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Monday, 21 July 2014

Ruling requiring change of use permit for meditation center upheld by court
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ukraine churches 'weeping' over plane crash disaster; Dutch anger growing over treatment of bodies
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Marriage is not priority for millennials, study says
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

The West's silence on persecuted Iraqi Christians is worthy of contempt, rails British academic
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post)

Fate of Presbyterian Church USA effort to redefine marriage to include same-sex unions uncertain
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

United Methodist Church appeals 'refrocking' of pastor who performed son's gay wedding
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Meriam's permission to leave Sudan still unclear
(World Watch Monitor)

Concern and support for Iraqi Christians forced by militants to flee Mosul
(Tim Arango, The New York Times)

French youth, police clash at anti-Israeli protest
(Milos Krivokapic and Elaine Ganley, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Tunisia orders crackdown on Islamist mosques and radio stations
(Tarek Amara, Reuters Faith World)

Pope Francis demands justice for Jewish centre attack victims
(BBC News)

Scores dead in first major ground battle in Gaza
(Karin Laub and Tia Goldenberg, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Examining the growth of the ‘spiritual but not religious’
(Mark Oppenheimer, The New York Times)

Unaccompanied children are the focus of L.A. annual immigrant's Mass
(Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times)

Court delays execution over secrecy with drugs
(Erik Eckholm, The New York Times)

Pakistani elders forbid fleeing women from collecting food aid
(Haji Mujtaba, Reuters)

Iraq Catholic leader says Islamic State worse than Genghis Khan
(Dominic Evans and Raheem Salman, Reuters)

IRS agrees to install church examination procedures, personnel, ending lawsuit
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Human rights court: Europe cannot be forced to redefine marriage
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)

Bishops: Practicing religion in public is not discrimination
(Catholic News Agency)

Pope laments exodus of last Christians from Mosul
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

Nebraska priest contributes to article linking contraception, breast cancer
(S.L. Hansen, Catholic News Agency)

Why is Pope Francis spending so much time going after the Mafia?
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

Federal discrimination against religion?
(Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism)

Working for the least of these
(Jonathan Fuller, Juicy Ecumenism)

"Yesterday, a part of my love for France left me": Eyewitness account of how the synagogue of Rue de la Roquette was attacked by a mob, and fought back
(Aurélie A., Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Analysis: Did Obama finally thread the needle on gay rights and religious freedom?
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

NC megachurch's LOVE week to feed 800,000 people, serve thousands of underprivileged kids
(Jessica Martinez, Christian Post)

Iraq Catholic leader says Islamic state worse than Genghis Khan
(Dominic Evans and Raheem Salman, Reuters)

Kazakhstan: Jailings under Administrative Code continue as new Codes signed
(Felix Corley and Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Give us a Bishop in high heels
(Jane Gardam, The New York Times)

The desperate dream of the Islamic Caliphate
(Samir Khalil Samir, MercatorNet)

Medical homicide: telling it as it is
(Jacqueline Laing, Careful! - MercatorNet)

We were wrong, says former regulator of Dutch euthanasia
(Theo Boer, Careful! - MercatorNet)

Supreme Court, HHS mandate, politics, contraception & the "war on women"
(Sheila Liaugminas, Sheila Reports)

First Kiwi lesbian "marriage" over already?
(Carolyn Moynihan, Conjugality)

Clashes in China over cross removal
(Reuters, IOL News)

Veterans Affairs scandal stems from a crisis of ethics: bioethicist
(Michael Cook, BioEdge)

Sunday, 20 July 2014

Concerns over Girl Scouts persist following USCCB Investigation
(Brigid Curtis Ayer, National Catholic Register)

Federal agencies provide disclosure guidance for companies relying on Hobby Lobby decision
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Najaf, Qom take different approaches in Iraq
(Ali Mamouri, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)

Nuclear weapons are against Shiite Islam
(Lucy Schouten, The American Soectator: The Spectacle Blog)

Trial of Jehovah's Witnesses winds down
(Kavkazskii Uzel via, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Saturday, 19 July 2014

Law firm in Hobby Lobby win is playing key role in religion cases
(Rebecca Bratek, Los Angeles Times Nation)

FFRF and IRS settle suit on non-enforcement of 501(c)(3) against churches
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

A ruling and another suit on Catholic hospital pension plans as "church plans"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Catholic seminarians boycott graduation from Beijing seminary
(Anthony E. Clark, The Catholic World Report)

