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Friday, 7 March 2014

African church leaders resist gay rights, call it a colonial import
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Why Christian ideals are the foundation of a secular society: Secularism is Europe’s noblest achievement and Christianity’s gift to the world
(Michael Kirke, MercatorNet)

Mich. trial witness: Unrepentant gays are going to hell
(Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press via USA Today)

Gay vice principal to sue Wash. Catholic school
(Associated Press via USA Today)

EEOC details employer rules as religious worker complaints rise
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)

Leaders of Dutch party’s youth division seek circumcision ban
(JTA)

French rapper accused of praising Toulouse killer
(JTA)

Irish student union endorses Israel boycott
(JTA)

Wounded Ukrainian protesters airlifted to Israel for medical treatment
(Ben Sales, Talia Lavin, and Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA)

End religious slaughter of animals without stunning first, urges top vet
(Miranda Prynne, The Telegraph)

Pope Francis is making more Catholics excited about faith, but actions slow to follow
(Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post)

Faith, freedom to grab CPAC spotlight
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News)

Crimea approves a secession vote as tensions rise
(David M. Herszenhorn, Michael R. Gordon, and Alissa J. Rubin, International New York Times)

Philly schools accused of religious beard bias
(USA Today)

Detroit Archdiocese to encourage gay Catholics to be chaste in Courage sessions
(Patricia Montemurri, Detroit Free Press)

The Dalai Lama's capitalist contradictions
(Mollie Ziegler Hemingway, Wall Street Journal)

Gay hiring fears hurt Baptist agency fundraising
(Dylan Lovan, Associated Press)

Holocaust survivor sues Germany in claim to a work in Nazi art trove
(Mike Boehm, Los Angeles Times)

Selfies bring ashtags to Lent
(Ben Kesling, The Wall Street Journal)

WCC general secretary shares with pope aspirations for unity, justice and peace
(World Council of Churches)

Women could have greater role in church, says Pope
(Deborah Ball, The Wall Street Journal)

Buddhist monks join protests in Thailand
(James Hookway and Wilawan Watcharasakwet, The Wall Street Journal)

Exclusive: Trafficking abuse of Myanmar Rohingya spreads to Malaysia
(Stuart Grudgings, Reuters)

Malaysia: Catholic Church takes Allah issue to apex court
(Lester Kong, Straits Times)

'Jewish state' recognition adds new Israeli-Palestinian trip wire
(Crispian Balmer, Reuters)

Judge “not satisfied” Boris Johnson told “full story” about ban on Christian bus advert
(Christian Concern)

British Broadcast Agency approves KFC's parody Christmas ad campaign
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

UPDATED: Same-sex couples sue Wyoming over marriage laws
(Kyle Roerink, Star Tribune)

Cathedral choirs and church organists under threat?
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Religious freedom festival in Haiti highlights peaceful coexistence
(Adventist News Network)

The role of the churches in the Ukrainian revolution
(Antoine Arjakovsky, Religion and Ethics (ABC Canada))

EU reassures Israel over ties despite opposition to West Bank settlements
(Tovah Lazaroff, The Jerusalem Post)

Thursday, 6 March 2014

Attitude of Sweden ”liberal” towards sects
(EIFRF, European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom – Articles)

Dalai Lama opens Senate proceedings with prayer, meets with lawmakers
(Ed O’Keefe & Wesley Lowery, Washington Post)

Evangelical Alliance rallies its members against The Sun newspaper
(Press Release, Evangelical Alliance UK)

Experts: UN report reveals scope of human rights violations in North Korea - analysis
(Penza News, Penza News)

After the constitution passes: Tunisia in need of Turkey's support
(Fouad Farhaoui, The Journal of Turkish Weekly)

Kathmandu bans Tibetans from celebrating pro-independence uprising against China
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)

Divisions in the Gulf: Why Qatar and its neighbors are at odds
(Michael Stephens, Aljazeera America)

CAR presses for UN peacekeeping mission amid 'cleansing'
(Al Jazeera America)

UK Legoland closes for weekend after 'right-wing' threats
(Michael Pizzi, Al Jazeera America)

Morocco migration policy wins accolades
(Siham Ali, Magharebia)

What Google’s ‘Don’t be evil’ motto means for religious freedom and free expression
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)

Stop ritual slaughter of animals, says top vet
(Dominic Kennedy, The Times Food and Drink)

I don't want to live in a Britain that prizes its cows more than its Jews
(Cristina Odone, The Telegraph)

Atheists want 'miracle cross' removed from 9/11 Museum
(Linda Schmidt, Myfoxny.com)

Religious liberty . . . Is it compossible?
(Greg Forster, Hang Together)

On religious freedom, where to draw line? Your Say
(USA Today)

