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Thursday, 28 August 2014

Court overturns convictions in Amish hair attacks
(Amanda Lee Myers, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

6th Circuit reverses hate crime convictions in Amish beard-cutting case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

US Muslims ask John Kerry for protection on Mecca pilgrimage
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Winning plaintiffs press Supreme Court to take up same-sex marriage cases
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)

Justice Department sues Minnesota town over denial of use permit to mosque
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Political correctness about Muslims may have led UK officials to ignore reports of sex abuse
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)

Judge finalizes order finding polygamy law unconstitutional; victory for ‘Sister Wives’
(Nate Carlisle, Religion News Service)

Court awards attorneys' fees in Utah polygamy law challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Brown v. Herbert opinion
((judgment in Utah polygamy case), US District Court, District of Utah, Central Division)

Polygamy is legal in Utah, for now
(Jim Dalrymple II, Buzz Feed)

Bolivia’s Evangelical Christians launch fight for religious freedom
(Christian News Network)

Wednesday, 27 August 2014

Court OKs dismissal of case tied to Dearborn Arab festival
(Ed White, AP, Detroit Free Press)

Recent consistory court judgments; registry appointments and retirements
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Muslims react with outrage at UK sex abuse report
(Sylvia Hui, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Justice Department files suit against City of St. Anthony Village over denial of permit for mosque
(Press Release, U.S. Department of Justice)

Chilton County pastor claims law shutting down ministry for sex offenders violates right to practice Christian faith
(Mike Cason, AL.com)

Jewish center targeted during 2008 Mumbai attacks reopens
(Krishnadev Calamur, NPR)

The strange role of rappers in the Islamic State’s jihad
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)

New freedoms, old prohibitions
(Bahman Nirumand, Qantara.de)

Rastafari student in Louisiana challenges suspension over hair length
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Ferguson: A faithful way forward
(Christopher J. Hale, Time)

A lesson in prudence: Stopping the Black Mass in Oklahoma City
(Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture)

Dominican Republic may seek ex-Vatican envoy’s extradition
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

Polish diplomat raises extradition for Vatican official accused of sex abuse
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

Midlothian schools cover up religious plaques
(Tracy Delatte, FOX 4 News)

Indiana bishops: Senate, Joe Donnelly take wrong turn on religious freedom
(Indianapolis Star)

Florida school district replaces football chaplains with "life coaches"
(Todd Starnes, Fox News)

Politics of American churches & religions in one graph
(Tobin Grant, Religion News Service)

Have Americans made God in their image?
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)

Church of England urges David Cameron to offer asylum to Christians fleeing ISIS
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

All Nigeria schools shut down due to Ebola outbreak spread
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Qatar's ties to terrorist organizations make the country untrustworthy, says expert
(Sami K. Martin, The Christian Post)

Bad history: Another Ala. official thinks the constitution is based on the ten commandments
(Simon Brown, Americans United)

Congress demands answers over IRS's "collusive" attempt to target churches at the behest of angry Atheists
(Matthew Clark, American Center for Law and Justice)

Opposing marriage equality is a sexual orientation now?
(Rebecca Juro, Advocate.com)

Europe's slow surrender to intolerance
(Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic)

Zara removes striped pyjamas with yellow star following online outrage
(Elena Cresci, The Guardian)

Ontario Sikhs ‘deeply disappointed’ with new helmet law
(Ron Csillag, Religion News Service)

Islamic State turns radical Islam on Syria Muslims
(Reuters)

Catholic diocese urges diversion of donations
(Laura Kebede, Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Nigerian Christians killed by Boko Haram in first half of 2014 nearly equals 2013 Total
(Morning Star News, Christian News Network)

With bells and bananas, a time to worship Ganesh
(Emily S. Rueb, The New York Times)

Appeal judge sees tradition of racism in gay-marriage ban
(Andrew Harris, Bloomberg)

In Colorado, ‘Personhood’ backers try a new tack
(Reid Wilson, The Washington Post)

Many religions heavily concentrated in one or two countries
(Conrad Hackett and Joseph Naylor, Pew Research Center)

Myanmar: Rohingya minority may suffer concentration camps
(Krista R. Burdine, World Religion News)

How God's word saves victims of forced prostitution
(Krista R. Burdine, World Religion News)

Muslim Council says Prevent anti-terror scheme has 'failed'
(BBC News)

