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Friday, 8 August 2014

Church in Gorlovka burns down as result of shelling
(Interfax-Religion)

Special Report - The doubt at the heart of Iraq's Sunni 'revolution'
(Ned Parker and Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters)

Rohingya children in Myanmar camps going hungry
(Esther Htusan, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Vatican bank's TV investment loss showed cardinal's power
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)

Boko Haram overruns Nigerian town, killing dozens
(Drew Hinshaw, The Wall Street Journal)

Gay Games inspire some faith leaders to call for a re-examination of treatment of gays
(Colette M. Jenkins, Akron Beacon Journal)

Undocumented Mexican migrant takes refuge in Arizona church
(Brad Poole, Reuters)

Utah’s victors over ban on same-sex marriage want Supreme Court to hear case
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)

Spanish priest is first Ebola-infected person to arrive in Europe for treatment
(Brownie Marie, Christian Today)

Qaraqosh falls, thousands flee
(World Watch Monitor)

Thursday, 7 August 2014

Israel prepares for an international legal assault
(Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Najaf takes in Christians displaced by Islamic State
(Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Nepal Hindu leaders against Modi for letting down their religion, not helping them
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)

U.S. will use airstrikes to avert genocide in Iraq, Obama says
(Christi Parsons and David S. Cloud, Los Angeles Times)

The Book of Common Prayer, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Article 9 ECHR
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

6th Circuit hears oral arguments in same-sex marriage cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Opponents of Houston's Equal Rights Ordinance sue after referendum petitions rejected
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pope Francis calls for action as Iraqi Christians forced to flee
(James Mackenzie, Reuters)

Brain's reactions to symbols suggest we're hard-wired for God — or not
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret National News)

150 Jews who fled Ukraine fighting expected in Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Boko Haram violence surges in Cameroon
(Ruth Kramer, Mission Network News)

Antisemitism on rise across Europe 'in worst times since the Nazis'
(John Henley, The Guardian)

Some Nigerians call for banning the hijab to prevent female suicide bombers
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Prayer discount no longer on the menu at North Carolina diner
(Heather Adams, Religion News Service)

Islamic State accused of capturing Yazidi women and forcing them to convert, or else
(Gil Shefler, Religion News Service)

Azerbaijan: NSM secret police detentions extended, conscientious objector's appeal fails
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Siks seeking political asylum still detained by immigration in El Paso
(Kyle Glatz, World Religion News)

Atheists and religious conservatives battle over the right to preach politics in church
(Alice Sperri, VICE News)

Will electioneering from the pulpit be the next big battle over ‘religious liberty’?
(Joshua Holland, The American Prospect)

Liberty Institute: Historic faith-based Pennsylvania college rejects federal government's abortion pill mandate
(Insurance News Net)

Social justice includes defending religious liberty
(Chelson Vicari, The Christian Post)

Uzbek citizens devoid of ideas of Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan – theologian
(Interfax-Religion)

Richard Dawkins: Atheism’s asset or liability?
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

Border crisis: HHS to close three interim shelters for migrant children (+video)
(Noelle Swan, The Christian Science Monitor)

Minnesota church must pay PCUSA over $1.2 million to leave denomination
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

5 teens arrested in Sydney for threatening Jewish students on bus
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Suit against FLDS towns over utility denials is settled
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

West Bank Hamas chief charged with setting up terror cells
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

German shooting champion nearly loses title for being Muslim
(Louise Osborne, The Guardian)

Iraq's largest Christian town abandoned as Isis advance continues
(Martin Chulov, The Guardian)

Iraq persecution: The hidden minorities targeted by IS
(Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today)

Do Christians feel any self-accountability?
(William Pillow, Christian News Wire)

Georgia mall bans Christian women's group from praying; says it violates 'code of conduct' policy
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Are affirming churches causing increases in Christian homosexuals?
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Losing religion at college? New study flips the common wisdom
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)

Atheist TV launches on Roku - Atheists love it, Ken Ham doesn't
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)

Pope Francis honors Virginia church with esteemed Basilica title
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Evangelicals Are Standing Up to Their Own Sexist Leaders
(Amanda Marcotte, Slate)

Dispute over Israel funding has Jewish film festival in London looking for new home
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)

A militant Jewish group confronts pro-Palestinian protesters in France
(Dan Bilefsky, The New York Times)

Egypt's Mufti rejects Brotherhood leader's death sentence, court urges rethink
(Lin Noueihed and Stephen Kalin, Reuters)

Spain priest with Ebola stable in Madrid hospital
(Ciaran Giles, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Muslim clerics in Nigeria advocate for polio vaccination and mobilize community
(Caelainn Hogan, The Washington Post)

