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Friday, 30 August 2013

HHS Information Central: The resource page for all HHS Cases and news
(The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)

Just War * Damascus prophecy * Therapy ban * Friday’s Religion News Roundup
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

U.S. makes case for strikes as military builds in Mideast
(Carol E. Lee, Siobhan Gorman and Jared A. Favole, The Wall Street Journal)

UK, Germany, Italy out, France still in on Syria strike
(Bruce McQuain, Hot Air)

Pope Francis, Jordan king say dialogue is ‘only option’ in Syria conflict
(Alessandro Speciale, Religion News Service)

France backs action in Syria
(Stacy Meichtry, The Wall Street Journal)

Fears growing as Syrians wait for U.S. attack
(Anne Barnard and Ben Hubbard, The New York Times)

Syria’s humanitarian situation degenerating fast
(EuroNews)

Religious leaders in Syria reject idea of western intervention, desire Syrian resolution to conflict
(The Christian Post)

“US out of the Middle East”: anti-war protests gain momentum
(EuroNews)

Isaiah 17:1 Is Syria war part of Jesus' Second Coming? Christians and Muslims quote scripture
(Yasmine Hafiz, Huff Post Religion)

Inside the battle for Assad's heartland
(Rania Abouzeid, Al Jazeera)

Egypt's new draft constitution undermines religious freedom
(Nina Shea, The Christian Post Opinion)

Egypt's Islamists struggle to bridge divide
(Charles Levinson, The Wall Street Journal)

Ukraine planning to reopen old airport for Uman pilgrims
(News Brief, JTA)

Egypt PM rolls back on Muslim Brotherhood ban
(Al Jazeera)

Iranian Sunnis to be executed for their religious beliefs
(Today's Zaman)

Atheism a creed that needs the same religious protections of Christianity and Islam: Ontario Human Rights Tribunal
(Tristin Hopper, National Post)

Bennett urges patience on Western Wall plan
(News Brief, JTA)

Aleppo Christians fear Iraq-style ethnic cleansing
(Edward Dark, Al-Monitor)

Reinforcing religious inequality: The AHRC Inquiry into religious freedom and Australia's vexed religious landscape
(J.K. Nelson, A. Possamai-Inesedy and K.M. Dunn, Australian Broadcasting Company: Religion and Ethics)

Alawite stronghold in Syria a haven amid war
(Yasmine Saker, Associated Press, ABC News)

Saudi Arabia outlaws domestic violence
(Al-Jazeera)

Nigerian cardinal, Muslim cleric emphasize that religions must work for peace
(Catholic Culture.org)

Evangelicals' new chief says days of Moral Majority over
(Michel Martin hosts Russell Moore, NPR Faith Matters)

Obama and Kerry press case for U.S. action in Syria
(Michael D. Shear, The New York Times)

UN experts tour site of attack as Assad gives warning to West
(Fox News’ Jonathan Wachtel and The Associated Press contributed to this report, Fox News)

Video from Egypt shows Muslim mob attacking Christian church, taking down cross
(Fox News)

Obama is mulling the least bad option
(Aaron David Miller, CNN Opinion)

Turkey: Persistent rumours suggest Hagia Sophia will be turned into a mosque
(NAT da Polis, AsiaNews.it)

Muslim Brotherhood stages fresh demonstrations
(AsiaNews.it)

Turkmenistan: New prisoner of conscience; police raid children's camp
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Kenneth Bae release: North Korea withdraws invitation to U.S. envoy
(Associated Press, ABC News)

Rand Paul: School choice is “the civil rights issue of our day”
(Daniel Doherty, Townhall.com)

France: A "secularism charter" in every school
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)

Religious leaders rally for Medicaid expansion
(WBIR.com)

Fighting the religious & political prosperity gospel
(Brian and Garrett Fahy, Townhall.com)

Quran burning does not follow the practice of religious tolerence
(The Ledger)

France has problems with all religions — not just Islam
(The Jewish Daily Forward)

Ave Maria University alleges violation of religious beliefs against contraception
(Jackie Winchester, USA Today)

Religion benefits the poor, study finds
(Madeleine Davies, Church Times)

Scholarships available for working journalists from Religion Newswriters Foundation
(Digital Journal)

FreedomOhio works to add gay marriage amendment to 2014 Ballot
(Kelsey Apperson, The Black & Magenta)

Appeals court says guardian for medical decisions of Amish child can be appointed even if parents are not unfit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Denying Sabbath off may hammer Dollar General
(Rose Bouboushian, Courthouse News Service)

Kerry calls on Iranians to release Christian pastor
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

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)

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