NATIONAL

U.S. Army Discharges Soldier for Assaulting Jewish Trainee at Base Camp
www.usatoday.com
www.ajc.com

Faith Advocacy Groups React to Tuesday.s Election Results
pewforum.org
www.christianpost.com

Catholic Bishops Assert Church Values Ahead of Elections
www.kentucky.com
www.courier-journal.com

See also: Election Result May Force Reconsideration of .Faithful Citizenship. Letter
pewforum.org

American Muslims Look Back on Campaign, to Obama Presidency with Mixed Emotions
pewforum.org
www.nytimes.com

See also: Gallup Pollster Finds Slurs Against Obama Spurred American Muslim Voters
www.washingtonpost.com

President-Elect.s Ex-Pastor Says Media Used Him as a .Weapon of Mass Destruction.
www.msnbc.msn.com
www.newstimes.com

Pew Foundation Surveys How the Faithful Voted in Election 2008
pewforum.org
pewforum.org

South Carolina Begins Making .I Believe. Religious License Plates
www.myrtlebeachonline.com

Green Bay, Wisconsin to Permit Combined Religious-Secular Holiday Displays
www.postcrescent.com
www.piercecountyherald.com

Children Seized in Anti-Polygamy Raid 50 Years Ago Want Official Apology from Utah
www.sltrib.com


COURTS/LEGAL

Pew Outlines Pleasant Grove City v. Summum Case Pending Before Supreme Court
pewforum.org
pewforum.org

Supreme Court Petitioned to Hear Eagle Protection Act Case
www.greatfallstribune.com

7th Circuit Rules Illinois May Refuse to Issue .Choose Life. License Plates
www.suntimes.com

Christian Science Church Files Suit in DC U.S. District Court Against Landmark Status
www.npr.org
pewforum.org

Federal Judge Dismisses Some Claims in Lawsuit by Muslim Denied Security Clearance
www.courant.com

FLDS Church Asks Federal Court to Block Utah from Selling Church Land
deseretnews.com
www.chron.com

Maryland Appeals Court Affirms Property Division Ruling After Megachurch Split
www.washingtonpost.com
pewforum.org

DC Hospital Files Suit to End Life Support Against Family.s Religious Objections
www.washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com

Citing Federal Fair Housing Act, Apartment Manager Seeks Eviction Over Jesus Statue
www.suntimes.com
www.thestarpress.com

California County Settles Suit, Will Allow Jailed Muslim Women to Wear Headscarves
www.courant.com
www.contracostatimes.com

Pennsylvania College Settles Lawsuit with Student Religious Group
www.firstamendmentcenter.org
www.usatoday.com

EEOC, University of Phoenix Online Reach Settlement in Religious Discrimination Suit
www.azcentral.com


INTERNATIONAL

The Vatican Hosts Catholic-Muslim Summit
www.thenational.ae
news.bbc.co.uk

Palestinians, Ultra-Orthodox Jews Object to Museum of Tolerance Building Site
www.haaretz.com
www.independent.co.uk

With Security in Place, Some Iraqi Christians Return to Homes in Northern Iraq
www.washingtonpost.com
www.cnn.com

Religious Issues Central to Upcoming Israeli Elections, Supreme Court Cases
www.jpost.com
www.msnbc.msn.com

Chile.s New Public Holiday Reflects Rising Protestant Influence in South America
www.economist.com

South African Court Extends Official Recognition to Hindu Marriages
www.dispatch.co.za
www.iol.co.za

Kyrgyzstan Parliament Unanimously Passes New Restrictive Religion Law
www.iht.com
www.forum18.org

Netherlands Repeals Anti-Blasphemy Law
www.upi.com
www.radionetherlands.nl

Government, German Jews Divided Over Commemorating Kristallnacht at Synagogue
www.spiegel.de
www.russiatoday.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