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Friday, 12 April 2013

Receiving advisory council recommendations to end human trafficking
(Melissa Rogers, The White House)

Islamists storm Tunisian school after it bars veiled student
(Reuters - Tarek Amara, Al Arabiya)

Friday’s religion news roundup: Warren on guns * Rand’s ‘decadent’ DC * Condom portrait
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Vatican seeks to rebrand its relationship with science
(Florence Davey-Attlee, CNN)

Persecution of non-Muslims spreading to UK from OIC countries – The case of a Heathrow airport worker
(International Civil Liberties Alliance)

Thursday, 11 April 2013

Montana Hutterite colony asks Supreme Court to hear religious liberty case
(Matthew Brown, Deseret News)

Russian lawmakers back prison terms for religious offence
(The Globe and Mail)

TEDx Conference coming to Vatican
(Vatican Radio)

Germany: Islam becomes campaign issue
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)

Men and Women in Marriage and the Church of England
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Christian dismissed after Muslim opposition seeks European hearing
(Christian Concern)

Obama Administration hears from thousands against its mandate
(Sarah Torre, Culture Watch)

A nun or not? Panel says it's not up to courts
(Michael Tarm, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle)

Governor signs Kan. religious freedom measure
(John Milburn, Associated Press, The Houston Chronicle)

Increasing role of religion in Pak elections remain a worry
(Mehr F. Husain, India Today)

Thomas Farr delivers lecture on religious freedom at Oklahoma University
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

India: Govt defends caste, religion, region names of Army units
(The Indian Express)

New and surprising discoveries about mysterious Easter Island statue: Origin of the Birdman Cult
(Catherine Griffin, Science World Report)

Uzbekistan: "Unbelievable" fines after no trial and raid with no warrant
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18)

Florida Republican’s anti-Sharia bill would ban courts from recognizing Jewish divorces
(Stephen C. Webster, The Raw Story)

The other Salem witch trials
(Owen Davies, OUP Blog)

Chinese government gives house churches 'silent approval', says expert
(Quan Wei, The Gospel Herald)

Cemetery desecration signals power of Libyan Islamists
(Geoffrey York, The Globe and Mail)

Nigerian Christians denounce pressure to grant Boko Haram amnesty
(The Christian Post)

North Korea continues to make threats as Christians suffer
(Persecution)

Gay marriage around the world
(The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)

State legislation restricting use of foreign or religious law
(The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)

Religious courts in the West: We're not in Kansas any more
(The Economist [Erasumus: Religion and public policy])

Duma approves 'blasphemy bill' in first reading
(Alexander Winning, The Moscow Times)

California bill would eliminate tax breaks to punish Boy Scouts for excluding gays
(Associated Press, Fox News)

Can Pope Francis and Xi Jinping normalize Vatican-China relations?
(David Gosset, Huff Post Religion)

Prof. Robert P. George: Religious liberty cannot exist without marriage
(The Sutherland Institute, YouTube)

Singapore's High Court throws out challenge to gay sex ban
(Jessica Seah, Law.com)

Petition in support of German homeschooling family passes 100,000 mark
(Michael Gryboski, Christian Post)

The Constitution and graduation ceremonies in church
(Lyle Deniston, National Constitution Center, Yahoo! News)

Austria recognizes Alevis as religious community
(World Bulletin)

UK: LibDem MP wants to separate marriage registration from religion
(National Secular Society)

‘Allahu Akbar’ at Israeli ambassador's Paris residence
(Itamar Eichner, Ynet News)

Ireland Communion and Confirmation funds end
(BBC)

ACLU: Prison not allowing Muslim prayer
(UPI)

Ancient Chinese Buddhist temple faces demolition
(The West Australian)

Authorities promise Russia's Buddhists their full support
(Lyudmila Alexandrova, Itar-Tass)

Liberia: Administrator advises Muslim Congress students
(The Inquirer)

Protesters march to cathedral, chanting for unity of Egyptians
(Aswat Masriya)

Religion and politics: High office, low church
(The Economist [Erasumus: Religion and public policy])

Nigeria: Anglican cleric condemns proposed amnesty for Boko Haram
(Jide Jegede, Premium Times)

Human Rights Watch urges Egypt to solve Muslim-Christian strife
(Aswat Masriya)

Somalia: Information Minister accuses Al Shabaab of attack on Sheikh
(Garowe Online)

France’s top rabbi leaves post after accusations of plagiarism, lying about education
(Associated Press, The Washington Post Europe)

Religious freedom must not violate the rights of children - Oye Lithur
(Ghana Web)

Russia becomes definitive owner of cathedral building in Nice
(Interfax)

