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Friday, 25 April 2014

Alabama Supreme Court concurrence relies on natural law argument to define fetus as "child"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

For Indian Jesuit, Narendra Modi is vindictive and a threat to India's minorities
(Cedric Prakash sj, AsiaNews.it)

The Catholic Church in India calls for freedom of expression for all
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Sultanate of Brunei "postpones" introduction of Sharia
(AsiaNews.it)

Iran, President Rouhani: End to discrimination, equal rights and opportunities for women
(AsiaNews.it)

Turkey's Erdogan warns against Taksim Square May Day protests
(Al Jazeera)

Deadly mosque bombing in Pakistan city
(Al Jazeera)

South Sudan says massacre toll up to 400
(Al Jazeera)

EVENT, 25 April 2014: China’s Roles in the World
(8:30 am - 4:15 pm, United States Institute of Peace)

Saudi rights activist detained, allegedly tortured
(Al Jazeera America)

Lawsuit exposes FBI abuse of No Fly List to coerce individuals to become informants
(Center for Constitutional Justice)

Is Britain Christian? Does it matter? A divided country debates
(Brian Pellott, RNS Blog: On Freedom)

What really makes a nation Christian
(Paul Vallely, Church Times)

Thursday, 24 April 2014

Ontario law society votes against accrediting graduates of B.C. university with ‘abhorrent’ gay sex ban
(Allison Jones, Canadian Press, National Post)

PA assures reconciliation agreement requires Hamas recognition of Israel's existence
(The Jerusalem Post)

Religious charity in Solomon Dwek corruption sting focus of new charges
(Tad Sherman / The Star-Ledger, The Jersey Journal)

Using Texas' model, more states mull 'religious viewpoints' in schools law
(Sarah Posner, Al Jazeera America)

Vatican: Pope's phone calls don't change doctrine
(Daniel Burke, CNN Belief Blog)

Cameron’s ‘Christian country’: What the numbers say about religion in the United Kingdom
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)

France joins gay couples by thousands, amid gripes
(Maïa de la Baume and Alissa J. Rubin, The New York Times)

‘Harry Potter’ religion class seeks to enlighten students on ‘God, sin, and theodicy’
(Jessica Chasmar, The Washington Times)

French minorities alarmed by far-right wins
(Al Jazeera)

Ukrainian Jews look to Israel as anti-Semitism escalates
(Haaretz)

Easter killings in CAR
(World Watch Monitor)

Angry Muslims in Central African Republic call for partition
(Emmanuel Braun, Reuters)

South Koreans love megachurches even more than Americans do
(Gwynn Guilford, Quartz)

The religious left is struggling. Can the cause of economic justice help it rise again?
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)

Losing my religion: Clergy who no longer believe gather online
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

Darren Aronofsky: I’m not religious, but the environmental messages in ‘Noah’ are
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Mississippi sets 20-week limit on abortions
(reporting by Eric M. Johnson; editing by John Stonestreet, Reuters)

Missouri governor faces impeachment calls over gay marriage move
(BBC News Echo Chambers)

Meet the women behind the miracles credited to John Paul II and John XXIII
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

Lawsuit says FBI uses no-fly list in bid to recruit Muslim informants
(Adam Goldman, The Washington Post)

Europe treaty on violence against women to take effect
(Human Rights Watch)

For the first time Ankara sends "condolences" to Armenians for (unmentioned) genocide
(AsiaNews.it)

Christians and Buddhists to foster together the growth of the community
(AsiaNews.it)

Punjab: clan gang rapes seven year old Christian and kidnaps father to stop him reporting them
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)

Bogor: Christians appeal to new mayor to let Yasmin Church reopen
(AsiaNews.it)

India votes on second biggest polling day
(Al Jazeera)

Australia: Christian Youth Camp liable for declining booking from gay support group
(Neil Foster [guest post], Law & Religion UK)

Court dismisses Episcopal priest's suit against bishop who fired him
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Supreme Court asked to hear case on free speech, homosexual therapy
(Press Release, Pacific Justice Institute)

Royals’ silence on Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple disturbs Supreme Court
(DC Correspondent, The Deccan Chronicle)

EVENT, 24 April 2014: IGE's Faith & International Affairs April Conference Call: Faith & Global Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Institute for Global Engagement)

Wednesday, 23 April 2014

European Court of Human Rights' landmark ruling protecting church autonomy
(Roger Kiska, Speak Up)

Film at 9/11 museum sets off clash over reference to Islam
(Sharon Otterman, The New York Times)

HRWF Special Issue on Tatars in Crimea
(Human Rights Without Frontiers)

New days, new ways for mission and evangelism
(World Council of Churches)

South Sudan: Ethnic killings spiraling
(Human Rights Watch)

Texas evangelist yields pulpit for Ukraine’s acting president to share faith on Easter
(Sharayah Colter, Texan Southern Baptist)

