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Sunday, 9 February 2014

David Smith on episodic religious persecutions in America
(Research on Religion Podcast)

Devout Largo business owner awaits ruling on contraception
(Elaine Silvestrini, The Tampa Tribune)

Egypt accuses Islamist group of having armed wing
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)

Gunman kills two at Orthodox cathedral in Russian far east
(Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times)

Hungary’s main Jewish umbrella votes to boycott state Holocaust commemorations
(JTA)

Methodists in crisis over gay marriage, church law
(Rachel Zoll, Associated Press)

New legislation seeks to affirm religious freedom in military
(Amy Choate-Nielsen, Deseret News National Edition)

Paganism: An overview of one of the least understood modern religions
(Aontonia Blumberg, Huff Post Religion)

PDP is dangerously introducing religion into Nigeria’s politics – Senator Ojudu
(Bashir Adefaka, Vanguard)

Religion and law round up – 9th February
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Shiite militias in Iraq begin to remobilize
(Loveday Morris, The Washington Post - Middle East)

Super Bowl ads and American civil religion
(Peter Gardella, OUPblog)

Suspected Philippine rebels bomb high-voltage tower
(Associated Press in Manila, South China Morning Post - Asia)

The U.N. assault on the Catholic Church
(Claudia Rosett, The Wall Street Journal)

Toward an Islamic enlightenment
(Şahin Alpay, Today's Zaman)

Turkish foreign minister: Israel, Turkey close to normalizing relations
(JTA)

Saturday, 8 February 2014

A month of introspection — Interfaith Roundtable promises to enrich religious attitudes
(Wendy Leonard, Deseret News)

America’s growing religious diversity
(Emily Fetsch, Public Religion Research Institute)

Christian-Muslim conflict rooted in politics not religion: Orthodox leader
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Egypt army hits Sinai militants; new group claims Cairo bomb
(Tom Perry, Reuters)

Ex-Soviet region reneging on religious liberties?
(Paul Strand, CBN News)

How religion in the US today tracks closely with geography
(Brad Knickerbocker, The Christian Science Monitor)

Jewish groups condemn new Presbyterian study guide on Zionism
(JTA)

Morocco hails Tunisia’s adoption of new constitution‏ – OpEd
(Said Temsamani, Eurasia Review)

Myanmar: Why is the Clergy Angry?
(Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)

Nigerian Americans welcome Obama's pledge to help stop terror in Nigerian churches – OpEd
(Laolu Akande, Eurasia Review)

Ohio parents fight law over girl's forced chemo
(John Seewer, Associated Press, The Big Story)

Perth man argues he couldn't wear bike helmet because he was wearing a kippah
(News.com.au)

Police chief assassinated by Al-Qaeda in Yemen‏
(Jim Kouri, Eurasia Review)

Protests in Jerusalem
(SLIDESHOW, Reuters)

The banal side of the religious State
(Mugambi Nandi, Standard Digital News)

Wielding whip and a hard new law, Nigeria tries to 'sanitize' itself on gays
(Adam Nossiter, International New York Times)

Yemeni education official: fighting terrorism a top priority
(Faisal Darem in Sanaa, Al-Shorfa)

Feds to provide legal benefits, services to all in same-sex marriages
(Evan Perez, CNN Politics)

Pope to South Korea more likely, to honor martyrs
(Frances D'Emilio, The Big Story)

The opaque financing of Germany's churches
(Spiegel Online International)

Fracking and the Church of England
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

The Christian roots of the Olympics
(Brantly Millegan, Aleteia)

Update on the raid of the children of the Twelve Tribes
(Susan Palmer (McGill University, Canada) and Liselotte Frisk (Dalarna University, Sweden) writing from the Twelve Tribes’ farm in Klosterzimmern, HWRF via European Coordination for Freedom of Conscience)

Eminönü's Yeni Valide Sultan Mosque celebrates 350th anniversary
(Niki Gamm, Hürriyet Daily News)

The collapse of political Islam with a loud crackle
(Ertuğrul Özkök, Hürriyet Daily News)

Ban on fighters ‘in line with Shariah’
(Arab News)

No Iran deal? No problem
(The National Interest)

Friday, 7 February 2014

Life, religious liberty top ERLC's 2014 agenda
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)

Sen. Mike Lee's prayer-dinner talk offers personal reflections
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News)

U.S. praises state-religion relations in Azerbaijan
(Jamila Babayeva, AzerNews)

Veil stereotypes: Constructing and distorting Muslim women
(woodturtle, Patheos Blog: Muslimah Media Watch)

Iran returns to its nuclear path, if Geneva deal violated
(Iran Review)

‘Aid in dying’ movement takes hold in some states
(Erik Eckholm, The New York Times)

