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Wednesday, 11 September 2013

Russia: Moscow Krishna devotees face eviction
(Geraldine Fagan, Forum 18 News Service)

Obama delays Syria strike to focus on a Russian plan
(Mark Landler and Jonathan Weisman, New York Times)

Senate shelves resolution on military strike against Syria, deferring to diplomacy
(Karen DeYoung, Ed O’Keefe and Colum Lynch, The Washington Post)

India: Rising anti-Christian violence in Karnataka
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Malaysia , the courts of appeal refer verdict on the use of the word "Allah" to October
(AsiaNews.itMal)

French soldiers face disciplinary action for anti-Semitic photo
(JTA)

Vietnam inflicts massive official force on Catholic demonstrators
(Morning Star News)

Christian mother killed, boy kidnapped in Somalia
(Morning Star News)

U.S. adoptive mother guilty of homicide in death of Ethiopian girl
(Jonathan Kaminsky, Reuters)

Patriarch Kirill urges Obama to scrap plans to strike Syria
(Interfax)

Court rejects challenge to "In God We Trust" on currency
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

LDS Church creates new web materials in support of religious freedom
(Joseph Walker, Deseret News)

PQ religion-ban plan: No more hijabs, turbans, kippas, big crosses for public workers
(Alexander Panetta, The Canadian Press, Maclean's Politics)

Quebec reveals religious symbols to be banned from public sector
(Ingrid Peritz and Les Perraux, The Globe and Mail)

Feds will ‘vigorously defend’ religious freedom if attacked by Quebec’s ban on religious symbols
(Peter Balinkski, Life Site News)

Moss Point School Board OKs religious freedom policy for district
(Vivian Austin, The Mississippi Press)

Call for Yemen to end child marriage
(Eurasia Review)

Russell Moore: End of cultural Christianity in America is opportunity for Church to recover the Cross
(Napp Nazworth, The Christian Post Politics)

Bill would allow religious, moral objections in adoption placements
(Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press)

Brooklyn’s ‘crazy chicken lady’ making progress in fighting kapparot ritual
(Orli Santo, JTA)

Police tactics threaten religious freedom
(Sentinel & Enterprise)

Britons become less religious
(Global Post)

Gov’t to ensure same financing for state-run and religious schools
(Politics.hu)

Texas group says publishers pressured to include 'creation science' in textbooks
(Doris Quintanilla, Opposing Views)

Some public universities implementing religion-based dorms — but not UF
(Elizabeth Brown, The Independent Florida Alligator)

In Nigeria, art boom feeds a revival of interest in traditional animist art
(Tim Cocks, Reuters)

Birmingham church bombing recalled with donation, medal
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Ancient treasure trove uncovered near Temple Mount
(Sidney Slivko, Religion News Service)

France, laïcité and the Charter of Secularism at School
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Burqini Ruling: (German) Court says schools can require co-ed swims
(Spiegel Online International)

Airman now being investigated after filing complaint over gay-marriage disagreement
(Bonnie Pritchett, Southern Baptist Texan)

Tuesday, 10 September 2013

End of Boy Scouts? Christian coalition creates new scouting group
(Jamshid Ghazi Askar, Deseret News)

Liberation theology finds new welcome in Pope Francis’ Vatican
(Alessandro Speciale, Religion News Service)

Integration Case : (German) Court to rule on swim lessons for Muslim Girls
(Matthias Bartsch, Dietmar Hipp and Maximilian Popp, Spiegel Online International)

Archbishop Pietro Parolin: Priest celibacy is open to discussion
(Huff Post Religion)

Where religious leaders stand on a military strike on Syria
(Yasmine Hafiz, Huff Post Religion)

Pope kicks off reform mission in meeting with Vatican department heads
(Alessandro Speciale, Religion News Service)

In Pakistan, most say Ahmadis are not Muslim
(Neha Sahgal, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

San Antonio LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance passes
(Jerry Pierce & David Roach, Southern Baptist TEXAN/Baptist Press, BR Now.org)

Will U.S. action in Syria hasten the extinction of Christianity in the Middle East?
(George E. Demacopoulos, The Washington Post – On Faith)

Chino, California: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to host blood drive to honor 9/11 victims
(Salma Javid Khan, The Muslim Times)

Obama backs idea for Syria to cede control of arms
(Michael D. Shear, Michael R. Gordon, and Steven Lee Myers, The New York Times)

Looming US Attack: Syria's Christians caught in the crossfire
(Raniah Salloum, Speigel Online International)

Q&A with United Nations religious freedom czar Heiner Bielefeldt
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)

Countering violent extremism: A peacebuilding perspective
(Georiga Holmer, United States Institute of Peace)

Polish Beef * Miss World * Banned Rockers: Religious Freedom Roundup: Sept. 2 – Sept. 9
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)

Hijab ban violates Muslim civil rights
(Judicial Watch)

