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Friday, 30 August 2013

IRS rules that legal same-sex marriages will be recognized for tax purposes, regardless of couple's current domicile
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

35,000 Bolivian Christians march against abortion laws
(Jessica Martinez, The Christian Post World)

Thursday, 29 August 2013

Ave Maria University files second suit against feds over contraception
(Jackie Winchester, News-Press.com)

Rabbi calls Mormons friends, notes similarities
(Linda Williams, KSL.com)

U.S. prepares for solo strike on Syria after Britain balks
(Carol E. Lee, Adam Entous and Siobhan Gorman, The Wall Street Journal)

Wisconsin is about to change how it deals with religion — and it's about time
(Alexander Podkul, PolicyMic)

UK legislators reject military action in Syria
(Gregory Katz, Arab News)

Military action in Syria would spark Middle East war, warns Lord Carey
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)

More than 300 sites ring bells for MLK speech
(Brett Zongker, Associated Press)

Remembering the power of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s words
(Clayborne Carson, Huff Post Religion)

Science, Religion, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Mark Halpern, Union of Concerned Scientists: The Equation (blog))

Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin wishes Tolokonnikova to gain true freedom
(Interfax)

Two-thirds of Americans want the Bible in public schools
(Religion News Service)

Daphne Bramham: Polygamous leader loses costly court battle
(Daphne Bramham, Vancouver Sun)

Another preliminary injunction to allow Gilardi as contraceptive coverage test case in D.C. circuit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Hospital seeking to force Amish girl to take chemo wins appeal
(John Seewer, Huffington Post Religion)

Advocate for church-state separation encouraged after talk with West Point superintendent
(Associated Press, The Republic)

Anti-Sharia bill passed in North Carolina without Governor Pat McCroy's signature
(Omar Sacirbey, Worldwide Religion News)

Church rebellion: Days numbered for controversial German Bishop
(Peter Wensierski, Spiegel Online International)

Top 10 Religion Headlines
(Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project)

Religion News in Brief
(ABC News)

Concerns Obama backing wrong Syrian rebels, say former army general, CIA‏
(Jim Kouri, Eurasia Review)

The Middle East, explained in one (sort of terrifying) chart
(Max Fisher, The Washington Post World Views)

The ethics of a Syrian military intervention: The experts respond
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

U.S. facing test on data to back action on Syria
(Mark Mazzetti and Mark Landler, The New York Times)

World pressure grows for UN action in Syria
(Arab News)

Iran commander: U.S. strike on Syria would bring Israel's destruction
(Reuters)

Israel in partial army reserve call-up over Syria
(AFP, France 24 International News)

In Israel, Orthodox men demand beard-friendly gas masks
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Amid chaos, Israelis take a stoic view
(Jodi Rudoren, The New York Times)

Commentary: Keep doomsday religion out of the Syrian conflict
(Faheem Younus, Religion News Service)

Arab Spring: Death to humanity
(Abdulateef Al-Mulhim, Arab News)

There never was an "Arab Spring"
(Gerard M. Gallucci, TransConflict)

'Moving moment': Israel ends Ethiopian repatriation program
(SYD, Spiegel Online International)

Egypt's Islamist alliance urges protest to support Morsi's reinstatement
(Xinhuanet)

Leading Muslim Brotherhood figure arrested in Egypt
(PanArmenian.net)

Study: Too much religion can harm economy
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)

Opinion: To eliminate religious symbols is to live in dishonesty
(Gregory Davidson, The Montreal Gazette)

Botswana: Is BNF an Islamic party?
(John Mazabathi Mokandla, The Botswana Gazette)

Physicians group blames government for Myanmar religious strife
(Richard S. Ehrlich, Religion News Service)

Crowds recall the faith that animated MLK’s unfinished dream
(Lauren Markoe and Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Archbishop urges Christians to ‘repent’ over ‘wicked’ attitude to homosexuality
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)

The Ghost Dance Religion among the Cheyenne
(Donald N. Brown, This Land Magazine)

Burma: Muslim affairs group seeks justice in Htan Gone
(Aye Nai, DVB News)

Religion continues its free ride without our blessing
(Chris Fotinopoulos)

Muslim astronomer weighs in on the religion-science debate
(John Farrell, Forbes)

Jainism religion brings nonviolence to a whole new level
(Associated Press, Coolidge Examiner)

Impunity said to abet persecution of Christians in Nigeria
(Morning Star News, Religion Today)

Moral obscenities in Syria
(David Wildman and Phyllis Bennis, Foreign Policy in Focus)

Concern: Some Iranian Jews improperly circumcised (video)
(The Jewish Press)

