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Wednesday, 12 June 2013

Russia introduces jail terms for 'religious offenders'
(Tom Parfitt, The Telegraph)

Gay people, religion offenders are criminals now in Russia
(Eko Armunanto, Digital Journal)

Bill on fines for homosexual propaganda among minors passes Duma
(Interfax (Russia))

N.J. religious communities have responsibility to educate about Death with Dignity bill
(Richard F. Address, Times of Trenton)

Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury to meet for the first time
(Allasandro Speciale, Religion News Service)

Southern Baptists pass resolution urging all abuse allegations to be reported to authorities
(Washington Post (via AP))

Autocam disputes birth control coverage
(Wood TV 8 (Grand Rapids, Michigan))

Obama 'strongly objects' to religious liberty amendment
(Todd Starnes, Townhall.com)

Southern Baptists condemn Boy Scout policy on gays
(Amanda Orr, Reuters)

Fortnight for Freedom emphasizes religious liberty
(John Wester, Intermountain Catholic)

Pennsylvania Senate approves abortion opt-out for federal exchanges
(Matthew Gambino, Catholic News Service)

Kenya: Adventist soldier sues KDF over Saturdays
(Jillo Kadida, The Star)

Egypt's worrying rise in criminal blasphemy cases
(Amnesty International)

Prayers at Upstate graduation ceremony draw protests
(Katie Jones, The Greenvile News (S. Carolina))

What Southern Baptists must do to slow their decline
(Jonathan Merritt, Religion News Service)

As a result of forced sterilisations, 4.6 million women can no longer have children in India
(AsianNews.it)

Are you willing to stand for marriage after a court ruling?
(Penny Young Nance, The Christian Post)

Saudi Arabia smashes 'sinful' horse statues on cleric's orders
(Ahram Online)

Crucified 'Skeleton Santa' and 'Flying Spaghetti Monster' vs. Christianity
(Kyle Duncan, Christian Post)

What is Anthony Kennedy Thinking?
(Sonja West, Slate)

Religious liberty for the rest of us
(Anthony Hatcher, Huffington Post (blog))

Timbuktu artifacts destroyed in Northern Mali fighting
(Huffington Post Religion)

Lay preacher turned union boss wages South African class war
(Reuters)

UN says 8,000 flee Nigeria’s crackdown on Islamists in Northeast
(Maram Mazen, Bloomberg)

Orthodox Yeshiva set to ordain three women, just don’t call them ‘Rabbi.’
(Batya Ungar-Sargon, Tablet)

7% of Israeli Jews are reform or conservative
(Yair Ettinger, The Jewish Daily Forward)

Pope Francis: Vatican scrutiny should not worry religious orders
(Alessandro Speciale, Huffington Post Religion)

Players oppose temple at city’s SAI regional centre
(Shruti Tomar, Hindustan Times)

Religion in the digital age
(Trent M. Kays, Minnesota Daily)

Myanmar monks to meet over deadly religious unrest
(Australia Network News)

What will the Supreme Court do on gay marriage?
(Richard Wolf, Religion News Service)

Faith in the Community: how local authorities relate to faith groups
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Belgian parliament posed to approve child euthanasia law
(Connor Adams Sheets, International Business Times)

Tuesday, 11 June 2013

Duma passes bill criminalizing insults to religious believer's feelings
(Interfax)

Egypt breaks faith on religious freedom
(Katrina Lantos Swett and Mary Ann Glendon, Al-Monitor)

Killing of Syrian youth for 'blasphemy' fuels tension in Aleppo
(Raja Abdulrahim, Los Angeles Times)

Utah scouting leaders on new BSA policy: good for all involved
(Cameron Gabriel, Daily Universe - Brigham Young University)

Report: ‘Catholic McCarthyism’ threatens bishops’ anti-poverty push
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Genocide, religion and politics: Speaking truth to Power
(B.C., The Economist: Erasmus Blog)

Keepin' the faith, behind closed doors only
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review: The Corner)

Religious freedom worth defending
(Deborah Gyapong, The B.C. Catholic)

Religious freedom, democracy
(Pastor Sheldon Lorenson, Osceola Sentinel-Tribune)

Evangelical Christians gain political clout in traditionally Catholic Brazil
(Anthony Boadle, Reuters)

Breaking the Evangelical mold at a church with ethnic roots
(Mark Oppenheimer, The New York Times)

Turkey: Resisting by raising a glass
(Tim Arango, The New York Times)

Belgium's education system needs to answer its own questions of morality
(Jean-Pierre Stroobants, The Guardian)

How can British Muslim communities better protect themselves?
(Maleiha Malik, The Guardian)

Russian lawmakers back jail terms for insulting religion
(RIA Novosti)

Coptic Pope says Christians not migrating from Egypt
(Aswat Masriya)

Ghana yet to attract Islamic Banks
(Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, The Chronicle)

