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Monday, 5 May 2014

At least one killed in suspected Boko Haram attack in Cameroon
(Tansa Musa and Bate Felix, Reuters)

MSF halts most Central African Republic work as government fails to condemn killings
(Emma Farge, Reuters)

Kenyan government defends security efforts after weekend bombings
(Humphrey Malalo and Edmund Blair, Reuters)

Sharif and the Pakistan Taliban: Peace talks loss is Washington's gain
(Zachary J. Rose, Geopolitical Monitor)

Frenchman shot dead in Yemeni capital
(Mohammed Ghobari, Reuters)

In Islam, there's more than one way to be an 'atheist'
(Nesrine Malik, The Guardian)

Empty seat as Saudi prisoner skips Guantanamo review hearing
(Ian Simpson, Reuters)

Proposed ‘Homage to Satan’ near Ten Commandments Monument nears completion
(Heather Clark, Christian News Network)

Health care law-Holocaust comparison criticized
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)

For Indian Catholic businessman, Saint John Paul II offers a new work ethic
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Faisalabad: Christian blasphemy victim rebuilds life thanks to benefactor (and AsiaNews)
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)

Ultra-Orthodox quietly joining Israeli military
(Aron Heller and Isaac Sharf, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Motion to transform Hagia Sophia into a mosque: Conquest of Constantinople a national holiday and the rise of Erdogan
(NaT da Polis, AsiaNews.it)

Georgia Catholic, Episcopal churches ban guns despite broad new law
(Reuters)

Greek, Roma and Muslim: An ill-fated foray into politics
(Menelaos Tzafalias, Al Jazeera America)

Police: Ex-NYPD cop sprayed anti-Semitic graffiti
(Associated Press, Mint Press News)

UN: Vatican sex abuse compared with torture
(Associated Press, Mint Press News)

UCLA renews diversity class effort
(Al Jazeera America)

Sanjiang Church demolition highlights fears of China’s minority Christian community
(Bill Savadove, Cerf Institute)

Lester reviews the tragedy of religious freedom
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)

Misunderstanding Putin
(Mark L. Movsesian, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)

Australia: Landmark report paves way to violence prevention
(ACNS staff, Anglican Communion News Service)

Church to stick with controversial billboards
(Shabnam Dastgheib, Stuff.co.nz)

Venezuela: Unarmed protestors beaten, shot
(Human Rights Watch)

German ecumenical groups respond to a call for “pilgrimage of justice and peace”
(World Council of Churches)

Muslims of Nigeria denounce and condemn Boko Haram
(Muslims Against Terror)

Corruption higher where governments restrict religious freedom
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

Religion and law round up – 4th May
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Christian Britain * Breastfeeding pope * Stoned Brunei: April’s Religious Freedom Recap
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)

BREAKING — Supreme Court upholds legislative prayer in Town of Greece v. Galloway
(Jonathan H. Adler, The Volokh Conspiracy via The Washington Post)

Town of Greece v. Galloway
(Slip Opinion, The Supreme Court of the United States)

Prayer case divides Supreme Court justices along religious lines
(David G Savage, Los Angeles Times)

Supreme Court upholds public prayer at town board meetings
(Jess Bravin, The Wall Street Journal)

Supreme Court allows prayers at town meetings
(Adam Liptak, The New York Times)

Supreme Court approves sectarian prayer at public meetings
(Laruen Markoe, Religion News Service)

The return of the jurisprudence of tradition: 10 points on the Kennedy opinion in town of Greece
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)

Supreme Court upholds legislative prayer at council meetings
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)

Opinion analysis: Prayers get a new blessing
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog)

Supreme Court green lights prayer before public meetings
(Al Jazeera America)

Win for government prayer
(Brad Discus, Pacific Justice Institute)

Supreme Court rules New York town can hold Christian prayers before meetings
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post U.S.)

Supreme Court rules that prayer in town meetings is constitutional
(Brownie Marie, Christian Today)

The Supreme Court's city council prayer decision
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Oklahoma school district bans prayer at baseball games, atheist group claims success
(Michael Gryboski, Christian Post)

U.S. Supreme Court endorses prayers before government meetings
(Lawrence Hurley, Reuters)

Supreme Court ruling favors prayer at council meeting
(Mark Sherman, Deseret News National Edition)

The Great Divorces * Latino Secularists * More Moore: Monday’s Roundup
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Catechetical session comparisons [infographic]
(David Yamane, OUPblog Religion)

Ministry denies Haj age restrictions
(Ifran Mohammed, Arab News)

Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors concludes first meeting
(Vatican Radio, News.VA)

On death penalty, should Christians side with Jesus or Paul?
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)

