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Thursday, 29 January 2015

Human rights complaint against Ontario school board filed by Atheist
(Kyle Glatz, World Religion News)

Holt v. Hobbs: Does a Muslim prisoner’s case foreshadow the end of affirmative action?
(Dawinder Sindu, Religion & Politics)

Court allows Texas execution
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

Texas set to execute man for killing woman, setting her body on fire
(Jon Herskovitz, Reuters)

City's Orthodox Jews upset with free Pre-Kindergarten program, want time for religious instruction
(Ben Chapman, New York Daily News)

Trial of Egyptian poet over Facebook posting begins
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Orthodox Jewish group blasts NYC universal pre-K program
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Court issues enforcement orders to assure Jehovah's Witnesses access to Puerto Rico urbanizations
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Muslim says he's not allowed to practise religion at Baffin Correctional Centre
(CBC News: North)

The political divide on views toward Muslims and Islam
(Michael Lipa, Pew Research Fact Tank)

Committee passes controversial religious freedom bill
(Bob Beck, Wyoming Public Media)

Why should American Muslims have to assimilate? (opinion)
(Ananya Bhattacharyya, Al Jazeera America)

Egyptian poet Fatima Naoot on trial, for post criticizing Islamic mass animal slaughter ritual
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Gazans storm U.N. building over aid stoppage
(JTA)

Higher education and the long arm of the law, part I
(Joseph Knippenberg, Library of Law and Liberty)

Bureaucratic delays put Egyptian convert's appeal at risk
(Barbara Baker, World Watch Monitor)

Recent violence in Niger shows growing intolerance among religious groups
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)

French president addresses Jews on Holocaust Remembrance Day: 'France is your country. Your place is here. This is your home.'
(Vladislav Davidzon, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Why is the Islamist death cult so appealing?
(Paul Berman, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Montagnards flee to Cambodia, to escape Hanoi’s persecution
(AsiaNews.it)

Chin Christians ready to go to jail to stop cross removal
(Francis Khoo Thwe, AsiaNews.it)

For Indian bishop, to save girls from selective abortions, minds must be educated
(AsiaNews.it)

Jakarta ready to execute five more drug traffickers. Church calls for addiction treatment
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)

For Catholic Church spokesman, al-Sisi's Egypt is more liberal on new churches and freedom of expression
(AsiaNews.it)

Sensitivity about religious images is not unique to Islam
(Voice of America)

In India, President Obama urges greater religious liberty
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

EVENT, 29 January 2015: The new Congress and a new U.S. IRF Ambassador: What the future holds for IRF as a necessary aspect of U.S. foreign policy
(IGE's Faith &International Affairs Conference Call Series, Institute for Global Engagement)

EVENT, 29 January 2015: UMW to commemorate religious freedom
(Lindley Estes, The Free-Lance Star)

EVENT, 29 January 2015: Conference - Can we end poverty?
(Cato Institute, Columbia University, Roone Arledge Auditorium)

More on originalism and same-sex marriage
(Orin Kerr, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Wednesday, 28 January 2015

China's super-rich communist Buddhists
(John Sudworth, BBC News Magazine)

Map: How the flow of foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria has surged since October
(Swati Sharma, The Washington Post WorldViews)

Yazidis ask Israel for help
(Jacky Hugi, trans. Hanni Manor, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Court sides with Trinity Western law school
(Paul McLeod, The Chronicle Herald)

Braving Arab-Islamic tradition, Egyptian women are beginning to use the bicycle
(AsiaNews.it)

Ugandan bishop willing to defend notorious Lord’s Resistance Army commander in war crimes court
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Getting Religion - report launch
(Religion, Martyrdom and Global Uncertainties, The Open University)

South Sudan militia free 280 child soldiers
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Greece, religion and geopolitics: A hint of civilisations clashing
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

These are the religious beliefs of Europe’s leaders—including the atheists
(Kabir Chibber, Jason Karaian, Quartz)

Trinity Western law students OK to practise in Nova Scotia
(Blair Rhodes, CBC News | Nova Scotia)

Nova Scotia Supreme Court rules in favour of Trinity Western
(The Canadian Press, Times Colonist)

Opinion in Trinity Western University v. Nova Scotia Barristers' Society
(Supreme Court of Nova Scotia)

UN strategy to combat religious intolerance - is it fit for purpose?
(Marc Limon, Nazila Ghanea, and Hilary Power, Open Democracy)

Reflections on religious freedom around the world
(Cornerstone Blog, Religious Freedom Project at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Policy makers must "get religion" to prevent violence
(Getting Religion event - Video highlights, The Open University and Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)

Your video think piece: 'Getting religion' is crucial when covering complex, even violent news stories
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)

Luxembourg moves towards further separation of religion and the state
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Sweden's Court hears case for religious freedom, again
(Baila Olidort, Chabad Lubavitch News)

