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Tuesday, 28 June 2016

8th Army warns against endorsements of religion after Bible complaint
(Kim Gamel, Stars and Stripes)

Europe’s human rights crisis surmountable, say participants at key conference to find ways forward
(Press Release, FRA: European Agency for Fundamental Rights)

Un-Trapped: Supreme Court strikes down Texas law limiting abortion
(Renee Cramer, The Conversation)

120 spiritual leaders of 10 religions came together for peace
(Sri Lanka Guardian)

Judge: Mississippi religious objections law creates inequality for gay marriage
(The Chicago Tribune)

Judge: Mississippi law creates inequality for gay marriage
(Emily Wagster Pettus, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

The refugee crisis: “What caused them to flee in the first place?”
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))

Hate speech raises its ugly voice as Kenya drifts into election mode
(Keith Somerville, The Conversation)

Is India ready to abolish triple talaq?
(Mariya Salim, Al Jazeera)

Genocide in Burma
(Joshua Kurlantzick, Washington Monthly)

Pakistan's transgender community cautiously welcomes marriage fatwa
(BBC News)

Lebanon fears more attacks after multiple suicide bombings
(Reuters)

Former Israeli security men present plan for Palestinians
(Aron Heller, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

New Jersey passes anti-BDS legislation
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Muslim women face threats online
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)

Supreme Court spurns abortion restrictions in two more states
(Lawrence Hurley, Reuters)

Abortion ruling could create waves of legal challenges
(Erik Eckholm, The New York Times)

Bahrain tightens the screws: Years after promising democratic reforms, Bahrain’s government is going after its critics with a new vigor.
(Emanuel Stoakes, Foreign Policy)

EVENT, 28 June 2016: It's Dangerous to Believe: Religious Freedom and Its Enemies
(Mary Eberstadt (author), Kathryn Jean Lopez, Ryan T. Anderson, The Heritage Foundation | National Review Institute, Washington, D.C.)

Monday, 27 June 2016

Iraqi forces expel Islamic State from Fallujah
(Loveday Morris and Mustafa Salim, The Washington Post)

Pope says Church should ask forgiveness from gays for past treatment
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)

A bishop in the exam room: When faith dictates health care instead of science
(Erica Hellerstein & Josh Israel, ThinkProgress)

Jiyo Parsi scheme treats infertile couples, raises hopes of rise in Parsi population
(Aishik Chanda, The New Indian Express)

Egypt: New attacks on Christians
(Raymond Ibrahim, Gatestone Institute)

Supreme Court strikes down Texas abortion clinic restrictions
(Robert Barnes and Mark Berman, The Washington Post)

Supreme Court rejects Texas abortion law as ‘undue burden’
(Jess Bravin, The Wall Street Journal)

Supreme Court invalidates Texas abortion access law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

The key to understanding the Supreme Court decision on Texas abortion restrictions
(Bobby Ross Jr., Get Religion)

Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt (Texas abortion case) - Slip Opinion
(The Supreme Court of the United States)

5 facts about abortion
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt - SCOTUSblog coverage (documents and opinions)
(SCOTUSblog)

A “view” from the Courtroom: A final bite at the apple
(Mark Walsh, SCOTUSblog)

Opinion analysis: Abortion rights reemerge strongly
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: Supreme Court disavows precedent, refusing to protect women from abortion industry abuses
(Denise Burke, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: The wages of guerrilla warfare against abortion
(MIchael Dorf, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: No more rubber-stamping state regulation of abortion
(David Gans, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: The Court once again makes the “undue-burden” test a referendum on the facts
(Mary Ziegler, SCOTUSblog)

A Roe row: The Supreme Court strikes down abortion limits in Texas
(S.M., The Economist [Democracy in America: American politics])

Gay marriage in the United States, one year later
(Marina Koren, The Atlantic)

Russia’s State Duma just approved some of the most repressive laws in post-Soviet history
(Meduza: The Real Russia, Today)

Russia passes 'Big Brother' anti-terror laws
(Alec Luhn, The Guardian)

Draconian new Russian law seen driving religious believers underground just as in Soviet times
(Paul Goble, Eurasia Review)

Russia moves toward alarming new counter-terrorism law
(T.C. Sottek, The Verge)

Scientologists say Russia suffering from anti-religious disease
(The Moscow Times)

New member churches welcomed in WCC
(World Council of Churches)

The faces of global ecumenical leaders have changed, says American woman church leader
(Kristine Greenaway, World Council of Churches)

Lebanon’s Tarek Mitri: a Christian in the public sphere of Middle East politics
(Kristine Greenaway, World Council of Churches)

Eight suicide bombers target Lebanese Christian village
(Additional reporting by Reuters TV; Writing by Tom Perry and Laila Bassam; Editing by Andrew Roche, Reuters)

More blasts in Lebanese village hit by deadly bombings
(Zeina Karam, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

