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Wednesday, 10 June 2015

Gay and lesbian troops will be protected by new Pentagon policy
(Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today)

From Franklin Graham to Tony Campolo, some evangelical leaders are splitting over gay marriage
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)

Court upholds key parts of Texas’ strict anti-abortion law
(Al Jazeera America)

Adoption agencies can claim religious objection
(Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press)

Michigan legislation allows adoption agencies to reject LGBT parents
(Fiona Ortiz, Reuters)

Forced out by ISIS, Iraq's Christians start over
(World Watch Monitor)

Judge lets protesters remain in long-closed Catholic church
(Philip Marcelo, The Washington Post)

Eritrea’s gross religious freedom violations force many to flee, UN report says
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Eastern Orthodox patriarchs meet in Damascus on Middle East dangers
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Lebanese Christian leaders focus on need for president
(Jean Aziz, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)

Putin visits Vatican, urges end to sanctions
(Al Jazeera America)

Reported anti-LGBT homicides rose in 2014
(Marisa Taylor, Al Jazeera America)

Vatican to share tax information with US
(Al Jazeera America)

Bill proposed to offer birth control pills over the counter
(Marisa Taylor, Al Jazeera America)

Kazakhstan: Muslim preacher the latest prisoner of conscience
(Forum 18)

East Ramapo loses special ed court case
(Elizabeth Ganga, Lower Hudson Journal News)

Local board loses suit against NY Education Department over placement of Jewish special needs students
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Religious freedom lawsuit against Colorado Springs school dropped
(Debbie Kelley, Colorado Springs Gazette)

Suit challenging prayer during school free time dismissed by parties
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

New manual suggests strategies for churches to fend off LGBT lawsuits
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Guide to protect churches from 'sexual liberty'
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)

Discrimination lawsuit against New York village can proceed
(Larry Neumeister, Associated Press)

Judge upholds Hasidic lawsuit alleging discrimination in Bloomingburg, N.Y.
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Plaintiffs may proceed on some claims charging anti-Hasidic motivation in obstructing construction
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Case against Grand Haven over Dewey Hill cross thrown out by judge
(Heather Lynn Peters, MLive)

Challenge to city's removal of cross dismissed because of improper plaintiffs
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

At the High Court, rare win for workplace religious freedom
(Charles C. Haynes, Newseum Institute: First Amendment Center)

Memorial to Greek Jewish children killed in Holocaust vandalized
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Religious liberty in crosshairs of Duquesne University labor dispute
(Anthony D'Arca, National Federation of Priests' Councils)

Russia initiates a Mission on protecting Christians in the Middle East
(Interfax-Religion)

Berlin borough town hall OKs Muslim headscarf
(The Local)

Nazarbayev labels attempts to excuse terrorism with Islam 'blasphemous'
(Interfax-Religion)

Dress codes v religion or belief discrimiation
(in-cumbria)

EVENT, 10 June 2015: 1st European Forum on freedom of religion and freedom of expression
(Headquarters of the European Commission in Madrid, Asociación Miraismo Internacional)

Bible-studies provider to weigh in on religion in schools fight
(The New Zealand Herald)

Tuesday, 9 June 2015

Inside Mosul: Residents recount how IS took over their lives
(Ghadi Sary, BBC News)

Oklahoma senator challenges confusing religious freedom language in naturalization exam
(Shane Vander Hart, Caffeinated Thoughts)

A year after ISIS invasion, religious minorities in Mosul could disappear
(Adelaide Mena, CNA Daily News)

Georgetown Hospital accused of anti-trans discrimination
(Lou Chibbaro Jr., Washington Blade)

Pastors needed to help sustain religious liberty in North Carolina
(Christian Action League)

Tony Blair wants to fight anti-Semitism
(Jas Chana, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Suspected Hizb ut-Tahrir leader held in St. Petersburg
(Interfax-Religion)

Pope Francis at Angelus: Sarajevo symbol of reconciliation
(Vatican Radio)

Archbishop Gallagher on intercultural dialogue in Sarajevo
(Vatican Radio)

Dignitatis Humanae at 50
(Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)

Is it religion or extremism? What are the employer’s obligations in the global workplace?
(Robbin Hutton, Inside Counsel)

Cornerstone Blog: Immigration, segregation, and religious freedom in Europe
(Joel Fetzer, Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Panel explores meaning of dialogue with Judaism for Christian identity
((Kirchentag), World Council of Churches)

WCC Executive Committee gathers in Armenia to map the ecumenical pilgrimage
(World Council of Churches)

Executive power and religious belief: A thought on Zivotofsky v. Kerry
(Marc DeGirolami, Mirror of Justice)

