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Thursday, 5 May 2016

China protests at US accusations of abuse of religious groups
(Ben Blanchard, Religion News Service)

Gordon College professor sues for retaliation over LGBT comments
(G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Religion News Service)

India rejects US religious freedom report
(Akhtar Ali, Religion News Service)

Russia: Jehovah's Witness Bible to be "extremist"?
(Forum 18 News Service)

Humanist groups sue to remove giant cross display in Florida public park
(Press Release, American Humanist Association)

Suit challenges 25-foot cross in Florida park
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Amish lose appeal of convictions in Ohio beard-cutting attacks
(Joseph Ax, Reuters)

6th Circuit: Remaining convictions in Amish beard-cutting case stand
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

The Bathurst Diocese decision and legal personality of churches
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Chinese special task force rules in favor of Henan church over disputed land
(The Christian Times)

China: Christian pastor and family, who defended churches against demolition, detained
(Christian Daily)

China’s first provincial religious charity training base inaugural run in Nanjing
(Yi Yang, China Christian Daily)

New Zealand debates ‘way forward’ on same-sex relationships
(Gavin Drake, Episcopal News Service)

The Religious Right and the Politics of Sexuality: An interview with Neil J. Young
(Kevin M. Kruse, Notches (blog))

Good Catholics, good citizens
(George Weigel, First Things)

The rise of the anti-culture
(Carl R. Trueman, First Things)

Mormons at the forefront
(Terryl Givens, First Things)

Atheist group to sue House chaplain
(Kelsey Snell, The Washington Post)

Bangladesh: Cases filed over brutal murder of Hindu tailor
(BBC News)

China protests at US accusations of abuse of religious groups
(Ben Blanchard, Reuters)

Pakistan honours Christian politician in new postage stamp
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)

CFM stands with Rooney’s constitutional right to freedom of religion
(Rev Dr. Eu Hong Seng, Malaysiakini)

Foiled Kenya anthrax plot hints at Islamic State’s scramble for Africa
(Ty McCormick, Foreign Policy)

After weeks of bloodletting, U.S. reaches deal on ceasefire in Aleppo
(John Hudson, Colum Lynch, Foreign Policy)

Bishop laments murder of minister for religious minorities
(Episcopal News Service)

Art is a window to the Arab world’s soul
(Kim Ghattas, Foreign Policy)

EVENT, 5 May 2016: Religious Studies Scholars and Government Engagement with Religion
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

EVENT, 5-6 May, 2016: Law and Religion Scholars Network (LARSN) Conference, Cardiff University, United Kingdom

Wednesday, 4 May 2016

Let us not pray: Religion News Service eyes the National Day of Reason – but not closely
(Jim Davis, Get Religion (blog))

New publication: The Confluence of Law and Religion
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Unidentified criminal threw three grenades to a church in Donbass
(Interfax-Religion)

Seven Muslim women sue Urth Caffe for discrimination after they were ordered to leave
(Anh Do, Los Angeles Times)

First gym specifically for Muslim women to open in the UK
(Nicole Morley, Metro)

Paschal: An ancient Orthodox Easter rite engenders new and old passions
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

India rebuts US charges of deteriorating religious freedom
(Anjana Pasricha, Voice of America)

Texas prison ban on Muslim inmate beards, caps ruled illegal
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Amish beard-cutting convictions upheld by federal appeals court
(Eric Heisig, cleveland.com)

Poll shows 'total rejection' of Islam in France across the political spectrum
(Pamela Gellar, Breitbart News)

Would-be Miami synagogue bomber is convert to Islam
(The Times of Israel)

Misconceptions about women of Islam explained
(Steve Smith, Hartford Courant)

Evangelist spews venom against Islam, says its a threat to Christianity, Hindus, Jews
(Zee News)

Georgia governor defies party politics with vetoes of guns and religious liberty bill
(Collins Parker, WDEF News 12)

Anti-discrimination, religious liberty paired in bill from Ohio GOP lawmaker
(Jackie Borchardt, cleveland.com)

North Carolina's bathroom law is discriminatory, Justice Dept. says
(Mary Troyan, USA Today)

NC's "bathroom bill" shows problem with "religious freedom" label
(Stephanie Russell-Kraft, Religion Dispatches)

How North Carolina’s LGBT bill is hurting parenthood
(Kelly Trent, TIME)

Missouri State booted student from counseling program over Christian beliefs, says lawsuit
(Todd Starnes, Fox News)

Mississippi gov. signs religious freedom bill despite LGBT pressure
(Ben Johnson, LifeSite News)

Nation's largest Atheist group demands school district cancel field trip to Creation Museum
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

The UN is about to take a very close look at Sudan's treatment of Christians
(World Watch Monitor)

