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Thursday, 14 August 2014

ISIS continues its genocide in Iraq against Yazidi
(Kyle Glatz, World Religion News)

After the Ferguson protests, church volunteers pick up the pieces
(Lilly Fowler, Religion News Service)

Civil rights groups to feds: Purge your anti-Muslim training materials
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

UK equality commission launches survey on religion
(Equality and Human Rights Commission)

Role of religion in schools under pressure after Trojan Horse scandal
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)

We must approach religious education in a way that is both inclusive and sustainable
(Letter, The Telegraph)

4th Circuit refuses stay in invalidation of Virginia's same-sex marriage ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Federal judges refuse to stay decision striking Va. same-sex marriage ban
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)

Indian Court upholds National Minorities Act
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Recount looming in slim primary victory of controversial Wisconsin House candidate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Khmer Rouge tribunal grants Cambodia a measure of justice
(Boston Globe)

Canada's citizenship oath to the Queen does not violate Charter rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Recent consistory court judgments
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Azerbaijan: Four months' extra prison term because "they gave him too little"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Syria's fallout: rise or Islamic state jihadists-analysis
(James M. Dorsey, Eurasia Review)

State fines upstate farm that rebuffed same-sex wedding
(Jimmy Vielkind, Capital New York)

From 30,000 feet, Pope Francis reaches out to Beijing
(Calum MacLeod, Religion News Service)

Chinese Catholics find hope in Francis [Simplified Chinese]
(Deutsche Welle)

Turkey: 'Change too slow, not systematic regarding freedom of belief'
(Mine Yıldırım interview by Yonca Poyraz Doğan, Today's Zaman)

China to establish new Christian theology
(Kyle Glatz, World Religion News)

Chasing the jihad bogey in China's Xinjiang
(Debasish Roy Chowdhury, South China Morning Post)

LGBT community is just as nonreligious as you thought
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)

The difficult work of measuring anti-Semitism in Europe
(Carl Bialik, FiveThirtyEight)

Pope to Koreas: Avoid 'fruitless' shows of force
(Nicole Winfield and Jung-Yoon Choi, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Imam arrested in Kosovo on suspicion of recruiting Islamist fighters
(Fatos Bytyci, Reuters)

Islamic State's pitch in India comes with subtitles
(Niharika Mandhana, The Wall Street Journal)

Rescue mission for Yazidis on Iraq’s Mount Sinjar appears unnecessary, Pentagon says
(Karen DeYoung and Craig Whitlock, The Washington Post)

Catholic high school chooses to keep openly gay coach Nate Alfson
(Outsports)

Gay marriages could generate hundreds of millions in first year of legalization for 11 states, studies find
(Niraj Chokshi, The Washington Post)

Texas court hears closing arguments in case challenging abortion restrictions
(Tom Dart, The Guardian)

Husband, wife turned to God when she got Ebola
(Mitch Weiss, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

[Zhejiang] Province leadership holds report forum [on religious policy] [Simplified Chinese]
(Zhejiang Daily)

Ebola virus: hospitals take extraordinary precautions
(Betsy Mckay, The Wall Street Journal)

Xinjiang scholars: Study of "extremism" should be primary focus of religious work [Simplified Chinese]
(China News)

Volunteers clean up Ferguson after protests and looting
(Lilly Fowler, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Wednesday, 13 August 2014

For Catholic Church spokesman, Egyptian Muslims show solidarity with Iraq's persecuted Christians
(AsiaNews.it)

Freedom isn’t free, says Czech opposition leader Schwarzenberg
(Karel Schwarzenberg, The Wall Street Journal Emerging Europe)

Karnataka: four Christians arrested, later released, on charges of forced conversions
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

LDS leader: Faith lags behind tenets in empowering women
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune)

Lebanon a safe haven but Middle Eastern Christians still at risk
(Jean Aziz, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)

The Yazidis, a people who fled
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Tunisia: Suspension of associations arbitrary, says HRW
(Eurasia Review)

Recount clouds Wisconsin GOP primary
(Cameron Joseph, The Hill)

The oath to the Queen is constitutional – as is changing it
(The Globe and Mail)

Maliki plans to carry bid for power to Iraq courts
(Tim Arango, The New York Times)

USCIRF issues report on sectarian violence in Pakistan
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pontifical Council speaks out against terror in name of religion
(Vatican Radio, News.VA)

The Chinese cult that kills 'demons'
(Carrie Gracie, BBC China)

In Turkey, a late crackdown on Islamist fighters
(Anthony Faiola and Souad Mekhennet, The Washington Post)

No delay on Virginia same-sex marriage ruling
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

