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Wednesday, 13 November 2013

Judaism, after all, is a religion
(Yossi Ginzberg, The New York Jewish Week)

CESE say yes to religion in private enterprises
(Paola Battista, West / Welfare Society Territory)

How is same-sex marriage different from miscegenation?
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)

Australia Church child sex inquiry urges sweeping changes
(Tengri News)

Voices of Faith: Is yoga a religion?
(The Kansas City Star, The News Tribune)

Nevada Supreme Court stays out of dispute over judge's recusal for religious ties
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Mormon judge, lawyer quit case after religious roles are questioned
(Tim O'Reiley, Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Atheists and believers seek common ground in Scotland
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)

At least 21 killed in Iraq on religious holiday
(RT)

Jesus statue unscathed by Typhoon Haiyan
(CNN Belief Blog)

Turkey: Student-cohabitation fight about rights, not religion
(Dorian Jones, Eurasia.net)

I'm dreaming of a not-so-white Thanksgivukkah
(Jodi Eichler-Levine, Religion in American History (Blog))

Religious liberty bill will protect rights of all Mainers
(David Burns, BDN Maine Opinion)

Trouble for the contraception mandate
(Dorothy J. Samuels, The New York Times)

JFK’s undelivered speech gave vision of where he wanted to lead U.S.
(Ben Voth, Dallas News)

The triple tragedy of Christian persecution in Middle East
(Ken Starr, Institute for Studies of Religion - Baylor University)

Can Matteo Ricci’s beatification mend China’s rift with the Catholic Church
(Debra Bruno, The Atlantic)

Chapel survival * Exaggerating martyrs * A rabbi return: Wednesday’s religion news roundup
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)

UK: The interfaith industry
(Samuel Westrop, Gatestone Institute)

Clash of ideologies plunges Bangladesh into cycle of violence
(Reuters, Voice of America)

Number of Christian martyrs continues to cause debate
(World Watch Monitor)

Attractions vs. actions: Homosexuality & God's story
(John Stonestreet, Religion Today)

EVENT, 15 November 2013. Mini-Colloquium on the Disparate Gender Impact of Artificial Reproductive Technology (ART)
(Helen Alvaré, Jennifer Lahl, Alana Newman, William Duncan, The Marriage and Family Law Research Project, Brigham Young University)

EVENT, 15 November 2013: An international response to a global vrisis: A conversation with Baroness Warsi on religious freedom
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

U.S. congregations report major gains in accepting gays and lesbians, racial, ethnic diversity
(David Briggs, The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA))

EVENT, 13 November 2013: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Value of Cultivating Respect for Religion
(W. Cole Durham, Jr., Peres Academic Center Law School)

Rabbinate's discrimination of Orthodox rabbis abroad prompts emergency Knesset meeting
(Haaretz (subscription required for full text))

Tuesday, 12 November 2013

A search for truth, or a Trojan horse for religion in schools?
(Alistair McBay, National Secular Society)

Injustice in South Korea causes international outcry
(Jehovah's Witnesses Newsroom)

Ecumenical organization releases first statement on evangelism in decades
(Mark A. Kellner, Adventist News Network)

Together Towards Life: Mission and Evangelism in Changing Landscapes
(World Council of Churches)

Why more than 1.86 million Christians around the world believe in God the Mother
(Aileen Donnelly, National Post: Holy Post Blog)

Hundreds of Buddhists in Myanmar protest Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s upcoming visit
(Associated Press, Worldwide Religious News)

Largest haul of repatriated church icons, mosaics returned to Cyprus after nearly 4 decades
(Associated Press, Worldwide Religious News)

Fourth man charged in alleged anti-Semitic attack in Sydney
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Hugh O’Flaherty, Ireland’s shining priest
(William Doino Jr., First Things: On the Square)

Fight for religious pluralism recurring theme of 2013 federations confab
(Ben Sales, JTA)

New analysis of Pew data: Children of intermarriage increasingly identify as Jews
(Theodore Sasson, Tablet)

Grappling with Pew at the G.A.
(Ben Sales, JTA)

Norway to introduce new regulations on circumcision
(JTA)

Norway to ‘control’ circumcision with respect for Jews and Muslims
(The Jewish Press)

Sharia law can't replace laws in Russian regions - State Duma
(Interfax)

Rutgers plans Bruce Springsteen theology class
(Eric R Danton, Rolling Stone, MSN Entertainment)

Lebanese clerics gather to call for religious diversity and co-existence
(Ayoub Khaddaj, Al-Shorfa)

Pope Francis is internet's top name of 2013, according to Global Language Monitor survey
(Huff Post Religion)

Business and religion: Choosing God
(Fr. Ted's Blog: Meditations of an Orthodox Priest)

A call for a more realistic reporting of Christian martyrs
(Judd Birdsall, Religion News Service)

Zombies vs. the resurrection of the dead
(Eric Metaxas, BreakPoint)

British oil worker hurt in Iraq row over 'Shiite insult'
(Karim Jamil, The Daily Star (Lebanon))

Religion wasn’t behind two recent terrorist attacks
(Akbar Ahmed, The Daily Star (Lebanon))

Jordan’s queen lambastes Islamic extremism
(The Times of Israel)

