VIRGINIA

Court Hears Church Historian Testimony in Episcopal Church Splitting Case
www.washingtontimes.com

Virginia Law Allows Pharmacy to Follow Faith, Avoid Dispensing Birth Control
ap.google.com


NATIONAL

Complaints Filed with IRS Over Creative Political Endorsements by Churches
www.santafenewmexican.com
catholicnewsagency.com

Muslim-Americans Heartened by Former Secretary of State Powell.s Remarks
lubbockonline.com
www.chron.com

CNN Profiles Muslim-American Voter Involvement in Presidential Election Campaigns
www.cnn.com

New Mexico GOP Asks Local Chair to Resign After Making Anti-Muslim Remarks
www.koat.com

Atheists Find Themselves Isolated in the American Political Scene
www.nytimes.com

Polygamy Becomes Central Issue in Utah Attorney General Race
ap.google.com
www.sltrib.com

See also: Polygamy Support Group Issues Voter Guide
deseretnews.com

Green Bay, Wisconsin Considers, Adopts Secular Holiday Displays This Year
www.greenbaypressgazette.com
www.greenbaypressgazette.com

Pennsylvania Town.s Ban on Teachers at .See You at the Pole. Event Inspires Dissent
www.cumberlink.com

Invitation to Witch by Connecticut Public Library Stirs Cauldron of Trouble
www.firstamendmentcenter.org
www.theday.com

Pew Forum Issues New Poll on Candidate Preferences among Religious Groups
pewforum.org


COURTS/LEGAL

U.S. Solicitor General Petitions Supreme Court to Hear War Memorial Cross Case
www.latimes.com

10th Circuit Denies Full Rehearing of Las Cruces City Symbol Case
www.lcsun-news.com

Florida Supreme Court Rejects .False Light. Claims in Jews for Jesus Case
www.pnj.com
www.firstamendmentcenter.org

New York Court of Appeals Rules Episcopal Diocese Owns Break-Away Parish Building
www.newsday.com
www.democratandchronicle.com

California Appeals Court Ruling, Favors Loyalist Episcopalians in Church Property Case
www.metnews.com
www.episcopalchurch.org

Arkansas Parent Held in Contempt for Violating Religion Provision of Divorce Decree
www.nwaonline.net

Parties to New York Town Demarcated Jewish Religious Area Case Spar In, Out of Court
www.27east.com
www.hamptons.com

Seeking to Save Legal Expenses Alabama School Board Sues Litigious Preacher
www.al.com

Muslims Find Class Action Lawsuits Speed Up Processing of Citizenship Applications
www.dailyherald.com


INTERNATIONAL

Pew Forum Examines Tenth Anniversary of International Religious Freedom Act
pewforum.org

UN Special Rapporteur: Some Religious Minorities are under a .Perpetual Threat.
www.religiousintelligence.co.uk

Christian Relief Agencies Undeterred by Taliban Killing of Aid Worker in Afghanistan
www.religiousintelligence.co.uk
www.churchtimes.co.uk

Turkey High Court Rules PM .Undermined. Secularism, Halves AKP Party Public Funds
news.bbc.co.uk
www.todayszaman.com

Indian Government Asserts .Ram.s Bridge. Shoals Are Not Key to Hindu Beliefs
www.thaindian.com

Relations with Israel Suffer Over Vatican Rehabilitation of World War II Era Pope
www.thenational.ae
www.haaretz.com

Israeli Chief Military Rabbinate, Education Corps under Scrutiny for .Brainwashing.
www.haaretz.com
www.israelnationalnews.com

Cuba Welcomes First Russian Orthodox Church
news.bbc.co.uk
www.religiousintelligence.co.uk

Dominican Republic High Court Upholds Concordat with Vatican
www.dominicantoday.com

Ghana Electoral Commission Provides for Muslim Voting During Hajj Pilgrimage
news.bbc.co.uk

Religious Tests are Imposed on British Parents Seeking Adoption of Moroccan Children
www.timesonline.co.uk

Saudi Arabia Makes Progress Fighting, Rehabilitating Religious Extremists
www.telegraph.co.uk
www.economist.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