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Monday, 12 November 2012

Anti-gay marriage group targets Starbucks Middle East business
(Travis Pittman and Elizabeth Wiley, KING 5 News)

Azerbaijan: Censorship "to create an environment of freedom of conscience"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Church leaders say returning vets need time, attention
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service, National Catholic Reporter)

Egypt: Brief Salafi occupation of Coptic land part of larger problem, Copts say
(Eurasia Review)

Freedom of Religion or Belief: Anti-Sect Movements and State Neutrality (A Case Study)
(FECRIS, LIT Verlag)

Getting back to Soviet standard? Ukraine’s administration wants control over all religious organizations
(Oksana Klymonchuk, The Day (Kjiv))

Hindus urge new Archbishop of Canterbury to promote interfaith dialogue
(Eurasia Review)

Israel fires missile into Syria, first since 1973
(GenevaLunch.com)

Kazakhstan: Religion Law restricting faith in the name of tackling extremism?
(Joanna Lillis, EurasiaNet.org)

Lebanon: Harirism exposed
(Mohammad Aslam, Foreign Policy in Focus)

Let's talk about religious faiths in Auckland
(Dionne Christian, The New Zealand Herald)

Liberals vs. Salafis: The fight to contain the Muslim Brotherhood
(Mustafa Salama, Al Arabiya News)

Missourians for Equality files for approval of petition
(stl today)

Muslim cleric shot dead in Dagestan
(Ria Novosti)

No compulsion in religion ....
(Robert Hunt, Patheos Blog - Interfaith Encounters)

Obama, religious liberty, and the Constitution
(James Poulos, Forbes)

PM's religoius advisor: There should be an understanding among Muslim leaders
(The Star Online)

Religious freedom concerns in Russia
(Statement by the European Association of Jehovah's Christian Witnesses, OSCE HDIM)

Second circular epistle from prison
(Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje Jovan, POA-Info.org)

Selection by religion 'should be banned in state schools'
(Graeme Paton, The Telegraph)

Shanghai surprises: Religious tourism in the 'New New York'
(Noel Irwin Hentschel, Huffington Post)

The caretaker of ‘Allah’s House’ in Hanoi
(VietnamNet Bridge)

Tibetans in SF protest Chinese repression
(John King, San Francisco Chronicle)

To some Mennonites in Mexico, Russia looks like Promised Land
(Tim Johnson, The Kansas City Star)

Tunisia battles over pulpits, and revolt’s legacy
(Neil MacFarquhar, The New York Times)

Uncertainty hangs over post-Mendes Ethiopia
(Jerome Mwanda, InDepth News (IDN))

Vatican historian says church is not losing same-sex marriage battle
(Matthew Brown, Deseret News)

Sunday, 11 November 2012

'No compulsion in religion' only for non-believers?
(Malaysiakini)

40 Islamists file lawsuit accusing ElBaradei of 'insulting sharia'
(Ahram Online)

Australia: Non-religious tax avoidance
(Max Wallace, On Line Opinion)

BNP bus driver, legal aid bills and Abu Qatada – The Human Rights Roundup
(Sam Murrant, UK Human Rights Blog)

Egypt's ultraconservative Muslims rally demanding bigger role for Islamic law in constitution
(Associated Press, Fox News)

Evangelist files free speech lawsuit against Mines
(Ryan Lengerich, Rapid City Journal)

HHS threat undiminished
(Kyle Duncan, National Catholic Register)

Honor our veterans by standing for religious freedom
(Katrina Lantos Swett, Birmingham News)

How to end government intolerance of Islam in Ethiopia – OpEd
(Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, Eurasia Review)

Inda: School bridging the religious differences
(Syed Ali Mujtaba Syed, The Ground Report India)

ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: All major religio-political parties and groups in the country Sunday agreed to present a united front on religious issues, irrespective of the politics they practice
(Dawn.com)

Malaysia: Common understanding needed among Muslim leaders to protect Islam – PM's religious advisor
(Bernama)

Malaysia: Nurul Issah's statement politicising religious belief, says Home Minister
(Bernama)

Malaysia: Who’s politicising religion here?
(Ahmed Zakaria, The Malaysian Insider)

Some thoughts on the five stages of religious persecution
(Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington)

Supreme court urged to rule on Sikh leader's claim he is a 'holy saint'
(Owen Bowcott, The Guardian)

This week in religion history: Where God's law cannot be next to man's law
(Canadian Press, National Post)

UN gets it right re: religious freedom
(Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow)

USCIRF deeply concerned by emerging religious freedom violations in Ethiopia
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

W.Va. judge: County must educate unvaccinated girl
(San Francisco Chronicle)

Saturday, 10 November 2012

A vague role for religion in Egyptian draft constitution
(David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times)

Achieving Malala Yousafzai’s dream for education in Pakistan
(Rabia Alavi, Common Ground News Service)

Egypt Muslims sisters rise with conservative vision
(Maggie Fick, Associated Press)

