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Monday, 16 May 2016

North Carolina man pleads guilty to using force against Muslim woman to obstruct her free exercise of religion on an airplane
(Press Release, U.S. Department of Justice)

Man pleads guilty to forcibly removing airline passenger's hijab
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Egypt's anti-blasphemy law: Defence of religion or tool of persecution?
(Marina Barsoum, Ahram Online)

Paper reviews recent use of Egypt's blasphemy law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Statement by the Spokesperson on LGBTI rights in the United States
(European External Action Service)

EU criticizes new state laws in U.S. which restrict LGBT rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

3 reasons conservative Christians will lose the transgender debate
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Column: On Faith & Culture)

State-mandated mourning for aborted fetuses
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Sunday, 15 May 2016

Algeria builds mega-mosque to 'shield against extremism'
(Middle East Eye)

What we should learn after religious liberty fight in Missouri
(Gregg Keller, The Daily Signal)

Saturday, 14 May 2016

Church reordering: “salami-slicing” and Theseus’ paradox?
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

First stage of planned massive Tasmanian Buddhist temple unveiled
(Richard Baines, ABC News Australia)

Lawmakers introduce bill making it illegal to ban any alien based on ‘religious litmus tests’
(Patrick Goodenough, CNSNews.com)

Addressing challenges to progressive religious liberty in Michigan
(Carolyn Davis and Lauren Kokum, Center for American Progress)

US set to arm Christian anti-extremist militias in Iraq
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Alabama becomes fifth state to ban dismemberment abortions
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Pakistani Christian on the run after $14K bounty calls for him to be 'burned alive'
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Persecuted Yazidis call for international recognition of crimes against them
(Anna Martin, Reuters)

Al-Qaida, hard-line rebels seize Alawite village in Syria
(Albert Aji and Philip Issa, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

War on Islamist militants tests Tunisia's young democracy
(Patrick Markey and Tarek Amara, Reuters)

Sioux tribes push to protect sacred Black Hills site Pe' Sla
(James Nord, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

California Catholic school lets transgender teacher keep job
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

U.S. directs public schools to allow transgender access to restrooms
(Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Matt Apuzzo, The New York Times)

Gender gap in religious service attendance has narrowed in U.S.
(David McClendon, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Friday, 13 May 2016

Federal government issues guidance under Title IX on rights of transgender students
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Jail time for Phoenix artists who disagree with government?
(Press Release, Alliance Defending Freedom)

Saudi Arabia, Iran trade blame over failed Hajj talks
(Al Jazeera)

Saudis, Iran at odds over hajj arrangements this year
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Student's complaint over expulsion from Catholic high school dismissed under ecclesiastical abstention doctrine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

U.S. Departments of Justice and Education release joint guidance to help schools ensure the civil rights of transgender students
(Press Release, U.S. Department of Justice)

Wedding artists challenge city's public accommodation anti-discrimination ordinance
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

The EU and religious freedom: Europe names a Slovak to tell the world about liberty of thought
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Iran wants to eradicate Baha’is. We should demand their religious freedom
(Robert P. George and Katrina Lantos Swett, Religion News Service)

Kuwaiti UN Envoy Al-Matouq attends forum tackling religious minorities
(Kuwait News Agency (KUNA))

Tatarstan Islamist gets 16 years in prison for extremism
(Interfax-Religion)

Kremlin urges to immediately react on growing religious intolerance in the West
(Interfax-Religion)

'Religion and the recent reforms in Saudi Arabia'
(Abdullah Hamidaddin, Al-Arabiya)

If you want to deradicalize Muslim youth, talk more politics, less religion, say critics
(Shanifa Nasser, CBC News)

Labour and the legacy of antisemitism
(Steven Beller, OUPblog Religion)

Russell Moore 'exactly right' that America has never been Christian nation, Baylor evangelical historian says
(Michael Gryboski, Christian Post)

Conservatives push religious freedom bill in Ohio
(Laura A. Bischoff, MyDaytonDailyNews)

Release: CAP outlines progressive approach to religious liberty in Michigan
(Center for American Progress)

Interfaith conflicts: Politicians fear losing Muslim votes
(Mikha Chan, Free Malaysia Today)

Interfaith walk blocked
(Aung Kyaw Min, Myanmar Times)

Ambassador Smith outdoors council of Ghanaian interfaith alliance
(Ghana Web)

Religious Majorities and Restrictions on Religion
(Brett Scharffs, Social Science Research Network)

Kentucky town to discontinue nativity display
(Freedom From Religion Foundation)

China releases pastor who protested cross-removal campaign
(Christianity Daily)

Interfaith seminar to explore link between Christianity, Islam
(The Buffalo News)

Christianity, religious tensions on the rise in Nepal
(Eric Metaxas, CNSNews.com)

Second convention now boycotting Tennessee over anti-gay 'religious freedom' law
(David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement)