Krakow Jewish, Muslim leaders band together to fight ritual slaughter ban
(News Brief, JTA)

Al-Qaida-affiliated terror group says it’s resuming holy war against Jews
(News Brief, JTA)

Vancouver Jewish losing fight to stop anti-Israel bus ads
(The Jewish Press)

What's the difference between Sunni and Shia Muslims
(S.B., The Economist explains)

Russia’s anti-gay law: Mr Putin throws bones to his supporters [VIDEO]
(Economist.com, The Economist)

Georgian Muslims demand authorities protect their constitutional rights
(Interfax)

Russian rights activists against deportation of Christian refugee to Iraq
(Interfax)

Church of Scientology building multimillion-dollar chapel in NYC's east Harlem
(Nicola Menzie, The Christian Post Church & Ministry)

Protesters in Georgia try to stop construction of minaret
(Interfax)

Egypt: Minya: schools, churches and orphanages burnt to erase all traces of a Christian presence
(AsiaNews.it)

India: Gujarat government to rebuild mosques destroyed during 2002 anti-Islamic pogrom
(Asianews.it)

Egypt: "We live in fear of more violence," says Indian Jesuit
(AsiaNews.it)

Israeli military, civilians readying for possible Syria reprisals
(News Brief, JTA)

Tunisian government turns on former Salafist allies, calling them terrorists
(Asianews.it)

Aussie Jewish lawmaker rapped for pandering to Orthodox
(News Brief, JTA)

Syria disfigured – options for the West
(Matthew Parish, TransConflict)

Syria – to intervene or not to intervene?
(Kirthi Jayakumar, TransConflict)

Saudi Arabia: Imams exploiting politics in sermons face the sack
(Arab News)

Al-Qaeda suspects kill 'gay' man in Yemen: Security sources
(Ahram Online)

Religion and resentment in Turkey
(Barış Büyükokutan, The Politics of the Sun (blog))

State of the Bible in 2013
(American Bible Society)

The great adventure of Christians of the East or the faith of Armenian mountains
(Public Radio of Armenia)

NYPD designates mosques as terrorism organizations
(Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press, Time U.S.)

Churches, charities and lobbying
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

More developments under Schedule 7
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)

Quebec plan to force through euthanasia legislation in direct conflict with its own national law
(Eurasia Review)

Religious harmony in Indonesia: The need for new approaches
(Jennifer Yang Hui, RSIS Commentaries)

IRS: Married gay couples can file joint tax returns
(Richard Wolf, USA Today)

California gay conversion therapy ban upheld in appeal
(Karen Gullo, Bloomberg)

Pa. attorneys: Like children, gay couples can't marry
(Associated Press, ABC News)

A false choice: Religious liberty or marriage equality
(Anthony Michael Kreis, Huff Post Politics)

Wednesday, 28 August 2013

The fruits of lawlessness
(Michael T. Worley and William C. Duncan, National Review Online: The Corner)

Hawaii churches divided on gay marriage as state could be 14th to recognize such unions
(Tyler O'Neil, The Christian Post)

Syria and the limits of comparison
(Robert D. Kaplan, Stratfor: Global Intelligence)

Catholic cardinal warns of possible violence in Hong Kong over democracy protest
(Greg Torode and James Pomfret, Reuters)

Arab League stance muddies U.S. case
(David D. Kirkpatrick and Mark Landler, The New York Times)

Lessons for Sri Lanka fom the Libyan Experience – OpEd
(Shenali Waduge, Eurasia Review)

Vandal attempts to blow up Oregon memorial embroiled in church-state controversy
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

No, we shouldn't just tax all churches
(Steve Thorngate, The Christian Century)

Young people think opposition to gay marriage is wicked, says archbishop
(Press Association, The Guardian)

Court rules against B.C. polygamous leader, issues $150,000 in tax penalties
(Canadian Press, Vancouver Sun)

California pols could target tax status of Boy Scouts, youth groups over 'discrimination'
(Joshua Rhett Miller, Fox News Politics)

Bombs kill 86 in Baghdad as sectarian violence spreads
(Kareem Raheem, Reuters)

Fort Hood gunman sentenced to death
(Charles Hadlock and Mark Potter, NBC News)

Russian parishes in the USA respond to a LGBT protest with joint prayer of clergy and laity
(Interfax)

Bishop highlights link between religious liberty, natural law
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)

Armenia hosts 2013 Council of Europe Exchange on the religious dimension
(Di--ve)

U.S. Bishops press for religious freedom and more economic aid to Egypt [VIDEO]
(Rome Reports)

Conference on religious tolerance kicks off in Ethiopian capital
(Sudan Tribune)

Author booked for hurting religious sentiments
(The New Indian Express)

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