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Wednesday, 2 July 2014

Thousands from Singapore megachurch counter LGBT Day by wearing white
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post)

Sudan authorities bulldoze Christian church as congregants watch
(Katherine Weber, The Christian Post)

Ben Carson calls abortion 'human sacrifice,' says America no better than ancient heathens
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)

Palestinian teenager found dead in suspected revenge attack
(The Guardian)

Israelis mourn slain teens at public funeral
(Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)

Children’s lives in the balance: Is one worth more than another?
(Medea Benjamin and Pam Bailey, Foreign Policy in Focus)

Christian judge who is gifted Bible teacher and preacher faces removal from Florida bench for promoting ministry at courthouse
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)

Kentucky Baptist Church to hold gay wedding
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Mayor of Barcelona promises to help in building Orthodox church there
(Interfax)

Swiss authorities thank the Russian Orthodox Church for helping release OSCE observers
(Interfax-Religion)

Lutheran pastor Christian Führer, East German dissident, dies at 71
(David Henry, The Washington Post)

U.S. imposes sanctions on Islamist group in Congo for targeting children
(Reuters)

China bans Xinjiang officials from observing Ramadan fast
(BBC News)

Syria-Iraq 'caliph' incites Muslims to holy war
(Yara Bayoumy, Reuters)

Hillary Clinton blasts Hobby Lobby decision: 'I find it deeply disturbing'
(Dylan Stabkeford, Yahoo News)

KY. gay marriage ban nixed, but no weddings yet
(Brett Barrouquere, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Measles outbreak complicates 2 big Amish events
(USA Today)

Presbyterians remove controversial ‘Zionism Unsettled’ from denomination’s website
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

North Dakota seeks dismissal of gay marriage suit
(Blake Nicholson, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

VG Bayreuth: Salafist preachers gained fast-track protection against immediate expulsion
(Dr. Georg Neureither, Religion – Weltanschauung – Recht [ RWR ])

Thousands beat path to Queens Cemetery to remember a Jewish leader
(Matt Flegenheimer, The New York Times)

Archbishop Nienstedt under investigation (updated)
(Grant Gallicho, Commonweal Magazine)

SCOTUS sides with Hobby Lobby on birth control
(Jennifer Haberkorn and Josh Gerstein, Politico)

Supreme Court limits birth control coverage rule
(Tracy Jan, The Boston Globe)

Supreme Court backs employers' right to opt out of contraception coverage
(Tracie Mauriello, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Supreme Court, citing religious liberty, limits contraceptive coverage in Obamacare
(David G Savage, Los Angeles Times)

Supreme Court makes religious exception to health-care law
(Jess Bravin, The Wall Street Journal)

Supreme Court sides with employers over birth control mandate
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)

What’s wrong with this right? Assessing international religious freedom
(Jonathan Fuller, Juicy Ecumenism)

Religious liberty victories and the strange fruit of sour grapes
(Bart Gingerich, Juicy Ecumenism)

The Hobby Lobby decision: A victory for religious freedom and for American women
(Thomas Farr, Cornerstone Blog)

Hobby Lobby Symposium: Corporations who worship – 1, women who work — 0
(Dawn Johnsen, SCOTUS Blog)

Is RFRA unconstitutional?
(Sasha Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Pope Francis addresses religious freedom conference in Rome
(Vatican Radio, News.VA)

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Josh Earnest re Hobby Lobby
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)

European court backs French ban on full-faced veil
(Gilbert Reilhac and Alexandria Sage, Reuters)

Why France's ban on face veils is bad news for women
(Mashable)

Tuesday, 1 July 2014

Dialoguing with Islam: Because fundamental ideas in Christianity and Islam are so different, a meeting of minds is difficult
(James Schall SJ, MercatorNet)

Eroding religious freedom step by step: France and the Baby Loup case
(Stephanie Berry, EJIL:Talk!)

Foundation President appointed to World Economic Forum Religion Council
(Press Release, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Iran extends welcome to US religious groups
(Barbara Slavin, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)

It's an alarm signal, says France's new chief rabbi
(Interview: Haim Korsia, The Jewish Chronicle Online)

My view: It's time to stand against anti-Semitism
(Denise Dunbar, Alexandria Times)

St. Louis Christian hip-hop singers sue Katy Perry over 'Dark Horse'
(Robert Patrick, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

The great accreditation farce
(Peter Conn, The Chronicle of Higher Education)

Twenty years after rebbe’s death, has Chabad changed?
(Uriel Heilman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

When, why and how Christians use the word ‘Allah’ — CFM
(Malay Mail Online)

Gay rights groups wary of Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby ruling
(Timothy M. Phelps, David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times Nations)

