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Wednesday, 8 January 2014

Vinh: Christmas celebration for the release of two Catholics, jailed for defending religious freedom
(AsiaNews.it)

Manila: new-borns and young mothers find refuge against abortion
(AsiaNews.it)

Cake shop owner files appeal after judge rules he must sell wedding cakes for same-sex ceremonies
(Jeff Schapiro, Christian Post)

Hijab outscores yarmulke 26-0 in NCAA Division I basketball action
(Adam Soclof, JTA Telegraph)

Meet the Israeli bureaucrat who decides who can marry in the Jewish state
(Ben Sales, JTA)

Religion and volunteering: What motivates people of faith to serve thy neighbor
(David Briggs, The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA))

Supervisors approve Knabe-backed push to restore cross to LA County seal
(Melanie C. Johnson, DiamondBar-Walnut Patch)

Hell freezes over * Papal Vortex * Yukon Cornelius, RIP: Wednesday’s Religion News Roundup
(David GIbson, Religion News Service)

Christian deaths double in 2014 World Watch List
(World Watch Monitor)

Defamation for website operators and users
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Tuesday, 7 January 2014

(Malawi) Politics and religion-lessons learnt in a hard way: President Banda versus Kasambara
(Robert Masikamu, The Maravi Post)

Academic group won’t consider Israel boycott, but its mere discussion raises hackles
(Ron Kampeas, JTA)

Congo adoption families caught in red tape
(Baptist Press)

First look at the new Ms. Marvel, a 16-year-old Muslim superhero
(Laura Hudson, Underwire)

Hundreds of Hindus attacked in post-poll violence in Bangladesh take shelter in temples
(India Today)

Premarital wisdom: How pastors are counseling same-sex couples
(Amy Frykholm, The Christian Century)

Saudis back Syrian rebels despite risks
(Robert F. Worth, International New York Times)

Utah grappling with legal status of married same-sex couples
(Lisa Riley Roche and Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)

Leader of French Jewish group has a plan for countering anti-Semitism: Downplaying Zionism
(Nidra Poller, Tablet)

Roman Catholics decline in England, Wales
(Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service)

Chaos in Central African Republic is about power, not religion
(Emily Mellgard, The Christian Science Monitor)

8 worst countries for religious freedom
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)

Birth control and the Bill of Rights
(Miguel De La Torre, ABP News)

Cycles of violence: Dangers of Islamophobia in the Russian Federation
(Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs)

EVENT, 9 January 2014: Inside Iran, with Robin Wright and David Ignatius
(United States Institute of Peace)

EVENT, 14 January 2014: Governance and stability in Iraq: Remarks by Deputy Prime Minister H.E. Mr. Saleh al-Mutlaq and discussions with Members of the Council of Representatives
(United States Institute of Peace)

Why such hostility about religious liberty?
(Elise Hilton, Acton Institute Power Blog)

Same-sex marriage state-by-state
(Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project)

Supreme Court addresses new challenges to Obamacare contraception mandate
(MacKenzie Babb, Public Religion Research Institute)

Christian presence in Arab region and need for integration
(Sobhi Ghandour, Gulf News)

Lebanese library torched after blasphemy accusation
(World Watch Monitor)

For gays in Italy, rights and acceptance are still elusive
(Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times)

Missouri state rep authors pro-life bill
(Charlie Butts, One News Now)

Egypt's president visits Coptic pope to extend Christmas greeting
(Catholic News Service, Catholic Sentinel)

Pope Francis’ message to the nuns
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)

Veteran hospital's ban on Christmas carols draws criticism
(Catholic News Agency)

Morocco rounds up terror cell members
(Mohamed Saadouni, Magharebia)

Church of England responds to criticism that it is dumbing down baptism service ritual
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post World)

A Christian rite with many meanings: A splash of sanctity
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Scheduling an Eastern Orthodox Christmas
(D. Oliver Herbel, OUPblog)

Sharia law and the UK – alien, part of a picture or capable of accommodation?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Why Copts celebrate Christmas on 7 January
(Sherry El-Gergawi, Ahram Online)

As religious hostilities in Iraq escalate, the decline since 2007 may reverse
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

U. of Haifa profs slam withholding honorary doctorate over politics
(JTA)

Court stops Utah gay marriages
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

Supreme Court stay on marriage shows desire for slower process
(Eric Schulzke, Deseret News)

Frozen hearts * Frozen Congress * Gay marriage freeze: Tuesday’s Religion News Roundup
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)

Judge: ‘Let’s burn the Jew’ not racism, even if you burn a Jew
(Lori Lowenthal Marcus, Jewish Press)

Gay educator says Catholic school fired him after marriage, suggested he get divorce
(Mike Baker, Yahoo News)

Amy Chua in 'The Triple Package' claims Jews and Mormons produce more successful people
(Yasmine Hafiz, Huff Post Religion)

