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Thursday, 10 July 2014

Discursus: Confession and the Anglican Way
(George Conger, Anglican Ink)

Islamabad: A National Commission will be set up to protect religious minorities
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)

A corporation is more nearly a method than a thing
(Sasha Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Missing the point on Hobby Lobby – rejoinder to David Post
(Ilya Somin, The Volokh Conspiracy)

I’ll take the bait! A reply to Ilya’s response re corporate religionhood
(David Post, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Is there a link between religion and divorce rates? The answer may surprise you
(Krista R. Burdine, World Religion News)

Utah same-sex marriage case on way to the Court [UPDATED]
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog)

Hollywood, Islam and political correctness
(Oliver Williams, Gatestone Institute)

Utah to appeal gay marriage ruling to U.S. Supreme Court
(Jennifer Dobner, Reuters)

Utah takes defense of marriage to the US Supreme Court
(John Burger, Aleteia)

Utah to appeal gay marriage case to Supreme Court
(Michael Winter, Religion News Service)

Colorado’s same-sex marriage ban falls [UPDATED]
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog)

Colorado judge backs county clerk over gay marriage licenses
(Keith Coffman and Daniel Wallis, Reuters)

Religious leaders petition Congress to support immigrant children
(Heather Adams, Religion News Service)

Catholic seminaries now teach business and leadership skills
(Emily Murdoch, World Religion News)

Burma: the clash of church, state, and society
(David Scott Mathieson, Human Rights Watch)

John Calvin’s prophetic calling and the memory
(Jon Balserak, OUPblog Religion)

Why are churches and pastors being blocked from helping out with the flood of illegal immigrant kids?
(Rob Kerby, Christian Headlines)

'I would go to jail over Jesus' name,' says public official
(John Jessup, Charisma News)

A look at the damage governments inflict on religious property
(Peter Henne, Pew Research Center)

Urban Outfitters’ Lord Ganesh duvet cover upsets Hindus
(Heather Adams, Religion News Service)

Church of England set to vote on women bishops
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)

The anchor boys
(Maurice Chammah, The Revealer)

Religion and press freedom in the digital age – Part two: Al Jazeera on trial
(Natasja Sheriff, The Revealer)

We've always known the church transforms society... and now there is research to prove it
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Beware encounters with Christianity's flagship heretical cult: The Church of the Almighty God [Eastern Lightning] [Simplified Chinese]
(Yi Yanwei, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

The transgender religion
(Heather Wihelm, Real Clear Politics)

Obama’s Evangelical gravy train
(Andy Kopsa, The Nation)

Calif. Muslims see religious liberty burden in butchering rule
(Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency)

Atheist TV channel will launch July 29 on Roku
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Baptists perceive return of Soviet conditions
(Andrei Dementiev, Russia Religion News)

Episcopal group to offer new 'witnessing and blessing' rite for gay relationships
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Secular group sues North Carolina city over 'Christian' war memorial
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Lawmakers, advocates propose legislation to reverse Hobby Lobby ruling
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Crafty activists are trolling Hobby Lobby by rearranging in-store craft displays to spell ‘pro-choice’
(Caitlin Dewey, The Washington Post)

Singapore withdraws gay penguin book from libraries
(BBC News)

Archbishop's sermon on Occupy Central was 'taken out of context': church
(Ernest Kao, South China Morning Post)

Burundi law to limit church numbers
(BBC News)

In Iraq, death toll rises among Shiite recruits battling insurgency
(Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times)

Islamic State appeals to only four percent of Syrians: poll
(Reuters)

I was a stranger and you welcomed me: a Catholic response to the border crisis
(Mark Gordon, Aleteia)

Adams judge tosses Colorado gay marriage ban but stays ruling
(Jordan Steffen, The Denver Post)

Will the next benchmark case be Supreme Court v. reality?
(Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture)

Utah to appeal gay marriage ruling to high court
(Brady McCombs, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Corporations and the “free exercise” of religion – response to David Post
(Ilya Somin, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Russian Jews thank Putin for fighting against anti-Semitism
(Nina Achmatova, AsiaNews.it)

Report: U.S. monitored e-mails of prominent Muslim Americans, including attorneys
(Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post)

Joint Statement by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Justice on Court-ordered Legal Surveillance of U.S. Persons
(Office of the Director of National Intelligence, United States)

US spied on prominent Muslim-Americans — report
(Stephen Braun, Arab News)

More on Utah same-sex marriage case

Wednesday, 9 July 2014

Egypt: A dream deferred – OpEd
(Kristen McTighe, Good Governance Africa)

