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Monday, 8 December 2014

World's most corrupt countries highly restrict religious freedom
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

5 ways for religious families to celebrate Advent
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)

For Catholics and Muslims, interreligious dialogue a path to peace
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)

Pakistani pop star-turned-televangelist has no plans to return from hiding in London amid blasphemy investigation
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Pope Francis speaks: 5 takeaways from another blockbuster interview
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

Are vanity license plates government speech? Supreme Court to decide
(Richard Wolf, Religion News Service)

Brotherhood leader’s arrest in Jordan is seen as warning from monarchy
(Rana F. Sweis, The New York Times)

Pope Francis praises Iraqi Christians for persevering under persecution
(Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today)

'Keep Christ in Christmas' parade theme gets Alabama town in hot water
(Christian Today)

On religion, Mexicans are more Catholic and often more traditional than Mexican Americans
(Juan Carlos Donoso, Pew Research Center)

Many U.S. congregations are still racially segregated, but things are changing
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center)

US sends 6 prisoners from Guantanamo to Uruguay
(Leonardo Haberkorn and Ben Fox, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Fearing violence, U.S. Jewish groups create security infrastructure
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)

In troubled times, does 'the black church' still matter?
(Michel Martin, NPR)

Blasphemy Laws: Open letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
(Set My People Free & FOREF Europe, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

Gamers push to ban Bible after Target, Kmart pull 'Grand Theft Auto V' for 'sickening' violence against women
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)

RI court hears $60M dispute with Catholic order
(Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Nuns challenge Obamacare's contraception compromise
(Al Jazeera America)

Religious nonprofits challenge health law
(Kristen Wyatt, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Australia drops Parliament burqa ban after rights groups' outcry
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Episcopal Church split gave life to three new congregations in the Myrtle Beach area
(Steve Jones, Myrtle Beach Online)

Australian Muslims hit back at halal critics as not knowing facts
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)

Faith communities urged to affirm Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution
(Anglican Communion News Service)

Christian Aid hails Parliamentary success for UK Aid Bill
(Anglican Communion News Service)

Ban on Bahasa Malaysia bible in Selangor unrealistic, says Christian group
(The Malaysian Insider)

‘Infidels are our enemy’: Afghan fighters cherish old American schoolbooks
(Rob Crilly, Al Jazeera)

Dueling Tennessee billboards support, oppose Christmas
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition)

President: Turkey is against the denial of religious rights and assimilation
(Daily Sabah)

Syrian Jewish bibles could spark ownership dispute
(Associated Press, Yahoo! News)

Sikhs ask U.S. lawmakers to ensure religious liberty in military
(Pradeep Shankar, Silicon India)

Drinking during pregnancy, foetal personhood and mens rea
(David Pocklington, Law and Religion UK)

Anti-Semitic incidents on rise in France, says minister
(Reuters)

Opinion: We need fraternité against the cancer of French anti-Semitism
(Deutche Welle)

At French rally against anti-Semitic attack, gov’t minister vows national fight
(JTA)

Religious conservatives in Kansas want to revive controversial ‘religious freedom’ bill
(Bryan Lowry, The Wichita Eagle)

Professor will fight charges of 'proselytizing'
(Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow)

Is circumcision holy and healthy?
(Rabbi Allen S. Maller, Eurasia Review)

Unholy row as nativity scene ban divides France
(Anne Penketh, The Guardian)

French local councils ordered to scrap Christmas cribs
(RFI)

France told to avoid 'secular war' after nativity scene ban sparks uproar
(Henry Samuel, The Telegraph)

Jehovah Witnesses and blood transfusions
(Neil Addison, Religion Law blog)

Doctors can ignore 'deeply-held views' of two Jehovah's Witnesses to treat their burns victim son
(The Telegraph)

Judge rules Jehovah’s Witness boy can receive blood transfusion
(The Guardian)

Uzbekistan: State-sponsored media attacks continue
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Wyoming to consider anti-discrimination bill
(Ben Neary, The Kansas City Star)

Prosecutor freezes accounts of ex-Vatican bank heads
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)

Northern Ireland Bishops: New adoption law violates religious freedom
(Vatican Radio)

Russian Supreme Court finds Jehovah's Witnesses' website to be extremist
(Interfax: Religion)

'10 Things I Hate About You' star Andrew Keegan starts new religion
(Lisa Respers, CNN)

Parliament considers bill to criminalize polygamy, infidelity
(Nobel Zaw, The Irrawaddy Journal Magazine)