Nigeria: Anambra 2014 - Group asks electorate to shun politics of religion
(Vincent Ujumadi, Vanguard)

Nigeria: Muslim Council wants pilgrims enlightened on Saudi immigration laws
(Ismail Mudashir, Daily Trust)

Caliphate, Sharia law and "Islamist Exremism"
(Reza Pankhurst, New Civilisation)

For Aleppo bishop, boy's brutal killing shows jihadist danger
(AsiaNews.it)

Egypt teacher fined LE100,000 for insulting Islam
(Ahram Online)

School choice: Washington State has opportunity to empower families
(Brittany Corona, Heritage Foundation (The Foundry))

Prayer in schools struck down 50 years ago, still on books in PA
(Dennis Owens, ABC 27 WHTM (Harrisburg, PA))

Federal judge remands Episcopal Church case back to state court
(Adam Parker, The Post and Courier)

Huckabee questions church tax-exemption
(Bob Allen, ABP News)

No to gay marriage but yes to gay adoption?
(Michael Patterson-Seymour, First Things (On the Square))

Iranians’ views mixed on political role for religious figures (but they overwhelmingly back Islamic law)
(Poll, The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)

Pope admits 'gay lobby' in Vatican administration: report
(AFP via Google News)

Catholic Church playing hardball with groups that supported legalizing same-sex marriages
(Mark Brown, Chicago Sun-Times)

Obama administration to drop limits on morning-after pill
(Caroline Humer and Jessica Dye, Chicago Tribune)

Rectification of communist church confiscations still unresolved in Ukraine
((Translation by Professional Development School of Stetson University), Institute for Religious Freedom)

Head of Muslim Union of Kazakhstan released after seven days
(Interfax)

Most Russians want propaganda of homosexuality to be banned – poll
(Interfax)

OIC to continue working on legitimization of Palestinian state
(Interfax)

State Duma to ban adoptions of children by same-sex couples next week
(Interfax)

Southern Baptists push for more black missionaries
(Adelle M. Banks, The Washington Post)

Clashes over church continue in Macedonia
(Sinisa Jakov Marusic, Balkan Insight)

A meeting on tolerance turns into a shouting match
(Blake Farmer, NPR)

Judge Edith Jones on race, crime, and God's vengeance
(Jordan Smith, The Austin Chronicle)

RN names religion unit head
(Sally Jackson, The Australian)

Charlotte Observer religion reporter arrested in Raleigh protest
(Mark Washburn, Charlotte Observer)

Teacher's mandated school prayer draws protest
(Agustin Garfias, 12 News)

Expect a showdown over religious group meets in public schools
(William Lewis, Times Ledger)

Nigerians urged to shun religious bigotry
(Abdullateef Aliyu, All Africa)

Israel: Women to get more say in appointing religious judges
(Gavriel Fiske, The Times of Israel)

Thousands of Haredim protest in New York
(Daniel Koren, Shalom Life)

Kazakhstan: "Double punishment" of fines and exit bans
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

WCC chief calls for 'critical understanding' of religion on the global stage
(Ekklesia)

Royal exhumation, reburial and s25 Burial Act 1857
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Monday, 10 June 2013

Religion poisons everything? Greater acceptance of homosexuality in more secular countries
(James Bloodworth, Left Foot Forward)

Boy Scouts, Calvinism and 'religious liberty': What to watch as Southern Baptists convene in Houston
(Carol McPhail, All Alabama)

Intelligence Report: Number of Islamists in Germany grows
(Der Spiegel)

A new evangelical engagement with public schools
(Tom Krattenmaker, Religion News Service)

Dinajpur, Bangladesh: dozens of extremists raid seminary, attacking rector and some students
(AsiaNews.it)

Why Supreme Court's gay marriage ruling won't be like Roe v. Wade
(James Richardson, Christian Science Monitor)

Pa. House celebrates religious freedom in schools
(SFGate (AP))

Jailed filmmaker vows to finish film wrongly blamed for Benghazi attack
(Joshua Rhett Miller, Fox News)

Evangelical Christians gain political clout in Catholic Brazil
(Anthony Boadle, Reuters)

China: Rash of church closures evidence of plan to end unregistered congregations, CAA says
(Morning Star News)

Thousands of haredim protest in Lower Manhattan
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Archbishop Chaput to all, 'Wake up!' religious freedom is under attack!
(Catholic Online)

The mortality of human rights
(Michael Perry, Mirror of Justice)

Vietnam: Christian speaker allowed to tour despite tight regulations
(Christian Society Worldwide)

South Sudan: Two Presbyterian pastors illegally detained since May 19
(Agenzia Fides)

Sri Lanka, tabernacle desecrated in attack on Catholic church
(Melani Manel Perera, AsiaNews.it)

Orissa: after the pogroms, Christians get a fraction of the damages
(AsiaNews.it)

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