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Wednesday, 5 December 2012

Buncombe school board reviews religion policy
(Amy Churchill, Citizen-Times)

Cadet quits, cites overt religion at West Point
(Michael Hill, Associated Press, Yahoo! News)

Couple guilty of animal cruelty in case involving Passover lamb
(Lance Benzel, Colorado Gazette)

Desmond Tutu urges Uganda to drop anti-homosexuality bill
(Fredrick Nzwili, Huff Post Religion)

Dutch ready to revoke blasphemy law
(Deutsche Welle)

Egypt’s draft constitution: Religious freedom undermined
(Samuel Tadros, National Review Online)

EU Human Rights Guidelines on the Protection of Religious Freedom
(Dr Joe Vella Gauci, COMECE, EuropeInfos)

GOP Tennessee governor blasts critics of Muslim adviser
(Hamed Aleaziz, Think Progress)

Hundreds of thousands besiege Egypt's presidential palace to protest draft constitution
(Yasmine Fathy, Randa Ali and Zeinab El-Guindi, Ahram Online)

Indian Muslims in U.K. express concern over Charminar row
(Hasan Suroor, The Hindu)

Islamist sect in Nigeria grows more deadly
(Jon Gambrell, AP via ABC News)

Judge strikes down Facebook page “Keeping our Kids Safe From Predators”
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)

Kazakhstan: Government "did the right thing" in allowing wanted Uzbek pastor to leave
(Felix Corley, Forum 18)

Merkel deputy criticizes Turkey over religious freedoms
(Noah Barkin, Reuters)

Miami-Dade Commission reinstitutes prayer before meetings; ACLU threatens to sue
(Charles Rabin, The Miami Herald)

Nigeria: Top terrorism leader, subordinates killed
(Jim Kouri, Eurasia Review)

Opinion polls on assisted dying
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Pakistan: HRCP condemns desecration of Ahmadi graves
(The International Herald Tribune)

Priests are not press meat, says Strasbourg
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)

Religion big factor for Americans against same-sex marriage
(Frank Newport, Gallup Politics)

Religion unites Slovakia, Hungary
(The Budapest Times)

Syrians civil war spills into Lebanon
(Bassem Mroue, USA Today)

Who will Gujarat's Muslims vote for?
(Ram Puniyani, Tehelka)

Tuesday, 4 December 2012

Pharmacist conscience rights under attack
(Carrie Severino, National Review Online)

A bishop behind bars: Amish sect leader tells of the beard-cutting that could lock him up for life
(M.L. Nestel and Jebediah Reed, The Daily)

A Lincoln Chafee Christmas
(William McGurn, The Wall Street Journal)

Algerian faces 5 years in prison for sharing Christian faith
(Compass Direct News)

Chaplain sues Mikey Weinstein (documents)
(Gordan James Klingenschmitt, The Pray in Jesus Name Project)

France to discipline lawyer who requested removal of judge from case because of Jewish last name
(The Algemeiner)

French lawyer sought removal of judge with Jewish name
(Robert Myles, Digital Journal)

Hindus condemn demolition of Gypsy settlement in Spain
(Eurasia Review)

Israel: Court approves gay divorce in landmark ruling
(Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post)

Judge blocks California law on conversion therapies
(Los Angeles Times)

Judge ousted from Fort Hood shooting case for showing lack of impartiality over suspect
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)

Mongolia: Police detain 9 Christians, send two to labor camp for holding free medical clinics & evangelizing
(Christian Newsire, Canada Free Press)

Mormons reach growth milestones in Africa, world
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, Salt Lake Tribune)

One dead in violent clashes in Bangladesh
(The Australian)

Pakistan reels with violence against Shiites
(Declan Walsh, New York Times via RealClearWorld)

Pope Benedict XVI tightens church control over Catholic charities
(Alessandro Speciale, Huffington Post)

Pope gets some 370,000 Twitter followers in 24 hours
(Philip Pullella, Paul Casciato, Reuters)

Press Release: USCIRF alarmed by anti-Semitic remarks in Hungary
(USCIRF)

Religion can provide early warning system against excesses of the market
(John Marsden, Irish Times)

Russians fear Mayan doomsday, government assures world will not end
(Eline Gordts, Huffington Post)

Sandy-hit shuls apply for aid despite ban: FEMA barred from helping houses of worship for now
(Seth Berkman, The Jewish Daily Forward)

Sunni-Alawite clashes break out in north Lebanon
(Erika Solomon, Mark Heinrich, Reuters)

Three-Self church's application to stage protest against illegal demolition of church property is rejected
(China Aid Association, China Aid News)

Tory MP Richard Bacon’s motion to repeal Human Rights Act defeated
(Scott Roberts, Pink News)

Tunisia arrests Salafist suspects over Sufi shrine attack
(Agence France-Presse, Arab News)

