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Tuesday, 8 April 2014

IRS guidance on qualified retirement plans and same-sex spouses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Rule on Va. campus preaching suspended after lawsuit
(Bill Sizemore, PilotOnline.com)

Appeals Court reverses St. Paul priest's sex conviction
(Rochelle Olson, SarTribune)

Lords consider gender-selective abortion
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Western atheists: You aren’t illegal in Saudi Arabia
(Chris Stedman, Religion News Service)

Athens mayor candidates split on mosque referendum
(Associated Press via ABC News)

China, on the feast of the dead, authorities block the commemoration of Tiananmen victims
(AsiaNews.it)

Philippine Supreme Court backs law promoting birth control
(Al Jazeera America)

Kyrgyzstan: 14 year church ownership annulled
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

The Black Church and Gay Marriage: A New Agenda
(Delman Coates, Religious Freedom Project of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Scottish Independence: Role of religion 'should be recognised'
(BBC News)

Jewish Mormons celebrate two cultures, eye one faith
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News)

A school board that overlooks its obligation to students
(Michael Powell, The New York Times)

Re Muslim Brotherhood, Cameron feeling the heat
(Linda S. Heard, Arab News)

Monday, 7 April 2014

Churches fighting Hawaii schools lawsuit
(Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press, SF Gate)

Patriarch Kirill compares events in Ukraine to 1917 revolution
(Interfax-Religion)

Recognition of Jewish Israel is critical for Palestinians
(Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaacov Amidror, The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies)

Muslim Brotherhood warns against British government investigation
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)

From Alsatian town, France’s oldest matzah-maker sells to the world
(Toni L. Kamins, JTA)

Russian lawmakers approve bill making Holocaust denial illegal
(JTA)

Indonesia: In a nation of Muslims, political Islam is struggling to win votes
(Joe Cochrane, The New York Times)

Syria's latest battle: The PR fight over sanctuary for Christians
(Martin Armstrong, The Christian Science Monitor)

Ravaged by war, Syrians mourn the slain Father of Homs
(Alia Malek, Al Jazeera America)

Syria's war: Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
(S.B. and F.V.T., The Economist [Pomegranate: The Middle East])

Site of Park51, the former 'Ground Zero Mosque,' will soon be razed
(Jennifer Fermino, Oren Yaniv, New York Daily News)

Secular groups attack plan to make religion part of Scottish constitution
(Herald Scotland)

Police sgt. sues city, claims he was discriminated against for Wiccan religion
(CBS Los Angeles)

Elane Photography * RIP Mickey Rooney * Rwanda Reconciliation: Monday’s news roundup
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)

OkCupid's CEO donated to an anti-gay campaign once, too
(Hannah Levintova, Mother Jones)

Sharia procedure to decide verdict of hunting trip killers
(Haneen Dajani, The National (UAE))

Beyond the veil: What happened after Rebekah Dawson refused to take her niqab off in court
(Mary Dejevsky, The Independent)

Pakistan: State sponsor of terrorism?
(Christine Williams, Gatestone Institute)

One of these men will lead Afghanistan
(Jean MacKenzie, Mint Press News)

Jewish Israeli Emeritus Professor expresses deep concern about Rudy Salles' report at PACE
(European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom – Articles)

EVENT, 7-8 April 2014: The 2014 Slomoff Symposium: Bridging Global Religious Divides
(University of Massachusetts Boston)

EVENT, 8 April 2014: Mapping Israeli-Palestinian Peace
(United States Institute of Peace)

EVENT, 9 April 2014: First Impressions of the Afghan Elections: Field Reports and Analysis from Kabul and Washington
(United States Institute of Peace)

EVENT, 10 April 2014: Faith, Culture, and the Common Good
(Religious Freedom Project of, The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

EVENT, 14 April 2014: Understanding Human Dignity
(Featuring author Christopher McCrudden, The Religious Freedom Project of the Berkely Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Elderly woman granted assisted suicide after becoming disillusioned with life
(Carrie Dedrick, Christian Headlines)

French Jews say Prime Minister Manuel Valls has their back
(Cnann Liphshiz, JTA)

Lev Tahor members ordered deported to Israel
(JTA)

Burgas bomber was working for Hezbollah, Bulgarian minister says
(JTA)

No breakthrough in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
(JTA)

Comment is free – but it’s moderated
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Jobbik gains ‘a dark day for Hungary,’ European Jewish leader says
(JTA)

Connecticut Muslim, Jewish women learn they have a lot in common
(Ed Stannard, New Haven Register)

Suit against NYC Transit Authority over headwear rules survives motion to dismiss
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pension plan of Catholic hospital does not qualify as "church plan" exempt from ERISA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Nigeria: 20 killed in mosque attack
(Christian Today - World)