European Court of Human Rights upholds French ban on full-face veils
(Rob Williams)

French Muslim women on burqa ban ruling: 'All I want is to live in peace'
(Kim Wilsher, The Guardian)

European Court ruling on full-face veils punishes women for expressing their beliefs
(Amnesty International)

European Court of Human Rights upholds French ban on wearing of veil in public. Bravo!!!!
(Doctros4Justice)

How John Maynard Keynes can save the Arab Spring
(Richard Javad Heydarian, Foreign Policy in Focus)

Hobby Lobby is only the beginning
(Paul Horwitz, The New York Times)

Analysis: Hobby Lobby beat the contraception mandate. Here’s why the nuns may not
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

The courts and the changing culture war
(Ross Douthat, The New York Times)

Kansas City Diocese ordered to pay $1.1 million for violating contract with sex abuse victims
(Judy L. Thomas, The Kansas City Star)

Sunrise to fight judge's ruling in 2000 suit
(AP, Fox 19)

Americans United, ACLU settlement in Ky. lawsuit challenging religious coercion at state-funded children’s home will proceed
(Press Release, Americans United for Separation of Church and State)

U.S. district court grants injunction for Archdiocese of St. Louis and Catholic Charities
(Press Release, Archdiocese of St. Louis)

Federal judge strikes down Kentucky’s ban on same-sex marriage
(Niraj Chokshi, The Washington Post)

ECHR: French ban on the wearing in public of clothing designed to conceal one’s face does not breach the Convention
(Dr. Georg Neureither, Religion – Weltanschauung – Recht [ RWR ])

Pope Francis opens St. John’s Conference on International Religious Freedom in Rome
(St. John's University)

Ban on covering face in public not a breach of ECHR: SAS v France
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

European court upholds France’s ban on face veils
(Elizabeth Bryant, Religion News Service)

European court upholds French ban on face veils
(Al Jazeera America)

France’s ban on religious clothing in schools did not prevent removal of asylum seeker there under Dublin Regulation
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)

Hobby Lobby: What happens next?
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)

The European Court of Human Rights again condemns Russia for its failure to respect freedom of religion
(Jehovah's Witnesses)

New same-sex marriage right in Kentucky
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

Christian NHS manager suspended for praying with Muslim colleague
(Christian Concern)

Jewish groups stand by religious freedom law, but Supremes’ take divides them
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Why Hobby Lobby matters
(Russell Moore, Moore to the Point)

10th and 11th Circuits grant injunction pending appeal to religious non-profits challenging ACA rules
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

A vital win for religious freedom
(Joseph E. Kurtz, The New York Post)

French veils * Religious Dems * Hobby Lobby : Tuesday’s Roundup
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Supreme Court grants review in church's challenge to sign ordinance
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Supreme Court cleans up docket after Hobby Lobby decision
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

High Court takes circumcision decision away from rabbinical courts
(Yonah Sharon and Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post)

Daily Religion Headlines: Hobby Lobby Special Edition
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)

European Court of Human Rights decides against Russia in Krupko, Jehovah's Witnesses case

New Church of England schools to adopt 'open admissions' policy
(Adam Lusher, The Independent)

LGBT workers may feel impact of Hobby Lobby ruling
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)

European court upholds French ban on face veils
(CitizensVoice)

What Hobby Lobby means: How we got here — and where we're headed
(Robert P. George, First Things)

Denominational Responses to the SCOTUS Hobby Lobby Ruling
(Jonathan Fuller, Juicy Ecumenism)

Religious freedom & religious authoritarians
(Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism)

Court to rule on pregnancy law, church signs
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog)

Hobby Lobby Symposium: Hobby Lobby, “unconstitutional conditions,” and corporate law mistakes
(Kent Greenfield, SCOTUS Blog)

A threat to Jews in Hobby Lobby decision
(Jay Michaelson, The Jewish Daily Forward)

What comes next for contraception coverage?
(Jonathan H. Adler, The Volokh Conspiracy)

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act and complicity in sin
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Prof. Mark Rienzi: A good day for Hobby Lobby — and for the Little Sisters of the Poor and Mr. Muhammad, too
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Are Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan generally condemning RFRA-like regimes (maybe even state ones)?
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

An unusual (though not unprecedented) joint opinion in Hobby Lobby
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

The Hobby Lobby majority, summarized in (relatively) plain English
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Religious women have stake in conflict resolution and peacebuilding
(World Council of Churches)

Pope Francis’s remarks on religious freedom for Rome conference (DeGirolami trans.)
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)

Inter-school athletic eligibility rules do not violate Free Exercise rights of home-school family
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Monday, 30 June 2014

After the inauguration: Will life in Ukraine really change?
(Maksym Vasin's blog)

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