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Wednesday, 18 December 2013

Canada: Evangelical Christian university gets preliminary approval for law school
(Katie Hyslop, The Tyee)

CJEU rules on employment rights of same-sex couples
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Contraceptive challenge exposes double standard
(Robert P. George, USA Today)

Federation of Law Societies of Canada grants preliminary approval of Trinity Western University's proposed law program
(Press Release)

Iraqi Archbishop calls on West to ‘open eyes’ to Christians’ Middle East exodus
(World Watch Monitor)

Israelophobia
(Fiamma Niernstein, Gatestone Institute)

Law school that bans gay ‘sexual intimacy’ clears hurdle
(James Bradshaw, The Globe and Mail)

Lawsuit claims Squirrel Hill rabbi botched 8-day-old's circumcision
(Adam Brandolph, Trib Live News)

Long Island school says Christian clubs are "illegal"
(Liberty Institute - PR Newswire, The Sacramento Bee)

Neighbors' letter: Christmas lights are 'flagrant display' of religious beliefs
(Fox News Insider)

Prince Charles criticises ‘organised persecution’ of Middle East Christians [link repaired]
(World Watch Monitor, Charisma News)

Pussy Riot set to be freed under Federal Amnesty Bill
(Jess Remington, reason.com)

Robert George receives religious liberty award
(Baptist Press)

Scholars protest Charles Koch's donation to Catholic University
(Stephanie Mencimer, Mother Jones)

Ukraine: On the edge of empires
(George Friedman, Stratfor)

Tuesday, 17 December 2013

At Jerusalem's ground zero of Arab-Israeli conflict, calls mount to end ban on Jewish worship
(Associated Press, Fox News)

Frank Wolf, champion of religious freedom, will end congressional career
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Michigan Legislature OKs initiative to require insurance rider for abortion coverage
(Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press)

Nativity scene at Guantanamo triggers controversy
(Meghann Myers, Navy Times)

Nigeria: Women protest against forced marriage to deities
(BBC News)

Russian court overturns Quran translation ban
(RAPSI)

New York religious non-profits win injunction against Obamacare contraceptive coverage rule
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Cardinal Dolan’s religious-liberty win
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review Online (The Corner blog))

The strange politics of polygamy
(Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic)

Libya debates Sharia
(Essam Mohamed, Magharebia)

Canada's first religious law school clears major approval hurdle
(Religion Clause)

North Dakota AG says non-recognition of same-sex marriage allows issuance of license for heterosexual marriage to same-sex spouse
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Federal judge calls Obamacare "totally ineffective" while striking down contraception mandate
(Conn Carroll, Townhall.com)

Turkey blacklists foreign evangelist without explanation
(World Watch Monitor)

Arrested in Islamic Pakistan for reading the Koran: Ahmadi sect under siege
(Katharine Houreld, Reuters)

Monday, 16 December 2013

At Mandela funeral, Abbas says he opposes boycott of Israel
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor)

China's illegal detention of Christian pastor
(Mark Stone, Sky News)

Christmas draws near
(R.R. Reno, First Things: On the Square)

Gender, Prevent and British Muslims
(Katherine E. Brown, Public Spirit)

Japan Buddhists launch Monks Without Borders
(Danielle Demetriou, The Telegraph)

Pa. pastor suspended for officiating same-sex marriage refuses to step down
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)

U.S. religion news journalists choose Top Ten religion news stories of 2014
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters FaithWorld)

Scientology, religion and charity law: an analysis of R (Hodkin)
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Spanish ruling party submits bill on Jewish return
(JTA)

American Studies Association votes for boycott of Israeli universities
(JTA)

Controversy over 5th-grader’s religion speech
(CBS Tampa Bay)

Health care law rollout met by frustrated public, moral objections
(Catholic News Service)

The European crusade against Christianity
(Milena Faustova, Voice of Russia)

Prof. Mirjana Najcevska, Ph.D.: imprisoning Archbishop Jovan in the detention prison was torture by the authorities
(Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric)

Pakistani Christian on blasphemy charge speaks out from jail
(World Watch Monitor)

N.Y. Catholics groups win court bar to contraception mandate (1)
(Christie Smythe, Bloomberg Businessweek)

Freedoms for Saudi university girls end at gates
(Aya Batrawy | The Associated Press, The Salt Lake Tribune)

Ukraine chief rabbi pushing for unity government to end crisis
(JTA)

Israel, Lebanon move to ease tensions
(Josef Federman, Associated Press, KSL.com - World)

Was 2013 a missed opportunity?
(Dr. John Graz, International Religious Liberty Association)