London may be about to elect its first Muslim mayor. So what?
(Adam Taylor, The Washington Post)

Israel's Arab Jews officially recognized as victims of Holocaust
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

How Nubian women are challenging marital traditions in Egypt
(Reham Mokbel, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Israel minister urges anti-Semitism crackdown by Britain's Labour
(Agence France-Presse)

Jewish leader urges Sweden to prioritize anti-Semitism fight
(Karl Ritter, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Israeli who burned Palestinian teen alive sentenced to life in prison
(William Booth, The Washington Post)

Bishop laments murder of minister for religious minorities
(Gavin Drake, Anglican Communion News Service)

Commentary: The ‘bad boy’ cleric poised to be Iraq’s next kingmaker
(Mohamad Bazzi, Reuters)

Catholic priest abducted in Yemen reportedly alive, could be released
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)

When can fetuses feel pain? Utah abortion law and doctors are at odds
(Jack Healy, The New York Times)

German politicians suggest taxing Muslims to fight radicalization
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)

Muslim woman suing Long Beach Police for forcibly removing her hijab, complaint says
(Julia Wick, LA List)

Muslim woman sues Long Beach police over forced removal of hijab
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Lawsuit accuses Connecticut rabbi of sexual abuse
(Dave Collins, Associated Press)

India rejects US report on religious freedom
(The Statesman)

Madras HC says religious bodies must comply fully with law on use of cone-type speakers
(The News Minute)

AP report shows that college 'lifestyle' and doctrinal covenant issues are here to stay
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))

Suit charges rabbi with sexual abuse of high school boy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ex-employee accuses Las Vegas water bottling company of religious discrimination
(Kimber Laux, Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Suit claims employer required watching of Scientology based videos
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Bill would force faith-based colleges to reveal LGBT exemptions
(Associated Press, Crux)

'Don't use religion to curb media freedom'
(Amar Shah Mohsen, The Sun Daily)

Ghana: Bawumia’s comment not offensive – Religion lecturer
(Ghana Web)

Nigerian cardinal escapes injury as attacks on clergy mount
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Forum in Addis Ababa to discuss religious actors’ contribution to preventing incitement to violence
(Religion News Service)

Is a playground upgrade an endorsement of religion?
(Alan D. Viard, American Enterprise Institute)

Finding middle ground on religious liberty
(Chad Flanders, St Louis Post-Dispatch)

Kula: Rooney’s not only case that needs resolution (interfaith child custody)
(Free Malaysia Today)

Pope greets participants in interfaith meeting
(Vatican Radio)

Why a secular constitution is a mere triviality
(Burak Bekdil, Hürriyet Daily News)

Objective, Critical and Pluralistic? How the Department for Education defies the Law on Religious Education in non-faith schools
(David Pollock, Thinking about Humanism)

Bangladesh’s slow capitulation to Islamism
(Ikhtisad Ahmed, Scroll.in)

Baghdad's Shiite-Sunni politics in shambles
(Andreas Gorzewski, Deutsche Welle)

“Wood Street”: On the sound and Psalm 137 references of the Sacred Harp song
(David W. Stone, OUPblog Religion)

Tuesday, 3 May 2016

Editorial: Europe’s export crop – converts to Islam who travel abroad to murder Christians
(Barnabas Fund)

Lawsuit: Nevada worker fired for not accepting Scientology
(Michelle Rindels, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Independent conversion courts see an influx of eager applicants
(Yair Ettinger, Haaretz)

About 4 million people prayed at night services in Russia - the Ministry of Internal Affairs
(Interfax-Religion)

US Dept. of Education publishing names of schools seeking religious exemptions
(Eurasia Review)

Stories of ISIS victims are emerging, and they're unbelievably brutal
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

Germany's far-right AfD party passes 'anti-Islam' manifesto banning minarets and calls to prayer
(Mary Papenfuss, International Business Times UK)

Daughter of Muslim ruler under house arrest after converting to Christianity
(Christian Deguit, Christian Daily)

Islamic State eradicating religious minorities
(Doug Bandow, The Japan Times)

ACLJ sends letter defending National Day of Prayer in military from anti-Christian zealots
(Skip Ash, American Center for Law and Justice)

Missouri Republicans block religious liberty ballot for Novermber
(Warner Todd Huston, Breitbart News)

Rep. Clark introduces law to list schools asking for LGBT exemptions
(Eric Levenson, Boston.com)

Why Indiana is a perfect place for a revolution among religious conservatives
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)

Military appeals court hears major religious liberty case
(Laura Hernandez, American Center for Law and Justice)

For businesses backing HB2, privacy and religious freedom are focal points
(Katherine Peralta, The Charlotte Observer)

German founder of Pegida fined €9,600 for Facebook posts
(Philip Oltermann, The Guardian)

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