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Monday, 26 January 2015

New report on antisemitism presented to Israeli government
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Sunday, 25 January 2015

La oportunidad perdida de Córdoba
(Guillerma Altares, El País - Cultura)

Musulmanes gallegos reclaman clases de religión islámica para sus hijos
(Alfonso Andrade, La Voz de Galicia)

Saturday, 24 January 2015

Allah for Muslims only ? - 2
(Neil Addison, Religion and Law Blog (UK))

Anti-Muslim acts haved soared in France since Paris attacks, group says
(Al Jazeera America)

California judges barred from Boy Scouts over anti-gay discrimination
(Christine Mai-Duc, Los Angeles Times)

California Judicial Ethics Code changed to bar judges from membership in Boy Scouts
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

China official calls for reduced birth rates in Xinjiang
(Reuters)

Detenidos cuatro yihadistas en Ceuta, dispuestos a inmolarse
(El Mundo)

District court invalidates Alabama same-sex marriage bans
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

How the Houthis took Yemen
(Laura Kasinof, Foreign Policy)

Judge strikes down Alabama gay marriage ban: Three things to know (+video)
(Jessica Mendoza, Christian Science Monitor)

Kurdish forces retake 1% of the land controlled by the Islamic State
(Kate Brannen, Foreign Policy)

State high court's vote affecting Scout affiliation stirs debate anew
(Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times)

The massacre in Paris helps Islamic fundamentalism and the Israeli right
(Uri Avnery, AsiaNews.it)

Thousands of Palestinians protest Charlie Hebdo Mohammad cartoon
(Ali Sawafta and Yusri al-Jamal, Reuters)

Woman ordered to remove hijab files suit against police
(USA Today)

World churches body and UN rights group alarmed at Congo's violent protests
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

World Evangelical Alliance appoints Filipino Efraim Tendero
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Islam and Christianity are the religions of peace and moderation—Interview with Bishop John Bryson Chane
(Kourosh Ziabari, Eurasia Review)

Friday, 23 January 2015

A murderous blame game: Did the provocative cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo "bring it upon themselves"?
(Zac Alstin, MercatorNet)

Anti-Semitism is unfortunately prospering in Europe
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

China ups campaign against practices around superstitious beliefs
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

El Gobierno acepta negociar que Morón sea base contra el yihadismo
(Miguel González López, El País - España)

Empire, Islam and Russia: Faith in expediency
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Judge pressures husband to give Jewish divorce document
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

King Abdullah, the timid Saudi reformer, is dead
(AsiaNews.it)

Legal documents in eruv litigation now available online
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

PNG women accused of sorcery saved from murder in remote village
(Helen Davidson, The Guardian)

Proposed Oklahoma bill would eliminate marriage licenses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Rolling back reforms in Riyadh
(Carlyle Murphy, Foreign Policy)

Suit seeks to require foreign terrorist designation for Hindu nationalist group
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Taipei: 'Christian Life Communities' reflect on youth education
(Xin Yage, AsiaNews.it)

UN rights chief presses Myanmar to censure monk who insulted envoy
(Miko Morelos and Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Japanese Muslims condemn IS kidnapping, threats against hostages
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Burma: Religious Conversion Bill is major setback for religious freedom, human rights'
(Independent Catholic News)

God in the details: NLRB modifies test for jurisdiction over religious education employers
(Christine Holst, The National Law Review)

Bill aims to protect religious freedom on college campuses
(Linda Ong, Ozarks First)

Woman sues Dearborn Heights for forced hijab removal
(Mark Hicks, The Detroit News)

Uganda: Reports of imam beating 15-year-old daughter to death for converting to Christianity
(Angie Chui, Christian Today)

Bishops suspend all Catholic masses in Niger as Charlie Hebdo protests continue
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Survey finds major gender divide in religious beliefs in UK: Most men in 40s are atheists, but twice more women believe in God
(Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post)

Boko Haram emerges as brutal Islamic State of Africa
(Oren Dorell, USA Today)

Modest victory for Israel in quest for international meeting on anti-Semitism
(Somini Sengupta, The New York Times)

Ayatollah Khamenei appeals to Western youth on Islam and prejudice
(Thomas Erdbrink, The New York Times)

Caught between greed and religion: the battle for Kansas public education
(Sarah Smarsh, The Guardian)

Yemen President Hadi resigns after Shiite rebels seize palace
(Mohammed Hatem and Caroline Alexander, Bloomberg)

Add Michigan to the list of states considering RFRA
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Muslim call to prayer highlights divisions and solidarity at Duke University
(Raya Jalabi, The Guardian)

Religious freedom bill returns in Michigan Senate
(Jonathan Oosting, Michigan Live)

Pakistan: Homes of 13 Christian families demolished after they refuse to be bonded labourers
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)

