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Thursday, 19 May 2016

Thousands of underage migrants live in shadows across Europe
(Elaine Ganley and Colleen Barry, Associated Press)

Pakistan police deny Christian-Muslim tension after blasphemy allegation
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)

Imams of five mosques detained in Tajikistan on extremism accusations
(Interfax-Religion)

A Christian water man marginalised for his religion gets his job back
(Herald Malaysia Online)

First church of Republican era to be built for Istanbul’s Syriacs
(Hurriyet Daily News)

‘Ofsted will become state regulator of religion’: Evangelical Alliance
(Johnathan Elliott, LapidoMedia: Centre for Religious Literacy in Journalism)

Education chief cautions on religion teaching in schools
(Carl O'Brien, The Irish Times)

Central African Republic: CSW welcomes Interfaith Partnership for Peace
(Independent Catholic News)

North Carolina: Interfaith coalition of clergy rally against House Bill 2
(Associated Press, Winston-Salem Journal)

‘We must protect the family from the devil’s attacks,’ Cardinal Sarah tells faithful
(Catholic Herald)

Judge dismisses lawsuit against Nevada school choice program
(Michelle Rindels, The News & Observer)

House passes bill protecting circumcision, ritual slaughter as religious freedoms
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Knight, Columbia commit $60 million to launch digital-era First Amendment center
(Johnathan Peters, Columbia Journalism Review)

Only 177 Syrian refugees resettled in EU under deal with Turkey
(Jennifer Rankin and Patrick Kingsley, The Guardian)

Wednesday, 18 May 2016

Homosexuals give up the idea to hold an action in Tbilisi fearing for their safety
(Interfax - Religion)

Sochi resident sentenced to 4.5 years for incitement to religious hatred in social media
(Interfax - Religion)

Geelong mosque destroyed in suspicious fire after witness hears loud bang
(Calla Wahlquist, The Guardian)

80 Muslim refugees baptized into Christianity despite attacks by Islamic radicals in German camps
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Gambling ad mocking crucifixion of Jesus Christ with 'nailed on bonus' banned in UK
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

US-backed forces slowly gaining ground to recapture ISIS-held territory in Iraq, Syria
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Oregon students protest Obama's order that boys be allowed into girls' bathrooms
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

South Carolina lawmakers protect babies in pro-life bill banning late-term abortion
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)

Religious contempt lawsuit casts shadow over ‘Street Children’
(Toqa Ezzidin, Daily News Egypt)

Emory University scholar speaks on intersection of law and faith
(Francesca Norsen Tate, Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

rThe Religious Freedom Restoration Act is discriminatory. Let’s fix it
(Louise Melling, Religion News Service)

Methodists vote to cut ties with group some consider anti-Israel
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

United Methodist leadership recommends deferral of LGBT decisions
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Russia: 2015 prosecutions for publicly sharing beliefs
(Forum 18 News Service)

McDonald's: NSW man loses fight to register 'McKosher' trademark for Jewish Scottish restaurant
(Giselle Wakatama, ABC News)

Australian agency refuses to approve trademark for "McKosher"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Philly Jesus in court to fight for 'religious rights' after arrest at Apple store
(Greg Adomaitis, NJ.com)

"Philly Jesus" says trespassing charge reflects religious discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

French groups file suit against Twitter over racism, homophobia
(The Economic Times)

Suit in France says social media failed to remove anti-Semitic, racist, homophobic and terrorist posts
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Catholic cemetery rejects gay couple’s headstone
(Cody Gohl, NewNowNext)

Same-sex couple's newest battle is with Catholic cemetery
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Baghdad attacks by ISIS point to trouble for group, but not imminent defeat
(Tim Arango, The New York Times)

Protecting gay employees where being gay is a crime
(Laura Colby, Bloomberg)

Militant attacks force Bangladesh's gay community into hiding
(Sanjeev Miglani, Reuters)

Russia's Jehovah's Witnesses fight 'extremist' label, possible ban
(Corey Flintoff, NPR)

Mexican president proposes legalizing gay marriage
(E. Eduardo Castillo Peter Orsi, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

South Carolina bans abortion after 19 weeks
(Harriet McLeod, Reuters)

Religion is less central to everyday life for Muslims in Israel than elsewhere in the region
(Kelsey Jo Starr, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Canada: Religious freedom office replaced with new 'office of human rights'
(CBC News)

Liberals’ replacement for Office of Religious Freedom will promote broader range of rights
(Lee Berthiaume, Ottawa Citizen)

In Mideast, religion is no ‘bridge to peace’
(Robert Wiener, New Jersey Jewish News)

The Queen’s Speech, law and religion
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Queen's Speech: What would a British Bill of Rights mean for you?
(WMNKLangston, The Plymouth Herald)

Maneka Gandhi: ‘It (women’s entry) is about religion, and I’m not sure the state should intrude’
(Shalini Nair, The Indian Express)

