VIRGINIA

Gate City High School Students Assert Their Right to Pray at Football Games
www.timesnews.net
www.timesnews.net


NATIONAL

FBI Investigation Manual Stokes Fears of Widespread Spying on Muslims
www.politico.com
seattletimes.nwsource.com

See also: Congress, Supreme Court May Reconsider Patriot Act Provisions
www.csmonitor.com
www.cnn.com

Witchcraft Fears Led Former President Bush to Deny Medal to Harry Potter Author
www.dailymail.co.uk

Many Prayer Events Were Held Around Capitol Hill in September
thehill.com

Texas Congressional Candidate Campaigns on Banning Muslim Immigration
www.reporternews.com

Education Service Provider Develops Kirpan Carry Policy for Charter School Students
www.punjabnewsline.com

Texas Board of Education Struggles for Consensus on Religion in Social Studies
www.chron.com

Michigan School District Admits Error in Giving Unsolicited Bible Study Consent Slips
www.detnews.com
www.freep.com

Tennessee School Bars Cheerleaders from Carrying Religious Banners on Field
www.timesfreepress.com
www.chattanoogan.com

Private Commandments Monument Created on Louisiana City Land via "Word of Mouth"
www.2theadvocate.com

California City Changes Policy but Holds Sectarian Prayers before Meetings
www.lodinews.com

See also: Billboards to Display Council Votes on Sectarian Prayers
www.lodinews.com

New York Yankees Change Baseball Game Time to Avoid Conflict with Yom Kippur
www.1010wins.com
www.venturacountystar.com

Trinity College Survey Finds Rising Number of Religiously Unaffiliated Americans
pewforum.org
www.americanreligionsurvey-aris.org


COURTS/LEGAL

Red Mass Casts Church-State Pall over Catholic-Majority Supreme Court
www.cnn.com

Supreme Court Prepares to Hear Arguments in Mojave Cross Case
www.washingtonpost.com
www.pbs.org

Federal Court Bars Enforcement of Texas Town's Ban on Animal Slaughter
www.dallasnews.com

Federal Court Rejects Newdow Challenges to "Under God" in Pledge of Allegiance
www.unionleader.com


INTERNATIONAL

Pope Benedict Receives New U.S. Ambassador Miguel H. Diaz
www.foxnews.com
www.catholic.org

See also: Vatican Tells UN Child Sex Abuse Worse in Other Faiths, U.S. Schools
www.ethicsdaily.com

Britain Uses Anti-Terrorism Rules to Refuse Entry to U.S. Televangelist Benny Hinn
www.telegraph.co.uk

Supporters Proclaim First International Blasphemy Day
www.usatoday.com
www.telegraph.co.uk

Human Dimension Meeting Considers Kazakhstan as Future OSCE Chair
www.rferl.org
www.rferl.org

See also: Forum 18 Surveys Recent Religious Freedom Developments in Kazakhstan
www.forum18.org
www.forum18.org

European Court of Human Rights Rules Russia Erred in Not Registering Scientology
jurist.law.pitt.edu

New PRC Report Claims Religious Freedom is Aspect of Country's Ethnic Policy
news.xinhuanet.com
www.christianpost.com

Indian State Assembly Wants Hindu Converts to Christianity to Keep Caste Status
www.religiousintelligence.co.uk

British Newspaper Reports Iran.s President Has a Jewish Heritage
www.telegraph.co.uk

Christian Group Says Ganesh Statue at Canadian Zoo is Religious Favoritism
www.cbc.ca
www.calgaryherald.com

Saudi Arabia to Stop Practice of Fees for Prayer Spaces at Grand Mosque in Mecca
news.bbc.co.uk

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
www.ethicsdaily.com

Newsclips is compiled by the First Freedom Center 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 Center.

Prepared by the Education Division of the First Freedom Center

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

Jefferson Gray, Staff Writer