Mijatović calls on authorities in Azerbaijan to ensure safety of journalists and free speech advocates
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Row over Obama’s speech on religion
(Lakshmi Iyer, Mumbai Times)

Guest Blog: What Obama missed during his trip to India
(Vishal Mangalwadi, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)

ECtHR holds hearing on genocide denial (detailed report)
(Armenian Weekly)

Amal Clooney's latest case: Why Turkey won't talk about the Armenian genocide
(Raziye Akkoc, The Telegraph)

What is free speech for?
(Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Post)

Non-Muslim University of Saskatchewan students wear hijabs
(CBC News: Sakatoon)

Anti-Muslim rhetoric flares up in India [opinion]
(Alan Potter, Foreign Policy in Focus)

Religious freedom in the home of Catholicism: A uniquely Italian dilemma
(Melissa Lewis, Cornerstone Blog: Religious Freedom Project at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

How religion is being used to win power in Myanmar
(Htun Aung Gyaw, The Nation)

Utah businesses need religious freedom bill
(Michael Erickson and Jenet Jacob Erickson, Deseret News)

Charlie Hebdo and the price of freedom denied: Studies find independent courts and civility best protect liberties, lessen conflict
(David Briggs, The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA))

The Charlie Hebdo murders: An attack on religious liberty, not free expression
(Doug Bandow, The World Post)

Mosul deteriorates under IS occupation
(Omar al-Jaffal, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

The trouble with wearing turbans in America
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Mass surveillance is fundamental threat to human rights, says European report
(Luke Harding, The Guardian)

More companies win on basis of Hobby Lobby decision
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Parent voices concern over religious sign in public school
(Olivia Mancino, KWWL.com (Iowa))

Alabama same-sex marriage developments: A second decision and defiance
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Reject legislation that uses religion to cloak discrimination, and practice the golden rule
(Jane Henegar, Greensburg Daily News (Indiana))

Suit challenges dismissal for praying at work by speaking in tongues
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Hezbollah attack kills Israeli soldiers near Lebanon, raising fears of escalation
(Isabel Kersher and Anne Barnard, The New York Times)

Egyptian poet goes on trial accused of contempt of Islam
(Mahmoud Morad, Reuters)

Egypt’s war on atheism
(Mona Eltahawy, The New York Times)

Egypt's top Muslim cleric backs Brotherhood arrests
(Agence France-Presse)

France's false choice: Can liberal societies come to terms with religious illiberalism?
(Shadi Hamid, The Atlantic)

Argentina Jewish community boycotts Holocaust memorial
(BBC News)

China to continue ordaining bishops, clerics without Vatican blessing
(Miko Morelos, The Ecumenical News)

Russian Orthodox Church concerned about church arsons in Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)

Chinese police raided 148 points in Muslim Xinjiang in 2014
(World Bulletin)

China tells Vatican not to interfere in its internal affairs
(Hannah Roberts, The Tablet: The International Catholic News Weekly)

Kenya's Christian-owned Hope FM radio hijacked
(BBC News)

Nigeria's Sharia police arrest 12 over 'gay wedding'
(Agence France-Presse)

Duke, Muslims and the politics of intimidation
(Charles C. Haynes, Green Bay Press Gazette)

Communist officials in Tibet punished for helping Dalai Lama
(Louise Watt, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Alabama Supreme Court chief justice encourages defiance on gay marriage ruling
(Jonathan Kaminsky, Reuters)

American Bible Society will depart New York for Center City
(Claudia Vargas, The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Mormon Church seeks middle ground on LGBT protections and religious freedom
(Michelle Boorstein and Abby Ohlheiser, The Washington Post)

In our opinion: Fairness for all in religious liberty protections and LGBT anti-discrimination laws
(Editorial Board, Deseret News)

Integrating Europe’s Muslims
(Javier Solana, Arab News)

'We imams are part of the solution': Denmark anti-radicalisation plan
(The Local (Denmark))

German anti-immigrant group PEGIDA seeks new leader ... again
(Lisa De Bode, Al Jazeera America)

PEGIDA rallies across Germany, prompting fear among Muslims
(Daily Sabah)

Mormon church leaders call for legislation protecting LGBT rights and religious liberty
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

A mass call from Myanmar’s civil society to drop ‘Nation, Race and Religion’ bills
(Matt Roebuck, Mizzima)

Bill aimed at giving students more religious expression
(Andalusia Star News)

When public religion is rare, it gets weird
(Leah Libresco, Patheos Blog: Unequally Yoked)

Improper race and religion references in Adnan Syed trial
(Mansi Shah, Baltimore Sun)

Jordan says it would swap terrorist for ISIS captive
(Jethro Mullen and Mariano Castillo, CNN)

After Charlie Hebdo, balancing press freedom and respect for religion
(Jeffrey Gotfried and Michael Barthel, Pew Research: Journalism and Media)

Serving God, law at a Philippine bank
(Gregory J. Millman, The Wall Street Journal)

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