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Tuesday, 12 June 2012

'In God We Teach' explores fine line between religious freedom and free speech
(Katherine Weber, The Christian Post)

"Government is always a rival, and often an enemy, of religion"
(Walter Olson, Cato@Liberty)

Analysis: Dispute with US nuns began decades ago
(Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal)

Canadians must decide if they truly value religious freedom
(Faith Goldy-Bazos, National Post)

China to assist development projects in religious places
(PTI, ZeeNews India)

Church warns over same-sex marriage
(UKPA)

Couple’s plea means no appeal of Christian Science faith healing ruling
(Religion News Blog)

Evangelicals in Sri Lanka seek religious equality
(Christian Today)

Gay marriage raises prospect of disestablishment, says Church of England
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)

Indonesia/Islam: Aceh to ban shops from selling tight clothing
(International Islamic News Agency)

Islam's place in Europe
(Jonathan Laurence, CNN)

Justices deny review over students' religious messages in classroom
(Bill Mears, CNN)

JWs see overtures from Armenian government after successes at ECHR
(Gohar Abrahamyan, Armenia Now)

Lao police arrest pastor for spreading faith
(Compass Direct News)

Moscow court upholds ban on ‘gay pride’ marches for next hundred years
(Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, LifeSiteNews.com)

Police bar 3 veiled women from entering France
(Angela Charlton, Associated Press )

Salafi Islamists, police clash in Tunis: witnesses
(Tarek Amara and Mohammed Argouby, Reuters)

State Department purges religious freedom section from its Human Rights Reports
(Pete Winn, CNSNews.com)

Theresa May: churches will not be forced to host same-sex marriages
(The Telegraph)

What will it take for the EU to act on Hungary?
(Lydia Gall, Public Service Europe)

Whose religious freedom is under attack?
(Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Huff Post Religion)

Will the European Court force churches to perform gay marriages?
(Adam Wagner, UK Human Rights Blog)

Monday, 11 June 2012

EU to hold regular conferences to uphold human rights in Pakistan
(Pakistan Christian Post)

Iranian authorities shut church in Tehran
(Compass Direct News)

Archbishop Jovan transferred to the detention section in Suto Orizari
(POA-Info.org)

Boko Haram: Government rejects calls for foreign intervention
(Augustine Ehikioya, The Nation Newspaper)

Cardinal warns over teaching of gay marriage in schools
(Christian Today)

Church of Cyprus to mark EU Presidency with various events
(Cyprus Mail)

Commonweal Symposium part II
(Michael Sean Winters, National Catholic Reporter)

Commonweal Symposium, U.S. v. Lee, and Rocky Mountain Religious Freedom Tour
(Michael Moreland, Mirror of Justice)

Finland's war on free speech
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)

Hasidic Jew fired from NYPD over beard length
(Associated Press )

Hindus ask Poland-Ukraine-UEFA to ensure 'racism-free' Euro 2012
(Eurasia Review)

Indonesia: Blasphemy law should be repealed
(Asian Legal Research Centre, Scoop World)

Judge delays Fort Hood shooting hearing after defendant shows up in full beard
(Jeremy Schwartz, McClatchy Newspapers via Sacramento Bee)

Massachusetts court rejects challenge to ‘Under God’ in Pledge of Allegiance
(Press Release, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)

Muslim claims bias at US religious freedom panel
(Daily Times [Pakistan])

Muslim, Buddhist mob violence threatens new Myanmar image
(Andrew R.C. Marshall, Reuters)

Nationwide rallies protest birth control mandate
(CBNNews.com)

Nigeria: Osun - Promoting religious tolerance and diversity
(John Oyntiloye, AllAfrica.com)

Pakistani Christians demand repeal of blasphemy law; PCP poll
(Pakistan Christian Post)

Poverty in Spain comparable to post-war Europe, charity reports
(Catholic News Agency)

Religious education increasingly 'marginalised' in schools
(Graeme Paton, The Telegraph)

Religious thought and the HHS mandate
(Howard Slugh, American Thinker)

Secularism and religious freedom
(Anne Marie Waters, National Secular Society)

Standing up for religious freedom
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review Online)

Suicide bombing hits another church in Jos, Nigeria
(Compass Direct News)

Tough questions on religious freedom at UN human rights periodic review
(John Malhotra, Christian Today India)

US Federals investigate Mosque denials
(OnIslam Newspaper)

Uzbekistan: Imminent expulsion for exercising religious freedom?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Saturday, 9 June 2012

Argentinian man's relatives battle over transfusion
(Rafael Romo, CNN)

Banning Bibles out of line, Congress told
(Jack Minor, WND Faith)

