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Thursday, 17 October 2013

India SC anguished over UP identifying riot victims by religion
(Business Standard)

To ask whether religions are rational is like asking whether they are pale green
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)

Darwin, religion, and the rise of a secular world
(Brian Lynch, OpEdNews.com)

It’s the miracles that make Haj pilgrimage so special
(Sabria S. Jawhar, Arab News)

King Abdullah: ‘Interference in Muslim issues won’t be tolerated’
(MINA, Arab News)

Faith-based dorm is rarity at public university
(Jay Reeves, Associated Press, The Rocky Mount Telegram)

Cambodia: Buddhist nuns crucial to community
(Kalinga Seneviratne, IDN-InDepthNews)

’12 Years a Slave’ prompts calls for racial reconciliation
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Boko Haram dialogue committee member laments politicisation of religion
(Isa Abdul Salami Ahovi, The Guardian, Nigeria)

Muslim student banned from Catholic school for facial hair allowed to return
(Will Hagle, Opposing Views)

First Amendment means freedom of religion without government support
(Gordon Walter, News-Sentinel)

Language, media, religion mini-conference and roundtable
(Laura Leibman, Religion in American History (Blog))

Temples and the redundancy of it all - Javed Akhtar on religion
(Sakhi Deshpande, India Today)

Using public information to protect religious liberty
(Brian Simboli, Crisis Magazine)

Religious liberty and evangelical identity politics
(Blog: Rhetoric, Race, and Religion)

10-year-old Shelby County school student finally permitted to write about her hero--God!
(PR Newswire, Digital Journal)

Statement of Vietnam’s clergies concerning ordinance on religion and belief
(DVVN, Democratic Voice of Vietnam)

Amsterdam tax court recognizes Church of Scientology as a religion and for public benefit
(PR Newswire, Digital Journal)

French court upholds Scientology fraud conviction
(Agence France-Press, Global Post)

Malaysia and monotheism: In the name of Allah
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Lithuanian lawmakers advance bid to keep ritual slaughter legal
(JTA)

Limmud debut in Peru draws more than 600
(JTA)

Yellen’s rise to Fed chief gains more attention for gender than faith
(Ron Kampeas, JTA)

Priebke’s body in limbo after protests shut down funeral
(JTA)

Falling on deaf ears? Why so many churches hear so little of the Bible
(Albert Mohler, Religion Today)

India: Bajrang Dal pressure villagers to leave Christianity
(World Watch Monitor)

Obamacare becomes test of faith for employer over birth control
(Tom Howell Jr., The Washington Times)

What Oprah gets wrong about atheism
(Chris Steadman, CNN Belief Blog)

Pew Research Center Religion News - October 17, 2013
(Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project)

'Jews of no religion': Haaretz contributors unpack the Pew survey
(Haaretz)

Event transcript: Changing identity of Jewish Americans – implications for social and political engagement
(Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project)

Beyond the veil: What sort of schools are UK taxpayers funding?
(Samuel Westrop, Gatestone Institute)

Suzan Johnson Cook to resign as religious freedom ambassador
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

U.S. ambassador for international religious freedom resigns
(Emily Belz, World Magazine)

Holocaust studies to begin in first grade, Israel’s education minister says
(JTA)

Gay couples file federal suit to overturn Oregon ban on same-sex marriage
(Willamette Week)

Armenia: "Imprisoned conscientious objectors should be immediately and unconditionally released"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Jediism is the seventh-largest religion in UK
(Ashley Collman, Mail Online)

In Syria, Muslims struggle to celebrate holy day
(Saad Abedine. Hala Gorani and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN)

A look inside the Muslim Brotherhood: Propelled to power by discipline, but hurt by dogma
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)

GuideStone sues HHS on Obamacare abortion mandate
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)

Hispanics increasingly identify as ‘nones’
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

The LDS Church appears as a category on 'Jeopardy!'
(Ryan Morgenegg, Deseret News)

Ex-gay Christian counsellor hounded out by psychotherapist associations
(Christian Concern)

How social and digital media are changing #religion
(Herb Scribner, Deseret News)

The state of religion in China: Governing religion with one eye closed
(Robert P. Weller, The Immanent Frame)

Wednesday, 16 October 2013

‘Good Muslims should build bridges with other faiths’
(Siraj Wahab, Arab News)

1 in 4 European Jews afraid to wear kippah, survey shows
(JTA)

50 000 Syria Christians ask for Russian citizenship
(Interfax)

Al-Madinah free school to be damned by Ofsted inspectors as dysfunctional
(Nicholas Watt, The Guardian)

Creating truly shared cities in Israel
(Jenny Nemko, Common Ground News Service)

Egypt's Justice Ministry to draft anti-terrorism law
(Ahram Online)

