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Wednesday, 4 July 2012

Lawsuits against HHS mandate continue despite Obamacare ruling
(Steven Ertelt, LifeNews)

Muslim pilot linked to suspected terrorists loses case against BA
(Katie Hodge, The Independent)

New book by Global and International Studies scholar examines the politics of headscarves
(USCB Press Release)

Observatory on Religious Liberty commences in Rome
(Ann Schneible, Zenit)

Religious figures meet at conference to back plans to legalise civil gay marriage
(Andrew Grice, The Independent)

Ruling did not expel religion from public schools
(Charles C. Haynes, Daily Record)

Sacred Sufi shrines destroyed by Islamists in Mali
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Uzbekistan: After four years' imprisonment, another 30 months
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Vinh: Catholics targeted by thugs and authorities. Dozens of faithful injured.
(Nguyen Hun, AsiaNews.it)

Wisconsin Supreme Court takes faith healing death case
(Religion News Blog)

Tuesday, 3 July 2012

Afghanistan: Draft law threatens media freedom
(Human Rights Watch)

Appeals court upholds off-campus religious classes
(Seanna Adcox, Associated Press via Charlotte Observer)

Austria celebrates 'model' law on Islam
(Bethany Bell, BBC News)

Christian, Muslim leaders condemn church attacks in Kenya
(Fredrick Nzwili, ENInews)

Democracy without tolerance: Violence against minorities in Indonesia
(Andy Budiman, from German by Aingeal Flanagan, Qantara.de)

Diplomacy failing, West faces tough Syria choices
(Peter Apps, Reuters)

Ex-Norton police officer files religious discrimination lawsuit against city
(Ed Meyer, Akron Beacon Journal Online)

Followers of Brazil’s Umbanda religion worship despite discrimination
(Somer Wiggins, , McClatchy Newspapers)

Fortnight for Freedom: Whose religious liberty?
(Jessica Coblentz, Religion & Politics)

France: Collateral damage of France's anti-sect policies: societal hostility to the construction of a Mormon temple
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers)

India: Flaunting unenlightened attitudes – religious discrimination by the BSF
(Asian Human Rights Commission)

Is America a Christian nation?
(David Lose, Huffington Post)

Jew lauded religious freedom in Iran
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency)

Muslims are well-integrated in Britain – but no one seems to believe it
(Leon Moosavi, The Guardian)

Myanmar: 30 arrested in the killings of Muslims
(Reuters, New York Times)

Nepal: Beyond the Maoist split: The political impasse to continue
(Monalisa Adhikari, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)

New articles on ECHR
(Antoine Buyse, ECHR Blog)

Nigeria: Ban on religious programmes on EBBC - South East CAN condemns Ebonyi govt action
(Peter Okutu, All Africa)

Religious leaders denounce attacks on Timbuktu shrines
(The International News (Pakistan))

Sikh man deported to Afghanistan returned to UK
(New York Daily News)

Somali constitution must defend religious freedom: donors
(AFP via Yahoo News)

Touareg Islamist group Ansar Al-Din seeks support In jihadist forums
(Raby Ould Idoumou , Magharebia)

Monday, 2 July 2012

Al-Madany Center of Norwalk files lawsuit appealing zoning commission ruling
(Robert Koch, The Hour)

Atheist clubs spring up in high schools across the country with help from the Secular Student Alliance
(Huffington Post)

EU and seven governments expressed concern about human rights in Tibet at UN meeting
(Tibet Custom)

German minister moves to calm circumcision fears
(Associated Press, International Wire Story)

German verdict to delay circumcision, not ban it, jurist says
(Tom Heneghan, Reuters)

Islam forbids killing, bombings – Cleric
(Vanguard)

Israeli PM dissolves committee to reform draft law
(Aron Heller, Associated Press)

Mali Islamists to continue destroying UNESCO sites
(Baba Ahmed, Associated Press)

Saudi Arabia stops issuing visas to Iranian pilgrims
(Radio Zamaneh via Eurasia Review)

Saudi female athletes fear crackdown after London
(Barbara Surk and Hassan Ammar, Associated Press)

The autonomy of churches and religious communities
(Parliamentary Assembly, The Council of Europe)

Sunday, 1 July 2012

Settlement likely re: Mt. Soledad cross
(Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow)

Diocese must give details about past priest abuse investigations
(Tony Rizzo, Kansas City Star)

Gay marriage issue reaches Supreme Court
(Lyle Deniston, SCOTUS Blog)

Hindus shocked at video game developer adding more deities
(The Jet Online (Fiji))

Illicit bishop ordains priests in Leshan
(UCA News)

Kenya police: church attacks kill 15, wound 40
(Jason Straziuso - Associated Press)