Archbishop of York calls for David Cameron to 'take a lead' on persecuted Iraqis
(Edward Malnick, The Telegraph)

How the Islamic State is faring since it declared a caliphate
(S.B., The Economist Explains)

Court allows Utah more time to file gay marriage recognition appeal
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)

Tuesday, 26 August 2014

8th Circuit: North Dakota Ten Commandments monument is OK
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Adjustment to HHS mandate met with initial disappointment
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)

Boko Haram kidnap dozens in attack on village
(Catholic News Agency)

Chinese pastor faces decade in prison for resisting church crackdown
(Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today)

Court dismisses lease dispute that involves Hutterite competing factions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

How to shrink your church in one easy step
(Alexander Griswold, The Federalist)

Jewish couple attacked in NYC, apparently by Palestinian supporters
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Jewish leader blasts indifference to persecuted Christians
(Catholic News Agency)

Judge dismisses claims made in Hutterville Colony dispute
(Scott Waltman, Aberdeen News)

Jury questions remain in town hall bar mitzvah challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Letter from an IDF soldier in Gaza
(Jonathan, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

No rush to the registry office by UK same-sex couples
(Carolyn Moynihan, Conjugality)

Outcry flares over Calif. abortion push in Catholic colleges
(Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency)

The urgency of peace
(Michael Cook, MercatorNet)

U.S. to propose birth control exception for religious companies
(Reuters)

UK must lead action against ISIS says Archbishop of York
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

What Egypt lost in the Al Jazeera trial
(Mahmoud Salem, Al Monitor)

EVENT, 28 August 2014: Religious Freedom in Vietnam
(Hien Vu, IGE August Faith & International Affairs Conference Call Series)

The four ways businesses are advancing peace and religious freedom today
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

Crimea: First known Russian religious literature "extremism" prosecution
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Advocates warn of tax-funded discrimination at Kentucky’s Creationist Park
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Islamic authority: extremists no 'Islamic State'
(Sarah El Deeb, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

The intensifying attack on Christian institutions
(Rick Plasterer, Juicy Ecumenism)

Adventist church sponsors its first religious liberty festival in Britain
(Victor Hulbert, John Surridge, Dan Serb, Adventist News Network)

Atheist group claims Arkansas pizzeria's 10 percent church discount violates Civil Rights Act
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Religion and law round up – 24th August
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

If Israel is to take its rightful place in the world…
(Erin Solaro, Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Americans United warns North Carolina schools not to comply with new religion-in-schools law
(Americans United)

Myanmar: Interfaith laws may go to parliament shortly
(The Nation)

Speaker's Corner: Lawyers eagerly awaiting hearing into LSUC’s dubious Trinity Western decision
(Anna Wong, Law Times)

Ashrafi says nobody would be allowed to resort to violence in name of religion or politics
(Daily Times)

Same-sex blessings arrive at Falls Church Episcopal
(Jeffrey Walton, Juicy Ecumenism)

New birth control mandate rule still infringes upon religious freedom, critics say
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Iraqi Christians upset gov't abandoned them to ISIS, Catholic priest says
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Multiculturalism has brought us honour killings and Sharia law, says Archbishop
(Matthew Holehouse, The Telegraph)

The case of Marian Vitalie: a violation of the rights to freedom of expression and conscience in Moldova
(Andreea Popescu, European Centre for Law and Justice)

Hindu groups raise voices for ‘tortured’ shooter
(Alok K N Mishra, The Times of India)

Syria declares its readiness in backing efforts to fight jihadists
(Ben Hubbard, The New York Times)

Pastor held for violating security act
(Cho Chung-un, The Korea Herald)

Former papal diplomat could face trial in Dominican Republic: Vatican
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)

Jewish center reopens 6 years after Mumbai attacks
(Rishi Lekhi, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Kadyrov asks clergy to resist early marriages in Chechnya
(Interfax)

Australian Muslims feel under siege-(opinion)
(Eurasia News)

Norway's Hindu Temple offers matchmaking
(Eurasia Review)

Though still wary of gaming, churches embrace casino workers
(Suzette Parmley, The Philadelphia Inquirer)

The faith-based investor: Making financial decisions based on religious beliefs
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition)

Nation of Islam members push to Ferguson's frontlines
(Lilly Fowler, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Crowds line up to hear federal gay marriage appeal
(Michael Tarm, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

The Guardian, ACLU sue for greater media access to executions
(Mark Berman, The Washington Post)

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