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Thursday, 12 September 2013

Pope Francis tells atheists to ‘obey their conscience’
(Alessandro Speciale, Religion News Service)

With Scientology leader as a defendant, church legal team shows up in force
(Joe Childs, Tampa Bay Times, Worldwide Religious News)

Nepal battles misconceptions over Buddha’s birthplace
(Vishal Arora, Religion News Service)

Islam in Germany: Burqini ruling was the right call
(Commentary by Dietmar Hipp and Maximilian Popp, Spiegel Online International)

Might the Church of Scotland stop conducting “civil” marriages?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

German 'Desert Flower' centre to help circumcised women
(Fox News)

Myanmar Buddhist committee bans anti-Muslim organisations
(Jared Ferrie and Min Zayar Oo, Reuters)

Somali Islamic scholars denounce al-Shabab in fatwa
(BBC News)

Veil exposes courtroom quandary
(BBC News)

Christian widows in India beaten for refusing to ‘reconvert’ to Hinduism
(Morning Star News)

Muslim herdsmen kill six Christians outside Jos, Nigeria
(Morning Star News)

Australian Orthodox leader apologizes for ‘culture of cover-up’ on abuse
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Spain to vote on making Holocaust studies obligatory
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Police arrest religious arsonist, impound 2,998 kerosene-soaked Korans
(Yori Yanover, Jewish Press)

Pakistan: Innocent Ahmadis continue to be harassed persecuted and murdered while the government looks on
(Asian Human Rights Commission)

A plea for caution from Russia
(Vladmir V. Putin, The New York Times Opinion Pages)

For somber Jews on Yom Kippur, white is the new black
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Gender-specific abortion: statistics
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Uzbekistan: Religious books "only allowed to be read within registered religious communities' buildings"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

First Amendment gives freedom of religion, not governmental support
(Gordon Walter, News-Sentinel)

Analysis: Is ‘Just War’ doctrine another victim of the Syrian conflict?
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Quebec's values charter sends politicians scrambling
(James Fitz-Morris, CBC News)

Legislators differ on religious rights and anti-gay discrimination
(John Stang, Crosscut)

Canadian Jews denounce ban on wearing religious symbols
(Sam Sokol, The Jewish Post)

Religious freedom & same-sex marriage
(Philly.com)

Catholic and Evangelical law professors publish joint statement on theological foundations of civil law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Excommunicated bishop still sees himself as Roman Catholic
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Pastor Terry Jones arrested before he could burn Qurans
(Tamara Lush, Huffington Post Religion)

Suit challenges elementary school graduation in chapel with Christian prayers
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ultra-Orthodox Williamsburg Jews promise a chance at cash for votes
(Gothamist)

Wednesday, 11 September 2013

'Million Muslim March' confronted by Christians in DC; 'Two Million Bikers' in separate rally
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

‘Snake Salvation’: Inside the world of Christian serpent handlers
(Julia Duin, The Wall Street Journal)

Egypt bans unlicensed mosque preachers in crackdown on Islamists
(Yasmine Saleh, Reuters)

Fifth Circuit rejects challenge to law excluding abortion providers from malpractice protections
(Jessica Mason Pieklo, RH Reality Check)

Intelligent design group sends letter to Ind. academic institute protesting alleged atheistic course
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Muslims more successful at enforcing their religion from generation to generation
(Voice of GobIslam)

Religion: The evil we know in Syria
(Terry Mattingly, The Republic)

Since 9/11, U.S. policy enforces Islamophobia
(Opinion by Nathan Lean, special to CNN Belief Blog)

Top 10 ways the world has changed since 9/11
(The Washington Post)

Venezuelan gov't to legally recognize 15,000 Evangelical churches
(Jessica Martinez, The Christian Post World)

Religious liberty key to peace in Middle East, cardinal says
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)

On anniversary of 9-11, considering Bush 43's view of radical Islam
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Can for-profit corporations have religious purposes?
(Jonathan H. Adler, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Relying on Hobby Lobby Case, court enjoins ACA Mandate's application to 4 contraceptive methods
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

The problem of unregulated conscientious objection
(Sean Murphy, Protection of Conscience Project)

Bill to deny adoptions on religious or moral beliefs debated in Michigan House committee
(Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press)

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)

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