VIRGINIA

Virginia Congressman Forbes Founds, Leads Congressional Prayer Caucus
content.hamptonroads.com

Judge in Episcopal Property Trial Takes Case under Advisement
www.fairfaxtimes.com


NATIONAL

New York Governor, Senate Offer Competing State RFRA Bills
www.thejewishweek.com
www.democratandchronicle.com

West Virginia Drafts Bill Banning Compulsory Religious, Political Meetings at Work
www.timeswv.com
www.bdtonline.com

Religion News Service on 2007 as a .Year of Quiet Change. in Religion and Politics
www.washingtonpost.com

Presidential Candidate Huckabee Finds Religion and Politics Mix Easily
www.msnbc.msn.com
www.cnn.com

With Many Issues to Consider Evangelicals Are Not Forming a Voting Bloc
www.washingtonpost.com
www.newsweek.com

Presidential Candidate Obama.s Muslim Ties Attract Attention
www.washingtonpost.com
www.garoweonline.com

Muslims in Utah Perplexed by Presidential Candidate Romney.s Cabinet Remarks
deseretnews.com
deseretnews.com

New York Times Finds Muslims Joining Girls Scouts as an .Assimilation Tool.
www.nytimes.com

Amish Object to New York Town's Proposal That Home Builders Have Insurance
www.syracuse.com

Christian Science Monitor Continues Series on Military Chaplains
www.csmonitor.com


COURTS/LEGAL

Supreme Court Refuses to Hear 6th Circuit Church-State Case
www.detnews.com

2nd Circuit Approves Border Policy Targeting Attendees at Muslim Conference
www.newsday.com
jurist.law.pitt.edu

Navajo President Calls for Tribes to Pray as 9th Circuit Reviews Snowbowl Decision
www.gallupindependent.com

Pennsylvania Senate Seeks to Avert Litigation by Opening with Buddhist Prayer
www.post-gazette.com

Texas Court Denies TRO Barring Autopsies of Two Muslim Men
www.star-telegram.com
www.star-telegram.com

Lawsuit Filed in Ohio Federal Court Over Insurance Company.s .FaithGuard. Policy
www.ohio.com
www.insurancejournal.com

Spokane Police Chaplaincy Drops Cross from Insignia in Response to Lawsuit
www.kxly.com

Teen Jehovah.s Witness Dies after Seattle Judge Says He Can Refuse Transfusion
seattletimes.nwsource.com
seattlepi.nwsource.com

Veterans, Administrators Spar Over Christian Bible in VA Hospital Chapel
www.fayobserver.com
www.fayobserver.com


INTERNATIONAL

British Advisory Board to Set up Standards for Mosques, Imams
news.bbc.co.uk
www.nytimes.com

French Interior Ministry Backs Secularization Program for Muslim Divinity Students
www.religiousintelligence.co.uk

Turkey to Boost Alawite Representation in Directorate of Religious Affairs
www.thenewanatolian.com

Sudan Arrests then Pardons .Teddy Bear. Teacher
www.cnsnews.com

International Interfaith Leaders Meet in India on Ongoing Violence
www.religiousintelligence.co.uk
newsinfo.inquirer.net

Vatican Invites Muslim Scholars to Rome for Interfaith Dialogue
www.timesonline.co.uk
au.christiantoday.com

Orthodox Church.s Role in Russia Elections Considered as Religions Back Voting
www.religiousintelligence.co.uk
www.asianews.it

Malaysia and India Joust over Malaysian Hindu Minority Rights
www.alertnet.org
www.time.com

Jewish Chaplains Serve Unknown Numbers in the French Military
www.chabad.org

Venezuelan Constitutional Referendum Has Catholics, Jews on Edge
www.miamiherald.com
www.jta.org

List of Websites Checked:

International/Non-Governmental Organizations
www.osce.org
www.irla.org
www.minorityrights.org
www.forum18.org
pewforum.org
www.unpo.org
www.religioustolerance.org
www.freedomforum.org
www.firstamendmentcenter.org
www.religionandsocialpolicy.org
www.opendoorsusa.org
www.ohchr.org
crf.hudson.org
www.faithinpubliclife.org
www.wwrn.org
www.religiousintelligence.co.uk

US Government Agencies
www.usdoj.gov
www.state.gov
www.uscirf.gov

Religion News
www.beliefnet.com
www.religionwriters.com
www.pbs.org
religionclause.blogspot.com
meaningoflife.tv

Legal Foundations
www.aclu.org
www.rluipa.com
www.becketfund.org
www.oyez.org
www.rutherford.org
www.au.org
www.aclj.org
www.ffrf.org
www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org
www.lc.org
www.thomasmore.org
www.humanistlegalcenter.org

Academic Sites
www.pluralism.org
jurist.law.pitt.edu

Interest Sites
www.episcopal-life.org
www.bjconline.org
www.csw.org.uk
www.indiancountry.com
www.cair-net.org
news.bahai.org
www.saldef.org
www.persecution.org
www.fotf.ca
www.christian.org.uk
www.churchstate.org
www.infidels.org
www.christianitytoday.com
www.narf.org
www.hinduamericanfoundation.org
zenit.org
www.maaf.info
www.hrwf.org
www.copts4freedom.com
imamsofamerica.com
www.saldef.org
www.cfidc.org
www.americanhumanist.org
www.ekklesia.co.uk

Newsclips is compiled by the Council for America's First Freedom as an educational weekly news-clipping service. The purpose of this publication is to assist readers interested in religious freedom news in staying up to date on issues in this area. The views and opinions expressed in each article are those of the respective authors and original publishers of the articles, and are not intended to represent the viewpoint of the Council.

Prepared by the Education Division
of the Council for
America's First Freedom

Isabelle Kinnard Richman, JD, Ph.D.,
Vice President for Education

Jefferson Gray, Staff Writer