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Monday, 4 November 2013

Vatican asks for parish-level input on synod document
(Joshua J. McElwee, National Catholic Reporter)

Disputed area of Abyei votes to join South Sudan
(Rebecca Tinsley, World Watch Monitor)

Muhyiddin calls on Muslims to defend sanctity of religion
(Bernama, The Malay Mail Online)

November General Synod – Legislative Business
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Holocaust remembrance: New tool for anti-Semitism?
(Peter Martino, Gatestone Institute)

New York Court confirms part of Beth Din's rulings in dispute over kosher certification in Crown Heights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

‘Blasphemous’ tweets * God graveyard * Zombie panda?!: Religious Freedom Recap: Oct. 28 – Nov. 4
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)

Saudis in America
(Abdulateef Al-Mulhim, Arab News)

Kuwaiti woman arrested for driving sick father to hospital
(Al Bawaba)

Fair trade group promotes conscientious Christmas shopping
(Hillary Senour, Catholic News Agency)

Security Council, UNESCO strongly condemn killing of French journalists in Mali
(UN News Centre)

Billboard depicting US soldier and Muslim woman sparks mixed reactions
(Al Bawaba)

Religion, opium of Nigerian government?
(Charles Ike-Okoh, Zebulon Agomuo, and Tony Ailemen, Business Day)

Iran FM: Military solution spreads extremism to world states
(Iran Review)

The man behind the trial: Mohamed Morsi, his Brotherhood and mistakes
(Al Bawaba)

Morsi's Cairo trial adjourned till January after disruptions
(http://www.rferl.org/content/egypt-morsi-trial/25157029.html, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

Egypt's former President Morsi stands trial in country with highest government restrictions on religion
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

Will Supreme Court strike a blow for religious freedom in Greece v. Galloway?
(By Dr. Robert Jeffress, Fox News)

Sunday, 3 November 2013

In China’s Xinjiang, poverty and exclusion are a greater threat than Islam
(Michael Martina, URUMQI, Reuters UK)

Indian Mujahideen: The enemy as an enigma – Analysis
(Dr. Bibhu Prasad Routray, Eurasia Review)

Tensions high as Egypt's Morsi goes on trial
(Kathyn Stapley / Sonia DRIDI, France 24 International News)

Muslim women’s school in South Russia closed over extremism concerns
(RIA Novosti)

Suit In Australia invokes racial discrimination act against boycott of Israeli academics
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Kiev rabbi wins battle to keep 18 Torah scrolls
(JTA, The Jewish Daily Forward)

Objections to .halal and .islam top level domains rejected
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Religion and law round up – 3rd November
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Shamsi Ali: The rise and fall of a New York imam
(BBC News Magazine)

Saturday, 2 November 2013

Belmokhtar desperate for al-Qaeda approval
(Mawassi Lahcen, Magharebia)

China says it will stamp out the Dalai Lama’s voice in Tibet
(Ben Blanchard, Reuters)

Punjab, Christians hunted for blasphemy: fireworks wrapped in Koran pages
(Jibran Khan, Asianews.it)

Vatican surveys Church on family issues including gay marriage
(Steve Scherer, Reuters)

West Point hosts first wedding between 2 men at Military Academy
(Associated Press, Huff Post Gay Voices)

Atheist to get her day at the Supreme Court
(Bill Mears, CNN Belief Blog)

Supreme Court to hear new case on religion in public life
(Robert Barnes, Washington Post Politics)

Nigeria: Disquiet threatens Kwara's religious harmony
(This Day Live)

A timeline of the Affordable Care Act
(The Washington Post)

D.C. Circuit: Contraceptive mandate imposes substantial burden on small business owners' free exercise
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Emboldened, gay marriage activists eye 50 states
(Marisol Bello, USA Today)

Pussy Riot member wherabouts unknown after move to new prison
(Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic Wire)

The state of the state-by-state fight for gay marriage
(Abby Ohleheiser, The Atlantic Wire)

Oklahoma Muslim leader attends counterterrorism seminar, nearly gets banned from event
(Sean Murphy, Associated Press, Huff Post Religion)

Kenya Muslim leader: I could be killed next
(Jason Straziuso, Associated Press)

Home for Holocaust survivors sees last generation
(Sharon Cohen, Associated Press)

Myanmar 'God's Army' twins re-unite, seek comrades
(Thanyarat Doksone and Grant Peck, Associated Press)

Banning veil would be like outlawing miniskirts, says Baroness Warsi
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)

Hagel: States denying same-sex family benefits must comply
(Karen Parrish, U.S. Department of Defense)

Student Magdalene Bedi sues over religious assemblies at school
(Doris Quitanilla, Opposing Views)

Parents appeal judge’s ruling allowing yoga in public schools
(Lilly Fowler, Religion News Service)

Study theology, even if you don't believe in God
(Tara Isabella Burton, The Atlantic)