U.Va. Law Prof. Douglas Laycock to argue religious liberty case before Supreme Court
(Sarah Pritchett, The Cavalier Daily)

Senate panel examines Kansas’ current protections for religious freedom
(Bryan Lowry, The Witchita Eagle)

For family of Adventist doctor missing in Ukraine, April service to bring some closure
(Adventist News Network)

Legion of Christ suit in Rhode Island moves ahead
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)

New ‘Europe for Citizens’ funding programme: a role for Churches?
(Alessandro Calcagno, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)

Singapore's megachurches move to export lucrative religion
(Laura Philomin, Reuters)

Taxing Mormon temples
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)

Russia: New Family Code to protect traditional family, religious values – key lawmaker
(RT)

Geert Wilders backs new anti-Islam party, the Australian Liberty Alliance
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)

Baby to undergo blood transfusions despite objection of Jehovah's Witnesses parents
(The Telegraph)

Religious leaders condemn terrorist attack in Kunming
(Xinhuanet English News)

Francis has changed American Catholics’ attitudes, but not their behavior, a poll finds
(Laurie Goodstein, International New York Times)

Abortion law pushes Texas clinics to close doors
(Manny Fernandez, International New York Times)

Civic and religious leaders support a motion for religious freedom at Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Racial power vs. divine glory: Why desegregation remains an elusive goal for U.S. congregations
(David Briggs, The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA))

Court hears atheists’ challenge to Ground Zero cross
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)

Hong Kong's dirty secret: thousands of asylum seekers left waiting in squalor
(Tania Branigan, The Guardian)

The language of assisted suicide
(John Stonestreet, Religion Today)

China's female imams carrying on ancient Islamic tradition
(Huey Fern Tay, Australia Network News)

Right-wing extremism: Germany's new Islamophobia boom
(Spiegel Online International)

Why Christian photographers should work at gay weddings
(Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic)

Nigeria ‘at war’ with Boko Haram
(World Watch Monitor)

Trainer admits guilt in New Jersey violent Jewish divorce scheme
(Dave Warner, Reuters)

A nation divided: Venezuela’s uncertain future
(José R. Cárdenas, World Affairs)

Belarus: Homeless shelter officially closed; Baptists fined
(Olga Glace, Forum 18 News Service)

EU meeting on Ukraine: David Cameron’s speech
(The Rt Hon David Cameron MP, Gov.UK)

David Cameron: Russia should face 'consequences' for Ukraine invasion [video]
(The Telegraph)

Crimea votes to join Russia, accelerating Ukraine crisis
(Alissa de Carbonnel and Luke Baker, Reuters)

Ukraine PM rejects Crimea referendum, vows to defend country
(Thomson Reuters, World Affairs)

Obama orders sanctions, says Crimean move to join Russia violates international law
(Karen DeYoung and Anne Gearan, The Washington Post)

Gay weddings and religious liberty: The dignity of toleration
(W.W., The Economist [Democracy in America])

Baking cakes for Caesar: Why we need freedom to say 'no'
(John Stonestreet, Religion Today)

The Crimean war: The key to conflict
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

USCIRF Vice Chair Katrina Lantos Swett calls for a global coalition on religious freedom
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)

Youth from Asian churches invited to apply for YATRA 2014
(World Council of Churches)

Religious freedom vs. gay rights: The picture-book edition
(Julie Wiener, JTA Telegraph)

More white evangelicals than American Jews say God gave Israel to the Jewish people
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center)

Egypt’s young Coptic Christians energized to fight for civil rights
(Monique El-Faizy, Religion News Service)

U.S. government sues Philadelphia schools over beard policy
(Dave Warner, Reuters)

John Ortberg’s Menlo Park Presbyterian votes to leave PCUSA despite $8 million fee
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)

Pyongyang arrests "accomplices" of South Korean missionary: they risk being shot
(AsiaNews.it)

Catholics call Pope Francis ‘a change for the better’
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)

Pope Francis: Church could support civil unions
(Daniel Burke, CNN)

Dignity denied: North Korean atrocities revealed
(Ryan Kaminski and Mark Lagon, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs)

North Korea's unspeakable atrocities
(Eric Metaxas, Religion Today - Break Point)

Event announcements: Court’s decision in the challenges to the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate
(Kali Borkoski, SCOTUSblog)

Judge enlists police, border services to apprehend Lev Tahor children
(Tim Alamenciak, The Star (Canada))

Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Analysis: Reconciliation looks remote in Egypt
(N/A, IRIN)

Chapel perilous: Notes from the New York occult revival
(Don Jolly, The Revealer)

Pope Francis names six Toronto monsignors
(Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register)

Temple tax: European court rules LDS Church must pay local property tax for Preston England temple
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)

Taxing the temple
(Sam Brunson, By Common Consent)

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