VIRGINIA

Federal Court Upholds Ban on Tall Cross at Chesapeake Celebration
hamptonroads.com


NATIONAL

Presidential Candidate Obama Says He Will Expand Faith Based Initiatives
www.washingtonpost.com
www.csmonitor.com

See also: Sets off Debate about Hiring in Federally Funded Initiatives
www.nytimes.com

Proposed FBI Rules Raise Concerns of Religious, Ethnic Profiling
www.abcnews.go.com

CEO of Democratic Party Convention Speaks About Creating "Public Holiness"
www.csmonitor.com

Secular Voters Worry About Democratic Party's Religious Outreach
www.newsweek.com

Evangelical Leaders and their Political Choices
www.nytimes.com
www.usatoday.com

Supply of Legal Peyote for Religious Use Shrinking Due to Land Use Issues
www.elpasotimes.com

California Clergy Propose Separation of Civil and Religious Marriage
www.sacbee.com

State Wildlife Officials Arrest Snake-Handlers in Kentucky Church
www.msnbc.msn.com

Connecticut Town Alleges Catholic Radio Broke Agreement for Use of Tower
www.courant.com

Somali Immigrants in Rural Minnesota Search for a Local Muslim Cemetery
www.sctimes.com


COURTS/LEGAL

7th Circuit Holds Permits Condominium's Mezuzah Ban
www.nysun.com

Atheist Soldier Sues Army for Discrimination
www.cnn.com
www.themercury.com

New York Social Services Petitions Court to Remove Amish Child from Home
www.wwnytv.net
www.watertowndailytimes.com

Denied Zoning for Muslim Center, Maryland Landowner Files RLUIPA Suit
www.f redericknewspost.com
www.baltimoresun.com

Ohio County Library Bans All Nonprofits from its Rooms
www.firstamendmentcenter.org
news.cincinnati.com

Indiana Family Court to Rule Whether Satanist Must Take Children to Church
www.chicagotribune.com

LAPD Officer Claims Reprimand was Religious Discrimination
www.latimes.com
www.catholicnewsagency.com

New Jersey Santerian Pleads Guilty, Fined for Animal Cruelty
www.app.com
www.hudsonreporter.com

Ramapo NY Police Arrest Procedures in Conflict with Religious Beliefs
www.lohud.com


INTERNATIONAL

Saudi Arabia's King Hosts Interfaith Conference in Spain
www.csmonitor.com

International Faith Based Peacemaking Mediation Groups Profiled
www.economist.com

Poll Finds Contrasting Views on Islamic Law in Iran, Egypt and Turkey
www.muslimwestfacts.com

Russian Supreme Court Rules Methodist Sunday School Doesn't Need License
www.forum18.org

PRC Allowing Some Religious Freedom at Work
www.csmonitor.com

India Revokes Land Allotment for Hindu Pilgrimage Site in Kashmir
www.religiousintelligence.co.uk
economictimes.indiatimes.com

Case Seeks to Ban Turkey's Ruling AKP Party
news.bbc.co.uk
www.independent.co.uk

Dissident Buddhist Monk, Thich Huyen Quang, Dies in Vietnam
www.washingtonpost.com

Venezuelan Religious Leaders Denounce New Pro-Chavez Church
news.bbc.co.uk
ap.google.com

Britain.s First Muslim Minister Says Islamophobia is Widespread in UK
www.independent.co.uk
www.independent.co.uk

Rabbis Ordained in Poland for the First Time since World War Two
www.reuters.com
www.jpost.com

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
religiondispatches.org

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