Want to know how 84% of the world sees iself: Study theology
(Alana Massey, Religion Dispatches: (A)theologies)

Pennsylvania woman confident death tax on partner's estate will be waived
(Ivey DeJesus, PennLive)

Defendants reshuffled in Pennsylvania gay marriage case
(Associated Press, The Patriot-News Central PA)

Rep. Saccone's 'In God We Trust' motto imposes religion in schools: PennLive letters
(Andrea McCormick, PennLive)

Athiest group changing its message
(Abe Levy, MySA)

Unity of religions? "G-d is not one!"
(Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz, Huff Post Religion)

Court overrules religion: Catholic business owners must offer contraceptive services under Obamacare
(L.J. Devon, Natural News)

Friday, 1 November 2013

[Entry into force] The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013
(Commencement Order, UK Statutory Instruments)

Adventist officers release statement regarding a local conference’s recent election of president

Arab readers digest: 18 must-read books on the Middle East
(Al Bawaba)

Belief that Jews killed Jesus is held by over a quarter of Americans, reports ADL survey on anti-Semitism
(Huff Post Religion)

Christians buried in mass graves, city destroyed in 'biggest Christian massacre' in Syrian civil war
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post World)

East Turkestan Islamic Movement behind Tiananmen suicide attack - China Communist Party member
(Interfax)

Iran-Saudi geopolitical rivalry and future security equations in Middle East
(Mahsa Mah-Pishanian, Iran Review)

Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki urges greater U.S. support
(Thomas Omestad, United States Institute of Peace)

Islam's invented Golden Age
(Asad Q. Ahmed, Open Democracy)

Mufti asks Duma to regulate reception of theological education abroad for Russian Muslims
(Interfax)

Salafi leader detained in Balashikha
(Interfax)

Sexual radicalism: Imperial project, global Goliath
(Robert Oscar Lopez, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)

Shared buildings regulations following same sex marriage Act
(Evangelical Alliance UK)

Support for marijuana legalization among religious groups
(Joseph Goodman, RNS Blog: Public Religion Research Institute)

The global fight for children’s rights: Europe
(Austin Ruse, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)

The role of the Church in an addictive society
(Evangelical Alliance Wales)

The Trojan horse of British secularism
(Melanie Phillips, Melanie's Blog)

United States: Jewish convert to Islam pleads guilty to incitement
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

What is religion in China? A brief history
(Wei Zhu, The Immanent Frame: Secularism, religion, and the public sphere)

Does America need a civil religion?
(Russell Arben Fox, By Common Consent)

Does America need a civil religion? (Panelists)
(Gus diZerega, David R. Dykes, Russell Arben Fox, Mark Galli, Rev. Anne Howard, REv. Peter Laarman, Rev. Dr. Jacqueline J. Lewis, Patheos Public Square)

Age of intolerance: the war on religion
(Barney Zwartz, The Age)

The good news of religion in schools
(Michael McGrath, Scottish Catholic Observer)

Religion meets politics as new Chief Rabbinate Council sworn in
(Ari Yashar, Arutz Sheva 7)

The crux of religious liberty: practice what we preach
(John Stonestreet, Religion Today / Breakpoint)

French Jewish leader: I dread far-right victory in 2017 elections
(JTA)

Racism lawsuit filed against Australian BDS supporter
(JTA)

Asia shares aspirations for justice and peace at the WCC assembly
(World Council of Churches)

National groups send a prayer to the Supreme Court
(Lawrence Hurley, Reuters)

ACLU opposes Diocese of Pittsburgh's effort to halt contraception portion of health care law
(Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Britain’s mosques are burning
(On Religion)

Global justice and the clergy: Judges, earthly and divine
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Shariah Law and Hudud: Understanding Its Objectives and Spirit
(Mohamed Bin Ali, RSIS)

The last remaining obstacle for ENDA: Religious liberty?
(Greg Sargent, The Washington Post – The Plum Line)

The ENDA Agenda: Conservatives and libertarians alike oppose this bill
(Ryan T. Anderson, National Review Online)

Appeals court deals blow to contraceptive mandate
(NPR)

Gilardi et al. v. US Dept of Health and Human Services
(US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit)

Muslim women can be forced to show faces under new West Australian law
(Australian Associated Press, The Guardian)

Kenyan pastors ask for guns amid Christian-Muslim violence
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Kenyan crackdown on militant Islamists fuels Muslim resentment
(Drazen Jorgic, Reuters)

Obama Administration mandate ‘trammels’ religious liberty
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review Online (The Corner blog))

A counter-letter on same-sex marriage and religious liberty
(Thomas Berg, Mirror of Justice)

Religious liberty and SSM: A response to concerns in Illinois
(Dale Carpenter, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Faith playing a role in Hollywood: Religion in movies a new form of education experts say
(Herb Schribner, Deseret News)

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