Monday, 6 January 2014

Commentary: Why we’re resisting the contraception mandate
(Joseph Kurtz, Religion News Service)

EEOC takes on Scientologist employer
(Eric B. Meyer, Benefits Pro)

Germany adds lessons in Islam to better blend its melting pot
(Alison Smale, International New York Times)

Group unveils Satan statue design for Oklahoma
(Associated Press, The Washington Post - Religion)

Iran: Revolutionary court sentenced a Christian convert to one year in prison
(Jeremy Reynalds, ASSIST News Service, CrossMap)

Islamic scholars in Pakistan push for hate speech ban
(Umar Farooq, The Christian Science Monitor)

Remaining Armenians pray for peace at Christmas in Damascus
(Editing by Oliver Holmes and Alister Doyle, Reuters)

Rohingya boat people trafficked in Thailand
(Human Rights Watch)

The struggle for justice of Dutch young Muslims in Syria
(skleinschaarsberg, Religion Factor)

Utah gay-marriage ban was a predictable disaster
(Noah Feldman, Bloomberg Opinion)

With Pakistan’s Hindu Dalits facing increasing violence, a need for reform
(Zia Ur Rehman, The Atlantic Post)

Russ Roberts & Anthony Gill on Religion & Religious Liberty (A Simul-Podcast with EconTalk)
(Research on Religion)

Indonesian Christian politician: remove religion from national ID cards
(CWN, Catholic Culture)

Kerry leaves Israel without framework agreement as West Bank housing plans published
(JTA)

Ban shows by comedian Dieudonne, French minister tells mayors
(JTA)

Family, ethics, medicine and law collide in Jahi McMath’s life — or death
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA Today, Religion Today)

U.S. and Iran face common enemies in Mideast strife
(Thomas Erdbrink, International New York Times Middle East)

Icy Epiphany * Everyone’s pope * Tweaking christening: Monday’s religion news roundup
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)

Religion, libraries and war: The acrid smell of burning books
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Cults: how to separate truth from fiction
(Damian Thompson, The Telegraph)

Insight: Fuelled by Syria war, al Qaeda bursts back to life in Iraq
(Suadad Al-Salhy, Reuters)

Bill de Blasio, New York’s new ‘spiritual but not religious’ mayor
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)

Sentencing Tuesday for suburban honor student turned teen terrorist
(Lori Lowenthal Marcus, The Jewish Press)

Pakistan: The religious hate campaign prevented the burial of a one-and-a-half year-old child
(Asian Human Rights Commission)

Hanoi: Buddhist leader detained, placed under house arrest
(AsiaNews.it)

Saudi government bans imams from preaching about politics
(AsiaNews.it)

American Atheists mocks Mormon message with anti-religion billboard
(Cheryl K. Chumley, The Washington Times)

New Year’s desecration at Berlin Holocaust memorial spurs security talks
(JTA)

In French quenelle controversy, a defense of athletes and a denial
(JTA)

Supreme Court stay on Utah gay marriage (text)
(Justice Sotomayor, Scribd)

Supreme Court puts gay marriage on hold in Utah
(Associated Press, Deseret News)

Supreme Court halts same-sex marriages in Utah pending appeal
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)

U.S. Supreme Court halts same-sex marriages in Utah
(Bretn Kendall, The Wall Street Journal)

Supreme Court halts gay marriage in Utah
(Lawrence Hurley, Reuters)

Supreme Court temporarily halts gay marriage In Utah
(Erin Fuchs, Business Insider)

Supreme Court halts gay marriage in Utah (Utah AG press conference)
(Brooke Adams and Lindsay Whitehurst, The Salt Lake Tribune)

Pope Francis to visit Holy Land in May
(BBC News)

Kazakhstan: Fines for "extremist" books
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Little Sisters act * Kippah ban * Quelle quenelle?: Religious Freedom Recap: Dec. 30 – Jan. 6
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)

Sunday, 5 January 2014

AALS Law and Religion Section Newsletter (including comprehensive bibliography): 2013
(Law and Religion Section, American Association of Law Schools)

Classmate assault was not anti-Semitism, Canadian judge rules
(JTA)

Vatican denies pope is open to recognition of gay civil unions
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)

Why President Bashar al-Assad's rule may endure
(Nicholas Blanford, The Christian Science Monitor)

As Cambodia erupts in protest, a stolen Buddhist relic ignites anger
(Joe Freeman, Religion Dispatches)

Religion and law round-up – 5th January
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Texas district court grants permanent injunction in "church plan" challenge to contraceptive mandate compromise
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Prisoner free exercise cases – January 5, 2014
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Popular voice in the Capitol? It’s the Pope’s
(Sheryl Gay Stolberg, The New York Times)

The Muslim Brotherhood, back in a fight to survive
(Kareen Fahim)

Human rights conference in Brescia, Italy, focuses on freedom of religion
(Scientology Newsroom)

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