Arizona weighs unemployment tax break for churches
(Arizona Daily Sun)

Clergy join gun control debate with pleas, prayers in 24-hour vigil
(Jaweed Kaleem, Huffington Post)

Possible saint gets a big military honor from White House
(Caleb K. Bell, Religion News Service)

Egypt: Address recurring sectarian violence, says HRW
(Eurasia Review)

Vatican spokesman denies report that Benedict XVI is ill
(Marta Jiménez, Catholic News Agency)

Pakistan: Mullahs to Monks: Why is our clergy angry and violent? - Analysis
(Suba Chandran, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)

Ivanishvili on Georgian Orthodox Church
(Civil Georgia)

Women praying at Western Wall arrested in Jerusalem (VIDEO) (PHOTOS)
(Aron Heller, Huff Post Religion)

Wednesday, 10 April 2013

“Unofficial” comment on religious liberty & Obamacare’s mandate
(Institute for Public Affairs)

Supreme Court cases send mixed messages on religious freedom
(Deborah Gyapong, The B.C. Catholic)

Former Utah Gov. Michael Leavitt tells UVU conference now is the time for discussion on religious liberty
(Joseph Walker, Deseret News)

Western Wall compromise raises hopes, but still faces obstacles
(Ben Sales, JTA)

In the Middle East, not America, Christians are actually persecuted
(Jonathan Merritt, Religion News Service)

How skeptics and believers can connect
(T. M. Luhrman, International Herald Tribbune)

Hate speech has no place in a synagogue
(Rabbi Michael White and Rabbi Jerome Davidson, The Jewish Week New York)

Executive Order continuing the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
(The White House)

Attendance at religious services lowers risk of depression, Canadian study finds
(Graeme Hamilton, The National Post)

Sexuality more like religion than race: Column
(William Mattox, USA Today)

Okla. legislature passes bill forbidding courts from using foreign, religious law
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

In Ohio Amish community, sports and song before several members head to prison
(Associated Press, Worldwide Religion News)

Study: Religious schools perform better than public, charter schools
(Nap Nazworth, The Christian Post)

Proposed new prayer section at Western Wall could mark victory for liberal Jewish streams
(Associated Press, The Washington Post – Middle East)

Shmuel Rabinovich, Western Wall Rabbi, supports mixed gender prayer section
(Daniel Estrin, Huffington Post)

U.S. envoy alarmed over anti-Muslim events in Sri Lanka
(Associated Press, Al Arabiya)

'They stood shouting at us to come out and be killed': Anti-Muslim violence in central Burma has left thousands of people homeless
(Peter Popham, The Independent)

India aims to end unlawful detention of Muslims
(Deutsche Welle)

A homeschool legal case that deserves the nation's attention
(Barrett Duke, Baptist Press)

German homeschoolers case has implications for religious freedom in America
(Erin Roach, Baptist Press)

Trailblazing cardinal recognized for leading movement to protect religious freedom
(News LI.com)

Reproductive justice, religious liberty, and pluralistic democracy
(Sally Steenland, Center for American Progress)

Virginia county faces $60,000 bill following legislative prayer suit
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee)

Religion news in brief
(The Washington Post – On Faith)

Church of England gives blessing to recognising civil partnerships
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)

Tyranny of the majority: ‘Military and religious groups are using religion to divide people’
(Press Release, The Express Tribune (Pakistan))

HKS panel encourages religion in the public sphere
(Bharath Venkatesh, The Harvard Crimson)

HHS contraceptive mandate threatens more than religious freedom
(Sheila Liaugminas, LifeSiteNews)

Force ‘gay marriage’ on Northern Ireland through courts: Amnesty International
(Hilary White, LifeSiteNews)

Kazakhstan: Never too old to be fined
(Felix Corley, Forum 18)

Religious Liberty Chair backs litigants opposing HHS Mandate
(United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)

Understanding the Muslim world
(Robert Repino, OUP Blog)

Australian broadcasting changes terminology after Hindus protest
(Eurasia Review)

Am I a dangerous extremist? Are you? – OpEd
(Alan Caruba, Eurasia Review)

Military archdiocese objects to Catholic 'extremist' label
(Catholic News Agency)

ERLC to HHS: Mandate is 'religious persecution'
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)

Knights of Columbus call for end to HHS mandate
(Catholic News Agency)

French Senate approves gay marriage
(RIA Novosti)

Florist sued for refusing service to gay couple
(Associated Press, Komo News)

South Africa gay 'cure' school found guilty of human rights violation
(Dan Littauer, Gay Star News)

Russian lawmakers back prison terms for religious offence
(Gabriela Baczynska, Reuters)

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