The plight of Pakistan's Hindu community
(Umair Jamal, The Diplomat)

“A call, not a curse”: Churches of Eastern Europe, Central Asia combine efforts to overcome AIDS
(World Council of Churches)

Religious tracts cannot be distributed on arena plaza
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Why ‘tolerance’ for Islam is really contempt
(Tom Gilson, The Federalist)

Court lets free-speech ruling stand in evangelist trespassing case
(Catharine Huddle, Lincoln Journal Star)

When hate is promoted by religious leaders, why blame the followers?
(Raheel Raza, Gatestone Institute)

Faith-based colleges say anti-discrimination bill would infringe on their religious freedom
(Patrik McGreevy, Los Angeles Times)

N.Y. Senate passes bill banning funding for university student groups that “encourage” “hate speech”
(Eugene Volokh, The Washington Post)

Court says religious autonomy precludes adjudication of suit by torture victim
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Obama sidesteps ‘radical Islam’ in quest for alternative explanations for terrorism
(S.A. Miller, The Washington Times)

Pakistan says it has arrested three Islamic State members
(Mubasher Bukhari, Reuters)

Pakistan believes in interfaith harmony: Irfan
(Radio Pakistan)

Armenia expects wider recognition of 'genocide' after German vote, pope's remarks
(Margarita Antidze, Reuters)

Major websites move to automatically censor extremist material
(Joseph Menn, Haaretz)

Free Exercise defense to food and drug act indictment rejected
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

56 countries at 13th International Grand Prize of Holy Quran recitation
(Algerie Presse Service)

ADL audit: Anti-Semitic assaults rise dramatically across the country in 2015
(Press Release, Anti-Defamation League)

ADL issues annual audit of anti-Semitic incidents
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Presbyterian Church in America repents of ‘racial sins’
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Texas high court sides with family who let kids skip schoolwork in wait of 'rapture'
(Josh Kenworthy, Christian Science Monitor)

Mipsters: What’s all the hype about? Do hijabi, hipster-clad girls bring something new to urban space?
(Pia Henriksen, Religion Going Public)

After a six-year chill, Turkey and Israel agree to normalize relations
(Ben Rosen, The Christian Science Monitor)

Tough times, bold measures: Israel and Turkey restore relations
(The Economist)

Brexit Basics
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Top religious leaders react to Brexit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

UK Muslim group calls for reconciliation amid Brexit hate crimes surge
(Lewis Sanders IV, Deutsche Welle)

EU referendum: Statement by Archbishops of Canterbury and York
(Press Release, The Archbishop of Canterbury)

Cardinal Vincent gives statement following EU referendum
(Press Release, Diocese of Westminster)

Chief Rabbi reaction to #BrexitVote
(Chief Rabbi Mirvis, Twitter)

Pope on Brexit: 'the will of the people is to be respected'
(Vatican Radio)

Brexit: Is everything going to change in law, so that very little would change in fact?
(Jure Vidmar & Craig Eggett, EJIL: Talk!)

Anarchy in the UK: Britain is sailing into a storm with no one at the wheel
(BAGEHOT, The Economist [Bagehot's notebook: British politics])

Law and religion round-up – 26th June (So it's goodbye to the EU then ... but not immediately
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Statement on outcome of UK referendum on EU membership
(World Council of Churches)

UK EU Referendum: CEC calls for renewed commitment to unity in divisive times
(Conference of European Churches)

French politicians tell Britain 'take back your borders' after EU vote
(Henry Samuel, The Telegraph)

Five lessons we urgently need to learn from the failure of the Remain campaign
(Adam Wagner (opinion), RightsInfo)

Warning to EU from Christian charities: Don't let migrants become political pawns
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Jewish lawmaker resigns from British shadow cabinet
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Legislative blowback: One year later, states are trying to undermine the marriage equality ruling
(Maggie Garrett, Americans United)

Quartet report on Israeli-Palestinian stalemate to be released Wednesday, sources say
(Barak Ravid, Haaretz)

Bombings claimed by IS kill 25 in southern Yemen
(Ahmed Al-Haj, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

500 patrols daily for Makkah security
(Arab News)

Jerusalem gay pride parade attacker given life sentence
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

A Yak in the Fridge: Life and Work in Nepal
(John Dickinson and Family (Reviewer: Slok Gyawali), Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)

Catholic bishops in DR Congo call for elections to be held on time
(Agence France-Presse)

London church opens doors for Muslims, hosts Grand Iftar
(AhlulBayt News Agency)

Municipality near Paris declares boycott of Israeli settlement goods
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Is it possible for politics and religion to co-exist?
(Ted J. Monica, Tallahassee.com)

An end to quinquennial inspections?
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Pakistani clerics declare transgender marriages legal under Islamic law
(Mubasher Bukhari, Reuters)

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