Belgium arrests Islamist for hate video after riot over face veil arrest
(Ben Deighton, Reuters)

European Court for Human Rights on the absolute protection of ‘human embryo. Abortion, the 194 under review by the Consulta. “Violation of human embryo”
(I Fatto Quotidiano, via Newsessentials Blog)

Evolving wars over religious liberty
(Terry Mattingly, knoxnews.com)

Federal lawsuit charges religious freedom commission with discriminating against Muslims
(Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post)

Iranian authorities shut church in Tehran
(Compass Direct News)

Liberty and the HHS mandate
(Jim Styer, guest columnist, Herald-Tribune (Florida))

Morocco using religion to battle alcohol
(Bikya Masr Staff, Bikya Masr)

Nationwide rallies target birth control measure
(Sarah Parnass, Associated Press via ABC News)

Scholar to emphasize Islam as religion of peace during Utah visit
(Lisa Schencker, The Salt Lake Tribune)

Understanding the Muslim Brotherhood
(Barry Rubin, Foreign Policy Research Institute)

Friday, 8 June 2012

'Tension exists' because of military gay policy
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)

‘Moment’ should replace prayer at gov’t events, says civil liberties association
(Jeremy Warren and David Hutton, The Star Phoenix)

Baja California legislature fails to protect religious liberty, bishops state
(Catholic News Agency)

Canadian crackdown (re: gay marriage)
(Michael Coren, National Review Online)

Comment feature to be reactivated on Religion Clause blog
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Definition of marriage headed for the Supreme Court
(Ryan T. Anderson, Culture Watch)

Egypt: Politicians agree to elect constitutional panel
(Tunis Afrique Presse, AllAfrica.com)

Egypt's political future tangled in legal web
(Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press)

Federal judge strikes down section of Defense of Marriage Act
(Rebecca DiLeonardo, The Jurist)

Gay marriage legalised in Denmark
(Peter Stanners, Copenhagen Post)

House GOP moves to act on religion in vets' funerals
(Chris Lisee, Religion News Service, The Washington Post)

Indian Muslims divided over Delhi HC’s wedding age ruling
(Firstpost India)

Katrina Lantos Swett elected USCIRF Chair, Shaw and Glendon vice-chairs
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Kuwaiti Emir vetoes legislation authorizing death for 'mocking religion'
(RTT News)

Liveblogging the Religion and Civil Society Conference: Afternoon panel
(Mark L. Movesian, CLR Forum)

Lutherans have ‘grave concern’ with Measure 3
(Jill Schramm, Minot Daily News)

Marriage amendment mobilizes faithful on both sides
(Sasha Aslanian, Minnesota Public Radio)

Nationwide 'Religious Freedom Rally' against Obamacare to be held Friday
(Katherine Weber, The Christian Post)

New Jersey Muslims sue NYPD to end surveillance
(Kevin Loria, The Christian Science Monitor)

Pakistan seeks recording of Jinnah calling for secular state
(Dean Nelson, The Telegraph)

Russian Orthodox Church urges Moldova to amend law on gays
(RIA Novosti)

Sikh TSA agent wins suit over religious wristband
(Lauren Markoe, The Washington Post)

The missing religious principle in our budget debates
(Jim Wallis, Huff Post Politics)

Tunisia rejects al-Qaeda, salafist violence
(Monia Ghanmi, Magharebia)

Thursday, 7 June 2012

“Symposium on Religious Freedom and the Rights of Minorities in Islam"
(ACMCU, Vimeo)

4th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions held in Kazakhstan
(CaspioNet, Worldwide Religion News)

9th Circuit upholds Hawaii licensing requirement for commercial beach weddings
(Howard Friedman, Religion News Service)

Atheism and human rights abuses in Africa
(Leo Igwe, Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologies)

Former cadet may challenge required prayer at honor code hearing
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Gay marriage blocked in Washington State; petition gets over 240,000 signatures
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Gay pride parade banned for 100 years in Russia
(Brenda Bowser-Soder, Human Rights First)

HHS mandate latest in line of religious crises
(Christine M. Williams, Catholic San Francisco)

Israel moves to improve religious freedom – for Jews
(Joshua Mitnick, The Christian Science Monitor)

NJ allegation: doctors with gay bias denied meds
(Chris Fry, Courthouse News Service)

Pew Forum Weekly Religion News Update

Right to religious freedom
(Robert Tufigno, Times of Malta)

Rights groups rally around Pakistan lawyer under threat
(tephanie Nebehay and Rosalind Russell, Reuters)

Same-sex ceremony in military chapel raises need for congressional action
(Chaplain Alliance for Religious Freedom, Alliance Defense Fund)

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