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Thursday, 17 March 2016

Patriarch Kirill asks president of Israel to involve religious leaders in settlement of Middle Eastern problem more actively
(Interfax-Religion)

Is the Islamic state committing genocide? The State Dept. hasn’t decided.
(John Hudson, Foreign Policy)

World Sufi Forum: Fight against terrorism is not confrontation against any religion, says PM Modi
(DNA)

Tsegyal Dranyi takes charge as new Secretary of Department of Religion and Culture
(Central Tibetan Administration)

Canada’s religious freedom ambassador joins Christian think tank
(Michelle Zilio, The Globe and Mail)

Religious liberty bill passes Georgia state legislature
(Rich McKay, Reuters)

UGCC bishop presents information on war and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine to French conference of Catholic bishops
(RISU: Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

The authorities of occupied Donbass instructed to check religious organizations and start monitoring of the sects
(RISU: Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Acquittal of the Belgian Scientologists: a note
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

IGE CONFERENCE CALL, 17 March 2016: Issues Facing Kurdistan
(Institute for Global Engagement)

Wednesday, 16 March 2016

Kaduna govt defends controversial bill banning outdoor religious music
(Mohammed Lere, Premium Times Nigeria)

How Muslim governments impose ignorance
(Mustafa Akyol, The New York Times)

Belgium says Algerian killed in raid may have had links to radical Islam
(Aurelien Breeden, The New York Times)

Fired pregnant teacher settles with Montana Catholic school
(Matt Volz, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Majority of GOP voters support temporarily banning Muslims from U.S.
(CBS New York)

Purported American Islamic State fighter captured in Iraq wasn’t on FBI radar
(Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post)

UC proposal on intolerance says 'anti-Zionism' is unacceptable on campus
(Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times)

House unanimously passes resolution calling ISIS actions "genocide"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

State Senate passes anti-religious indoctrination bill
(Melanie Balakit, The Tennessean)

Tennessee legislature passes bill to prevent religious indoctrination in schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Muslim preacher jailed over inciting speeches at al-Aqsa
(Michael Bachner, YNet News)

Israeli court sentences Muslim preacher for incitement to racism
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Florida governor Scott signs Pastor Protection Act into law
(Press Release, Liberty Counsel)

Florida governor signs Pastor Protection Act
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Obama chooses Merrick Garland for Supreme Court
(Michael D. Shear and Gardiner Harris, The New York Times)

Merrick Garland’s record on religious freedom cases, including the contraception case now before the Supreme Court
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)

Merrick Garland is Jewish. Does it matter?
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Obama's nominee to Supreme Court has said little on religious freedom issues
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Obama plays the Jewish card, leaving GOP in a pickle
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)

What naming ISIS’ actions ‘genocide’ would mean to Christians (Commentary)
(Jennifer A. Marshall, Religion News Service)

March 14 Press Briefing
(John Kirby, U.S. Department of State)

Can Coptic Church help solve Egyptian-Ethiopian dam dispute?
(George Mikhail, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Najaf's forgotten Christian heritage
(Wassim Bassem, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Israel's war between the Jews
(Akiva Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

What’s behind the Indonesian president’s troubling silence on LGBT persecution?
(Phelim Kine, The Conversation)

Kazakhstan: Religious books banned as "extremist", but Prosecutor "can't remember" why
(Forum 18)

CofE abuse inquiry findings – Elliott Review
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Indonesia elects anti-terrorism chief to combat Daesh recruitment, attacks
(Al Bawaba)

This is our land, this is our spirit – one year on from Youhanabad
(CSWPress, ForB in Full (blog))

Flawed Pew survey question produces flawed answer on how many Israeli Jews want Arabs kicked out
(Ira Rifkin, Get Religion (blog))

ISIS, rape and birth control: Stunning New York Times feature raises new questions
(Julia Duin, Get Religion (blog))

House says (393-0) that Christians are victims of ISIS genocide, but key voices are missing
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))

History of religion on Supreme Court in one graph
(Tobin Grant, RNS Blog: On the Corner of Church and State)

Germany bans neo-Nazi group 'White Wolves Terror Crew'
(The Local)

Repurposing Europe (for a renewal of the national project)
(Pierre Manent, First Things)

Futures projected
(Martin E. Marty, The University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

‘Religion, tradition made senators reject gender equality bill,’ Senate President explains
(Jola Sotubo, Pulse.ng)

Two suicide bombers kill 22 at mosque in northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri
(Lanre Ola, Reuters)

Uyghur imam, farmers sentenced for illegally practicing religion in China’s Xinjiang
(Radio Free Asia)

Refugee sponsors tackle the thorny issue of religion
(Tazeen Inam, Ipolitics)

The baffling appeal of being “spiritual but not religious”
(David Mills, Aleteia)

Does Islamic faith strengthen American patriotism?
(Juleyka Lantigua-Williams, The Atlantic)

