Link roundup: 29 November – 3 December

• The Guardian has an editorial critiquing the increase in young Muslim women wearing the veil.
• The legal case for sharia law in Oklahoma continues…
• The majority of religious groups in the United States, excluding Evangelicals, support homosexuals serving openly in the American military.
• A Buffalo Bills wide receiver blames god for his dropping a game-winning touchdown pass. No word on whether he also blames god for another horrendous Bills’ season. Or did he? He retracted his statement a day later.

• In other news, a college player is complaining about a misconduct penalty incurred for thanking god in a touchdown celebration.
• German Jews have elected for the first time a leader born after the Holocaust.
• Carla Bruni is pleased with the Pope’s new position on condoms. In other news, an Australian theologian teaching at Georgetown explains the change of mind.
• A Human Rights Watch report has called some Indonesian sharia laws abusive to women.
• The New Jersey atheist billboard now faces a dissenting voice.
• Even atheists are complaining that the billboard reduces their beliefs to a slogan.
• The Pentagon’s recent support for the repealing of ‘don’t ask don’t tell’ weighed religious concerns too, according to CNN.
• The Huffington Post has an analysis of the place of religion in Sarah Palin’s new book.
• The Mormon handbook, a two-volume set of instructions and religious positions for faith leaders, has been made public.
• Catholic Church leaders are looking how to stop declining Catholic school enrollment in the US.
• The Smithsonian has removed a controversial art installation involving a video of Jesus covered in ants after Catholic groups complain.
• A McGill law professor who has done research in the polygamous community of Bountiful, B.C., is testifying in favour of the women’s health and happiness.
• A Canadian atheist group is rolling out new bus ads attacking religious beliefs.
• Looking for a new Hanukkah song? Try this one.
• Apple has nixed an app from a Conservative Christian group which discourages abortion and homosexuality.