Turkey: Expectations of the new Constitution and what this means for freedom of religion or belief
(MineYildirim, Forum 18 News Service)

Turkish TV channel fined for 'The Simpsons' blasphemy episode
(Justin Vela, The Telegraph)

Vix display underscores religious controversy
(Charles C. Haynes, My SA)

Watch your tongue: Prejudiced comments illegal in Brazi
(Taylor Barnes | Christian Science Monitor, Yahoo News)

Women priests movement endorsed by National Catholic Reporter
(Jaweed Kaleem, Huffington Post)

Monday, 3 December 2012

Islam religion of tolerance, peace and harmony: Kaira
(Associated Press of Pakistan)

A Muslim divide in China
(Rukiye Turdush, Radio Free Asia)

Ahmadinejad slams new rules for candidacy
(Radio Zameneh)

Anglicans must not drift apart, departing leader says
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)

Appeal vowed in Nevada same-sex marriage ruling
(Ken Ritter, Associated Press via Nevada Appeal)

Are the laity revolting?
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Armenia: Two new imprisonments as Strasbourg again fines government
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Australia: Religious slur provoked man before police shooting
(ABC News)

Australia: Why is politics more important than religion?
(Geoff Gallop, The Sydney Morning Herald)

Boko Haram kills more Christians
(The Voice of Russia)

Boston church will sell rare 1640 book to fund building repairs
(Daniel Lovering, Reuters)

Christian’s year of living 'gay' leads to dramatic change, sparks controversy
(Dan Mercia, CNN Belief Blog)

Egypt draft constitution gets oversight from Supreme Judicial Council
(RT)

Free school in row over plans to scrap religious education
(Julie Henry, The Telegraph)

Gay marriage remains up in air after Supreme Court stays quiet on issue
(Fox News Latino)

Gunman severely wounds elderly Swedish woman who worked for church in Pakistan
(Louise Nordstrom, Adil Jawad, Sabastian Abbot, Washington Post)

Hijab ban goes into effect at southern Russian school
(Reuters, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)

How Israel's ceasefire terms are a security disaster
(Lee Kaplan, Gatestone Institute)

In defense of religious freedom in Ethiopia
(Prof. Al Mariam, Abugidainfo)

Is Malaysia ready for an Islamist prime minister?
(Farish M Noor, RSIS Commentaries)

Keeping the faith: ND ranks No. 2 in religious adherence
(Anna G. Larson, The Dickinson Press)

Leveson Lands, Cameras in Court and Secret Courts – The Human Rights Roundup
(Sam Murrant, UK Human Rights Blog)

Myanmar police apologizes for wounding monks in dispersal
(PhilStar.com (Philippines))

Pakistan's Imran Khan: We can defeat "Jihad Syndrome"
(Faisal J. Abbas, Al Bawaba News)

Pentecostals denounced by Zimbabwe president
(Michael McGuire, Examiner.com)

Poll: Most Americans say employers should cover contraception
(Daniel Burke, Religion News Service)

Raelians file complaint against Swiss government at U.N., alleging Vatican conspiracy to destroy the Raelian religion for exposing Vatican crimes
(Market Watch)

Religion and Law roundup: 2nd December – Advent I
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Religious rights don't trump human ones in Canada
(Shahla Khan Salter, The Huffington Post Canada)

Report: Iran court suspends death sentence against programmer
(Based on reporting by AFP, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)

Rick Warren: Religious liberty the civil rights issue of the next decade
(David Ward, Deseret News)

Robert Putnam: How the religious/secular divide polarizes America
(Marylynne Pitz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Russia may soften religion law over Putin concerns
(Gabriela Baczynska, Reuters)

Should any genetic information be a trade secret?
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)

Sultan: Don't twist my position as state head of religion
(New Straits Times)

Theologian says China to have largest Christian population
(Estefania Aguirre, Catholic News Agency)

Tibet owes its religion to India
(Lobsang Sangay, The Times of India)

UK event draws questions on faith
(Jessica Abrahams, Common Ground News Service)

Violence against Afghan women "more extreme"
(Mina Habib, Institute for War and Peace Reporting)

Vouchers ruled unconstitutional
(Debbie Glover, The Daily News)

What do we mean by an organic Christian society?
(Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, Talpa brusseliensis christiana)

Why Hamas and Islamic Jihad supported Abbas's statehood bid
(Gatestone Institute)

With some anxiety, Poles see ritual slaughter prevailing
(Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA)

Saturday, 1 December 2012

'Religion and Society' photo exhibition opens in Spain
(Fahmi Bin Khalid Al Harthi, Observer)

'Religious enthusiasm' among U.S. Catholics on decline, study finds
(David Gibson, National Post)

Campus atheists score big funding from Wisconsin university
(Kimberly Winston, Washington Post)

Egypt's Islamists rally in support of President Morsi
(Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times)

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