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Sunday, 5 January 2014

Bangalore: ‘Sacred groves at risk as faith erodes’
(Papiya Bhattacharya, The New Indian Express)

Wanita PBB appoints Muslim and Christian as joint chairmen of religious bureau
(The Malay Mail Online)

The day religious officers policed another faith in Malaysia
(Jennifer Gomez, The Malaysian Insider)

Iraq glides towards civil war – analysis
(Bernhard Schell, IDN - InDepthNews)

Canadian government to Catholic schools: Teach religion our way
(Bob Unruh, WND Education)

Premarital sex 'immoral', no religion permits it: Court
(The Times of India)

Examining the repercussions of Judge Shelby's decision
(Frank Pignanelli & LaVarr Webb, Deseret News)

Being for traditional marriage does not mean being against anyone
(Michael and Jenet Erickson, Deseret News Opinion)

Sin + sound bites = Sales?
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Raid was to enforce law, says Hasan
(New Straits Times)

Rational minds and tolerance will prevail
(The Star Online (Malaysia))

Analysis: The Little Sisters case and EBSA Form 700
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

What does the form that the government insists the Little Sisters of the Poor must sign actually do?
(Kevin C. Walsh, Mirror of Justice)

Becket Fund discusses Little Sisters of the Poor [Video]
(BecketFundVideo, YouTube)

Saturday, 4 January 2014

After a schism, a question: Can atheist churches last?
(Katie Engelhart, CNN Belief Blog)

Imprisoned Pakistani Catholic Asia Bibi writes to Pope Francis saying only God can free her
(Jeremy Reynalds / Assist News, CrossMap)

Malaysia: Christian group to member churches: Deny entry to Islamic authorities
(The Malay Mail Online)

Shot Copt dies on New Year’s Eve after hospital ‘negligence’
(World Watch Monitor)

Tunisia MPs reject Islam as main source of law
(Antoine Lambroschini, AFP, Yahoo! News)

Government argues birth control mandate doesn't violate religious freedom
(Matthew Brown, Deseret News)

Sotomayor's surprise: Will the Supreme Court uphold religious freedom?
(Editorial, Chicago Tribune)

Selangor response to Jais raid on church is pathetic, says Ambiga
(The Malay Mail Online)

Painful birth of Tunisia new constitution
(Middle East Online)

Tunisia's National Assembly approves constitutional provision making Islam country's religion
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Power vacuum in Middle East lifts militants
(Ben Hubbard, Robert F. Worth, Michael R. Gordon, International New York Times Middle East)

My response to Oppenheimer’s New York Times article on evangelicals and Calvinism
(Roger E. Olsen, Patheos Blog)

Evangelicals find themselves in the midst of a Calvinist revival
(Mark Oppenheimer, International New York Times)

Losing NYC political candidate sues winner over mural allegedly intended to act as a curse
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Answers to Religion and Law Quiz 2013
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Friday, 3 January 2014

5 films that will make 2014 ‘the year of the Bible’
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Blog: On Faith & Culture)

Meet the Little Sisters of the Poor
(The Becket Fund, YouTube)

Patriarch Irinej of Serbia, for Christmas, sent an appeal to the authorities of R. Macedonia and to the international community, for releasing of Archbishop Jovan of Ohrid
(Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric)

Political Islam: A movement in motion
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Surge in late baptisms to get into top Catholic schools
(Graeme Paton and Camilla Turner, The Telegraph)

Violence in Central African Republic displaces nearly 1 million: U.N.
(Paul-Marin Ngoupana, Reuters)

Little Sisters of the Government: A revealing case about the Administration and religious conscience
(The Wall Street Journal - Opinion)

My view: Same-sex marriage will likely be reversed
(Merrill Nelson, Deseret News)

Urging religious resolution of altercation violated ban or attempting to dissuade witness from testifying
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Rev. Proc. 2014-11 - Processes for reinstating tax-exempt status
(KPMG)

More developments in non-profit challenges to contraceptive mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Where is Turkey going?
(Veli Sirin, Gatestone Institute)

Access to abortion falling as states pass restrictions
(Erik Eckholm, International New York Times)

Christmas controversy at VA hospitals
(Patirica Kime, The Marine Corps Times)

12 songs approved by Uncle Sam: VA blasted for censoring Christmas music
(Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow)

After a year with Pope Francis
(Leah Libresco, Patheos Blog: Unequally Yoked)

Media ‘wrong’ to ignore Christians’ plight in Central African Republic
(World Watch Monitor)

Thursday, 2 January 2014

8 pays du Conseil des droits de l'homme accusés de restreindre la liberté religieuse
(Portail Catholique Suisse)

Bill Nye to visit Creation Museum for debate
(Dylan Lovan, Associated Press, ABC News)

Chancel Repair Liability – Revision Notes
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Cyber criminals target Adventist Church funds
(Adventist News Network)

Ian Barbour: Leading scholar of science and religion passes away
(Karl Giberson, Ph.D, Huff Post Religion)

Is Egypt about to explode—again?
(Eric Trager, The Atlantic)