New minister must act quickly on denominational schools issue
(Irish Independent)

National religious groups file brief backing Bernards mosque
(Mike Deak, MyCentralJersey.com)

The non-profit law firm on the front lines of the religious liberty fight
(Jim Graves, The Catholic World Report)

Transgender fight in North Carolina may hinge on 1964 law
(Richard Pérez Peña and Tamar Lewin, The New York Times)

The South Carolina Religious Freedom Act, the Citadel and a Muslim cadet’s request to wear a headscarf
(Eugene Volokh, The Washington Post)

Methodists reject alternative format for divisive LGBT discussions
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS, due 13 May 2016: For Membership of the OSCE/ODIHR Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion or Belief
(Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe)

Thursday, 12 May 2016

Abortion rates fall to historic low in wealthy countries, little changed elsewhere
(Kate Kelland, Reuters)

Anti-Semitism and terrorism
(Jytte Klausen, Foreign Affairs)

Atheists stymied on anti-Ark Park billboards
(Chris Kenning, The Courier-Journal)

Christian missionary held by North Korea tells detainees: Don't lose hope
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Christians living in 'fear and panic' in German refugee centres, seek government protection
(Shianee Mamanglu-Regala, Christian Today)

Editorial: The Human Rights Act is no friend of freedom
(Luke Gittos, Spiked)

European Parliament debates Nigeria and Boko Haram
(World Watch Monitor)

For Haredi Jews secular Zionism remains a religious heresy
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)

Iran says pilgrims to miss hajj after Saudi 'sabotage'
(Siavosh Ghazi, Agence France-Presse)

Iranian official says prominent Saudi jihadist 'man in control' in Syria
(Ali Hashem, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

ISIS' kid app teaches alphabet using cartoons of bullets, tanks, axe
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Netherlands sees sharp increase in people choosing euthanasia due to 'mental health problems'
(Senay Boztas, The Telegraph)

New York Chick-fil-A stores bustling with business despite Mayor De Blasio's boycott call
(Kevin Porter, The Christian Post)

New Zealand postpones decision on same-sex blessings
(Gavin Drake, Anglican Communion News Service)

Reformation celebrations will be ecumenical and international, says German Protestant leader
(Stephen Brown, World Council of Churches)

Transgender rights, the new front in the culture wars
(Debbie Elliott, NPR)

Virginia congressman’s bill would make it illegal for Donald Trump to ban Muslim immigrants
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)

Why Shiites are divided over Iranian role in Iraq
(Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Will Iran skip out on sending pilgrims to hajj in Saudi Arabia?
(Arash Karami, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Egyptian Parliament attempts to repeal blasphemy law
(Guest post by Areej Hassan, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)

Flemming Rose, author of The Tyranny of Silence, wins 2016 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty
(Ronald Bailey, reason.com)

Florida appeals court hears oral arguments in scholarship tax credit challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Rock Church, Upper East Side church split by legal battle, has 30 days to choose new Board of Trustees, judge rules
(Barbara Ross, New York Daily News)

Islam in Germany: Bishop calls for mosque tax
(Spiegel Online International)

Germany trying to squeeze round mosques into square church structures
(Jennifer S. Bryson, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)

Judge orders church to hold new election
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Humanists make graduation prayer appeal
(Nathaniel Cary, Greenville News)

4th Circuit hears oral arguments in graduation prayer and venue case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Make America safe again: Reject Islamophobia
(Charles C. Haynes, Newseum Institute: Inside the First Amendment)

Shotgun approach: Articles on Mississippi lawsuits are short, loud and messy
(Jim Davis, Get Religion (blog))

Explainer: what is the 100-year-old Sykes-Picot Agreement?
(Stephen Pascoe, The Conversation)

The Sykes-Picot Agreement and the making of the modern Middle East
(Aaron W. Hughes, The Conversation)

Obsession with Sykes-Picot says more about what we think of Arabs than history
(James L. Gelvin, The Conversation)

Support steady for same-sex marriage and acceptance of homosexuality
(Hannah Fingerhut, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Sandra Jolley appointed to US Commission on International Religious Freedom
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Iran says pilgrims to miss hajj after Saudi 'sabotage'
(Siavosh Ghazi, Yahoo! News)

Sadiq Khan, London's Muslim mayor, calls Trump 'ignorant about Islam'
(Steven Erlanger and Stephen Castle, The New York Times)

Italy joins rest of Europe in giving rights to gay couples
(Associated Press)

Fight against terror not against any religion: India at UNSC
(The Economic Times)

Pope Francis: Let’s study idea of ordaining women as deacons
(Rosie Scammell and David Gibson, Religion News Service)

How states respond to government officials who won't perform same-sex weddings
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

Ohio House leaders stalling religious liberty bill, lawmaker says
(Jackie Borchardt, Cleveland.com)

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