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Thursday, 13 November 2014

Op-Ed: Centralizing authority on conversions hurts converts
(Avi Weiss and Marc Angel, JTA)

Federal judge overturns Michigan law limiting same-sex partner benefits
(Addison Morris, Jurist)

UN rights expert: enough evidence to hold North Korea accountable for human rights violations
(Elizabeth LaForgia, Jurist)

Apply now: Academic courses at Ecumenical Institute in Bossey [deadline November 30]
(World Council of Churches)

Is economic liberty necessary for religious liberty?
(Napp Nazworth, The Christian Post)

Intolerance and Discrimination based on Religion or Belief 2014 Newsletters
(Willy Fautré et al., Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Human Rights in the World Newsletters
(Willy Fautré et al., Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Karen Armstrong on the connections between religion and violence
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

How the First World War changed religion and challenges Christianity
(Simon Barrow, Ekklesia)

Racism and Xenophobia in October 2014
(Sova Center for Information and Analysis)

The Lebanese model: a multi-religious solution for Syria and Iraq?
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)

One in 20 Brits has suffered religious hate crime
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today - Society)

Stop injecting religion into our secular schools
(Haaretz)

'Jesus is not allowed in school' message challenged in Calif. court; will candy canes with Christian message be allowed?
(Alex Murashko, The Christian Post)

Injunction filed asking courts to allow West Covina student to give out religious candy canes
(Jason Henry, San Gabriel Valley Tribune)

Catholics, Muslims together condemn terrorist acts in name of religion
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)

Don't forget Iraq's displaced
(Erin Evers, Human Rights Watch)

New spree of anti-Semitic attacks in France
(Yair Rosenberg, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Report: Anti-Semitism on the rise in Australia
(Zachary Schrieber, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Federal court grants preliminary injunction in Pastor Chuck Swindoll and insight for Living Ministries' lawsuit challenging the HHS abortion mandate
(PR Newswire)

One 'offended' parent = cancellation of secular high school concert
(Michael F. Haverluck, One News Now)

Religious freedom battle 'daunting,' but bishops urged to persist
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

Today's must-read faith and family stories 2014.11.13
(Herb Scribner, Deseret News National Edition)

Tennessee Baptist Convention elects its first African-American leader
(Stephanie Samuel, The Christian Post)

Jailed Egyptian convert awaits appeal hearing
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)

Christian fighters defiantly hoist their flag above town recaptured from ISIS
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)

Pastor offers gift cards in exchange for guns: 'One gun off the street could be a life saved'
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)

Court rejects atheists’ demand to end tax-exempt clergy housing
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

Texas religious freedom bill introduced
(Washington Blade)

District Court strikes down South Carolina same-sex marriage ban; 8-day stay granted
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Did two Justices vote to hear same-sex marriage cases?
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

South Carolina's gay marriage ban struck down in federal court
(Amanda Holpuch, The Guardian)

Supreme Court lifts stay on same-sex marriages in Kansas
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Judge rules that gays have constitutional right to marry in SC
(John Monk, The State)

Religious conservatives oppose proposal to ban transgender discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Sikh student sues for accommodation to enlist in ROTC
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

The Jewish divide over Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site
(Emily Harris, NPR)

Germany warns anti-semitism rising on back of Middle East violence
(Stephen Brown, Reuters)

Obama heads to Burma, where ethnic problems percolate
(Thomas Maresca, USA Today)

West Bank mosque is damaged in suspected arson attack
(Joshua Mitnick, The Wall Street Journal)

Viewing God as masculine impacts one’s view of gay marriage
(Tom Jacobs, Pacific Standard)

Backlash over Montgomery decision to strip Christmas from school calendar
(Donna St. George, The Washington Post)

Montgomery Co. schools scrap religious names from calendar
(CBS Baltimore)

Religion and morality in Latin America
(PewResearch Religion & Public Life Project)

Religion in Latin America: Widespread change in a historically Catholic region
(PewResearch Religion & Public Life Project)

More victims of Pakistan’s draconian blasphemy laws
(Faith McDonnell and Dr. Darara Gubo, Front Page Magazine)

ADF's top 10 important European cases
(Roger Kiska, Senior Counsel, Europe, Alliance Defending Freedom)

Air Force updates religious expression rules
(Stephen Losey, Air Force Times)

