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Friday, 2 August 2013

United Kingdom: Growing fears over Muslim prison 'gangs'
(BBC News)

Moscow authorities vow to maintain security at Eid Al-Fitr festivities
(Interfax)

Russian 'gay propaganda' ban will not apply to Sochi Olympics guests and athletes - Duma committee
(Interfax)

Prosecutors demand removal of extremist billboard from church in Leningrad Region
(Interfax)

Scholars tell Muslims not to waste food
(Fadia Jiffry, Arab News)

Pastor liable for self-employment tax
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Mali Mormon presidential hopeful loses election
(Abby Stevens, Deseret News)

US and China hold talks over human rights issues
(Business Standard)

Conestoga Wood again will appeal contraceptive mandate case
(Jon Rutter, Lancaster Online)

Women hold protest of HHS mandate in Washington
(Maria Santos, Weekly Standard)

Hundreds of women protest contraception mandate at White House
(Kristine Marsh, Newsbusters)

Bangladesh declares Jamaat illegal
(The Frontier Post)

‘Illegal’ Bangladesh religious party barred from polls
(Daily Times)

Majority of Americans say nation would be better if more Americans were religious
(Albany Tribune)

Saudi Arabia backs religious tolerance - except at home
(Adam Coogle, Human Rights Watch)

Justice Ministry frustrated by delays in executing Aum Shinrikyo founder
(Tsuyoshi Tamura, The Asahi Shimbun)

Sustaining the War on Terrorism: Singapore’s International Counterterrorism Cooperation
(Rohan Gunaratna, RSIS Commentaries)

Pope Francis: Style and substance
(The Economist)

Success brings scrutiny to Chinese mystic
(Chris Buckley, The New York Times)

Thursday, 1 August 2013

"Video games are the next big religion"
(Patricia Hernandez, Kokatu)

5 women missionaries beaten publicly in India for sharing gospel
(Taun Cortado, Charisma News)

Are Poland’s Lipka Tatars a model for European Muslims?
(Glenn Gates, Mercator Net)

How Robert Bellah (1927-2013) changed the study of religion
(Mark Juergensmeyer, Religion Dispatches)

Lawyer Clayton Ruby seeks halt to proposed law school that bans gay ‘sexual intimacy’
(Vidya Kauri and James Bradshaw, The Globe and Mail)

Religious freedom: Christians singled out for discrimination: report
(Christopher Brohier, News Weekly)

Russia Watch: Is Russia turning Protestant?
(James Brooke, The Sofia Globe)

Trinity Western should emulate its U.S. equivalents
(Editorial, The Globe and Mail)

Ultra-Orthodox protesters shatter bus windows after female passenger refuses to sit in back
(Nir Hasson, Haaretz)

The crackdown in Egypt: Democracy and hypocrisy
(The Economist)

Robert Bellah, sociologist of religion, dies at 86
(Alex Caring-Lobel, Tricycle)

Opinion: When culture overrides religion
(Raja Petra Kamarudin, Malaysia Today)

Myanmar: Don't mix religion and politics, says Thein Sein amid simmering tensions
(Anasuya Sanyal, Channel NewsAsia)

Muslims oppose possible Raymond Kelly bid for Homeland Security
(Omar Sacirbey, Religion News Service)

How multi-ethnic churches could help close the race wage gap
(Napp Nazworth, The Christian Post)

Wisconsin Sikhs plan peaceful rites to mark shooting
(Denishe Ramde, The Associated Press)

Sikh extremists convicted of London attack that nearly killed retired Indian Army general
(Paul Peachey, The Independent)

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man in Israel charged with spying for Iran
(Ari Rabinovitch, Reuters FaithWorld)

Top Iran leader issues edit on Baha'i faith
(Associated Press)

Are evangelical leaders misrepresenting evangelicals on immigration reform?
(Napp Nazworth, The Christian Post)

Swiss blogger sentenced for denying Holocaust
(The Jewish Press)

Madhya Pradesh awaits decision on stricter ‘anti-conversion law’
(World Watch Monitor)

Supreme Court decision bolsters challenge to Oklahoma gay marriage ban, couple argues in state case
(Chris Casteel, The Oklahoman)

Sri Lanka, Buddhist radicals claim Islamic veil promotes drug dealing
(Melani Manel Perera, Asianews.it)

No trade unions for clergy if the Archbishop says no, rules European Court
(Alasdair Henderson, UK Human Rights Blog)

Increased Muslim Antisemitic incidents in Malmoe, Sweden
(The Jewish Press)

Pro-abortion HHS mandate marks one-year anniversary
(Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com)

As abortion limits sweep US, even 'purple' states join the crackdown
(Linda Feldman, The Christian Science Monitor)

Pew Forum renamed as “Pew Research Center’s Religion & Public Life Project”

Public opinion on abortion
(Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project)