Episcopal leader stressing unity at SC church gathering
(John Braisier, The State: South Carolina's Homepage)

New England’s first atheist summer camp launches, raising questions about atheist youth education
(Chris Stedman, RNS Blog: Faitheist)

Ethiopia: UN review should condemn crackdown on journalists
(Human Rights Watch)

Special jobs for women at courts set
(Arab News)

Police disperse crowd gathered for anti-Semitic event in Brussels
(JTA)

Israel’s marriage blacklist said to break privacy laws
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Noah: we caused the flood
(Nathalie Baptiste, Foreign Policy in Focus)

Pope: follow God for pure intentions rather than personal gain
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

Ex-NYPD cop charged for spraying anti-Semitic graffiti
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

U.S. negotiators blame Israel for collapse of talks
(JTA)

Nuns from Mexico minister in Columbus parishes
(JoAnne Viviano, The Columbus Dispatch)

'Gospel of Jesus's Wife' documentary affirms artifact 'is not historical proof' Christ was married but imagines titillating possibilities anyway
(Nicola Menzie, The Christian Post)

UK rules exclude pro-life medical professionals from diploma
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)

Italy’s March for Life draws global participation
(Kerri Lenartowick, Catholic News Agency)

How murder of Esther Lebowitz changed Jewish Baltimore forever
(Michael Kaplan, The Jewish Daily Forward)

Vatican accused of “torture” in latest UN attack
(Austen Ivereigh, MercatorNet)

Boko Haram leader admits to abducting 200 schoolgirls; says Allah told him to sell them
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post World)

Sunday, 4 May 2014

Sri Lankan leaders seek action to stop harassment against Muslims
(MD Rasooldeen, Arab News)

220 schoolgirls haven't been 'abducted' by Boko Haram, they have been enslaved
(Nick Cohen, The Guardian)

Berkeley kosher slaughter workshop canceled amid outcry
(JTA)

Palestinian Authority joins 5 U.N. global treaties
(JTA)

Christians underwrite uptick in Ukrainian Jews immigrating to Israel
(Christa Case Bryant, The Christian Science Monitor)

Netanyahu pushes to define Israel as nation state of Jewish people only
(Peter Beaumont, The Guardian)

Court invalidates limits on Muslim worship in Texas prisons
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Osceola judge ordered not to give away Bibles in courtroom
(Bailey Myers, News 13 Orlando)

Saturday, 3 May 2014

"The mission of the Church is neither political nor social-economic but, above all, it is a religious one." Bishop Bohdan (Dziurakh)
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

102 Sentenced as Egypt's Presidential Race Starts
(Maamoun Youssef, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

20 are held and curfew is imposed after attacks on Muslims in India
(Nida Najar, The New York Times)

After peace talks collapse, experts counsel a wait-and-see approach
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Al Qaeda's leader says Iraqi branch in Syria must return to fight at home
(Angus McDowall and Louise Ireland, Reuters)

Archbishop Aquila: teaching on marriage must be rooted in Christ
(Catholic News Agency)

At least six killed in blast in Somali capital: police
(Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar, Reuters)

At Wrigley Field, Orthodox vendors going the way of Cubs wins
(Uriel Heilman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Behind the masks in Ukraine, many faces of rebellion
(C.J. Chivers and Noah Sneider, The New York Times)

Book on Persecution of Ukrainian Catholics under Soviet regime published in English
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Burma: repression marks press freedom day
(Human Rights Watch)

By foot or budget airline, Muslims flock to Makkah
(Helen Rowe, Isabelle Toussaint, Agence France-Presse)

Christian Freedom International delivers urgent petitions to Capitol Hill
(Lisa Jones, Christian News Wire)

Christian youth camps - Victoria Supreme Court
(Neil Addison, Religion Law blog)

Crisis pregnancy centers: losing on Google, winning in court?
(Kate Tracy, Christianity Today)

Defamation claim between Hindu Temple members dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Dozens killed in Ukraine fighting and fire; OSCE monitors freed
(Miran Jelenek and Maria Tsvetkova, Reuters)

Egypt court sentences 102 Islamists to 10 years in jail
(Michael Georgy and Pravin Char, Reuters)

Embrace of atheism put an Indonesian in prison
(Joe Cochrane, The New York Times)

EU calls for independent probe of Odessa deaths
(Reporting by Adrian Croft; Editing by Robin Pomeroy, Reuters)

Gene Robinson, first openly gay Episcopal bishop, announces his divorce
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)

India arrests 22 after attackers kill 29 Muslims
(Wasbir Hussain, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

India deploys army in Assam after 31 Muslims killed
(Biswajyoti Das, Reuters)

Judge: first amendment for Christians only
(J. J. Goldberg, The Jewish Daily Forward)

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