Sudan woman risks flogging to protest 'Taliban'-like law
(Ian Timberlake, The Daily Star)

Quebec debates civil servant ban on religious garb
(Clément Sabourin, AFP)

Egyptian crackdown on Sinai continues
(Al Bawaba News)

Ministerial exception defense rejected in suit by transgender Catholic school teacher
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

4 Bangladeshi bloggers indicted for blasphemy
(Daily Times)

Antonin Scalia: capitalism requires 'traditional Christian virtues' to succeed
(Nick Wing, Huff Post Religion)

Christian woman raped and murdered in Madhya Pradesh
(World Watch Monitor)

Patriarch Kirill calls for open dialogue on Transdniestria
(Interfax)

Negative preaching distances students from religion
(Kirsten Keller, The Daily Illini)

Haifa to coordinate Yom Kippur and Feast of the Cross
(JNS Service, The Jewish Press)

Those who equate religion with morality miss a key point
(The Boston Globe)

National religion scholar (Eboo Patel) advises to work together
(Reagan Martin, The Oklahoma Daily)

Miss World 2013: Indonesia’s religious intolerance and bikinis
(Jonathan DeHart, The Diplomat)

Birmingham college bans Muslim students from wearing religious veils for 'security reasons'
(Wills Robinson, Daily Mail)

Dhammadeepa Council to nurture religious amity
(Daily Mirror)

Atheists want cross removed from 131-year-old city seal in Florida
(Charlie Butts, One News Now)

Presidential proclamation declared last weekend days of prayers and remembrance for 9-11 victims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Hindu, Muslim, Jewish groups join fight against Texas cheerleaders’ scripture displays
(Garrett Haley, CrossMap)

From ‘Full House’ to ‘Modern Family’: Ten shows that forced us to reimagine the American family
(Jonathan Merritt, Religion News Service)

Muslim clerk wins hijab fight against Abercrombie and Fitch
(Omar Sacirbey, Religion News Service)

Richard Dawkins under fire for ‘mild pedophilia’ remarks
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)

Jewish game developer to market Holocaust game for smartphones
(JTA)

Religious conservatives on Texas textbook review panels criticize proposed science books
(Dallas News)

Violent guards and violent Haredi extremists duel in Beit Shemesh
(Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu, The Jewish Press)

Ron Paul condemned over speaking to antisemitic Catholics
(JNS News Service, The Jewish Press)

France moves to toughen ban on religion in schools
(Ahram Online)

Egypt: No electoral system can exclude Islamists: Wafd Party
(Ahram Online)

Faisalabad: Pakistan's (anti-Christian) Romeo and Juliet story
(Shafique Khokhar, Asianews.it)

Bangladesh, four 'anti-Islam' bloggers sentenced
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)

Bolivia imposes Animist worldview on Christian Churches
(Morning Star News, Christianity Today)

Monday, 9 September 2013

USCIRF Chair Robert George takes oath of office at Supreme Court, September 9, 2013
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Group urges SEC to expand accredited investor rule to cover same-sex couples
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Religious expert suggests to send the Russian volunteer corps to Syria
(Interfax)

Who wants to join the Plain Mennonites and Amish? The real seekers of Anabaptist life
(David Briggs, The ARDA)

European Muslim populations projected to 2030
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

Believing in Russia
(Irina Papkova, The Revealer: A Daily Review of Religion & Media (NYU))

On Piety: Egypt, Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood
(Maurice Chammah, The Revealer: A Daily Review of Religion & Media (NYU))

Moroccan Christian jailed for evangelising
(Christian Today World)

Cert. petition filed in Obamacare case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

The US–Western role in religious extremism
(Abdul Alim, The Muslim Times)

Gay rights ordinance in Texas draws GOP objections
(National Public Radio)

Independence is more of a religion to Scottish nationalists than a political belief
(Graeme Archer, The Telegraph)

Pledge of Allegiance to continue with phrase 'under God' despite challenge
(Catholic Online)

Community approves non-discrimination ordinance
(Macomb Daily News)

Belarus: Imprisoned Catholic priest "Polish spy" or religious freedom victim?
(Olga Glace, Forum 18 News Service)

Nigeria attacks kill 13 vigilantes, 5 sect members
(Ahram Online)

Patriarch Kirill calls for unity of Moldovan politicians
(Interfax)

Bill seeks to end discrimination vs Muslims in media reports
(ABS-CBN News)

Al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr banned with 3 other channels
(Ahram Online)

French schools to get ‘secularism charter’
(Halla Mohiddeen, France 24)

Religious liberty pitted against gay rights in discrimination lawsuits
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Huff Post Religion)

Politics looms large in India religious riots that kill 31
(Sharat Pradhan, Reuters)

Anglican Archbishop kidnapped in Nigeria
(George Condor, Anglican Ink)

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