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Tuesday, 18 November 2014

Freedom of speech and Oxford University students
(Neil Addison, Religion Law Blog)

Christian Professor arrested for blasphemy in Pakistan, charged with same offense as mother-of-five Asia Bibi
(Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post)

Religions play key role in maintaining peace and stability - Azeri leader
(Interfax: Religion)

Kerry finds a way to Temple Mount compromise
(Akiva Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Post)

Myanmar aide lashes Ban Ki-moon for using ′Rohingya′ to refer to Muslim minority
(Mike Morelos, Ecumenical News)

U. of Arizona fraternity suspended for attacking members of Jewish frat
(JTA)

90-year-old chef arrested for feeding homeless
(Lane Anderson, Deseret News National Edition)

Turkey’s top religious body says exposing privacy with online photos ‘improper’ in Islam
(Hurriyet Daily News)

WCC condemns attack on worshippers at Jerusalem synagogue
(World Council of Churches)

EVENT, 18 November 2014: The Instrumentalization of Religion in Geopolitical Conflicts
(Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Monday, 17 November 2014

Crimea: Human rights in decline, says HRW
(Eurasia Review)

East Asian Summit eclipsed by Rohingya question as Obama meets Suu Kyi
(Emre Tunc Sakaoghu, The Journal of Turkish Weekly)

East Ramapo School Board is criticized by New York state monitor
(Kate Taylor, The New York Times)

End of communism not all good for Christianity: Vatican
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)

Florida school board blocks Bible distribution after Satanists, atheists demand equal time
(Michael Gryboski, Christian Post)

Franklin Graham condemns Washington cathedral for hosting Muslim prayer service
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

French National Front plagued by anti-semitism
(EurActiv)

Is the remedy for ISIS to be found in Tunisia?
(Ihsan Bal, The Journal of Turkish Weekly)

Pope Francis confirms U.S. visit for next year
(Jim Yardley and Dan Bilefsky, The New York Times)

Pope Francis: I will go to Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families
(Vatican Radio)

Vatican opens conference on traditional marriage
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)

Pope's Address to colloquium on Complementarity of Man and Woman [full text]
(National Catholic Register)

Pope Francis addresses faith leaders gathered at Vatican to discuss marriage
(Mormon Newsroom)

Pope warns against the ‘false sense of compassion’ in euthanasia
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

ISIS ‘pure evil’* Pope still Catholic* Comet song: Monday’s roundup
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)

Pope Francis confirms visit to United States next year for World Meeting of Families
(Philip Pullella, Christian Today)

Bishops send new delegates, mixed message, to 2015 Vatican family synod
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Religious freedom: A frozen concept or a living tree?
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)

Could an assassination attempt lead to religious liberty in Argentina?
(Katlyn Babyak, World Magazine)

Nuns volunteering for Red Cross were not "employees" under Title VII
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Same-sex marriage: A simple appeal
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

Pro-abortion judge leaves case after public outcry
(Charlie Butts, One News Now)

J.S. Mill and the pro-life cause
(Christopher O. Tollefsen, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)

Islamist group rejects UAE terrorism designation
(Reuters)

Churches wrecked, men hide in trees in Nigeria Caliphate
(Michael Olukayode and Mustapha Muhammad, Bloomberg)

Emir of Kano calls Nigerians to arms over Boko Haram
(BBC News)

Kenyan police shoot dead man and make arrests in mosque raids
(Joseph Akwiri, Reuters)

Islamic State poaches international aid for Syrians
(Maria Abi-Habib, The Wall Street Journal)

Gay rights campaign targets Christians in Mississippi: 'It is only for God to judge, not us.'
(Carey Lodge, The Christian Post)

Freedom From Religion advocates challege connection between HS football and religion
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Court rejects challenge to Obamacare rules on contraceptives
(Nina Totenberg, NPR)

Obama calls Islamic State’s killing of Peter Kassig ‘pure evil’
(Rukmini Callimachi, The New York Times)

Direct new challenges to Bakke ruling [Harvard and UNC Chapel Hill sued over racial admissions policy]
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

Vatican getting toilets, showers after man says too smelly to dine with priest
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Druze, Muslims clash over ties with Israel
(Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor)

Tense calm continues at Al-Aqsa
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Residents in south Moscow voluntarily refuse parking lots in order to build a church
(Interfax: Religion)