How many people of different faiths do you know?
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)

Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying Bill: second reading
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Pakistan court grants bail to suspect in murder of government minister
(World Watch Monitor)

North Carolina school voucher funding may proceed before court hearing
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Appeals court nullifies another same-sex marriage ban
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog)

Can traditional religion survive a wired world?
(Rod Dreher, The American Conservative)

As BJC and others urged, President Obama to issue nondiscrimination order without new religious exemption
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Obama to sign executive order protecting LGBT people from employment discrimination Monday; no religious exemption
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Religious freedom vs. LGBT rights? It's more complicated
(John D. Inazu, Christianity Today)

The next religious liberty case
(David Skeel, The Wall Street Journal)

Federal appeals court strikes down Oklahoma’s gay-marriage ban
(Dale Carpenter, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Sudanese Christian Meriam Ibrahim's family files new lawsuit to annul her marriage
(Brownie Marie, Christian Today)

China embraces enlightenment
(Onnucha Hutasingh, Bangkok Post)

Utah gets delay on same-sex marriages’ legality
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog)

Friday, 18 July 2014

Beijing, seminarians desert graduation ceremony: We will not celebrate Mass with illegitimate bishops
(AsiaNews.it)

Why Islamic State's caliphate is trouble for Egypt
(Mahmoud Salem, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)

World Cup highlights struggles & contributions of Afro-Brazilians
(Melissa Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation Case Study)

Supreme Court issues stay in Utah gay marriage recognition case
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)

Established churches: The palace and the desert
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])

State trial court voids Florida's ban on same-sex marriages; appeal stays decision
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Kyrgystan: Orthodox Bishop banned
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Court in India says enforcing wildlife protection against cobra worship is constitutional
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Belgian bus company disassociates itself from Palestinian flag display
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Pope Francis appeals for peace with Shimon Peres, Mahmoud Abbas
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

The Trojan horse plot shows we must clarify religion’s place in state schools
(Usama Hasan, The Guardian)

Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett elected USCIRF Chair
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

The truth about Gaza
(Charles Krauthammer, National Review Online)

Ohio legislature mulling bill to allow Atheists to solemnize marriages
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Iraq may break into three separate states in response to Islamic attacks, Kurdish official predicts
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

ISIS orders last Christians out of Mosul
(World Watch Monitor)

Indian villages outlaw Christian practices
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)

Most think the U.S. has no responsibility to act in Iraq
(Pew Research Center for the People & the Press)

Islamist group claims attack that killed French soldier in Mali
(Reuters)

Trojan Horse report finds 'aggressive Islamist ethos' in schools
(BBC News)

Top Shi'ite cleric urges help for Iraq's displaced
(Reuters)

Netanyahu warns of wider Israel operation in Gaza
(Jodi Rudoren and Fares Akram, The New York Times)

Local Arab-American group launches Take on Hate anti-bias campaign
(Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press)

Church pantry worker fired for being a lesbian sues Catholic diocese
(Mark Morris, The Kansas City Star)

Keys judge overturns same-sex marriage ban; attorney general to appeal
(Steve Rothaus and David Smiley, The Miami Herald)

Legalising assisted dying will put too much pressure on people, says bishop
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)

Radical faith answers radical doubt
(John G. Stackhouse, Jr., OUPblog)

Biden celebrated as progressive hero for speaking ‘first’ on gay marriage
(Philip Rucker, The Washington Post)

Thursday, 17 July 2014

Court rules Scientology leader won't have to testify in Texas case
(John MacCormack, mysanantonio.com)

Certainty and authority
(John G. Stackhouse, Jr., OUPblog Religion)

Gaza impact * Meriam free? * Minister self-immolates: Thursday’s news roundup
(Religion News Service)

British parliament considering a 'right to die' bill
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition)

UK: "Assisted Dying" bill goes to House of Lords
(Carly Andrews, Aleteia)

Chinese scholar releases draft legislation on religion
(Li Yan, Global Times)

Is there a silver lining to the Supreme Court’s troubling government prayer ruling?
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

String of same-sex marriage rulings reaches Florida
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog)

Project Pedro Pan and today’s manufactured border crisis
(Elise Hilton, Acton Institute)

Suit challenges clinic's refusal to hire nurse who would not prescribe hormonal birth control
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

"Ministerial Exception" doctrine leads to denial of pension claim by removed priest
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

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