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Wednesday, 19 December 2012

Freedom of religion or belief in the UN human rights system: gaps and perspectives
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers)

Health workers killed trying to deliver polio vaccine in Pakistan
(Dashiell Bennett, Atlantic Wire)

India: Priest fired over trafficking charges
(UCANews)

Iraq ‘drowning’ in terrorist attacks, say counterterrorists‏
(Jim Kouri, Eurasia Review)

Is the spring of religious charities coming to China?
(John Graz, Adventist News Network)

Journalists vote for contraception fight as top 2012 U.S. religion story
(Krystal Knapp, Planet Princeton)

Kyrgyzstan: Religion Law changes being done "democratically"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

L’Etat reverse 6,3 millions d’euros aux Témoins de Jehovah
(Stéphanie Le Bars, Blog: Digne de foi (Le Monde))

Madhav Khosla: Recognising caste and religion entrenches these further
(The Times of India)

Morocco’s exceptionality in North Africa – OpEd
(Said Temsamani, Eurasia Review)

Most Catholics say yes to gun control, poll shows
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, Salt Lake Tribune)

Muslims demand gay marriage exemption
(The Guardian)

New prosecution guidance on offensive speech online: sensible, but the law is still out of date
(Adam Wagner, UK Human Rights Blog)

Newest front in the Christmas wars: billboards
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

Nigeria’s blood cries out: Persecuted Nigerian Christians seek protection against Islamist terror
(Andrew E. Harrod, PhD, JD, Esq., Christian Post Guest Blog)

On the dampness of squibs or, the Report of the Commission on a Bill of Rights
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Pakistan: Christmas is no time for playing politics
(Silent Thinker, Lahore, UCANews)

Pakistan: Minority Rights Day—year 2012 proved to be a nightmare for the religious minorities
(Asian Human Rights Commission)

Pakistan: PML to promote dialogue among followers of various faiths: Shujaat
(Online International News Network)

Philippines: Creation of new Muslim region moves forward
(UCANews)

Philippines: RH war far from over, bishops say
(UCANews)

Publisher wins injunction against Obamacare as religious liberty battle escalates
(Loren Heal, Heartland)

Q&A about 'First Freedom' documentary with Matthew Holland
(David Ward, Deseret News)

Religious leaders push congregants on gun control, sensing a watershed moment
(Laurie Goodstein, New York Times)

Same-sex marriage, National Churches and the quadruple lock
(Frank Cranmer, la)

The Church and the Mandate
(George Weigel, National Review Online)

Turkey’s last Armenian schools
(Aziz Oguz, Le Monde)

Vatican works to stop Sunday shopping in Italy
(Alessandro Speciale, Religion News Service)

Tuesday, 18 December 2012

"No religion" third world group after Christians, Muslims
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)

Church and State II – a further guide
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Court rules against Kawaiahao church, state
(Sophie Cook, Honolulu Civil Beat)

Elder Oaks honored for contributions to the cause of religious freedom
(Joseph Walker, Deseret News)

Former University of Toledo administrator loses appeal over firing for op-ed about gay people
(The Associated Press, The Republic)

French march for gay marriage, but fewer than those opposing the law
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)

Hasan judge might allow beard at trial
(Jeremy Schwartz, Statesman.com)

Indonesia: Religious intolerance is alive and kicking
(Margareth S. Aritonang, The Jakarta Post)

Islam: Fastest-growing religion in Britain
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute of International Public Policy)

No compulsion in religion revisited
(Dr Wan Azhar Wan Ahmad, The Star Online (Malaysia))

Pa. rabbi wins right to perform funeral rites
(Mark Scolforo, Associated Press, York Daily News)

The Bill of Rights Commission report: a modest proposal
(Adam Wagner, UK Human Rights Blog)

TONIGHT!: ‘First Freedom: The Fight for Religious Liberty’
(New York Daily News)

Tories’ bid for UK Bill of Rights declared 'dead' after review ends in stalemate
(Andrew Grice, The Independent)

Turkey university entrance exams to test religion
(The Times of India)

Monday, 17 December 2012

Egypt draft ‘narrowly’ supported
(Agence France-Presse, Arab News)

Barred volunteer's lawsuit claims defamation by Catholic diocese
(Elizabeth Campbell , Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

Calif. school district bends over backward to avoid religion controversy in kids' yoga classes
(Julie Watson, Associated Press)

Commission on a Bill of Rights BINGO!
(Adam Wagner, UK Human Rights Blog)

Contraception mandate challenge reaches appeals court
(Michelle Bauman, Catholic News Agency)

Council of Europe is imposing abortion on Ireland, Poland
(Grégor Puppinck, LifeNews.com)

Counter-Radicalisation in Indonesia: Fighting a Mutating Organism – Analysis
(Adhi Priamarizki, RSIS Commentaries)

Ethiopia drops one charge in Muslim case
(Marthe Van Der Wolf, Voice of America)

Humanists only wanted the 2011 census to reflect religious reality
( Matthew Engelke, The Guardian)