Number of absences on Muslim holiday not high enough, district officials say
(Courtney Nunes, Opposing Views)

Karl Marx as a radical Protestant infidel?
(Janine Giordano Drake, Religion in American History (Blog))

Indonesian ulema again demand Catholic schools teach Islam
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)

Are there really 100,000 new Christian martyrs every year?
(Ruth Alexander, BBC News Magazine)

Serpent handler-TV star has a new cause: religious liberty
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)

Is the NY Times "dumbing down" religion?
(Lisa Webster, Religion Dispatches)

The science of religion: Odd to each other
(Tanya Luhrmann, The Immanent Frame)

Lahore: Life of Christian pastor accused of blasphemy in danger
(AsiaNews.it)

Tibet, young monk who set himself on fire for freedom survives
(AsiaNews.it)

Religion is not the enemy: agnostic, Maarcello Pera, explains why
(Philip F. Lawler, The American Spectator)

Lutherans see Malaysia 'Allah' ban for Christians violating religious freedom
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Rise in Italian Catholic Church attendance attributed to ‘Francis effect’
(Eric J. Lyman, Religion News Service)

The Gambia: Imam Fatty renews call for commitment to religion - as Muslims observe Yowmal Ashura Today
(Amadou Jallow, Daily Observer (Forward with The Gambia))

‘Gothic piles’ no longer necessary for finding faith
(Tom Ehrich, Religion News Service)

The case of True Religion v. truereligion.com
(Edward Mason, Bostom.com)

When religion becomes a tool for campaign strategy
(Ejiro Barrett, The Nigerian Observer)

What religious liberty is... and isn't
(Rev. Susan Russell, Huff Post Religion)

Avortement en France: la folle dérive
(CP de Droit de Naitre, Paria, Talpa brusseliensis christiana)

With close to 1.9 million signatures, “One of Us” is Europe’s most successful citizen’s initiative!
(Talpa brusseliensis christiana)

The Westgate Mall attack: What it means for Somali refugees
(Mark Yarnell, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs)

Bishops elect Louisville archbishop new conference president; Texas cardinal is vice president
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)

U.S. bishops adjust to Francis by choosing pragmatic leaders
(John Allen Jr., Vatican Insider)

Egypt's Christians close ranks as kidnappings spike
(Kristen Chick, The Christian Science Monitor)

Two conservative chaplains sure VA over Pastoral Education program clashes
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Quebec secularism bill even tougher than expected
(Janice Arnold, The Canadian Jewish News)

Charter affirming the values of State secularism and religious neutrality and of equality between women and men, and providing a framework for accommodation requests
(Mr. Bernard Drainville, Minister responsible for Democratic Institutions and Active Citizenship, Québec National Assembly)

Bishops extend initiative for life, marriage, religious liberty
(Catholic News Agency)

World Court awards some territory to Cambodia in temple dispute
(Voice of America)

Macedonia wins seat at UN Human Rights Council
(MINA)

Gay lawmaker votes against gay marriage, cites religious liberty
(Matthew Schmitz, First Things: First Thoughts)

A slippery slope back into Iraq? – OpEd
(Ivan Eland, Eurasia Review)

Minority report: Why Baha’is face persecution in Iran
(Reuters FaithWorld)

Fifty-Minister Wedding * Vatican at Baltimore * Death Row Donor : Tuesday’s Religion News Roundup
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Secretary General of the Council of Europe: “no” to ban on religious male circumcision
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

News legal academic community in Israel
(Yannis Moliib, 91st Newsletter)

Too little too late as Daily Mail “corrects” bogus human rights splash
(Adam Wagner, UK Human Rights Blog)

EVENT, 13 November 2013: Sexual orientation, gender identity and religion: A new dialogue
(European Parliament)

After 22 years as Chief Rabbi of the U.K., Jonathan Sacks wants to go global
(Yair Rosenberg, Tablet)

Sikh religion in the spotlight at The Hebert, Coventry UK
(Julie Chamberlain, Coventry Telegraph, Sikh24)

Parents must accept limits to compulsion in matters of their children’s faith
(Dr Kevin Williams, The Irish Times - Religion & Beliefs)

Monday, 11 November 2013

Abtreibung in Europa: Passiert EU-Parlament Estrela-Bericht in Nacht-und-Nebel-Aktion?
(George Martin, Talpa brusseliensis christiana)

Dershowitz backs Avi Weiss in dispute with Israeli Rabbinate
(Uriel Heilman, JTA Telegraph)

My history with the family of Lee Harvey Oswald’s Jewish killer
(Steve North, JTA)

NJ Prosecutor slams archdiocese for failing to supervise child sex abuser Michael Fugee
(Mark Mueller, the Star-Ledger, Religion News Service)

Rising Russian nationalism sets off ethnic tension
(Kathy Lally, The Washington Post World)

Secularists and Islamists exchange accusations over Egypt's new constitution
(Gamal Essam El-Din, Ahram Online)

The Episcopal Church sues break-away Illinois Diocese over property
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Honouring the war dead: We will remember them, but how?
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Civil wars: How to stop the fighting, sometimes
(O.M, R.L.W., A.M. and P.K., The Economist)

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