Israel obtains extradition of recalcitrant husband from U.S. using other charges as pretext
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Longtime support group for gay Mormons shuts down
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune)

Qaeda-aligned militants threaten key Iraqi cities
(Yasir Ghazi and Tim Arango, International New York Times Middle East)

Six questions about the contraception mandate and the Supreme Court
(David Masci, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)

Utah’s former Episcopal bishop, a gay-rights trailblazer, dies at 87
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune)

Utahns grace Mormon-inspired ‘We’re Atheists’ billboard
(Matthew Piper, The Salt Lake Tribune)

Will Arabs have the courage to label Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group?
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute)

Women of Wall service quiet, but without Torah scroll
(JTA)

New Year twin * Contraception challenge * Jewish Reformation: Thursday’s Religion News Roundup
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Hawaii Federal Court rejects RFRA claims in 2 cannabis cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Malaysia's Islamic authorities seize Bibles as Allah row deepens
(Niluksi Koswanage, Reuters)

Wednesday, 1 January 2014

A judge weakened Utah’s anti-polygamy law. What does this say about sex, race, and religion?
(Nathan B. Oman, Religion & Politics)

A Point of View: A long winter for Christians in the Middle East
(William Dalrymple, BBC News)

After defeat, India's gay rights movement sees new political path
(Shivam Vji, The Christian Science Monitor)

Al-Qaeda has killed over 900 medical workers in past 5 years
(Abu Bakr al-Yamani in Sanaa, Waleed Abu al-Khair in Cairo, Mohammed al-Qaisi in Baghdad, Al-Shorfa)

Andras Schiff: Why I won't perform in Hungary
(Tim Franks, BBC News Magazine)

Are Jews a race or a religion? A genetic map helps – OpEd
(Rabbi Allen S. Maller, Eurasia Review)

Buddhism and biology: a not-so-odd couple
(David P. Barash, OUPblog Religion)

Californian pleads guilty in Al-Qaeda recruit training case‏
(Jim Kouri, Eurasia Review)

Documentary by Jacob Mchangama: "Collision! Free speech and religion"
(Free to Choose TV)

First Things: 2013 in Review
(R.R. Reno, First Things: On the Square)

Five (religious freedom) "sleeper" stories from 2013
(Oeter Laarman, Patheos Blog: Progressive Christian)

France: The looming battle over Muslim integration
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)

India group seeks action on 'mass conversion' of Aboriginals to Christianity
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post World)

Iran: Fifty Christians temporarily arrested; concern over the wellbeing of Rev. Vruir Avanessian
(Mohabat News)

Iran's war on religion
(Katrina Lantos Swett, Real Clear World)

Islam doesn’t only belong in Germany. It also belongs to Turkey.
(Jonathan Laurence, Brookings)

Islamic charity officials gave millions to al-Qaeda, U.S. says
(Joby Warrick and Tik Root, The Washington Post)

Islamist students torch buildings at university in Cairo
(AFP, France 24 International News)

Israeli government pays salaries of 4 Reform rabbis
(JTA)

Judge Shelby was wrong, but gay marriage momentum is a reality
(Richard Davis, Deseret News)

Justice blocks contraception mandate on insurance in suit by nuns
(Steve Kenny and Robert Pear, The New York Times)

Kyrgyzstan court rules in favor of conscientious objectors
(Jehovah's Witnesses Newsroom)

Little Sisters of the Poor granted temporary injunction by Supreme Court
(Press Release, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)

Loyola Supreme Court case could jeopardize right to homeschool in Canada: HSLDA
(Patrick B. Craine, LifeSiteNews)

Not quite Hobby Lobby: The nonprofit cases, and opting out as complicity [with update on Little Sisters "church plan" situation]
(Marty Lederman, Balkinization)

One country saved its Jews. Were they just better people? The surprising truth about Denmark in the Holocaust
(Michael Ignatieff, The New Republic)

Report: 8 countries on UN Human Rights Council restrict religious freedom
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)

Saudi religious police warn against New Year’s celebrations
(AFP, Al Arabiya News Middle East)

Sierra Leone's first-ever Krio Bible makes impact
(Nina de Vries, Voice of America)

Spain moves to restrict abortion in swing to right
(Emma Pinedo and Sonya Dowsett, Reuters)

The dark, deep roots of Britain's fascination with witchcraft
(Dominic Selwood, The Telegraph)

The eight kinds of commenters in the Christian blogosphere
(Dale M. Coulter, First Things: First Thoughts)

The most important (Christian) book of 2013…
(Christopher Smith, Patheos Blog: Slow Church)

The Myth of the Shi’a Crescent: Does Iran truly have the ability to extend its reach into the Arab world?
(Laurence Louër, The Majalla)

The Thistle and the Drone: The real story behind the war on terror
(Joe Wolverton, II, J.D., The New American)

The world’s Christian population – take our quiz
(Conrad Hackett, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)

U.S. frees last 3 Uighur prisoners from Guantanamo
(Ben Fox | The Associated Press, The Salt Lake Tribune)

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