The World Humanist Conference concludes in Oxford, UK

Oxford Declaration on Freedom of Thought and Expression
(International Humanist and Ethical Union)

Religion without a church? Humanism almost qualifies
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)

Oxford Declaration on Freedom of Thought and Expression (full text)
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)

A right not to be offended? Atheists say ‘No thanks’
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)

Iraq crisis: International boost to arms and aid supply
(BBC News Europe)

Maliki’s bid to keep power in Iraq seems to collapse
(Tim Arango, The New York Times)

Iraq's Maliki pledges not to use force to retain power
(Matt Bradley, Wall Street Journal)

Judge walks out of mass trial of prisoners in Egypt including Irish teen
(RTÉ News)

Ukrainian MP wants criminal proceedings against Orthodox Church
(Religiia v Ukraine, Russia Religion News, Stetson University)

Violations of religious freedom persist in Cuba
(Andrea Rodriguez, The Daily Signal)

Without Hamas, Israelis and Palestinians can find peace
(Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

How religion can be the solution for Israel and Palestine
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)

Israel slams UN human rights council choosing 'anti-Israel' lawyer to head Gaza conflict inquiry
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Wang Xinsheng: Governing "evil cults" requires certain necessary societal interference [Simplified Chinese]
(Guangming Theory)

Transparent China: How should Ji Xinping handle Chinese Christians? [Simplified Chinese]
(BBC China)

For ‘hardcore’ Jews displaced by Ukrainian fighting, Israel beckons
(Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA)

Factsheet: Violence towards religious communities in Pakistan
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Imposing beliefs, one institution at a time
(Robert Knight, Townhall.com)

Hundreds of refugees from south-east Ukraine sheltered in monasteries, crisis centers, parishioners' and priests' houses
(Interfax-Religion)

Trojan Horse: Real religious persecution is happening in Iraq, not Birmingham
(Anna Drew, Christian Today)

Christian group demands release of secret deal IRS made with atheists that threatens to censor houses of worship
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)

The next ‘religious freedom’ debate: using tax dollars to discriminate in adoption
(Erin Matson, RH Reality Check)

Egypt's top Muslim cleric declares ISIS 'a danger to Islam'
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Christians who support same-sex marriage more likely to support other types of sexual immorality, data shows
(Napp Nazworth, The Christian Post)

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin blasts upcoming satanic black mass as 'disgusting mockery of Catholic faith'
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

US must ‘destroy’ Islamic State, say religious conservatives
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Saint's remains return to Hawaii where she nursed the sick
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)

IS emerges from radical Islamic jurisprudence
(Shukur Khilkhal, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Iraqi Yazidis: Hazy population numbers and a history of persecution
(Peter Henne and Conrad Hackett, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)

Syria crisis: Islamic State fighters seize Aleppo towns
(BBC News)

U.S. weighs Iraq rescue mission to save Yazidis
(Dion Nissenbaum, The Wall Street Journal)

Martyrs and peace with Pyongyang top Pope's agenda
(Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Pope could seek to fix church's troubled relationship with China
(Deborah Ball and Mark Magnier, The Wall Street Journal)

Ex-Mars Hill board member: Church’s oversight doesn’t work
(Joel Connelly, Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Detroit judge recuses himself from Palestinian woman's terror case
(Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press)

Gay illegal immigrants demand special treatment from Obama
(Stephen Dinan, The Washington Times)

Rabbis, ministers join movers on Skokie picket line
(Brian L. Cox, Chicago Tribune)

Social issues swirl at Gordon College
(Peter Schworm, The Boston Globe)

Evangelical leaders will travel to Israel to signal their support
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)

In Pope’s trip to South Korea, church envisions growth
(Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times)

As pope heads to South Korea, alleged religious freedom in North is just a show for the outside world
(Reuters, Japan Times)

Tuesday, 12 August 2014

Baghdad: as a new premier is named to stop the Islamist advance, al Sistani expresses solidarity to Christians
(Joseph Mahmoud, AsiaNews.it)

How the Yazidis changed Obama's thinking on Iraq
(William Inboden, Foreign Policy - Shadow Government)

Judge reverses course, recuses self from trial of Palestinian immigrant
(Kim Janssen, Chicago Sun Times)

Non-Jewish partners in gay marriage are now entitled to make aliya
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)

Ultranationalist Indians to impose Hindutva on religious minorities
(AsiaNews.it)

Pope's trip to highlight vibrant South Korean church
(Deborah Ball and Jonathan Cheng and Jeyup S. Kwaak, The Wall Street Journal)

6 facts about South Korea’s growing Christian population
(Phillip Connor, Pew Research Center)

Egypt: Rab’a killings likely crimes against humanity
(Human Rights Watch)

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