Bahrain MPs ban mixing of politics and religion
(Habib Toumi, Gulf News)

Religious liberty measure heads to House floor after bipartisan bid to kill it fails
(Karoun Demirjian, The Washington Post)

Religious leaders ask Opposition to follow law in IEBC dispute
(Joseph Muraya, Capital News)

Muslim leaders remember Bishop Joseph, a prophet against the abusive use of the blasphemy law
(Herald Malaysia Online)

Role of faith and religion
(Padre James Bhagwan, Fiji Times)

One day Interfaith Peace Conference in Lahore
(Pakistan Christian Post)

Global Action Plan to End Statelessness
(The UN Refugee Agency)

Syrian crisis poses challenges in Palestinian refugee camps
(Claus Grue, World Council of Churches)

African churches commit to working for the elimination of statelessness
(World Council of Churches)

Unfair dismissal, guilt by association and the marriage vow: Pendleton v Derbyshire CC
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Little Sisters win: unanimous SCOTUS decision a big victory for religious freedom
(Eric Metaxas, CNSNews.com)

Tuesday, 17 May 2016

You can’t make me say it (quoth WaPo)
(Mona Charen, The Corner)

Media want to make sure you never heard about ‘The Little Sisters of the Poor’
(Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist)

Egypt: Draft law on construction of places of worship presented to Parliament
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)

Two Tunisian women, emancipated but divided over religion
(Francesca Sforza, Worldcrunch)

Norway breached domestic & international laws in taking children from Christian parents, say dozens of lawyers
(Chiqui Guyjoco, The Christian Times)

Religious alliance vows to protect blasphemy law
(The News International)

Whether the Catholic church will ordain women
(B.C., The Economist explains)

Ultra-Orthodox, Arab, Ethiopian, and settler youth unite under one roof
(Ariel Ben Solomon, The Jerusalem Post)

US House passes big upgrades to international religious liberty law
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

Zubik v. Burwell (Little Sisters of the Poor case) - Per Curiam
(Supreme Court of the United States)

Prof. Michael McConnell on Zubik v. Burwell (yesterday’s Supreme Court RFRA / contraceptive decision)
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy (Washington Post))

Opinion analysis: A compromise, with real impact, on birth control
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

The Little Sisters of the Poor are happy; headline writers (Cue: audible sigh) are not
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))

Supreme Court ups pressure on Little Sisters to settle
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

Justices, seeking compromise, return contraception case to lower courts
(Adam Liptak, The New York Times)

BJC responds to Supreme Court contraceptive mandate ruling
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee)

Symposium: Punting on substantial religious burden, the Supreme Court provides no guidance for future RFRA challenges to anti-discrimination laws
(Caroline Mala Corbin, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: The future of accommodation
(Rick Garnett, SCOTUSblog)

There won't be a deal in Obamacare religion fight
(Noah Feldman, Chicago Tribune)

What does this Supreme Court opinion mean for religious liberty?
(Bob Eschliman, Charisma News)

Pastor admits Whole Foods cake with gay slur was a hoax
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Internal report claims BBC programming is too Christian
(Mark Judge, CNSNews.com)

Arsalan Iftikhar on the answer to Muslim scapegoating
(Ruth Nasrullah, Religion News Service)

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship appoints first Asian American president
(Rachael Lee, Christianity Daily)

Methodist leader acknowledges struggle to maintain unity
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Anti-Islamic church sign causes stir in Oregon
(Melissa Binder, The Oregonian)

Rafsanjani daughter meets Baha'is, sparks Iran controversy
(AFP, France 24 International News)

Rafsanjani daughter criticised for meeting leader of banned minority
(The Guardian)

Beijing restricting Hui Islam while courting tourists
(China Digital Times)

Teen charged over alleged terror plan in Sydney 'preached radical Islam' at high school
(Lucy Carter, ABC News)

Anti-Islam biker protest dwarfed by peace rall
(Reuters)

What happened when American Bikers United Against Jihad rode into Islamberg, N.Y.
(Elahe Izadi, The Washington Post)

Sharia students loans that do not conflict with the rules of Islam to be offered for the first time in drive to get more Muslims to university
(Eleanor Harding, Daily Mail)

Why do we pick-and-choose our religious beliefs? Blame social media
(Tobin Grant, RNS Column: Corner of Church and State)

European Union criticizes anti-LGBT laws in North Carolina, Tennessee and Mississippi
(Hayley Miller, Human Rights Campaign)

Why the U.S. won the lottery with new papal envoy
(Jorge E. Traslosheros, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Almost two thirds of Germans believe Islam 'does not belong in Germany,' poll finds
(Kate Brady, Deutsche Welle)

Politician unnecessarily reduced to a religion
(Felix Steiner, Deutsche Welle)

EPRID congratulates the first Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the European Union
(European Platform on Religious Intolerance and Discrimination)

Iran releases Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani; 3 church members remain in custody
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

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