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Thursday, 4 September 2014

Holt v. Hobbs: Protecting Religious Freedom in Prison
(VIDEO, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)

A prisoner’s beard offers the next test of religious liberty for the Supreme Court
(Adam Liptak, The New York Times)

'Love Jihad' and religious conversion polarize in Modi's India
(Rupam Jain Nair and Frank Jack Daniel, Reuters)

Gay marriage supporters’ string of court victories broken in Louisiana
(Richard Wolf, Religion News Service)

James Foley and Steven Sotloff were martyrs for freedom, not faith
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)

The religious roots of the Wilderness Act
(Michael Schulson, Religion and Politics: Fit for Polite Company)

Settlement reached in synagogue's suit challenging historic site designiation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Tax court rejects minister's attempt to shield income from taxes
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

U.S. court rejects gay-marriage bans as 'implausible'
(Lawrence Hurley, Reuters)

Indiana, Wisconsin same-sex marriage bans fall
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

District Court upholds Louisiana's same-sex marriage ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

British Muslim leaders say it is ‘haram’ to join ISIS
(Al-Arabiya)

Rallies protesting anti-semitism held across Europe
(Antonia Blumberg, Huffington Post)

Louisiana same-sex marriage ban survives challenge
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

String of gay marriage victories broken in Louisiana
(Richard Wolf, USA Today)

East Carolina U. students accused of spray-painting swastika
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Religious divides persist heading into fall campaign
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)

250,000 people flee fighting in Libya as Islamist group takes over
(Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today)

Hispanic Christians launch initiative to bolster minority student achievement
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

United Methodist Church's highest court may reaffirm defrocking of pastor who officiated gay marriage
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Are you prepared for the war on religious liberty?
(Todd Starnes, Fox News)

Indiana Governor supports Christian sculpture in park
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

U.S. evangelicals headed for showdown over gender roles
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)

UK anti-semitic incidents peaked in July, Jewish charity says
(BBC News)

Germany to provide funds to Nazis' child victims
(David Rising, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Archbishop of Canterbury condemns Isis persecution of Christians
(Ruth Gledhill, The Guardian)

Somalia offers al-Shabab members amnesty
(BBC News)

Barack Obama looks to Muslim countries for help in crushing Isis
(Ian Black, The Guardian)

Dalai Lama again refused S. Africa visa, no trip
(Carley Petesch, Associated Press -The Big Story)

Al Qaeda announces new branch on Indian subcontinent
(Ellen Barry, The New York Times)

ISIS is a disgrace to true fundamentalism
(Slavoj Zizek, The New York Times)

Evanston rabbi quits over Palestinian activism
(John Keilman, Chicago Tribune)

Appeals court says Texas cannot yet enforce new abortion restrictions, clinic to reopen in McAllen this week
(Brittney Martin, The Dallas Morning News)

Gay groups to march in St. Patrick’s day parade as a ban falls
(Marc Santora, The New York Times)

Beheaded journalist Sotloff hid his Jewish faith from ISIS captors
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)

Human Rights Without Frontiers: Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric – a hate crime victim
(POA-INFO.org)

Exercising religious liberty without coercion
(Kent Bush, Leavenworth Times)

Boston Red Sox and the Catholic Church
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Wednesday, 3 September 2014

Louisiana same-sex marriage ban survives challenge
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

Rights of way across churchyards: a request for
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Arab world is being hit from every side
(Mohammed Fahad Al-Harthi, Arab News)

Being a good Muslim
(Abdulateef Al-Mulhim, Arab News)

Wedding industry illustrates unresolved legal relationship between religious freedom and gay rights
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

Satanists' black mass still on despite strong protest
(Brownie Marie, Christian Today)

Religion in schools: Watershed case to ensure teaching and not preaching
(Marianne Thamm, Daily Meverick)

Texas school won’t let Native American attend his first day of kindergarten because of his long hair
(Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress)

Churches ask Human Rights Council to support religious minority communities in Iraq
(Anglican Communion News Service)

Religious liberty confers no right to send unvaccinated kids to school, court rules
(Americans United)

The Islamic state: affecting Shi'a-Sunni relationships in India?
(Saneya Arif, Eurasia Review)

Welby invokes Holocaust at vigil for Middle East minorities
(Madeleiine Davies, Church Times)

After atheists asked, Tufts creates first university-funded Humanist position
(Chris Stedman, Religion News Service)

