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Monday, 19 November 2012

Calif. churches ask court to restore nativity displays
(Doug Stanglin, USA Today)

Church demolished: Russia's fading religious freedom
(George Thomas, CBN News)

Church of England nears vote on female bishops
(Robert Barr, ABC News)

Ecumenical Patriarch approves election of new Metropolitan of Ukrainian Orthodox Church in USA
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Ecumenical Patriarch names condition for unification of Ukrainian churches in one national church
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

EgyptAir stewardesses begin wearing hijab
(Daily Times (Pakistan))

EU praises Tanzania govt’s handling of simmering religious tensions
(Mkinga Mkinga, The Citizen)

Fla. church encourages fugitives to surrender
(Associated Press via Sun Herald)

Gains in global marriage equality campaigns
(Karl Hand, Green Left)

India: Catholic newspaper's office gutted
(UCAN, Eurasia Review)

Ireland: Abortion issue must be clarified by Irish government without delay
(Amnesty International)

Ireland's moment of truth
(Karen Kissane, The Age, National Times (Australia))

Islamic charter school requests $1.2 Million
(Robert Kahn, Courthouse News Service)

Judge allows religious company to reject Obamacare contraceptive coverage for time being
(Associated Press via Washington Post)

Nigeria: Traditional rulers against tradition
(Editorial, All Africa)

No pro-life Catholic need apply to European Commission: gay and abortionist groups
(Hilary White, LifeSiteNews)

Oklahoma judge sentences teen to church for 10 years
(Christina Lopez, ABC News)

On the freedom of the concepts of religion and belief
(Yvonne Sherwood, The Immanent Frame)

Primary school teachers 'could face sack' for refusing to promote gay marriage
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)

Rebgong burnings raise tensions
(Translated by Dorjee Damdul. Written in English by Parameswaran Ponnudurai, Radio Free Asia)

Religion and Law roundup: 18th November
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Religious intolerance on the rise in Asia
(Dinouk Colombage, Huff Post World)

Religious violence feared after bus bombing in Kenya
(Fredrick Nzwili, Christian Science Monitor)

Sikh religion joining California universities' curriculum
(Lee Romney, Los Angeles Times)

Tyndale’s Obamacare mandate injunction hinges on self-insurance
(Charles McAlpin, Examiner.com)

Ukraine: Secretariat of Council of Churches to prepare address to Parliament
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

William and Mary President Reveley awarded for First Amendment support
(The Virginia Gazette)

World's biggest Bible publisher? China
(Melissa Steffan, Christianity Today)

Sunday, 18 November 2012

French protests against gay marriage bill
(BBC News)

Saturday, 17 November 2012

All eyes on 'game-changer' Welby as Church faces final showdown on women bishops
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)

Anti-gay marriage marchers take to French streets
(Associated Press)

Arguments scheduled for college's contraception lawsuit
(Amanda Memrick, Gaston Gazette)

Bal Thackeray dead: Indian Hindu hardliner dies at 86 of cardio-respiratory arrest
(Rajesh Shah, Huffington Post)

Boss wrong to demote man over anti-gay-marriage Facebook post
(Kelly Fiveash, The Register)

Expert (Tom Farr) finds religious freedom a matter of national security
(Hillary Senour, Catholic News Agency)

Graduate schools' political leanings concern some students
(Menachem Wecker, US News)

Illegal to encourage values?
(Charlie Butts, One News Now)

Lennon Cihak, Minnesota teen, denied confirmation for supporting gay marriage on Facebook
(Meredith Bennett-Smith, Huff Post Religion)

Social media, employment, religious views and freedom of speech
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

South Carolina Episcopalians break away from U.S. church
(Harriet McLeod, Reuters)

Friday, 16 November 2012

Is Egypt going backward on religious freedom?
(Wahid Abdel Meguid. Translated from Al-Masry Al-Youm, Al-Monitor)

Report: White Christian voters no longer hold keys to the White House
(Lauren Markoe, The Washington Post)

'Taken to task for doing nothing wrong': worker demoted for opposing gay marriage was unlawfully punished, judge rules
(Telegraph Reporters, The Telegraph)

"Islam needs a fair chance in Germany"
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute of International Public Policy)

10 Commandments monument in place at Okla. Capitol
(Sean Murphy, The Associated Press)

Abu Qatada: in the public interest
(Adam Wagner, UK Human Rights Blog)

Activists say blame doctors, not religion for Indian woman's death in Ireland
(IBN Live (India))

At Yale lecture, Ban reiterates key role of two-state solution in Middle East peace process
(UN News Centre)

Atheists sue IRS for failure to monitor church politicking
(Kimberly Winston, The Washington Post)

Baha’is in Egypt
(Lucy Provan, Egypt Daily News)

Being outside the ECHR does not make a country a "pariah"
(Matthew Grayling, Tory Diary)