Syria's sorrowing clergy: Waiting for a chink of light
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Gay couple to sue Church over gay marriage opt-out
(Trending Central)

FFRF objects to religious quotations on US passports
(Freedom From Religion Foundation)

ACLU, Lambda Legal, file suit challenging Va.’s gay marriage ban
(Juliet Eliperin, Washington Post)

Five reasons why women care about HHS’ contraception mandate
(Helen M. Alvaré and Meg T. McDonnell, The Washington Post)

Polish priest's dismissal exposes rift over dialogue with Jews
(Dagmara Leszkowicz, Reuters)

Analysis: Pope's revolution; not all are pleased
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

New same-sex 'marriage' legislation imperils religious liberty
(The Catholic Spirit.com)

Poll: Marriage for gay couples can co-exist with religious liberty
(San Diego Gay & Lesbian News)

More Americans are being raised without religion and choosing to stay that way
(Daniel Cox, Huffington Post)

Pro-marriage equality, pro-religious liberty
(Ilya Shapiro, Cato Institute)

Catholics differ at “war on poverty” hearing
(Corrie Mitchell, The Washington Post)

Anti-gay riot in Tblisi tests balance between church, state
(Corey Flintoff, National Public Radio)

7th Circuit: factual issue remains on whether employer had notice that leave request was religious in nature
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Saudi Arabia: 600 lashes, 7 years for activist
(Human Rights Watch)

Judge blocks 31 Evansville crosses on public land
(Ken Kusmer, Bradenton Herald)

Pa. courts still mum on gay marriage
(Jessica Parks, Philly.com)

Pa. gay couple marries as county defies state ban
(Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press, WPXI.com)

Montco presses ahead despite state lawsuit over gay marriage
(Jessica Parks and Angela Columoumbis, Philly.com)

Will talking about biblical marriage soon be classified as hate speech?
(Alex Murashko, The Christian Post)

Religious freedom lawyers say RI, Minn. officials don't have to issue same-sex marriage licenses
(Alex Murashko, The Christian Post)

More young Muslims back sharia, says poll
(Stephen Bates, The Guardian)

Censoring religious freedom in the military
(Tony Perkins, The Ceres Courier)

State Department creates new religious outreach office
(Matthew Brown, Deseret News)

Passions high over Bible in schools
(Nicholas Jones, The New Zealand Herald)

Jesuit priest likely kidnapped in Syria
(Alessandro Speciale, Religion News Service)

Religious freedom in North Korea (interview with Ben Rogers)
(Venn Institute)

Wednesday, 31 July 2013

Beit Shemesh Haredim riot over bus segregation arrest
(The Jewish Press)

Churches bombed in Kano, Nigeria, killing 45 people, Christians leaders say
(Morning Star News)

Defense Minister postpones Haredi draft until further notice
(Yori Yanover, The Jewish Press)

Five Catholic religious orders release files on L.A. clergy abuse
(Victoria Kim and Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times)

Atheists attack Star of David at Holocaust Memorial
(Jordan Sekulow and Matthew Clark, The Washington Post: On Faith)

Ireland OKs abortion in some cases in blow to Catholic Church
(Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times)

Throne Day in Morocco, speech: A royal vision to promote demoracy, social justice and a new Maghreb order, founded on integration and openess – OpEd
(Said Temsamani, Eurasia Review)

Shia persecution violates freedom of religion
(Josef Roy Benedict, Free Malaysia Today)

Populist Pope proves irresistible – OpEd
(William Donohue, Eurasia Review)

Third-largest Lebanese city shows signs of recovery after clashes
(Aisha Habli, Common Ground News Service)

Turkey: Uprising's currents run deep
(Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus)

Hated in Egypt: How the Palestinian bogeyman resurfaced like never before – OpEd
(Ramzy Baroud, Eurasia Review)

Indonesian terrorism financing: resorting to robberies
(V. Arianti, RSIS Commentaries)

Fears that Iraq returning to days of sectarian strife
(Jim Kouri, Eurasia Review)

Family business asks full 3rd Circuit to protect religious freedom from Obama mandate
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

No Israelis in future Palestinian state, Abbas says
(JTA)

Malaysian arrested over Eid greeting featuring dogs
(Agence France-Press, Inquirer News)

Pakistan: Taking a bite from platter of challenges – OpEd
(S. Haris, Eurasia Review)

Ex-Polish pol hired to challenge country’s ban on ritual slaughter
(JTA)

Group demands 'prayer caravan' be canceled
(Shumuriel Ratliff, WSFA.com)

USCIRF condemns Saudi blasphemy sentence
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

USCIRF welcomes new European initiatives to support freedom of religion or belief
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Should military chaplains have to believe in God?
(John Burnett, NPR)

Did Pope Francis change church teaching on homosexuality?
(David Gibson and Alessandro Speciale, Religion News Services)

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