Pakistani Christian appeals death penalty for blasphemy
(Christian Today - World)

Christian couple in Pakistan sentenced to death for 'blasphemy'
(Christianity Today World)

Human trafficking brings shame to humanity, UN Special Rapporteur tells an ecumenical consultation
(World Council of Churches)

Crimea and religious freedom
(Maksyn Vasin, The Institute for Religious Freedom, Ukraine)

PM Yatsenyuk defended Ukrainian believers from oppression in Russia
(Translated by Victor Vityuk, The Institute for Religious Freedom, Ukraine)

Council of Churches condemns separatism and supports the integrity of Ukraine
(Translated by Karolina Omelchenko, edited by Robin Rohrback, The Institute for Religious Freedom, Ukraine)

Argentine president, godmother to lesbians' baby
(Associated Press via ABC News)

Supreme Court denies case on refusal of gay customers
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

Christian leader wants to see a "new" democratic India that is against corruption and for the elderly
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

India, Babri Masjid demolition "planned by Hindu party"
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Paul Bhatti: "We want concrete answers against unjust death sentences for blasphemy"
(AsiaNews.it)

Homs: Fr Frans Van of the Lugt, who fed Christians and Muslims, is killed
(AsiaNews.it)

Some hear race echoes in Va. gay marriage ban
(Frederic J. Frommer, Associated Press, The Big Story)

Wenzhou: Christians challenge government to prevent the demolition of their church
(AsiaNews.it)

Sunday, 6 April 2014

Obama urged to fill vacant religious freedom ambassador post
(Johnnie Moore, Fox News Opinion)

Mozilla's gay-marriage litmus test violates liberal values
(Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic)

Mozilla only made things worse by letting CEO Brandon Eich go
(Yitz Jordan, Quartz)

New generation of rabbis sees and speaks Israel
(Mira Sucharov, The Jewish Daily Forward)

Wesleyan Jewish students announce support for Open Hillel
(JTA)

Autopsy did not violate 1st Amendment rights of accident victim
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Mali government resigns, new PM appointed: State
(Al Jazeera America)

Religion and law round up – 6th April
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Mormon Church states opposition to gay marriage but hints at subtler shift
(Mark Sappenfield, The Christian Science Monitor)

How the Internet is taking away America’s religion
(Emerging Technology From the arXiv, MIT Technology Review)

Saturday, 5 April 2014

'Game of Thrones' inspired by French-Jewish novelist
(Reenat Sinay, The Jerusalem Post)

11 French towns will ban schools from serving alternatives when pork is on the menu
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Dr A. Amicarelli legal comment on Rudy Salle's report at PACE
(European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom – Articles)

Immigration reform becomes a Catholic ‘pro-life’ cause
(John L. Allen Jr., The Boston Globe)

The American Noah: neolithic superhero
(William D. Romanowski, OUPblog)

Tunisia at the crossroads
(Oussama Romdhani, World Affairs Journal)

Withering democracy in France
(Camille Pecastaing, World Affairs Journal)

Malaysia: Christians demand Islamic authorities return confiscated Bibles
(AsiaNews.it)

In Taliban stronghold, a scared electorate
(Kevin Sieff, The Washington Post)

Afghan turnout is high as voters defy the Taliban
(Rod Nordland, Azam Ahmed and Matthew Rosenberg, The New York Times)

Mozilla chief steps down over 2008 donation against Calif. gay marriage
(Al Jazeera America)

Mozilla’s Brendan Eich and gay marriage: Intolerance over tolerance?
(Patirck Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor)

Same-sex partnerships and the Church in Wales
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Ashgate Law and Legal Studies email Update

Believers need not apply: What Mozilla means
(Robert P. George, First Things)

Does Mozilla CEO ousting portend new era of public scrutiny?
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition)

Mozilla CEO resigns. But was he right about religion in the workplace?
(Compiled by Herb Scribner, Deseret News National Edition)

The Louvre unveils Islamic art wing
(France 24 International News)

House Committee holds hearing on persecution of religious communities in Vietnam
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Riot protesters cleared of religious hatred charge in Russia
(Reuters)

Belgian Trappist monks overwhelmed by their “world’s best beer” tag
(Philip Blenkinsop, Reuters)

Millennials and the false 'gospel of nice'
(Daniel Darling, CNN)

Why Chinese Christians are camping out to save their church and cross from demolition
(Xu Yangjingjing, The Washington Post)

Appeals court upholds New York City ban on worship services in schools
(Reuters)

Muslim leader endorses ruling party as religion rises in India election
(Sruthi Gottipati and Ron Popeski, Reuters)

Man and myth collide as Indian Hindu nationalist Modi eyes final ascent to power
(Sanjeev Miglani, Reuters)

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