Pope John XXIII launched Vatican II and then some
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press, The Big Story)

Gov. Fallin signs bill restricting use of abortion drugs
(Barbara Hoberock, Tulsa World)

Missouri executes inmate for 1993 farm slaying
(Jim Salter, Associated Press, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Protestant and Jewish leaders try to mend rift
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

On freedom of speech, social tolerance, and opposition to gay marriage
(Ilya Somin, The Volokh Conspiracy via The Washington Post)

Opinion analysis: Dividing the duty to pay for child porn
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

The Supreme Court promises child pornography victims full restitution “someday.” How long is that?
(Paul Cassell, The Volokh Conspiracy via The Washington Post)

Bhutanese pastors released on bail
(World Watch Monitor)

Islamized Armenians voice their 100 years in ‘purgatory’
(Vercihan Ziflioğlu, Hürriyet Daily News)

Christianity no longer a religion, says Turkish minister
(Doğan News Agency, Hürriyet Daily News)

Syria lawmaker becomes first presidential challenger
(Agence France-Presse, Global Post)

Erdogan offers Armenians condolences
(The Daily Star (Lebanon))

Brunei delays introduction of sharia law crackdown
(AFP, The Australian)

Hamas and Fatah unveil Palestinian reconciliation deal
(BBC News Middle East)

Eight arguments about whether the UK is a Christian country
(Jon Kelly, BBC News Magazine)

What's behind Cameron's embrace of 'Christian Britain'?
(Ian Evans, The Christian Science Monitor)

Interview with Dr. Yiyi Chen on Hebrew/Jewish studies in China and Sino-Israel relations
(Yiyi Chen, Middle East Institute)

My faith in the Church of England
(David Cameron, The Church Times)

Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Lew
((Parsonage Exemption Case), The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)

American Atheists v. Port Authority of New Jersey and New York
((Ground Zero Cross case), The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)

Composition of the Lords Spiritual
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

EVENT, 23 April 2014: Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Pakistan and the South Asia Region
(United States Institute of Peace)

EVENT, 23 April 2014: Continuity and Change in the Modern Papacy
(Gerard Mannion, Kevin F. O'Brien, John O'Malley, Religious Freedom Project of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Who are the victims and who are the victimizers? (How do you protest if the protestors are Muslim?)
(Douglas Murray, Gatestone Institute)

The Moroccans that infuriate the Dutch
(Timon Dias, Gatestone Institute)

Sex, saints and humanists: Wednesday’s Roundup
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Lambda Legal files federal lawsuit to end marriage ban for Georgia same-sex couples
(Lambda Legal)

Suit makes Georgia the last in South to face gay-marriage ban challenge
(Larry Copeland / USA Today, Religion News Service)

Tuesday, 22 April 2014

Blair says countering Islamist extremism needs focus on religion
(Thomas Penny, Bloomberg)

Ministry of Health resumes cooperation with the Ukrainian Council of Churches
(Translated by Julia Vituk, edited by Robin Rohrback, Institute for Religious Freedom (Ukraine))

Q&A: Talking discrimination and school dropout rates in India
(Jayshree Bajora, Human Rights Watch)

Ultra-Orthodox schools in Belgium and England face sanctions for selective curricula
(Hiddush)

Mideast Christians, dhimmis once more?: An abandoned institution makes a comeback
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)

Quinn bid to make it easier to opt out of religion
(Katherine Donnelly, The Independent.ie)

India: Tribals torn apart by religion
(Anumeha Yadav, The Hindu)

In West Bank, Israelis and Arabs face different justice systems
(The Associated Press, Mint Press News)

Judge won't rule in Oregon gay marriage case until at least May 14 while he decides on intervenor
(Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian)

Execution case roils Oklahoma courts
(Erik Eckholm, The New York Times)

France clamps down on radicalisation of would-be Syria jihadis
(Jannat Jalil, The Guardian)

A Jewish photographer’s portrait of Arab Israeli teenagers
(Jordan G. Teicher, Slate)

Freedom to marry, freedom to dissent: Why we must have both
(A Public Statement, Real Clear Politics)

Ukraine: It’s all about May 25
(Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times)

Racial equality loses at the Court
(The New York Times Opinion)

When disruption comes to church
(Kenneth H. Carter Jr., L. Gregory Jones and Susan Pendleton Jones, Faith & Leadership)

Russia: Crimean Tatar leader exiled for five years
(Eurasianet – The Ninth Wave)

Crimean Tatar leader is barred from returning to Russia
(Lukas I. Alpert, The Wall Street Journal)

ACLJ files lawsuit on behalf of student denied college admission because of his faith
(ACLJ)

Why New Jersey atheists don't want Pledge of Allegiance in school
(Associated Press, The Christian Science Monitor)

John XXIII and John Paul II: Canonizing the Bookends
(George Weigel, First Things)

Countries with very high religious diversity - including China - outpace world in economic growth
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

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