Firing of lesbian teachers at St. Louis Catholic girls’ school draws outcry
(Jessica Bock and Lilly Fowler, Religion News Service)

Gay groups in St. Patrick’s parade all right with N.Y. Cardinal Dolan
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Travelblog: 3 things Indonesia can teach the Muslim world
(Kevin Eckstrom, Religion News Service)

Crimea: Enforced departure of Turkish imams; FSB surveillance
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Review: ‘The Children Act,’ by Ian McEwan puts beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses on trial
(Ron Charles, The Washington Post)

In Hobby Lobby ruling, a missing definition stirs debate
(Steven Davidoff Solomon, The New York Times)

Muslim girls arrested for plotting to blow up synagogue in France
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Catholic teacher rapped for telling pupils they can skip religion classes
(Kate Hammer, The Globe and Mail)

To temper unrest in western China, officials offer money for intermarriage
(Edward Wong, The New York Times)

Methodists in England ‘like an iceberg … crumbling into the sea’
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)

Ebola virus infects a third American missionary
(Tamara Audi, Cameron McWhirter, and Betsy Mckay, The Wall Street Journal)

‘Duck Dynasty’ star on Islamic State: Convert ’em or kill ’em
(Ann Oldenburg, Religion News Service)

Slain U.S. journalist Sotloff also had Israeli citizenship: official
(Reuters)

Boston Globe launches site for Catholic news
(Lukas I. Alpert, The Wall Street Journal)

Gays scoff at NY St. Patrick's Day Parade decision
(Jim Fitzgerald, The Associated Press)

Illinois Medicaid pushes long-acting birth control
(Carla K. Johnson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Gay teacher says pregnancy cost her Catholic school job
(Robert Allen and Katrease Stafford, Detroit Free Press)

Vatican’s doctrinal chief renews criticism of US nuns, says he’s no misogynist
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

NC Supreme Court denies emergency appeal for school voucher funds
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Abolish Vatican statehood
(James Carroll, The Boston Globe)

Indian court bans religious animal sacrifices
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

It's faith vs law for Himachal devotees
(Anand Bodh, The Times of India)

HC bans animal sacrifice in Himachal
(Business Standard)

Pro-Russia rebels target Christians in Ukraine
(Gavin Drake, Church Times)

Saudi appeals court upholds harsh blasphemy sentence
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

10 years in prison + 1,000 lashes for “insulting Islam” in Saudi Arabia
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

The roots of the political use and abuse of the Bible
(Leroy Huizenga, Catholic World Report)

In Germany, new tax rules lead to departures from churches
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

New EEOC Chair appointed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Tuesday, 2 September 2014

Settlement in dispute between Florida temple, city
(Curt Anderson, Miami Herald)

Number of displaced inside Ukraine more than doubles since early August to 260,000
(United Nations Human Rights Agency)

Saudi court upholds 10-year term for rights activist
(AFP, GulfNews.com)

Life together, again: After Hobby Lobby, vibrant corporate life is needed more than ever
(Andy Crouch, Christianity Today)

Kosovo, Ukraine, Syria and Iraq: The struggles by ethnic and religious groups
(Gerard M. Gallucci, TransConflict)

Jordan's Muslims, Christians unite against extremism
(Mohammad Ghazal, Al-Shorfa)

Nothing Islamic about this caliphate!
(Linda S. Heard, Arab News)

Pope Tawadros II speaks on role of Coptic Church in Egyptian society during his visit to WCC offices
(World Council of Churches)

Indian court bans animal sacrifice
(The Guardian)

IS terror tops agenda of Saudi-French talks
(Arab News)

UT Law to host lecture on religion, law by Italian Professor Andrea Pin, September 8
(The University of Tennessee)

In Liberia, burial practices hinder battle against Ebola
(Drew Hinshaw, The Wall Street Journal)

Poll: Church leaders predict repression over objections to gay coupling
(Andrew Walker, The Federalist)

France bans Muslim worker from nuclear sites
(Al Jazeera)

British group rallies against rising anti-Semitism
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

American Muslims seek U.S. protection during Hajj
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Europe stands strong for traditional definition of marriage
(Roger Kiska and Joseph La Rue, The Washington Times)

Two Catholic colleges are being forced to cover abortions in California
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Church of England backs fight against gender-based violence in church, society
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

US carries out airstrikes against jihadist group Al-Shabaab in Somalia
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

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