Iran delivers surprise, money, to Jewish hospital
(Thomas Erdbrink, New York Times)

Rising numbers of children 'no longer read Bible stories'
(Graeme Paton, The Telegraph)

Russia arrests 4 gay rights activists on opening day of Winter Olympics opening ceremony
(CBS News)

Atheists vow to fight monument rejection in Levy County, Fla.
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

Worried about their future, French Jews take a bet on Israel
(Elizabeth Bryant, Religion News Service)

Iran’s mix of “token gestures” and arrests may indicate internal disputes
(Jeremy Reynalds, ASSIST News Service, Religion Today)

LDS Church, 4 lawmakers to chime in on gay marriage case
(The Salt Lake Tribune)

Survey finds British children and adults are biblically illiterate
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)

Ukraine's culture war
(Nicolai N. Petro, The National Interest)

Baghdad al-Qaeda figure arrested on terrorism charges
(Al-Shorfa)

Iraq near implosion: The ‘bad years’ are back – OpEd
(Ramzy Baroud, Eurasia Review)

‘War crimes’ defence against Israel company protest convictions fails in Supreme Court
(Ross Beaton, UK Human Rights Blog)

Is Syria now a direct threat to the United States?
(David Rohde, The Atlantic)

Cert. petitions on prison grooming rules
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Might “Olympism” be a protected belief?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Vatican: UN oversteps its boundaries in report conclusions
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

Vatican hits back at UN committee for abuse report
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press, Yahoo! News)

Concluding observations on the second periodic report of the Holy See (Advance Unedited Version)
(Committee on the Rights of the Child, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child)

What the United Nations demands of the Holy See: background and analysis
(CWN, Catholic Culture)

How the Holy See was ambushed by a kangaroo court
(Austen Ivereigh, Catholic Voices Comment)

Saints in a confessional box
(Father Robert Barron, Real Clear Religion)

Turkey deports journalist for criticizing Erdogan
(Mustapha Ajbaili, Al Arabiya Digital)

Moroccan on skis * Sochi’s Muslims * Syria’s children
(Omar Sacirbey, RNS Blog: Moozweek)

As the Winter Olympics open, Putin showcases a defiant Russia
(Gregory L. White and Paul Sonne, The Wall Street Journal)

An Olympics in the shadow of a war zone
(Steven Lee Myers, International New York Times)

Why Sochi has no mosques
(Tim Murphy, Mother Jones)

Sochi Olympics shine spotlight on Russia’s Muslim population
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)

Fatah and the "armed struggle" against Israel
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute)

Charge of homophobia is being misused in equality debate
(Chris Connolly, The Irish Times)

Pastor killed as riots hit Mombasa
(World Watch Monitor)

Among Iran's 'True Believers,' an enduring faith in martyrdom
(Scott Peterson, Security Watch)

Pakistan Govt, TTP negotiators chart roadmap for peace talks
(World Affairs Journal)

Muslims flee Central African Republic's capital
(Jerome Delay and Krista Larson, The Big Story)

'Bizarre' British summons roundly criticized by legal experts, religious freedom advocates
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)

Claims filed vs. LDS Church in U.K.
(Dennis Wagner, The Arizona Republic)

Head of Mormon church summoned by British magistrates' court over Adam and Eve teaching
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)

Legal experts surprised over court summons for LDS Church president
(Tad Walch, KSL.com - Utah)

Is this the most peculiar court summons in recent British history?
(Charles C.W. Cooke, National Review Online)

Thursday, 6 February 2014

Can the UN change the Church's views on abortion and gay rights?
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Gallup Poll: 19 most religious states voted for Romney
(Drew MacKenzie, Newsmax)

Human rights violations In Algeria: The Mozabite people under attack
(Anna Mahjar-Barducci, MEMRI via World Affairs Journal)

Pentagon, seeking new bid on kosher field meals, says it has enough for now
(JTA)

The Jury is still out on conflict prevention in the CAR
(Misha Boutilier, Geopolitical Monitor)

Views on 'cult-like' retreats vary widely
(Adam Dickter, The New York Jewish Weekly)

Are secular liberals getting cocky?
(Damon Linker, The Week)

Peace talks with Taleban a nonstarter
(Salahuddin Haider, Arab News)

Saudi authorities offer incentives for terrorist financing information
(Saad Abdullah, Al-Shorfa)

Tunisians disavow takfirism
(Jamel Arfaoui, Magharebia)

Hollywood's moral compass
(William Donohoe, Eurasia Review)

President Obama prays for Pastor Saeed Abedini imprisoned in Iran and calls for his release
(Eurasia Review)

Dialogue and peace
(Speech by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the 17th Eurasian Economic Summit in Istanbul, Hürriyet Daily News)

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