In our opinion: Vigilance is increasingly warranted to protect religious liberty
(Deseret News)

Indonesia: Violation is the rule, protection the exception
(The State of Human Rights in Indonesia in 2012, Asian Human Rights Commission)

Jailed woman rejects U.S. authority, cites Moorish Science Temple
(Lisa Buie, Tampa Bay Times)

Myanmar: Chin minority denied religious liberty
(Saw Yan Naing, The Media Project)

Narrating Amarnath Yatra: A sociological walk – Analysis
(Adfar Shah, Eurasia Review)

Nativity scene returns to Warren to anti-religion foundation's dismay
(Gus Burns, MLive)

New draft on contraception coverage expected soon
(Washington Wire, The Wall Street Journal)

New Utah attorney general: No shift on polygamy prosecution
(Lindsay Whitehurst, Salt Lake Tribune)

Opposition in Egypt has won even if it loses
(Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed, Arab News via Yahoo! News)

Owners of Abu Qatada's new house meet estate agent to get him kicked out
(Rashid Razaq and Rob Parsons, London Evening Standard)

Palestinians: The third intifada has begun
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute of International Public Policy)

Petition submitted to UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion: Stop government intolerance of Islam in Ethiopia
(Alemayehu F. Weldemariam, Jawar Mohammed, Abadir M. Ibrahim, Awol K. Allo, Dr. Meqdes Mesfin, Mesfin Tekle, Derese G. Kassa, Badr Ethiopia (International Ethiopian Muslims Organization))

Phillippine legislators approve divisive contraceptives bill despite church's objections
(Teresa Cerojano and Jim Gomez, Associated Press)

PHOTOS: Egyptians turn out for referendum vote
(The New York Times)

President Obama draws on spirituality to comfort Connecticut families
(Daniel Burke, Religion News Service)

Ramdev: Their religion is religion and mine is business?
(Pradeep Thakur, The Times of India)

Religion and Law roundup: 16th December
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Religious freedom for military being negotiated by Senate-House conference committee
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)

Run for the hills! Here come the noisy grasshoppers (UK Commission on a Bill of Rights)
(Adam Wagner, UK Human Rights Blog)

Same-sex marriage in Scotland – the draft Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Same-Sex Marriage, Child Protection and Extraordinary Rendition – The Human Rights Roundup
(Daniel Isenberg, UK Human Rights Blog)

Secretary-General concerned about continuing political deadlock in Nepal
(UN News Centre)

Secular Britain is ruled by religious bureaucrats
(Nick Cohen, The Guardian / The Observer)

Spain threatens to deport filmmaker for anti-Islam documentary
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)

The call for freedom of religion in conflict-prone countries
(Canada Free Press)

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans commits nearly $7 million in 2013 to Habitat for Humanity International
(Religion News Service)

Treasury and the IRS release tribal General Welfare Guidance
(Internal Revenue Service)

Treasury spells out rules on taxing of tribes
(Suzanne Gamboa, Associated Press via ABC News)

Uzbekistan: Singing and reading Bibles on holiday prosecuted
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

WCC blasts U.S. for blocking ecumenical meeting in Cuba
(Peter Kenny, Religion News Service)

Westboro Baptist Church says it will picket vigil for Connecticut school shooting victims
(Timothy Stenovec, Huff Post Religion)

Sunday, 16 December 2012

Hungary's Jews face down new extremism
(Marton Dunai, Reuters)

Saturday, 15 December 2012

Afghanistan Elections: Will the Taliban contest?
(J Jeganaathan, Institute of Peace & Conflict Studies)

Americans must celebrate religious liberty – OpEd
(Ralph Reed, The Washington Times)

China cracks down on "slay red dragon" doomsday cult
(Reporting by Sui-Lee Wee, Additional reporting by Huang Yan, Editing by Jonathan Standing and Elaine Lies, Reuters)

Court to decide whether religious challenge to health care law may proceed
(Michael Doyle, McClatchy Newspapers, The News Tribune)

Domino's founder sues feds over health care law
(Associated Press, Fox News)

Egypt Islamists expect approval of constitution
(David D. Kirkpatrick and Kareen Fahim, The New York Times)

Egyptians vote on controversial constitution
(Ben Brumfield and Amir Ahmed, CNN)

Europe and the Arab Spring that never sprung
(Anis Bajrektarevic, Geopolitical Monitor)

High Court rejects Humanist Association’s challenge to faith school proposals in Richmond
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)

Hindus ask for Diwali holiday in Harrow Schools in England
(Eurasia Review)

Hindus want immediate end to segregation of Roma pupils in Czech Republic
(Eurasia Review)

Indonesia arrests fake Islamic prophet for 'sex cult'
(Bankok Post)

Liberalism favors rights of individuals over churches
(James Hitchcock, Crisis Magazine)

Nash Papyrus digitized: Ancient copy of Ten Commandments goes online
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post Europe)

Pope calls for new economic model, more ethical markets
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)

Religious differences: Calgary bishop warns congregation that the city’s newest Catholic church isn’t really Catholic
(Jen Gerson, National Post)

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