French nationalists in Paris protest extreme Islam
(Associated Press)

God after 2012: How did election change religion and politics landscape?
(Elizabeth Tenety, Washington Post)

Malaysia: Nurul not anti-Islam, but a true Muslim
(Malaysiakini)

Patriarch Kirill congratulates Obama on his re-election as president of USA
(Interfax-religion)

Religious education: For tolerance or fanaticism?
(Samsul Maarif, Jakarta Post)

Ukraine’s ultranationalists show surprising strength at polls
(David M. Herszenhorn, The New York Times)

Friday, 9 November 2012

Appeals court drops test of who qualifies as church 'minister'
(Melissa Steffan, Christianity Today)

Azerbaijan: Former prisoners of consciences' homes raided, literature confiscated
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Bahrain security boosted around opposition Mosque
(Reem Khalifa, Associated Press via Yahoo! News)

Bahraini police kill teen headed to Friday prayers
(RT)

Balkan asylum seekers come under suspicion
(Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press)

Catholic voters weren’t persuaded by ‘religious liberty’ arguments against Obamacare
(Tara Culp-Ressler, Think Progress Health)

Challenge to laws that let schools hire on the basis of religion
(Liam Clarke, Belfast Telegraph)

China mobilizes paramilitary to suppress Tibetan protest after another self-immolation
(Eurasia Review)

Czech parliament approves return of church properties
(Stefan J. Bos, BosNewLife)

Egyptian Islamists rally for Shariah Law
(Aya Batrawy, Associated Press via Times)

Hatred 'locks Myanmar's Rohingya in legal limbo'
(Amélie Bottollier-Depois, AFP via Google News)

How did marriage fare in the 2012 election?
(Ryan T. Anderson and Andrew Walker, Culture Watch - The Heritage Foundation)

Human rights victory for BNP bus driver
(Martin Downs, UK Human Rights Blog)

Militiamen ‘behind Italian priest’s killing’
(Kerima Bulan T. navales, UCA News)

New Anglican head has Indian connection
(UCA News)

Nigeria: CAN alleges conspiracy to cause religious war
(All Africa)

Nigeria: Muslim leader wants veil for female students
(Vanguard)

Parents, Central Dauphin School District challenge street preacher in court
(Matt Miller, The Patriot-News)

Reaction as Justin Welby becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
(BBC News)

Same-sex marriage votes Tuesday night turn conversations back to family
(Eric Schulzke, Deseret News)

Siberian artist challenges Pussy Riot icon fines at ECHR
(Russian Legal Information Agency)

Sign on woman’s property spurs suit
(Terrie Morgan-Besecker, Times-Leader)

Sikhs urge Obama to ensure religious freedom
(Lalit K Jha, Outlook India)

Spanish Jews demands tougher laws on online anti-Semitism
(JTA)

Statement at the OSCE SHDIM on Freedom of Assembly and Association, Nov 9, 2012, on behalf of the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe

Ten further questions for the new Archbishop of Canterbury
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

The BNP and Strasbourg: Redfearn v United Kingdom
(James Wilson, A(nother) Lawyer Writes (Blog))

Tibetan official says inciting self-immolation is "crime of murder"
(China Daily)

United plane escorted by military jet after man prays in aisle
(Chicago Tribune)

Why the HHS mandate may have nearly cost Obama the election
(Matthew Schmitz, First Things)

Thursday, 8 November 2012

'I do?' Opposition dogs French president's plans to legalize gay marriage and adoption
(Thomas Adamson, Associated Press, Chicago Tribune)

'Mormon Moment' ends with a loss – but Romney's religion still won
(Peggy Fletcher Stack and Daniel Burke, Huff Post Religion)

‘Ex-gay’ men fight back against view that homosexuality can’t be changed
(Erik Eckholm, The New York Times)

Ansar al-Din new position raises questions
(Jemal Oumar, Magharebia)

Boston: Assisted suicide measure narrowly defeated
(Lisa Wangsness, The Boston Globe)

Buddhist, Hindu make history in new Congress
(Daniel Burke, Religion News Service, The Washington Post)

Civics clashes with religion as women face bans from some Indian shrines
(Arnika Thakur, Reuters Blog - India Insight)

Czech parliament OKs landmark religious compensation law
(Associated Press, The Boston Globe)

Evangelicals, Catholics and “nones” make a mark: Parsing the 2012 God vote
(Eric Gorski , Denver Post Blog - Hark)

Haji Ali curbs women's entry, activists protest
(Hindustan Times)

How the Faithful Voted: 2012 Preliminary Analysis
(The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)

Human rights review, Pakistan: ‘Govt should admit its helplessness’
(Ali Usman, The Express Tribune)

India: Religion no bar for Diwali celebrations in city
(Mugdha Variyar and Anagha Sawant, Hindustan Times)

Judge rebuffs Arapaho in Eagle case
(WND Faith)

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