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Thursday, 6 February 2014

Mullahs prosper as sanctions fatigue hits
(Benny Avni, Newsweek)

Liberty Counsel petitions Supreme Court on change therapy ban
(Press Release, Liberty Counsel)

ACLU SoCal sues L.A. County Board of Supervisors over county seal
(Press Release, ACLU of Southern California)

Sources: Rabbi Michael Broyde resigns from RCA rather than face ethical inquiry
(Steven I. Weiss, TJC)

WA State's highest court limits religious nonprofits’ right to discriminate
(Valerie Bauman, Puget Sound Business Journal)

Court: Guard can sue religious hospital for firing
(Gene Johnson, Associated Press, Bloomberg Businessweek)

State's highest court limits religious nonprofits’ right to discriminate
(Valerie Bauman, Puget Sound Business Journal)

Ockletree v. Franciscan Health System
(Supreme Court of the State of Washington)

Disgraced Catholic order denounces founder, apologizes to victims
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)

Are the French anti-Semitic?
(Brian Eads, Newsweek)

One nation, under God — at least through breakfast
(Melinda Henneberger, The Washington Post Politics)

Family Research Council weighs in on Utah gay marriage case
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)

Ireland Supreme Court reserves judgment on surrogacy case
(Independent.ie)

Catholic adoption agency wins charity status appeal over same-sex row
(Christian Concern)

Polish gov’t ombudsman repudiates Shechita ban
(Sam Sokol, The Jerusalem Post)

Have some faith in Christian law school
([CORRECTION] John G. Stackhouse, The Globe and Mail)

Religious rights at risk, B.C. law school with gay-intimacy ban warns alumni
(James Bradshaw, The Globe and Mail)

Cornering a brave Palestinian man of peace
(Nicola Nasser, Eurasia Review)

Minority status will help us help others, Jains say
(The Times of India)

Facebook figures * Hindu keynoter * Sochi culture : Thursday’s Roundup
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Christians and circumcision
(Mark Movsesian, CLR Forum - St. John's University)

The religious states of America, in 6 maps
(Niraj Chokshi, The Washington Post - GovBeat)

Should ultra-Orthodox Jews be able to decide what they’re called?
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

President Obama praises freedom of religion at the National Prayer Breakfast
(David Hudson, The White House Blog)

Obama alludes to atheists, gays at National Prayer Breakfast speech on religious freedom
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)

Al-Qaeda: Jihadists v jihadists
(S.B., The Economist [Pomegranate: The Middle East])

Evangelical pastor of church in ‘gay mecca’ speaks out about identity
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)

Oregon gay wedding ballot reveals a values tug-of-war
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, RNS Blog: Faith & Reason)

Philip Seymour Hoffman exits on a Catholic stage
(David Gibson, RNS Blog: Sacred and Profane)

Barring Dieudonné is wrong, in principle, and it won’t even work
(David Aaronovitch, The Jewish Chronicle Online)

Idaho House panel keeps religious freedom bill alive
(Idaho Statesman)

British anti-Semitic incidents fall to eight-year low
(Reuters)

Missouri's top court orders St. Louis archdiocese to name accused priests
(Jennifer S. Mann, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Uzbekistan: Massive fine for Muslim prayer mat, Christian book raid ordered by NSS secret police
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Kenya: Nation goes on the offensive against Muslims
(Philipp Sandner, AllAfrica)

Dallas rabbi sued for running home-based synagogue
(JTA)

Kremlin hasn't received law from culture, science figures on rescinding anti-gay law – spokesman
(Interfax-Religion)

No applications made to protest against anti-gay law during Olympics - Deputy PM Kozak
(Interfax-Religion)

India’s Supreme Court to review "pro- Hindu" ruling, to curb religious extremism
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Israeli lawmaker apologizes, says comments on Reform were ‘misinterpreted’
(JTA)

Christian girl abducted, converted and forced to marry a Muslim in Lahore
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)

Pussy Riot members at odds over Madonna concert
(Ahram Online)

White Christians turning into Nones
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)

Church's challenge to rezoning denial dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Council of Saudi Chambers rejects two-day weekend
(Arab News)

Scottish Church 'disappointed' in legalization of gay marriage
(Catholic News Agency, Aleteia)

Fighting for marriage and religious liberty in 2014
(John Burger interviews Ryan T. Anderson, Aleteia)

Egypt: Little-known army figure rises to stardom
(Reuters, Gulf News)

Marine Le Pen's worldview: Oppose America, embrace Iran
(Peter Martino, Gatestone Institute)

Germany aiming to become more Muslim friendly
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)

The Third Intifada
(Thomas L. Friedman, International New York Times)

Church law and state law: A loose canon?
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

The U.N.’s war on religious liberty
(Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary Magazine)

