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Tuesday, 18 March 2014

Vietnam: Drop prosecution of blogger, says Human Rights Review
(Eurasia Review)

Difficult to find grooms for Hyderabad's 'over qualified' Muslim women
(Bushra Baseerat, Times of India)

Bangkok, government lifts state of emergency
(AsiaNews.it)

Somali Islamists attack hotel in central region
(Abdi Sheikh, Reuters)

Sri Lanka: Slamming the arrest of a priest and an activist, Church calls for their immediate release
(Melani Manel Perera, AsiaNews.it)

Amman slams Israel's escalation at the al-Aqsa mosque compound
(Joshua Lapide, AsiaNews.it)

Authorities in Shanghai allow Masses for the late underground bishop
(John Ai, AsiaNews.it)

Deadly blast strikes Afghanistan market weeks before presidential election
(Al Jazeera America)

Teachers: High schools in Nigeria's Borno state closed fearing attacks by Islamic extremists
(Haruna Uman and Michelle Faul, Associated Press, The Montreal Gazette)

LDS Church: Aims of 'Ordain Women' detract from dialogue
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)

Christian-Muslim marriages are latest casualty of sectarian strife in Central African Republic
(Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post)

Westboro Baptist Church founder near death?
(Daniel Burke, CNN Belief Blog)

'Most-hated,' anti-gay preacher, Fred Phelps once fought for civil rights
(John Blake, CNN)

FoRB EVENTS on 18 March 2014 at the European Paliament

Monday, 17 March 2014

Adoption reform, right-to-life style
(Kathyrn Joyce, The Revealer)

Afghan Elections 2014: What to Expect?
(Mariam Safi, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)

Crimean Tatars were intimidated that participation in referendum won't allow them to be called Muslims in the future
(Interfax-Religion)

Going to church: purgatory in the pews can be a blessing
(Jane Shilling, The Telegraph)

Is opposing gay marriage more rational than opposing interracial marriage?
(Nathaniel Frank, Slate)

Jewish state declaration is unyielding block to a deal
(Mark Landler, The New York Times)

Lament for a divided church: Why the ecumenical movement keeps working to overcome fraying in the body of Christ
(Sarah Hinlicky Wilson, Christianity Today)

Mob threats aside, Pope Francis will pray with victims of organized crime
(Eric J. Lyman, Religion News Service)

Scots of an Irish-Catholic background are the most likely religious grouping to vote for independence in this year's referendum
(Gerry Braiden, The Herald Scotland)

Support for gay marriage up among black Protestants in last year, flat among white evangelicals
(Michael Lipka and Elizabeth Sciupac, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)

The rise of secular religion: Progressives at prayer
(David P. Goldman, The American Interest)

Yes, corporations are people: And that’s why Hobby Lobby should lose at the Supreme Court
(Adam Winkler, Slate)

Restaurant servers get to sound off on rude church folks
(Associated Press, The Daily News Journal)

Murfreesboro Mosque cemetery to be challenged in court
(Scott Broden, The Daily News Journal)

Iraqi officer takes dark turn to al Qaeda
(Matt Bradley and Ali N. Nabhan, The Wall Street Journal)

The Syrian uprising at three years
(Borzou Daraghai, Financial Times, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)

Sri Lanka: Free prominent rights defenders, say human rights groups
(Eurasia Review)

Report: Egypt has arrested 16,000 people since Morsi's ouster
(Al Bawaba News)

Algeria cracking down on political dissent, Human Rights Watch says
(Al Jazeera America)

Value Speak: The real St. Patrick's Day
(Joseph Walker, Deseret News)

Hindu temple set on fire in Pakistan over blasphemy
(Syed Raza Hassan, Reuters)

Mormons celebrate Holi festival
(Katherine Davis, Religion News Service)

British judge to decide if fraud case against Mormon leader can proceed
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune)

Build the infrastructure for Arab-Israeli peace
(Peter Berkowitz, Real Clear Politics)

History and meaning behind St. Patrick's Day
(Matthew Reis, Latin Post)

Guinness pulls out of NY's St. Patrick's parade over ban on gays
(Elizabeth Barber, Reuters)

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio won’t march in St. Patrick’s Day parade
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Sam Adams pulls sponsorship of Southie St. Patrick’s Day parade
(CBS)

St. Patrick's Day: How did it become a flashpoint for gay rights? (+video)
(Noelle Swan, The Christian Science Monitor)

Uniform rule may keep religious Americans from military service
(NPR - All Things Considered)

A marriage of church and stage: The Archdiocese of New York Gets into the downtown theater scene
(Pia Catton, The Wall Street Journal)

An agreement against modern slavery, signed by the great religions
(AsiaNews.it)

At White House, Abbas says Israel's recognition is settled
(Michael Wilner, The Jerusalem Post)

Christians, Muslims join anti-slavery campaign
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

The woman who saved Syria’s Jews
(Emma Beals, The Daily Beast)