Eid 101: Understanding the Islamic holiday Eid al Adha
(Al Bawaba)

Hollywood’s depiction of nuns a case of ‘veiled desires’
(Menachem Wecker, Religion News Service)

In Israel’s haredi community, breaking a culture of secrecy on domestic abuse
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Michigan same sex marriage case delayed, frustrating gay activists
(Steve Neavling and Joseph Lichterman, Reuters)

Polish Muslims drop Eid sacrifice amid protests
(Ahram Online)

Prisoner voting: both appeals dismissed
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Sports teams should change racist names and logos, ADL says
(JTA)

Supreme Court term touches on prayer, religious liberty
(Catholic News Agency)

This Supreme Court prisoner voting decision really is a victory for common sense
(Adam Wagner, UK Human Rights Blog)

With the country at the mercy of Islamists and criminals, Libya asks the Church to leave
(AsiaNews.it)

EVENT, 20 October 2013: Minnesota Religious Freedom Forum

EVENT, 30 October 2012: Tomorrow's World: Religion or Science?
(The American Islamic Conference (AIC), Science and Islam series, supported by the John Templeton Foundation)

Judge says Mich. gay marriage ban will go to trial
(Jim Schaefer and Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, USA Today)

Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Liberté de penser, liberté de croire, liberté religieuse, liberté d’exprimer et de manifester
(Ethique Chrétienne dans Société (divers), Construire une éthique sociale chrétienne)

Secularism is key to democracy
(Michael Adel interviews Murad Wahba, Al-Ahram Weekly)

Preaching politics from the pulpit
(J.C. Derrick, Religion Today)

India’s caste campaigners win EU backing to end ‘apartheid’ conditions
(Harriet Grant for the Guardian,, EurActiv)

The Malala dilemma – OpEd
(Binoy Kampmark, Eurasia Review)

Joel Fetzer on Confucianism and democracy
(Research on Religion Podcast, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)

Shakman Hurd on religious freedom in international law
(Mark Movesesian, First Things: First Thoughts)

Swedish Lutheran Church elects female archbishop
(The State)

Council of State calls for Constitution discussion on merits of religious oaths
(Patsy McGarry, The Irish Times)

Troy University responds to inquiry from anti-religion group
(Jim Cook, Dothan Eagle)

Berger on education, religion, and law
(Lawrence Solum, Legal Theory Blog)

Museum on Belgian shipping line stirs debate on Holocaust history
(Cnann Liphshiz, JTA)

Spanish Jews ask Catholics to return ancient synagogue
(JTA)

Missionaries try to convert Jerusalem Kashrut supervisor
(Jewish Press News Briefs, The Jewish Press)

Shutdown keeps U.S. anti-Semitism envoy from Ukraine conference
(JTA, The Jewish Press)

Pew survey about Jewish America got it all wrong
(J.J. Goldberg, The Jewish Daily Forward)

Pew-positive: Looking on the survey’s bright side
(Julie Wiener, JTA)

Pew stands by sweeping findings on #JewishAmerica in face of criticism
(Alan Cooperman and Greg Smith, The Jewish Daily Forward)

EU employment rights law trumps diplomatic immunity – what next?
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)

Islam strictly forbids terrorism, says Grand Mufti in Hajj sermon
(Dawn News)

Haj: A marvelous show of unity
(Shahid Ahmed, Arab News)

Muslim pilgrims stone devil in final hajj ritual
(MINA, Saudi Arabia - Agence France-Presse, Hürriyet Daily News)

Saudi women drivers: Threat to state religion and politics
(Ida Lichter, M.D., Huff Post World)

Baptist leader blasts ‘civil religion’
(Bob Allen, ABP News)

Cambodian dancers rededicate Buddhist temples across U.S
(Katherine Burgess, Religion News Service)

‘Amazing Grace’ from both sides now
(Peter Montgomery, Religion Dispatches)

An Atheist, a Jew, and a Christian walk into Fox to battle over religion in government
(Andrew Kirell, Mediaite)

Animal rights group disrupts Muslim Eid al-Adha ceremony In Poland
(Associated Press, Huff Post Religion)

Mainline Protestants: Vintage or vibrant?
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)

Did JFK have a greater impact on religion than any modern president?
(Bill McKenzie, Dallas News: Texas Faith blog)

Arrested rabbis represent tension between religion and law
(Glen Chesir, The Justice.org)

Interfaith group seeks dialogue among campus religious groups
(Charlie House, The Parthenon (Marshall University, West Virginia))

Global Jihad: religion, politics or business?
(Igor Siletsky, Voice of Russia)

Religion in school could be hot topic in Utah Legislature
(Lee Davidson, The Salt Lake Tribune)

Belarus: Why is Catholic priest still detained by KGB secret police?
(Olga Glace, Forum 18 News Service)

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