Vatican envoy rejects UN panel's critical verdict on clerical abuse scandal
(Lizzy Davies and Henry McDonald, The Guardian)

U.N. mishandles Vatican on its handling of sex abuse
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)

Central African Republic lynching a shock even in a country torn by violence
(David Smith, The Guardian via World Affairs Journal)

Bill Nye vs. Ken Ham: Are evolution and religion at odds
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)

Bill Nye's 'reasonable man': The central worldview clash of the Ham-Nye debate
(Albert Mohler, Religion Today)

U.N. panel blasts Vatican handling of clergy sex abuse, church teachings on gays, abortion
(Anthony Faiola and Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post Europe)

Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Britain puts Mormonism on trial
(Naomi Zeveloff, The Daily Beast)

CVS stores to stop selling tobacco
(CNN)

Statement by the President on the CVS decision to cease tobacco sales
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)

The Vatican before the UN: address by Archbishop Tomasi
(Catholic Voices Comment)

Four-year-old asks Belgian king to block euthanasia of children
(Catholic News Agency)

U.S. condemns sectarian violence in the Central African Republic
(Jen Psaki, United States Department of State)

European Parliament votes in favor of pro-gay agenda
(Christian Concern)

Religion is not accommodated, it is privileged
(Anne Marie Waters, National Secular Society)

Nigeria: Pupils wear religious regalia to school in Osun … sing different religious songs in assembly
(Femi Makinde, Punch)

Religion used to avoid work
(Views and News from Norway)

Satirical Turkish site on trial for insulting religion
(Orhan Kemal Cengiz, Turkey Pulse)

Ministers weigh options amidst major religious decline
(Jeff Brumley, ABP News)

Hatina, “Martyrdom in Modern Islam: Piety, Power, and Politics”
(Andrew Rosati, CLR Forum - St. John's University)

Florida study shows religion helps keep ex-cons out of jail
(Patrick Donges and Melissa Ross, WJCT News)

Kazakhstan Religions Agency: Grace is outside framework
(Tengri News)

Iraq's insurgency shows staying power
(Anna Kordunsky, Security Watch)

Thailand looks to arrest Buddhist monk for insurrection
(Vishal Arora, Religion News Service)

Conference of Hispanic Christians endorses Common Core
(Amanda Murphy, Religion News Service)

Jihadist return is said to drive attacks in Egypt
(David D. Kirkpatrick and Eric Schmitt, International New York Times)

Police: Vandals hit California Islamic center
(Associated Press, Bakersfield Now)

Young Saudis warned: Beware of false jihadis
(Abdullah Al-Bargi, Arab News)

Secularists for Christmas! Can France make room for Islam?
(Albert Wu, Commonweal)

The troubled future of Egypt's Copts
(Samuel Tadros, Real Clear Religion)

Buddha statues get bigger on mainland China in bid to lure tourists
(He Huifeng, South China Morning Post)

House panel OKs ‘religious freedom’ bills
(Bob Christie, Arizona Capitol Times)

Same-sex marriage: MSPs pass gay marriage bill
(Scott Macnab, The Scotsman)

AF drops evangelical marriage vdeo from course
(Military.com)

Christians must wait one year to file for divorce, Karnataka high court rules
(The Times of India)

Israel to cut Orthodox seminary funding over lack of military enlistment
(Maayan Lubell, Huff Post Religion)

Tennessee judge who ordered name change for baby Messiah fired
(Tim Ghianni, Reuters, New York Daily News)

Kazakhstan: "We're liquidating the [mosque] community"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Somali refugee sentenced for conspiring to help Islamic terror group Al Shabab from inside the U.S.
(Katie Pavlich, Townhall.com)

Ayatollah tortured, near death, in Iran for criticizing political Islam
(Shadi Paveh, Gatestone Institute)

Iran: Letter from Hussein Boroujerdi, political prisoner in Evin Prison – Excerpts
(Hussein Boroujerdi, Gatestone Institute)

The dagger that tears at ill-fated Iranians year after year
(Seyyed Hossein Kazemeini-Boroujerdi, BamAzadi)

Euromaidan: Ukraine’s self-organizing revolution
(Nadia Diuk, World Affairs)

Sudan's continuing war on religious freedom
(Leonard A. Leo, Felice D. Gaer and Tiffany Lynch, World Affairs)

Russia: An expanding net of intolerance
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Algerian Christian refused burial in public cemetery / Two Algerians jailed for failure to observe Muslim fast
(World Watch Monitor)

Race and Religion in American History: Conference at Princeton, March 7-8, 2014
(Paul Harvey, Religion in American History)

Summer Seminar on Nationalism, Religion and Violence 2014: Prague
(Call for Applications, Patrick O'Neil, Politics and Government University of Puget Sound)

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