Woman claims SoCal cult is trying to sell her home
(Elizabeth Warmerdam, Courthouse News Service)

Video: Don’t freak, I’m Sikh
(Sally Morrow, Religion News Service)

Debate: Should gays picket Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps’s funeral?
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)

Ireland's ecumenical patron: Banishing the sectarian snake
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

British Christians seek justice in Europe rather than UK
(Press Release, Christian Concern)

Christian guesthouse owners go to Strasbourg over 'discrimination' case
(David Barrett, The Telegraph)

Denominations downsizing and selling assets in more secular era
(Michael Paulson, The New York Times)

Judge recognizes gay marriages of 3 Tennessee couples
(Heidi Hall, The Tennessean via USA Today)

Obama meets with Palestinian leader as diplomacy deadline looms
(Mark Landler, The New York Times)

On the street and in the pews, East Harlem mourns
(Vivian Yee, The New York Times)

Will evangelicals miss the boat on Paramount’s ‘Noah?’
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)

Hobby Lobby’s Steve Green stands on faith against Obamacare mandate
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)

Walsh skips St. Patrick’s Day Parade
(Jeremy C. Fox and Haven Orecchio-Egresitz, The Boston Globe)

New organization unites American Muslims in one coalition
(Amanda Murphy, Religion News Service)

Westboro Baptist founder is 'on the edge of death,' son says
(Bill Chappell, National Public Radio)

Asia Bibi’s appeal to be heard by Lahore High Court
(AsiaNews.it)

Pastor Mark Driscoll apologizes for missteps, quits social media
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)

Crimea’s parliament votes to join Russia
(Carol Morello, Will Englund and Griff Witte, The Washington Post Europe)

Read between...what lines? Saudi bans thousands of books at Riyadh fair, calls Darwish blasphemous
(Al Bawaba News)

Indian activist: Narendra Modi’s candidature in Varanasi an outrage
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

The Central African Republic has become a nightmare for Muslims
(The Washington Post)

Jewish group rejects Quebec candidate’s apology for views seen as anti-Semitic
(JTA)

Mgr Fan Zhongliang's body taken to a funeral home, not at church
(Jian Mei, AsiaNews.it)

Why the intense fascination paid to Pope Francis—or any pope—isn’t good for the Catholic Church
(Paul Bauman, Slate)

Thailand's fight over who should rule
(Charles Keyes, Al Jazeera America)

Sri Lanka, Catholic priest and human rights activist arrested
(Melani Manel Perera, AsiaNews.it)

India is still no country for free speech
(Zahir Janmohamed, Al Jazeera America)

Pakistani university refuses prosperous work to Christians
(World Watch Monitor)

Officials in three states bank on states’ rights argument to stop gay marriage spread
(Cheryl Wetzstein, The Washington Times)

Egypt's human rights situation is going from ugly to uglier
(Dan Murphy, The Christian Science Monitor: Security Watch)

Nigeria attacks kill more than 150: Fulani, Boko Haram suspected in weekend of violence against several villages
(World Watch Monitor)

Jerusalem cinema complex must close on Shabbat
(JTA)

Sunday, 16 March 2014

Catholic bishops urge NSW politicians to vote in support of Zoe's law
(Bridie Jabour, The Guardian)

Same-sex marriage and religious liberty, continued
(Michael Peppard, Commonweal)

World poll finds striking connection between wealth and belief in God
(Stephen Calabria, Huff Post Religion)

Officials: Herders kill more than 100 in Nigeria land conflict
(Al Jazeera America)

Frontrunner to lead India picks holy Hindu city for election race
(Frank Jack Daniel, Reuters)

Elevation Church to build 1,200-seat campus in University City, discloses audit for the first time
(Rick Rothacker and Tim Funk, Charlotte Observer)

Blasphemous babies: Saudi Arabia bans 50 names
(Al Bawaba News)

Religion and law round up – 16th March
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Mormon tax, posthumous procreation and Stephen Lawrence spying – the Human Rights Roundup
(Celia Rooney, UK Human Rights Blog)

Crisis stirs old fears for Ukraine’s Jews
(David Filipov, The Boston Globe)

Saturday, 15 March 2014

'Women of Courage' awardees challenge social norms head on
(Viola Gienger, United States Institute of Peace - The Olive Branch)

House votes to broaden religious exemptions within 'Obamacare'
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News)

Nine out of 10 women say doctors must see abortion patients before giving green light – poll
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)

Greek Catholic priest abducted by pro-Russian armed forces in Crimea
(Bishop Borys Gudziak, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Evangelical Christians on Maidan: ‘Repentance must start with president, end with criminals in prison’
(Iryna Naumets, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Meet the Philippine Pope Francis
(John L. Allen, Jr., The Boston Globe)

Westminster rules on gay marriage in shared churches and chapels
(Gavin Drake, Church Times)

Government sets up free vote on assisted-dying Bill
(Paul Wilkinson, Church Times)

Bid to boost feminism among British Muslim women
(Tracy McVeigh, The Guardian)

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