Unlocking Nepal's political deadlock: A fresh mandate is best option — OpED
(Dr Gyan Basnet, Eurasia Review)

Saturday, 30 June 2012

Assam Congress lawmaker assaulted for converting to Islam
(IANS via New Kerala)

Berger on religious liberty in the United States
(CLR Forum)

France libel and lies in MIVILUDES' report denounced
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights WIithout Frontiers via sott.net)

Giles County School Board officially drops fight to post 10 Commandments at Narrows High
(Orlando Salinas, WDBJ7)

Martha Nussbaum and the new religious intolerance
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)

No religion is an island: Facing injustice in a community not 'our own'
(Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Huff Post Religion Blog)

Religious response to Supreme Court decisions
(PBS)

Religious-freedom violations in South Asia
(Leonard A. Leo and Katrina Landos Swett, All India Christian Council)

Terzi: Strong EU convergence on defence of religious freedom
(Farnesia - Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Italy))

The Islamists and Western blinkers – OpEd
(Aijaz Zaka Syed, Arab News)

U.S. court ruling allows religious groups to use schools for services
(Marc Santora, New York Times)

UNESCO says Nativity Church is endangered
(National Turk)

Washington's letter to Jews Highlight of Religious Freedom Exhibit (VIDEO)
(Paul Berger, The Jewish Daily Forward, Huff Post Religion)

Will reforms end Myanmar monks' spiritual strike?
(Anthony Kuhn, NPR)

Friday, 29 June 2012

10 things you need to know about religious liberty
(Sally Steenland, Huffington Post)

Activists gather to defend religious liberty
(Religion News Service, Chron.com)

Appeals court upholds church veto on membership
(Joseph A. Slobodzian, Philadelphia Inquirer )

Bulgaria faces Human Rights Court over scandalous judicial appointment
(Novinte.com)

Circumcision ruling condemned by Germany's Muslim and Jewish leaders
(Kate Connolly, The Guardian)

Diocese and bishop sued over abuse in exorcism sessions
(James Bridge, Courthouse News Service)

German court circumcision ban meets a wave of criticism
(Elisa Oddone, Reuters)

Guest Post: Recent case-law of the European Court of Human Rights and the U.S. Supreme Court on church autonomy
(Jaco van den Brink, Law, Religion & Politics)

Hertzke (ed.), The Future of Religious Freedom
(Yosefa A. Heber, CLR Forum)

Is blasphemy a crime?
(The Voice of Russia)

Kyrgyzstan: Tightened censorship from September?
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

New judges elected in respect of Sweden, the UK, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Poland
(Antoine Buyse, ECHR Blog)

Obamacare: HHS mandate redefines religion, say Christian legal experts
(Alex Murashko, The Christian Post)

PACE elects judges to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Poland and the United Kingdom
(Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe)

Paul Mahoney appointed UK's new judge in Strasbourg
(Owen Bowcott, The Guardian)

Pharmacist denies meds because religion
(Katie Kim, KRQE)

Should Chilean banks force ‘no hijab’ on Muslim women customers?
(Vanessa Rivera de La Fuente, Women News Network)

Sudanese authorities demolish two church buildings
(Compass Direct News)

The burdens and benefits of Brighton
(Laurence R. Helfer, European Society of International Law)

The Future of Blasphemy: Speaking of the Sacred in an Age of Human Rights, by Austin Dacey
(John Gray, The Globe and Mail)

They preached liberty
(Joseph Loconte, The Wall Street JournalJ)

Tunisia asserts control over mosques
(Houda Trabelsi, Magharebia via Eurasia Review)

Turkey: UN Human Rights Committee and European Court of Human Rights again judge in favour of conscientious objection
(Internacional de Resistentes a la Guerra)

Zimbabwe: Religion - an African's dilemma
(AllAfrica.com)

Thursday, 28 June 2012

All India Christian Council condemns recommendation to introduce anti-conversion law in Manipur
(E-Pao)

Azerbaijan: Not arrested, merely detained
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Be true to religious liberty, Baptists urged
(Bob Allen, ABP News)

Christian pregnancy center freed from posting abortion stand
(Newsmax)

Egypt's new president to pick woman, Christian VPs
(CNN)

Fighting for freedom at Georgetown
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review Online)

Health care’s messy morality
(Matthew J. Franck, Washington Post)

Individual mandate survives—Religious liberty challenges move forward
(Emily Hardman, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)

Iran plans to execute two for consuming alcohol
(Lisa Daftari, FoxNews)

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan urges birth control
(BBC News)

Nothing safe, nothing sacred: Syrian rebels desecrate Christian churches?
(RT)

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