Saudi religious police crack down on bloggers
(Kersten Knipp, Deutsche Welle)

Pakistan's blasphemy laws backfire on religious groups
(Deutsche Welle)

Burma's controversial family law
(On Islam)

Turkish President Erdoğan criticizes Egypt for Interpol bid on Muslim scholar
(Hürriyet Daily News)

‘Ecumenical Patriarchate title would elevate Turkey’s reputation’
(Cansu Camlibel, Hürriyet Daily News)

Ottoman language classes to be introduced ‘whatever they say,’ vows Erdoğan
(Hürriyet Daily News)

EVENT, 8-9 December 2014: Oxford Women's Leadership Symposisum

In seven states, Atheists push to end largely forgotten ban
(Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times)

Sunday, 7 December 2014

Humanist chaplain: “Religion introduces moral problems that wouldn’t exist otherwise”
(Michael Schulson, Salon)

NYT surveys atheists' push to remove belief requirement for public office
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Iowa's flag desecration and misuse saws invalidated in suit by Westboro Baptist Church demonstrators
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Al-Jamia: Blending modern education with Dawah
(P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News)

Saturday, 6 December 2014

In seven states, Atheists push to end largely forgotten ban
(Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times)

Islamabad: Speakers stress religious harmony for peace
(The Nation)

How ISIS drives Muslims from Islam – OpEd
(Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times Sunday Review)

IRS shifts offices responsible for legal rulings on tax exempt organization Issues
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Paper says Israel's outgoing government failed to remove advantages to Haredi community
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Court to rule on license plate messages, two other cases
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

Supreme Court will review 5th Circuit decision on specialty license plates
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Union Township voices support for LGBT equality following House religious freedom bill
(Randi Shaffer, Morning Sun News)

Myanmar president gives go-ahead on religion and family planning draft law
(Vatican Radio)

Schoolteacher goes to trial over in vitro firing
(Nicholas Sciarappa, National Catholic Reporter)

House approves bill backers say shields religious beliefs; opponents say allows discrimination
(David Eggert, Daily Journal)

Saudi Arabia: 3 million internet users access blocked sites
(Arab News)

Lincoln, God and the Constitution
(Joseph S. Moore, The New York Times Opinion)

Bangladesh government fund makes generous donation to 26 Christian churches
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)

Germany, with the second largest Muslim population in Europe, grapples with calls for burqa ban
(Hanno Hauenstein, i24 News)

Al Azhar promotes Islamic-Christian coexistence against Islamic State terrorism
(Rafic Greiche, AsiaNews.it)

VIDEO: Islam, Gender, and Democracy
(Berkley Center for Religion Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Muslim Marriage Contracts: Female Agency and Autonomy
(Hadia Mubarak, Berkley Forum: Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

EU-Pakistan funding must be linked to freedoms for minorities
(Charles Tannock, The Parliament Magazine)

7 CEOs whose religion will surprise you
(Fortune / Holly Lebowitz Rossi, Time)

Will an ancient Christian culture disappear unless East and West unite?
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

Protect us - One archbishop's plea as Nigeria elections loom
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

Democracy & Islam
(Global Plus, The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA))

EVENT, 6 December 2014: Inform Autumn Seminar - Minority Religions and Schooling
(INFORM: The Information Network on Religious Movements)

Holidays from hell: Satanic Temple wins right to erect ‘fallen angel’ display in Florida
(Russia Today)

‘Religious freedom’ measure moves forward in Michigan
(Emma Margolin, MSNBC)

Friday, 5 December 2014

Kahle takes on school club
(Marie Havenga, Grand Haven Tribune)

Third Netanyahu government stymied by 'shadow of the ultra-Orthodox'
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)

Cameroon's anti-terrorism law - reversal of human freedoms
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, All Africa)

What’s at stake in the Little Sisters of the Poor case against Obamacare
(Daniel Blomberg, Breitbart)

George Whitefield: The Billy Graham of Colonial America
(Thomas S. Kidd, The Wall Street Journal)

Crimea and sacred history: The uses of holiness
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

The denial of religious freedom yields worse conditions for women and atheists
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

In the News, December 5, 2014
(Berkley Center for Religion Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Cert. petition filed in challenge to New Jersey ban on reparative therapy for minors
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

French court says local council's nativity scene violates principle of secularism
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Israeli court rules Messianics' commercial guest house cannot reject same-sex wedding reception
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Indian court orders frozen body of spiritual leader released ror last rites; appeal is filed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

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