Christian housing manager wins freedom of speech case
(Christian Concern)

Civilisation and religion
(Muhammad Ali, Dawn.com (Pakistan))

Death of Indian woman forces Ireland to confront abortion taboo
(Dara Doyle and Colm Heatley, Bloomberg Businessweek)

Demoted Christian wins legal fight in UK
(BreakingNews.ie)

Egypt: Coptic women attacked on the metro
(Fady Salah, Egypt Daily News)

European Court of Human Rights rules on transsexual case
(Marilyn Stowe Blog)

European press focuses on religion
(Derek Scally, Irish Times)

Few get political messages at church
(Pew Research Center for the People & the Press)

Franklin Graham was 'shocked' to find Mormonism is a cult article on BGEA site
(Lillian Kwon, The Christian Post)

From India, pressure on Ireland over abortion laws
(NIHARIKA MANDHANA, New York Times)

Hamburg, Germany expands religious rights of Muslims
(James Heiser, The New American)

Human Rights Training Manual for European Churches
(The Church and Society Commission)

Implications of President Obama's Asian visit to Buddhist Burma – OpEd
(Shenali Waduge, Eurasia Review)

Indonesia: Government dismisses ‘incidental’ religious violence
(Margareth S. Aritonang, The Jakarta Post)

Indonesia: Pillay gets no clear answer on discriminatory laws
(The Jakarta Post)

Ireland: Great honour from UN, but do we care about human rights?
(Irish Independent)

Lawsuits possible over 10 Commandments monument
(Justin Juozapavicious, The Associated Press)

Malaysia: Pahang Sultan expresses disappointment over freedom of religion statement
(Bernama, The Star Online)

MPs call for inquiry into Charity Commission
(Christian Concern)

Muslim Brotherhood mobilizes protests against Israel in Cairo
(Sarah Lynch, USA Today)

Nigeria: Peace initiative leader blames misunderstanding on religious conflicts
(All Africa)

Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update

Politics and religion gain popularity in spam
(Shivani Shinde, Business Standard (India))

Presumed consent to organ donation: UK
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Religious leaders pledge to work with Obama administration ‘for liberty and justice for all’
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Should Canadian prisons employ chaplains of different faiths?
(The Ottawa Citizen)

Southeast Asian leaders to adopt human rights declaration despite criticism of some provisions
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)

Stanford starts religious liberty clinic
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)

Ten things about Syria
(Mail & Guardian (Africao)

U.N. human rights experts called on Iran on Thursday to say how Iranian blogger Sattar Beheshti died in police custody
(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Robin Pomeroy, Reuters)

USCIRF urges Obama to raise religious freedom issues on visit to Burma
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

With whom does the Muslim Brotherhood align: the Salafis or democratic forces?
(Farid Zahran, Egypt Daily News)

Thursday, 15 November 2012

Teen sentenced to attend church as part of probation for DUI manslaughter conviction
(Susan Hylton, Tulsa World)

‘Grounds’ for ‘Respect’ in the Church of England
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Access to contraception a human right, would cut health costs, UN says
(The Canadian Press/Associated Press, The Montreal Gazette)

Atheist group sues over religious electioneering
(ABC News)

Aung San Suu Kyi and the Rohingya of Myanmar
(Zak Rose, Geopolitical Monitor)

Azerbaijan's official religious leader: "I do not know what freedom of conscience is"
(Azeri Report)

Bosnian Muslims inaugurate new spiritual leader, expected to maintain moderate stance
(Associated Press, The Montreal Gazette)

Brussels takes aim at books portraying ‘traditional’ families
(James Chapman, Daily Mail, Talpa brusseliensis christiana)

Cairo Declaration: EU-Arab League minsters denounce ‘any changes to the pre-1967 borders’ including Jerusalem and slam Israeli settlement policy as ‘an obstacle to peace’
(Shari Ryness, European Jewish Press)

Détruire la famille : un crime contre l'Humanité
(Pascal de Roubaix, Le Beffroi, Talpa brusseliensis christiana)

Family commitment blended with strong religion dampens civic participation, researcher finds
(Baylor University, Phys.org)

Gathering for convention, religious scholars see labor issues as more than academic
(Bridget Doyle, Chicago Tribune, Democratic Underground)

Growing hostility against Christians in Europe – Report sent to OSCE
(Marco Tosatti, Vatican Insider, Talpa brusseliensis christiana)

Humanists attempt to halt 'back-door' spread of state-funded religious schools
(Peter Walker, The Guardian)

Humanists call for African age of "Enlightenment"
(Robert Evans and Paul Casciato, Reuters)

In Canada, a 'watershed' religious freedom win
(Baptist Press)

Is the Petraeus scandal a religious affair?
(Daniel Burke, Christianity Today)

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