fund for Religious Liberty)

Is Twitter giving in to Turkish censorship?
(Sibel Utku Bila, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Law alone can’t dismantle Islamophobia
(Deepa Iyer, Al Jazeera America)

Imam of torched Houston mosque meets Islamophobia with love
(Ehab Zahriyeh, Al Jazeera America)

Chief rabbi says he won’t validate municipal rabbis’ conversions
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

In Irving, it’s religious freedom against Sharia-phobia
(Bud Kennedy, Star-Telegram)

U.S. Muslims take on ISIS’ recruiting machine
(Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times)

'Exponential rise' in Syria war crimes: UN probe
(Your Middle East)

Parliament member requests inspection of Russian Scientology Church
(RAPSI)

US wants Mosul offensive on IS in April-May
(Your Middle East)

Greenland: 98 per cent are Protestant but...
(Evangelical Focus)

Under fire, Georgia GOP leaders defend efforts on ‘religious liberty’ bill
(Kristina Torres, The Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Losing their religion: More women join the unspiritual set
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)

New Delhi police arrest Christian protesters
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Belarus: Slander and obstruction to keep foreigners out
(Forum 18 News Service)

Remarks by the President at the Summit on Countering Violent Extremism
(Press Release, The White House)

In second speech on terrorism, Obama again rejects idea of war with Islam
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

President Obama sends warm wishes for the Lunar New Year
(The White House)

Statement by the President on Ash Wednesday
(Press Release, The White House)

Obama sends Ash Wednesday and Lunar New Year greetings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

ACLU lawsuit charges Calaveras County with unconstitutionally promoting one particular religious belief
(Press Release, ACLU)

Suit challenges county resolution recognizing Christian pregnancy services organization
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Hollman Report: Religious freedom doesn’t require risking public health (Opinion)
(K. Holly Hollman, Baptist Joint Commission for Religious Liberty)

Student free speech bill passes KY Senate
(Tom Loftus, The Courier-Journal)

'Let your daughters fly,' says a young Pakistani Christian writer
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)

Maidan violence investigations
(International Advisory Panel, Council of Europe)

Face-veils and citizenship oaths: Ishaq v Canada
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

The two shall become one flesh: Reclaiming marriage
(Evangelicals and Catholics Together, First Things)

Why I wear the mantilla
(Luma Simms, First Things)

Bishops’ call for vision provokes anger
(Tim Wyatt, Church Times)

Thursday, 19 February 2015

Hungary sees little EU action on rights concerns, says HRW
(Eurasia Review)

Merging religious rights, nondiscrimination would be 'miraculous,' state senator says
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)

SBC to vote on NAMB ministry amendment
(Art Toalston, Baptist Press)

For Indian Jesuit, Narendra Modi's bluff will be called sooner or later
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Faisalabad: For the past year, dozens of Christian families have been homeless, threatened by Muslims
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)

If Beijing does not grant religious freedom to the Church diplomatic relations are useless
(Peace, AsiaNews.it)

The death penalty: My letter to the Governor and legislative leaders of Kansas
(Robert George, Mirror of Justice)

Mayor: 'Without Jews Paris would not be city that it is'
(Oren Dorell, USA Today)

First Amendment: Fifty years later, schools still struggle with religion
(Charles C. Haynes, GazetteXtra)

Former B.C. premier Ujjal Dosanjh calls for certification of places of worship
(Dylan Robertson, The Vancouver Sun)

Faiths unite to mourn the death of 21 Coptic Orthodox Christians
(Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.))

French Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia pushes back on Israel immigration call
(Josh Nathan-Kazis, The Jewish Daily Forward)

Texas Supreme Court blocks same-sex marriage licenses
(Ray Sanchez, Carma Hassan, CNN)

Jewish shrine desecrated in Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)

The other side of the Kurdish victory in Kobani
(Goran Sadjadi, Your Middle East)

Set the Kurds free: The case for a new state in northern Iraq
(The Economist)

MPs are interested in Scientologists' work in Petersburg
(Interfax-Religion)

Buddhist organizations have important role in Russian public life - Putin
(Interfax-Religion)

Metropolitan tells Poroshenko that Orthodox churches are being seized illegally
(Interfax-Religion)

Supreme Court to hear case of a headscarf that cost a Muslim teen a job
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Islamism has many faces. We must learn to read them all
(HA Hellyer, The Guardian)

ISIL bans music in Syria
(Waleed Abu al-Khair, Al-Shorfa)

ISIS militants attack music in burning of 'un-Islamic' drums and other instruments in Libya
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)

After ISIS slaughters Christians, an Egyptian village mourns its sons
(Ian Lee and Jethro Mullen, CNN)

Ukraine: The fire that did not cease
(The Economist)

How ISIS makes (and takes) money
(Ashley Fantz, CNN)

Greece: Address longstanding rights issues
(Human Rights Watch)

For Somalis in Minneapolis, jihadi recruiting is a recurring nightmare
(Dina Temple-Raston, NPR)

Obama closes summit on violent extremism by speaking about Muslims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Remarks by the President in closing of the summit on countering violent extremism
(Press Release, The White House)

Obama calls for expansion of human rights to combat extremism
(Peter Baker, The New York Times)

Obama says US at war with those ‘perverting Islam’
(Al Jazeera America)

Obama’s anti-extremism plan lacks human rights safeguards
(Steven W. Hawkins, Al Jazeera America)

Is Europe closing door to refugees?
(Tom Rollins, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

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