Hobby Lobby: Murray, Udall introduce legislative fix to protect women’s health in aftermath of Supreme Court decision
(Press Release, U.S. Senator Patty Murray)

IACHR Special Rapporteur releases comprehensive report on freedom of expression and the Internet
(International Justice Resource Center)

Same-sex marriage advocates to deliver petition to governor
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)

Senate Democrats unveil legislation to reverse high court's Hobby Lobby ruling
(Alexander Bolton and Elise Viebeck, The Hill)

There used to be bipartisan support for religious freedom. What happened?
(Kelsey Harris, The Daily Signal)

Utah to appeal same-sex marriage ruling to U.S. Supreme Court
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)

Meet the Muslim-American Leaders the FBI and NSA have been spying on
(Glenn Greenwald and Murtaza Hussain, The Intercept)

Report says Muslim-Americans included in NSA-FBI e-mail monitoring
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Why LGBT groups turned on ENDA
(Tierney Sneed, US News)

A Ukrainian bishop's burial: Holding the balance
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])

Does the Hobby Lobby decision threaten gay rights?
(Pema Levy, Newsweek)

Gay marriage and baking: Cakes and ale
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])

Indonesian presidential candidate’s claim of victory disputed by rival
(Sam Bollier, Al Jazeera America)

Guantanamo Bay detainees argue Hobby Lobby decision makes RFRA applicable to them
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Connecticut synagogue files RLUIPA challenge to zoning denial
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Religious exemption myths
(Kristen Powers, USA Today)

What happens when Israeli mourners visit a Palestinian family
(Bill Chappell, NPR News)

All-Ukrainian Council of Churches urges separatists to surrender and release all hostages
(Institute for Religious Freedom (Ukraine))

Gay groups pull support for anti-discrimination bill over religious exemption
(Heather Adams, Religion News Service)

Central African Republic fighters attack church sheltering civilians
(Crispin Dembassa-Kette, Reuters)

New fallout from Hobby Lobby
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

What’s wrong with the Hobby Lobby decision
(David Post, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Australia lifts the seal of the confession
(George Conger, Anglican Ink)

Cardinal Kasper and the Church Fathers
(Adam G. Cooper, The Catholic World Report)

European Islamism: Why jihad is not as big a threat as creeping ‘participation’
(World Watch Monitor)

Russia's Jews point to important agenda of Putin's upcoming meeting with rabbis
(Interfax-Religion)

Commentary: When it comes to personhood, science is a ‘category error’
(Jeffrey Weiss, Religion News Service)

Analysis: New study did not prove that gay parents are better
(Napp Nazworth, The Christian Post)

Kazakhstan: Two criminal cases continue as new Criminal Code signed
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

'Let us run our business in a Christian way': Baker threatened with legal action for refusing to make gay cake says he is determined to make a stand
(James Tozer, Daily Mail)

Oz Anglicans reject seal of confessional
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

French financier to head Vatican bank
(Frances D'Emilio, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Gaza rockets land deep in Israel as it bombards Palestinian enclave
(Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller, Reuters)

Judge: Residents' free speech threatened by subpoenas in Islamic school lawsuit
(Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press)

South Carolina Episcopalians take fight to court
(Jeffrey Collins, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Democrats push bill to reverse Supreme Court ruling on contraceptives
(Robert Pear, The New York Times)

Gay rights groups withdrawing support of ENDA after contraceptive decision
(Ed O'Keefe, The Washington Post)

Faith groups seek exclusion from bias rule for government workers
(Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Erik Eckholm, The New York Times)

Trial under way in Episcopal Church property dispute in South Carolina
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

The new law of religion
(Micah Schwartzman, Richard Schragger, and Nelson Tebbe, Slate)

Is RFRA limited to pre-Smith jurisprudence, or does RFRA run through it?
(Will Baude, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Justice Ginsburg’s Hobby Lobby dissent does not mention Koch Industries
(Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Does the Religious Freedom Restoration Act violate the separation of powers?
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Thailand: Editor arrested for Facebok comments
(Eurasia Review)

Albania Muslims shun ISIL's world caliphate
(Besar Limeta, Balkan Insight)

No place for extremism in Sri Lanka, says envoy
(MD Rasooldeen, Arab News)

Kuala Lumpur, moderate Muslims support Christians in the battle for the use of Allah
(AsiaNews.it)

The desperate dream of the Islamic Caliphate
(Samir Khalil Samir, AsiaNews.it)

Vatican bank profits tumble as Pope Francis orders an overhaul
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

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