North Korea declines invitation to papal mass in Seoul
(Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times)

Islamic militants in Iraq are widely loathed, yet action to curb them is elusive
(Somini Sengupta, The New York Times)

Iraq Christians flee as Islamic State takes Qaraqosh
(BBC News)

Va. GOP official resigns after controversial Facebook post
(Jenna Portnoy, The Washington Post)

‘Black Jesus’ targeted as ‘blasphemous’ by conservative groups
(Heather Adams, Religion News Service)

At a camp for Hasidic boys, studying faith is their daily exercise
(Joseph Berger, The New York Times)

Ordinations signal growing popularity of Latin Catholic Mass
(Lilly Fowler, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Baghdad patriarch: flight of 100,000 Christians from Nineveh Plain turning into humanitarian catastrophe
(Joseph Mahmoud, AsiaNews.it)

WCC calls for urgent action in Iraq
(World Council of Churches)

Court backs sound limits outside abortion clinics
(Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida)

Tamil Nadu: Hindu radicals beat up women and children of a Pentecostal community
(AsiaNews.it)

Growth of Protestants in China: the frustrations of Wang Zuoan
(Wang Zhicheng, AsiaNews.it)

Wednesday, 6 August 2014

Appeals judges give few clues on how they'll rule on gay marriage case
(Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press)

Arizona couple settles lawsuit with polygamous church-run towns
(Jennifer Dobner, Business Insider)

Assemblies of God turns 100, and looks to a multiethnic future
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Chinese city bans beards and veils on buses
(Al Jazeera America)

ERO opponents cry foul after city moves lawsuit to federal court
(Katherine Driessen, Houston Chronicle)

Judge presses lawyer on why gay marriage rights pursued through courts, not votes
(Khalil Al Hajal, M Live)

Parents call rabbi a sexual predator
(Jack Bouboushian, Courthouse News Service)

State court hears Hebrew National lawsuit
(Mordecai Specktor, American Jewish World)

Turkey’s 'dark village' no longer safe for Jews
(David Lepeska, Al Jazeera America)

#BringBackOurGirls to Syria, why do we forget about a crisis long before it's over?
(Lane Anderson, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)

Turkey wakes up to Islamic State threat
(Orhan Kemal Cengiz, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)

World ignores Christian exodus from Islamic world
(Raymond Ibrahim, Gatestone Institute)

Netanyahu: Israel's battle with Hamas is a test for the world
(Katie Pavlic, Townhall.com)

Husbands or birth control: which pulls women out of poverty?
(Nicole M. King, Family Edge)

Kurdish security chief: Turkey must end support for jihadists
(http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/08/syria-kurd-pyd-asayish-isis-turkey-islamic-state.html, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)

Baby Gammy case reveals murky side of commercial surrogacy
(Sonia Allan, MercatorNet)

There’s something very familiar about the UK dying debate
(Caroline Farrow, MercatorNet)

Exterminating Christians: End game in Iraq, little government expression of concern
(Sheila Liaugminas, MercatorNet)

World Humanist Congress in Oxford will tackle freedom of thought and expression
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)

Abbott defends new anti-terrorism laws as Islamic groups warn of ‘witchhunt’
(Daniel Hurst, The Guardian)

Xinjiang city bans Islamic dress on public transport
(BBC News)

Ugandan parliament set to re-introduce anti-gay law
(Elias Biryabarema, Reuters)

Grieving families of Sewol ferry victims want independent South Korean probe
(Anna Fifeld, The Washington Post)

Canadian professor made to leave Myanmar over Buddha tattoos on right leg
(Ethan Lou, Yahoo News)

U.S. backs Sunni plan to fight Islamic state jihadists in Iraq
(Nour Malas, The Wall Street Journal)

Judge: State Fair can limit preacher to specific areas
(Grant Rodgers, The Des Moines Register)

Obamacare: 'Health care sharing ministries' increase membership in wake of new law
(Tracy Seipel, San Jose Mercury News)

U.S. appeals court takes up gay marriage cases from four states
(Lawrence Hurley, Reuters)

Missouri inmate executed for raping, killing woman
(Jim Suhr, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Australian columnist resigns over expletive-laden responses to Gaza piece
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Ohio health department cracks down on abortion clinics, Planned Parenthood for abuses
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Hindu radicals, emboldened by power, terrorizing Christians in India
(Chris Woodward, One News Now)

Important decision on marriage amendments under way
(Charlie Butts, One News Now)

Meriam Ibrahim's husband describes being terrorised by 'Agents of Fear'
(Brownie Marie, Christian Today)

Bishop of Gloucester questioned by police over assault allegations
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

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