Mother Teresa to be made a saint, though not everyone will celebrate
(Jason Thomson, The Christian Science Monitor)

In tougher times, more Saudi women drive for social change
(Elizabeth Dickinson, The Christian Science Monitor)

PM can negotiate with Saudi royalty for Haj quota hike, Rafizi says
(Kamles Kumar, Malay Mail Online)

Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society – Charity Commission response
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Pro-Sikh court ruling strengthens religious exemptions in Army
(The Catholic World Report)

Beyond left vs. right, Madison’s vision of religious freedom
(Charles C. Haynes, Newseum: Inside the First Amendment)

Kansas might allow campus religious groups to restrict members
(Melissa Hellmann, The Hutchinson News)

Jewish settler: 'I am a passionate defender of Palestinian rights.'
(Jayson Casper, LapidoMedia: Centre for Religious Literacy in Journalism)

Kentucky: Sweeping religious liberties bill passes Senate
(Joseph Gerth, Courier-Journal)

Rabbi, Interfaith Alliance leader condemns anti-Semitism and violent, hateful rhetoric at Donald Trump rallies
(Interfaith Alliance)

Azhar’s Grand Imam in Berlin for global interfaith conference
(Egypt State Information Service)

Kenya’s vicious war against its youth: Security forces say they're targeting terrorists, but it's young people who keep dying
(Nanjala Nyabola, Foreign Policy)

Zika and abortion: will the virus prompt Latin America to rethink abortion and birth control?
(Alexandra Minna Stern, The Conversation)

Refugee crisis: Russian withdrawal from Syria won’t let Europe off the hook
(Geoff Gilbert, The Conversation)

Tuesday, 15 March 2016

"Seven Drums" believer wins right to wear fox hat in license photo
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

8th Circuit upholds denial of citizenship to Muslim in U.S. on religious worker's visa
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

9th Circuit hears oral arguments in dispute over control of Sikh Dharma company
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

9th Circuit rules in favor of church's homeless ministry
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Anti-Semitic slogans, swastikas painted on synagogue in France
(JTA, The Jerusalem Post)

Anti-Semitism on campus linked to anti-Israel activity
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Enterprising Christians see hope, despite Syria’s five years of war
(World Watch Monitor)

Fight for Sikh Dharma leadership hits the 9th
(Karina Brown, Courthouse News Service)

Indian-origin man becomes 1st Sikh police chief of Kuala Lumpur
(Hindustan Times)

Julie Bishop to challenge Iran's treatment of Baha'i minority during talks with foreign minister
(Dan Conifer, ABC)

Mass murderer Anders Breivik gives Nazi salute in court
(Florence Taylor, The Christian Post World)

Muslims, Protestants and Jews share common concerns in 2016 election
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)

Myanmar: Htin Kyaw confirmed as next president in history-making vote
(The Irrawaddy)

Ore. man wears fox hat in DMV photo, cites religious exemption
(KATU)

Portland man wins religious exemption letting him wear fox hat in DMV photo
(Jenna Mulligan, Willamette Week)

The end of religious identity politics
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)

US lawmakers accuse IS of genocide
(World Watch Monitor)

Zubik v. Burwell — SCOTUSblog Coverage
(SCOTUSblog)

Pakistan religious groups say law protecting women from abuse 'un-Islamic'
(Mubasher Bukhari, Reuters)

India doesn't appreciate the US judging its religious freedom
(Nimisha Jaiswal, Global Post)

Palestinian-American IS fighter surrenders to Iraqi Kurds
(Balint Szlanko, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Al Qaeda's branch in Africa makes a lethal comeback
(Dionne Searcey, Eric Schmitt, and Rukmini Callimachi, The New York Times)

Bill threatens to remove last safety net for refugees fleeing death, torture and persecution
(Joyce Chia, The Conversation)

Al Qaeda gunmen drank in bar before unleashing Ivory Coast attack
(Joe Bavier, Reuters)

Plight of Pakistani Christian asylum seekers in Thailand
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Buddhist Youth leader Lê Công Cầu faces expulsion for supporting Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam
(Vietnam Committee on Human Rights, Quême: Action for Democracy in Viet Nam)

The Atlantic asks great question: What if your corporate chaplain needs a prayer rug?
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))

Unlike U.S., few Jews in Israel identify as Reform or Conservative
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Questions, questions, questions .... (Faith & Religion in Science)
(Tom McLeish, OUPblog Religion)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief on his mission to Bangladesh
(Heiner Bielefeldt, United Nations General Assembly)

UK Minister of State Anelay praises Foundation & role of business in advancing religious freedom
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Baroness Anelay on freedom of religion and economic prosperity
(All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief, Freedom Declared)

46% in England support legal limits on free speech where religion is concerned, poll finds
(National Secular Society)

Tennessee: State Senate sends bill banning 'indoctrination' when teaching about religion to governor
(Andy Sher, Times Free Press)

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