Samantha Power knocks European nations for ditching anti-Semitism conference: At Berlin confab, Ambassador to the UN warns of rising anti-Semitism
(Yair Rosenberg, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Crimea: Human rights in decline
(Human Rights Watch)

As winter looms, Syrian refugees now fear "dire" shortfalls in aid
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)

It's official! Pope Francis announces visit to US
(Catholic News Agency)

Pakistan's blasphemy law is a licence to kill with impunity
(Nasir Saeed, Christian Today)

Murder, torture and political prosecution by extremist Buddhists sparks mass exodus of Myanmar’s Rohingya
(Esther Htusan, Mint Press News)

Islamic extremists stop Catholics in West Java from holding Mass
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Gay couples welcomed at the altar but not at the office
(Caroline Preston, Al Jazeera America)

Bishops in the Church of England
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Church of England formally approves plans for women bishops
(BBC News)

EU proposal could punish Israel for settlements
(Josef Federman, Associated Press)

A world disrputed: The leading global thinkers of 2014
(Foreign Policy)

Wedding planner rejects same-sex couple. Is it discrimination?
(Brahm Resnik, The Arizona Republic)

Swastikas painted on Babi Yar memorial, Jewish school
(JTA)

Md. schools’ ban on religious holidays ‘impoverishes education,' group says
(Penny Starr, CNS News)

Druze leaders debate Jumblatt's approach to Syria
(Zeina Hreiz, trans. Pascale el Khoury, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Disillusioned, Fatah considers third intifada
(Uri Savir, trans. Inga Michaeli, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Before Columbus: Erdogan says Muslims 'discovered America,' eyes mosque in Cuba
(Russia Today)

Faisalabad: Christian and Muslim activists against blasphemy law abuses
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)

Rajshahi: Islamists kill university professor for banning burka in classroom
(Nozrul Islam, AsiaNews.it)

Religious freedom ‘of concern’ in Canada
(Michael Swan, The Catholic Register)

New Indonesian government set to extend religious freedom to all citizens
(Barnabas Aid, Cross Map)

ROTC program under review amid religion-based challenges
(Kevin Lilley, Military Times)

Paraguayan Senate rejects anti-discrimination law
(Tele Sur)

Supreme Court in London will decide fate of Catholic midwives in abortion objection case
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Pro-life Catholic priests do battle with Obamacare in court: 'This is a threat to ALL religious freedom'
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

US cathedral opens doors for Muslim service
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)

Palestinian bus driver found hanged in his vehicle in Jerusalem
(JTA)

McKoon forges ahead with plans to reintroduce “religious freedom” bill
(Patrick Saunders, The GA Voice)

In Donetsk terrorists seize church of the Church of Christ the Savior
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Ukrainian separatists fight war of religion
(Russia Religion News)

Europe and Islam: Degrees of separation
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus blog: Religion and Public Policy])

Patriarch Kirill calls to stop violations of rights, liberties of Serbian population of Kosovo
(Interfax: Religion)

Kenya bans new churches amid 'miracle-faking spree'
(Ruth Moon, Christianity Today)

Lao Christians evicted from village amid religious tensions
(RFA)

Islamic State beheads American Kassig
(Adam Goldman, The Washington Post)

Sunni-Shia divides persist, but violence is not inevitable
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

Nigerian army recaptures Chibok, hometown of abducted girls
(France 24 International News)

Religion and law round up – 16
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

How to naturalize God
(Fiona Ellis, OUPblog Religion)

Sunday, 16 November 2014

“Wrongful births”, statistics and the law
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

In Iraq, excessive official holidays lead to educational and governmental concerns
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Iraq’s one too many holidays
(Shukur Khilkhal, trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

EVENT, 16-18 November 2014: G20 Interfaith Summit
(Dr Brian Adams, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia)

Saturday, 15 November 2014

7 facts about religious harassment wordwide
(Lucy Smith, On Religion)

Cert. petitions begin to be filed in 6th Circuit same-sex marriage cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Obama urges equality for religious minorities in Burma
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Sikh Hofstra student sues US Army for religious discrimination
(Rashed Mian, Long Island Press)

UAE formally designates Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group
(PanArmenian.net)

Why has Pentecostalism grown so dramatically in Latin America?
(Pew Research Center: Facttank)

Pope Francis blasts abortion, euthanasia as "sins against God"
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

US aircraft hit Al-Qaeda cell in Syria suspected to be planning attack on US
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Surgeon who caught Ebola in Sierra Leone said his work treating the sick there was God's will
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)

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