United Methodist pension fund revises investment guidelines
(Tamara Audi, The Wall Street Journal)

Oklahoma to reconsider Bible classes in public schools
(Christian Today)

India: Bishops urge Narendra Modi to stop Hindu mass conversions of Christians
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Religion not poverty is driving Boko Haram, Anglican leaders warn
(George Conger, Anglican Ink)

Activist L.A. priest follows religion of acceptance
(Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times)

Boko Haram emerges as brutal Islamic State of Africa
(Oren Dorell / USA Today, Religion News Service)

The Church of England's divide on female bishops is about to become painfully obvious
(Carol Kuruvilla, Huff Post Religion)

‘We should not give up making our countries better’: Europe responds to terror in France
(Rosella Tercatin, The Jewish Daily Forward)

France takes battle against radical Islam into schools
(Sophie Louet, Reuters)

Obama hopes the Supreme Court recognizes nationwide right to gay marriage
(Byron Tau, The Wall Street Journal)

Former Atlanta fire chief, fired over book storm, files complaint
(David Beasley, Reuters)

Atlanta fire chief files discrimination complaint after losing his job over a religious book
(Abby Ohlheiser, The Washington Post)

A couple of items defending the constitutionality of conjugal marriage laws
(Robert P. George, Mirror of Justice)

Would Britain accept a Jewish Prime Minister?
(Tim Bale, The Telegraph)

Abortion opponents rally on Mall, optimistic that nation’s views are aligning with theirs
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)

A tale of two tweets: Pope and Obama both focus on March for Life
(John Burger, Aleteia)

The changing face of the European Court of Human Rights: Public lecture by Judge Paul Mahoney
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)

Saudi King Abdullah dies, new ruler is Salman
(The Sydney Morning Herald)

Kerry facing summons on lawsuit for designating RSS
(Narayan Lakshman, The Hindu)

Kidnapped CAR cleric & French aid worker released
(World Watch Monitor)

Surveys show bias of potential jurors in Boston bombing trial
(Katharine Q. Seelye, The New York Times)

Thursday, 22 January 2015

Privileged yet unequal: An essay on the Anglo-American legal principle of "Jews lose"
(David Schraub, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Indian Bishops tell government no to "saffronisation", yes to secularism
(AsiaNews.it)

Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur: Ruling on the word 'Allah' threatens religious freedom
(AsiaNews.it)

Judge ‘gets’ to preside over strikingly similar divorce case
(Julia Marsh and Josh Saul, The New York Post)

Proposed bill would end marriage licenses
(Kelsey Powell, KSWO News)

Saudi Arabia's 'reformer' King Abdullah dies
(CNN)

Jews, Muslims, Christians tackle religious violence at Davos
(Arutz Sheva)

This map of the world's most religiously diverse countries may surprise you
(Max Fisher, Vox.com)

Corporate veil or wall of separation?
(Robert Yelle, The Immanent Frame)

Blasphemy and whipping: Lash us instead
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Saudi Arabia postpones flogging of Raif Badawi again
(BBC News)

Flogging of Saudi blogger delayed again on medical grounds
(Aya Batrawy, Associated Press: the Big Story)

Planned flogging of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi postponed again
(Ian Black, The Guardian)

Egypt sentences atheist college student to three years in prison
(Krista R. Burdine, World Religion News)

Man in Yemen accused of attempting to convert others to Baha'i faith
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Yemen's President, cabinet resign
(Nick Paton Walsh and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN)

Article in The Australian on freedom of religion and human rights
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Stoves and fuels sent to thousands of Syrian refugees amid freezing temperatures and snow in Lebanon
(Czarina Ong, Christian Today)

Muslim minorities in Europe
(Cornerstone: Religious Freedom Project - Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Responding to Muslim Minorities in Europe - Part One: Framing the West's cultural war with Islam
(Daniel Philpott, Cornerstone: Religious Freedom Project - Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Responding to Muslim Minorities in Europe - Part Two: A way forward
(Daniel Philpott, Cornerstone: Religious Freedom Project - Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Freedom of ideas does not mean freedom to insult
(Harun Yahya, National Yemen)

New Charlie Hebdo issue: Finding balance between rights and morals in media - analysis
(Penza News, Eurasia Review)

Mims Distributing Company to pay $50,000 lawsuit to settle EEOC religious discrimination lawsuit
(Press Release, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

Company settles EEOC suit; rejected Rastafarian applicant gets $50K in damages
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

First Amendment: Duke, Muslims and the politics of intimidation
(Charles C. Haynes, GazetteXtra)

Muslim population in India grows 24%, slower than previous decade
(Bharti Jain, The Times of India)

Leader of Boko Haram says God told him to carry out massacre
(Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times)

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