No tolerance without Christianity
(Ken Starr, USA Today)

Pastor says he will minister to gays even if he's defrocked
(Scott Neuman, NPR News)

Federal financial aid forms will now recognize same-sex marriages
(Religion Clause)

Ukraine not prepared to legalize same-sex "marriages", as demanded by EU - Azarov
(Interfax-Religion)

Young members of Islamist group arrested in connection with Church burning in Tatarstan
(AsiaNews.it)

Baghdad, the local government erects a Christmas tree to show solidarity with Christians
(AsiaNews.it)

Ancient Mumbai crucifix desecrated. Card Gracias : A wound for the entire population
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

38 arrested in Tanzania for female genital mutilation: Mayor
(Ahram Online)

New anti-Semitic manifestations reported in Europe
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Uzbekistan: Amnesty for jailed Koran verses and sermon "smuggler"?
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Europe: Islamic fundamentalism is widespread
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)

Scientology, University Unrest and Right to Die – the Human Rights Roundup
(Celia Rooney, UK Human Rights Blog)

Three things to know about global Christians as Christmas approaches
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

Polygamy legality * O’Toole Spirituality * Obama’s Christmas: Monday’s Religion News Roundup
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)

Eastern and Western Europe divided over gay marriage, homosexuality
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)

‘Merry Christmas’ or ‘Happy Holidays’?
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)

Non-belief as a moral obligation
(Michael Ruse, OUPblog)

Religious discrimination in employment: Wiccan unfairly dismissed
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Sunday, 15 December 2013

Egyptian Christians bridle at prison terms for Copts only in fatal clash
(David D. Kirkpatrick, International New York Times)

Religion and law round-up – 15th December
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Religion, historic label collide at Florida temple
(Curt Anderson, Associated Press, jconline.com)

Saturday, 14 December 2013

Study of Mysticism in Chinese Buddhist monks and nuns
(Zhuo Chen, University of Oregon, The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA))

Robert P. George: Both Bush, Obama have been inconsistent in fight for religious freedom abroad
(Napp Nazworth, The Christian Post Politics)

Nigerian lawyer defends human rights of women in West Africa
(Matthew Brown, Deseret News National Edition)

What we will all lose if Christians flee the Middle East
(Guest Contributor, Reuters FaithWorld)

Judge orders a San Diego landmark, a 29-foot cross, to come down
(Ashby Jones, The Wall Street Journal - Law Blog)

The Mount Soledad Cross controversy: the longest-running Establishment Clause case in American history
(ACLU)

Judge orders Mt. Soledad cross removed, but saga probably isn't over
(Warren Richey, The Christian Science Monitor)

Judge rules that Mt. Soledad Cross must come down within 90 days
(Hemant Mehta, Patheos Blog: The Friendly Atheist)

Liberty Institute will fight to reverse Mt. Soledad decision
(Liberty Institute)

Federal court strikes down most of Utah's statute banning polygamy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Conservatives say Utah polygamy ruling confirms their worst fears
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)

Polygamy advocates hail judge's ruling in Utah
(Martin Griffith, The Fresno Bee)

An interview with Dan W. Clanton, Jr.
(Oxford Biblical Studies Online)

Brown v. Buhman isn’t so complicated
(David Kopel, The Volokh Conspiracy)

The reasoning of the Utah opinion partially striking down and rewriting the state’s bigamy law
(Orin Kerr, The Volokh Conspiracy)

More on the Mt. Soledad Cross Ruling

Friday, 13 December 2013

Egyptian convert arrested for ‘inciting sectarian strife’
(World Watch Monitor)

Three pastors among dead in Central African Republic
(World Watch Monitor)

Federal judge overturns part of Utah's law against polygamy
(McKenzie Romero, Deseret News)

Federal judge declares Utah polygamy law unconstitutional
(Jim Dalrymple II, Salt Lake Tribune)

The 'Sister Wives' ruling (court document)
(Judge Clark Waddoups, US District Court for the District of Utah, Central Division)

Education Department announces that all legal same-sex marriages will be recognized for federal financial aid purposes
(US Department of Education)

Court shoots down short-lived same-sex marriage law in Canberra, Australia
(Jethro Mullen, CNN)

Australia same-sex marriage ruling
(High Court of Australia)

Belfast Cathedral Quarter bomb 'could have killed'
(BBC News)

Going on retreat to Middle-earth
(Brian Attebery, OUPblog)

Indonesia: Society against the government over religion on ID papers
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)

Abbot, small church fight atheists’ bid to force IRS to censor church sermons
(Emily Hardman, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)

OK lawmakers propose Merry Christmas bill
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee)

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