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Friday, 18 October 2013

Unnao: 'Religion' or 'Reason', India walks a tight rope
(Pallavi Sengupta, One India News)

Teaching religion as a stand-alone subject subverts freedom
(Dale Neuringer, The Journal (Scotland))

Religious pre-school's exclusion from state grant program required by state constitution
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Sultan of Sokoto warns Muslims against fomenting religious crisis
(Vanguard (Nigeria))

Kaaba like imprisoned with constructions: Turkey’s top religion official
(Hürriyet Daily News)

3 things to consider when picking the next Religious Freedom Ambassador
(Will Inboden, Foreign Policy)

Let’s make the religion ambassador work
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)

Restricting the right to use ‘Allah’
(Harison Citrawan, The Jakarta Post)

Religious freedom must be safeguarded, delegates tell EPP conference
(Famagusta Gazette)

Egypt’s playground fight: ‘My religion is better than yours’
(Bassem Youssef, Al Arabiya)

Religious people not 'mad' - Welby
(Belfast Telegraph)

Religion, patriarchy and cars in Saudi Arabia
(Abdullah Hamidaddin, Al Arabiya)

How politics of religion, caste may help Modi to win UP, Bihar
(Shantanu Bhattacharji, Business Standard)

Christians and the color line
(Karen Johnson, Religion in American History (Blog))

Terrorists hijack Libyan revolution
(Nadia Radhwan in Benghazi and Essam Mohamed, Magharebia)

Terrorism strikes Tunisia again
(Monia Ghanmi, Magharebia)

Journey of a lifetime ends successfully
(Siraj Wahab, Arab News)

Spirit-empowered believers host one of larger Christian meetings in Japanese history with 5,000 registered
(Eurasia Review)

Mexico's Trinity of Death: Santa Muerte, Day of the Dead and Calavera Catrina
(R. Andrew Chesnut and David Metcalfe, Huff Post Religion)

USCIRF to President Obama: Raise religious freedom concerns with Pakistani Prime Minister
(US Commission For International Religious Freedom)

Family fights to include ‘Jesus’ on grave marker at city-owned cemetery
(Todd Starnes, Fox News)

Loyola wins fight over ethics course, government plans appeal
(CTV News)

The war on Christians: The global persecution of churchgoers is the unreported catastrophe of our time
(John L. Allen Jr., The Spectator)

New Jersey top court rules gay marriages can begin on Monday
(Joseph Ax, Reuters)

Former Baptist Sunday school teacher designing for the frum fashionista
(Talia Lavin, The Global Jewish New Source)

Judge in N.J. same-sex marriage case has deep Catholic roots
(Thomas Zambito, Religion News Service)

NYC mayoral candidate lambasted for synagogue slipup
(Haaretz)

Thursday, 17 October 2013

NYC mayoral candidates on religion – OpEd
(William Donohue, Albany Tribune)

Overcoming the abuse of power and religion in Egypt
(Aid to the Church in Need, Aleteia)

‘Lost’ Indian Jews coming to Israel despite skepticism over ties to faith
(Ben Sales, JTA)

Cleric rejects idea of referendum on U.S. relations
(Radio Zamaneh)

'Stop stereotyping us,' demand distressed Asian American evangelical leaders
(Jeremy Weber, Christianity Today)

Evangelicals for immigration reform considerable force in House
(Catherine Brzycki – Medill News Service, UPI.com)

Jacob Bender is first Jew to lead chapter of Muslim advocacy group CAIR
(Nathan Guttman, The Jewish Daily Forward)

Bombs planted in confessional box of Syrian church
(Colin Freeman, The Telegraph)

Spate of attacks on Shi'ite Muslims kills 59 people in Iraq
(Magharebia)

Libya: Rewards offered for wanted terrorists
(Magharebia)

Belgian ‘Holocaust ad’ against ritual slaughter riles Jews, Muslims
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Statue of Christ installed on top of mountain in Syria
(Interfax)

Academics call religion vital to a well-functioning society
(Catholic News Agency)

“Some observations on building peace, security and co-existence from around the world”
(A special lecture by Dr. Chris Seiple, Institute for Global Engagement)

IGE’s work on religion and security in multifaith and multiethnic contexts
(James Chen, Institute for Global Engagement)

Confusing politics with religion
(Rod Dreher, The American Conservative)

European faith leaders debate: Is secularism the new terrorism?
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Faith)

EU needs to be ‘bold’ in tackling religious problems
(Stefanos Evripidou, Cyprus Mail)

Religion in peace-building
(Cyprus Mail)

Malala, the Muslim feminist
(Rafia Zakaria, Al Jazeera America)

What about Malala's religion?
(The Jewish Daily Forward)

How to keep Malala from being appropriated: 5 points on Malala, Obama, and Jon Stewart
(Omid Safi, RNS Blog: What Would Muhammad Do?)

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)

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