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Friday, 13 June 2014

Abdication? Reigns in Spain and the ‘A’ word (again) in the UK
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

ISIS rampages, the Middle East shakes
(Daniel Pipes, National Review Online)

Iraq’s top Shiite cleric issues call to stop ISIL juggernaut
(Raheem Salman & Isra Al-Rubei'i, Arab News)

Iraqi Church: A word from Pope Francis, an "important" step for peace in the country
(AsiaNews.it)

Blasphemy and atheist rituals: An interview with S. Brent Plate
(Chris Stedman, RNS Blog: Faitheist)

Modi: Will spare no effort for release of fr. Kumar, abducted in Afghanistan
(AsiaNews.it)

Archbishop of Mosul: anarchy in the city; Muslims defend churches from assaults and raids
(AsiaNews.it)

Malaysian Christian leader: With return of our Bibles it's time for forgiveness
(AsiaNews.it)

Police clash with 200 Christians in Wenzhou as they defend their churches’ cross (video)
(AsiaNews.it)

Salafi-Jihadists: "A persistent threat" to Europe and America
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)

Thursday, 12 June 2014

American Humanist Association successfully settles lawsuit against Fayette R-III school district
(Press Release, American Humanist Association)

Bloody Toll: Boko Haram behind deadliest killing spree since 9/11
(Robert Windrem, NBC News)

EU religious leaders call on Sudan to release Meriam Yahya Ibrahim
(Vatican Radio, News.VA)

Mayor de Blasio's instructions to religious schools in prekindergarten program outrages liberal partners
(Ben Chapman and Stephen Rex Brown, New York Daily News)

Ted Cruz joins demonstrators in front of White House; calls on Obama to help imprisoned Sudanese Christian woman
(Michael Gryboski, Christian Post)

U.S. condemns Sudanese conviction and continued imprisonment of Meriam Ishag
(John Kerry, U.S. Department of State)

Iraq: ISIS advance threatens civilians
(Human Rights Watch)

Participation of Sunnis key to Iraqi reconciliation
(Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Al Monitor - The Pulse of the Middle East)

Brazil's churches in the spotlight as World Cup begins
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition)

Bhubaneswar, the government demolishes 30 Christian homes and a church
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Advocacy groups woo US lawmakers amid fervor over prayer at Temple Mount
(Sarah Posner, Al Jazeera America)

U.S. agency urges Myanmar to scrap proposed religion laws
(Muhammad Iqbal, Business Recorder)

Rouhani says Iran ready to 'fight and combat' terrorists in Iraq
(Ali Hashem, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Two possible outcomes of the Supreme Court’s HHS Mandate decision
(Edward White, ACLJ)

Two major victories for religious freedom at the European Court of Human Rights
(Matthew Clark, ACLJ)

ECtHR Grand Chamber finds no violation of rights of married Catholic priest in Fernández Martínez v. Spain
(Press Release, European Court of Human Rights)

ECtHR finds Article 9 violation in Biblical Center of the Chuvash Republic v. Russia
(First Section Judgment, European Court of Human Rights)

Turkey hostage to crisis in Iraq
(Henri Barkey, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Scotland's patron(s): One saint or two?
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])

The capture of Mosul: Terror’s new headquarters
(The Economist)

Groups ask Holder to withdraw memo allowing religious hiring preferences in federal grant programs
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

In Iran, headlines blame foreigners for ISIS advances
(Arash Karami, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

6th Circuit upholds ACA contraceptive mandate accommodation for religious non-profits
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Lords debate on English Parish Churches
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Argentine neo-Nazi group approved as political party
(JTA)

Texas Governor Perry compares homosexuality to alcoholism
(Mary Wisniewski and Jon Herskovitz, Reuters)

Iranian agency bans cartoons, Disney designs
(Mehrnaz Samimi, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Louisiana governor signs into law new abortion restrictions
(Jonathan Kaminsky, Reuters)

Belarus: "I want to read the last rites over my son's body"
(Olga Glace, Forum 18 News Service)

Chile to abandon consistent pro-life stance at UN
(Catholic News Agency)

Debate surges over Britain recognizing Muslim and Hindu bank holidays
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Mosul Christians tell of ISIS forces' Iraqi takeover
(Barbara Baker, World Watch Monitor)

Meriam Ibrahim conviction is based on contradictory claims, say lawyers
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Western Washington U. passes anti-BDS resolution
(JTA)

Marriage, anti-Israel divestment fights ahead for Presbyterians gathering in Detroit
(Jeff Walton, Christian News Wire)

University ordered to pay over $710,000 for discriminating against Christian professor
(Heather Clark, Christian News Network)

Poland's prime minister says doctor must put law over faith, perform abortion despite Christian belief
(Katherine Weber, The Christian Post)

Pope Francis tells human traffickers they will be held accountable; pleads for tens of thousands of children in degrading labor conditions
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

InterVarsity: Colleges take non-discrimination policies to 'illogical extreme' against Christian student groups
(Alex Murashko, The Christian Post)