Zivotofsky v. Kerry: SCOTUSblog Coverage
(SCOTUSblog)

Executive branch prevails in Jerusalem passports case: In Plain English
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: Zivotofsky was not about recognition by Congress or the President
(Eugene Kontorovich, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: President wins in Zivotofsky: Will there be another battle?
(Alan B. Morrison, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: Zivotofsky and pragmatic foreign relations law
(Curtis A. Bradley, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: Justice Thomas gets it right in Zivotofsky
(Michael D.Ramsey, SCOTUSblog)

Supreme Court says president’s powers prevail on foreign borders
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)

Judicial rulings change our law through addition, not subtraction
(Kevin C. Walsh, Mirror of Justice)

What is the positive law of the land after a Supreme Court holding of unconstitutionality?
(Randy Barnett, The Washington Post: The Volokh Conspiracy)

Ramifications of Cilicia Catholicosate’s lawsuit against Turkey
(Harut Sassounian, Asbarez)

Turkey female MPs elected in record numbers: Who are they?
(Rengin Arslan, BBC News)

Bridget Bishop: first victim of Salem’s Gallows Hill
(Emerson W. Baker, OUPblog Religion)

Freedom of religion in the nursery- homosexuality and the jilbab
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Novice potter to become bishop
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

First gay couple to marry in US territory ties knot in Guam
(Grace Garces Bordallo, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

NYPD working to increase ranks of Muslims in department
(Colleen Long, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

German parliament introduces bills on assisted suicide
(Deutsche Welle)

The Islamic State's Libya expansion
(Hiba Daoudi, trans.Sahar Ghoussoub, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Israelis travel under radar to tour Jericho, Bethlehem
(Yuval Avivi, trans. Aviva Arad, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

IS growing in numbers, money
(Ash Gallagher, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)

Egyptian prisoner renounces his nationality to escape sentence
(Rami Galal, trans. Pascale el-Khoury, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Gay Muslim filmmaker risks death in pilgrimage to reconcile faith and sexuality‏
(Kieran Guilbert, Reuters)

Islamic State releases first Turkish publication
(Metin Gurcan, trans. Timur Göksel, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Out-of-state abortion access as an alternative
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

Anti-religion group takes issue with Hawkins sign
(Michael Wesp and Reagan Roy, My East Tex)

FFRF objects to town sign reading "Jesus Welcomes You"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Is yoga religious? In India, it’s a vexed question
(Shefali Anand, Wall Street Journal)

Muslim leaders in India object to required yoga sun salutation in schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Supreme Court GVR's Title VII nursing home case after Abercrombie
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

The controversy over Muhammad cartoons is not about the Prophet Muhammad
(Jeet Heer, The New Republic)

After gay marriage, impatient Ireland moves debate onto abortion
(Padraic Halpin, Reuters)

Obama to Catholic health leaders: Only ‘cynics’ would dismantle health reform
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)

Raif Badawi sentence highlights Saudi Arabia’s human rights hypocrisy
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)

Bangladesh's child bride 'epidemic' sees one in three girls forced to wed
(Al Jazeera America)

Ukrainian conflict East Europe's worst crisis since World War 2, says archbishop
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Two Moscow Patriarchate churches vandalized in Kiev region
(Interfax-Religion)

Racial discrimination, ethnic cleansing in Myanmar flayed
(Arab News)

Russian Catholics expect Putin, Pope to discuss plight of Middle Eastern Christian
(Interfax-Religion)

Teacher, students released on bail for ‘contempt of religion’ after ISIS video
(Emir Nader, Daily News Egypt)

US Senate passes resolution condemning anti-Semitism in Europe
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

In our opinion: Supreme Court deserves credit for defending religious liberty
(Editorial, Deseret News)

Poroshenko signs the law that will free the religious organizations from tax payments
(Kyiv Post)

Religious freedom commission: US should do more to assist religious minorities in Iraq
(Catholic Culture)

The Dutch debate the burqa — and ban it
(Abigail R. Esman, Politico)

Monday, 8 June 2015

Radical Islamists add to Hamas' burden
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Indonesia’s religious minorities live in hope
(The Establishment Post)

French Islamic group on trial after Jewish "target" list found
(Reporting by Chine Labbe; writing by Jessica Chen; editing by Mark John and Andrew Roche, Reuters)

IS 'seize' 86 Eritrean Christians from 'people smuggler's convoy'
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

15 charged with planning jihadist attacks on French Jews
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Germany sees dramatic rise in anti-Semitic and anti-Israel crimes
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

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