Virginia church offends Muslims with pamphlet that says they're going to hell, need Jesus Christ
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Campaign to crack down on fringe sects in China worries mainstream churches
(Andrew Jacobs, The New York Times)

Mali PM warns of Islamist threat within Tuareg rebels
(Joe Penney, Reuters)

Thousands raid South Korea church in futile search for ferry family boss
(Ju-Min Park, Reuters)

Legal confusion follows federal judge’s ruling on same-sex marriage in Wisconsin
(Erik Eckholm, The New York Times)

Iraq militants, pushing south, aim at capital
(Suadad Al-Salhy and Tim Arango, The New York Times)

US bishops open assembly by voting to stay the course
(Brian Roewe and Joshua J. McElwee, National Catholic Reporter)

Southern Baptists pray for ‘favorable’ Hobby Lobby ruling
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Phoenix priest killed, another wounded in attack
(Katherine Bieri, Connor Wince, and Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic)

High Court’s role in 13-year-old’s abortion
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Wednesday, 11 June 2014

A Call to protect the life of a converted Ahmadi and his family under constant threat from religious extremists in Pakistan
(Asian Human Rights Commission)

Apostolic administrator of Yujiang arrested as China attempts to "eradicate" underground Church
(Bernardo Cervellera, AsiaNews.it)

B.C. lawyers vote against religious school
(James Keller, The Canadian Press)

Catholic charities' Obamacare challenge denied; they must certify they're not offering contraception
(Brian Smith, MLive.com)

EEOC sues United Health Programs of America and parent company for religious discrimination
(Press Release, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

Is religious liberty being threatened in America?
(Jim Denison, Denison Forum on Truth and Culture)

Leading Turkish Islamist thinker: We can't go on like this
(Levent Gultekin, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Long Island business forced workers into Onionhead 'religion,' lawsuit claims
(John Marzulli, New York Daily News)

President Obama’s spiritual advisor raises Pastor Saeed Abedini’s case in Iran, asks for clemency
(Jordan Sekulow, ACLJ)

Religious and European Union leaders gather in Brussels
(Mormon Newsroom)

Report: Gang of youths taser French Jew at Paris monument
(JTA)

Sunni radicals seize Turkey's Mosul consulate
(Tulin Daloglu, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

The cleansing of Iraq’s Christians is entering its end game
(Nina Shea, National Review Online)

USCIRF deeply concerned by draft “Religious Conversion Law” in Burma
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Women shut out from Fatah-Hamas reconciliation deal
(Asmaa Al-Ghoul, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

House subcommittee holds hearing on religious liberty In U.S.
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Muslim and anti-Muslim bus ads battle heads to Round 3
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)

Kentucky city passes ordinance barring LGBT discrimination, but with broad exemption for faith-based institutions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Statement on Meriam Yahya Ibrahim, a Sudanese believer sentenced to death for apostacy
(Press Release, European Commission)

Egypt can inspire new Arab world
(Mohammed Fahad Al-Harthi, Arab News)

African Wikipedia aims to create online legacy of traditions and languages
(David Smith, The Guardian)

For the Bahá'ís imprisoned in Iran, freedom and human rights seem remote
(Nazila Ghanea, New Statesman)

Is religious doctrine justiciable? Up to a point, yes: Khaira v Shergill
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Supreme Court reduces religious no-go area for courts
(David Hart, QC, UK Human Rights Blog)

Tweetfest: Eric Cantor and the death of the Jewish GOP
(Lauren Markoe and David Gibson, Religion News Service)

At Angelina Jolie-chaired summit, faith leaders work to end sexual violence
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)

Italy’s Catholic bishops denounce court ruling that OK’d sperm donors
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

Israeli government continuously targeting Palestinian Christian village
(Patrick O. Strickland, Mint Press News)

Kyrgyzstan: "I don't see political will on higher level" to resolve burial problems
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Atheist group demands ten commandments display be removed from Pennsylvania school grounds
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

The patient body: the end of eating
(Ann Neumann, The Revealer)

Religion and press freedom in the digital age - Part one: Information on trial
(Natsja Sheriff, The Revealer)

Christian right attacks Planned Parenthood for praying
(Elizabeth Dias, TIME)

Conversion therapy victims can recover treble damages under New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Colleges and Evangelicals collide on bias policy
(Michael Paulson, The New York Times)

Another lawsuit is filed challenging Alabama's refusal to recognize same-sex marriages
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

France National Front rift widens in 'anti-Semitism' row
(BBC News Europe)

Muslim cab driver says he was fired over religious dress; appeals to St. Louis judge
(Jennifer S. Mann, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Southern Baptists oppose gender reassignment
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Mexican immigrant who sought sanctuary in church can stay in U.S
(Paul Ingram, Reuters)

Two churches with Nashville ties tackle same-sex marriage
(Heidi Hall and Noah Manskar, The Tennessean)

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