Religious freedom: going global?
(Lindsay Steele, Mission Network News)

Pope Francis to build showers for homeless in St. Peter’s Square
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

Controversial head scarf issue heads to the Supreme Court
(Tiffany Robertson, JD Supra)

Religious accommodations in the workplace: Appeals court sides with employee
(Martin J. Regimbal, HR BLR)

Texas lawmaker wants constitutional ‘license to discriminate’ against LGBT workers and customers
(Alan Pyke, Think Progress)

Transgender discrimination ban prevails in Miami-Dade panel, despite opposition
(Patricia Mazzei, Miami Herald)

ACLU, United Sikhs file suit after U.S. Army bars sikh student from ROTC due to beard, unshorn hair, and turban
(ACLU)

No longer silent and incremental: the pro-life path to overturning Roe v. Wade
(Sara Israelsen-Hartley, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)

South Florida religious leaders back school vouchers
(Christina Veiga, Miami Herald)

Jerusalem’s holy sites: Temple madness
(The Economist)

The Menorah principle and the unravelling of public religiosity
(Eugene Kontorovich, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Colleges: A Christian should lead Christians (opinion)
(Tom Krattenmaker, Religion News Service)

A Turkish quest to "liberate" Jerusalem
(Burak Bekdil, Gatestone Institute)

Catholic Church losing ground in Latin America
(Alan Gomez, Religion News Service)

Latin America: Why thousands of Catholics are defecting to evangelical churches
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

School calendar change sparks holy war
(Julie Wiener, JTA Telegraph)

Are Democrats losing the Jews?
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Evangelicals and the LGBT community: What does the future hold?
(Andrew T. Walker, Public Discourse)

Canadian law requiring wearing of motorcycle helmets irks Sikhs
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)

US school bans praying and talking about Jesus during free time
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)

Kuwaiti cartoonist battles IS death threats, US bigots
(Julian Pecquet, Al-Monitor: Congress Pulse)

Kyrgyzstan: "A fabricated case" states Judge, but women still under arrest
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18)

Why Christian groups lead the biggest relief efforts in the world
(Christopher Hale, Faith Street: On Faith)

Switzerland: Court backs right for schoolgirl to wear scarf
(Malcolm Curtis, The Local)

Turkey’s top cleric to discuss Islamophobia with Pope Francis
(Hürriyet Daily News)

Speedier process for clergy abuse appeals in the Roman Catholic Church
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Church alarm at ‘danger’ of Government's ‘British values’ test in wake of Trojan Horse row
(John Bingham, The Telegraph)

EVENT, 13-14 November 2014: Love and Forgiveness in Governance
(Copley Formal Lounge, Georgetown University, Berkley Center for Religion Peace and World Affairs)

EVENT, 13 November 2014: Is religion getting us to LGBTQ equality?
(LGBT Resource Center, USC Student Affairs, University of Southern California)

Wednesday, 12 November 2014

Catalonia in Spain? The future ahead
(Javier García Oliva, UK Constitutional Law Association)

Russian Orthodox Church: Christian suffering in Middle East caused by West indifference
(Interfax-Religion)

Clamping down on religion: An NRO interview
(Kathryn Jean Lopez / Ed Clancy, National Review Online)

Idea of world caliphate is doomed to collapse - Russian MP
(Interfax-Religion)

*Interstellar* isn't about religion (and also it is totally about religion)
(Megan Garber, The Atlantic)

Interstellar religion? How religion shapes views of space exploration
(Tobin Grant, RNS Blog: Corner of Church and State)

Turkey to offer course on Christianity at schools
(Cath Martin, Christian Today World)

Supreme Court allows same-sex marriages to proceed in Kansas, lifting stay
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)

ACLU: Gay Kansas couples harmed by marriage delay
(John Hanna, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Obama heads to Myanmar as ethnic and religious tensions percolate
(Thomas Maresca, Religion News Service)

Rastafarian sues NJ police, says he was searched for pot because of his dreadlocks
(Seth Augenstein, Religion News Service)

Mayor bans abortion clinics from his city because he wants to avoid ‘drama'
(Tara Culp-Ressler, Mint Press News)

Muslim leaders concerned about worsening Australian sectarian tensions
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)

Why France should worry about its jihadist hopefuls
(Sophie Claudet, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Druze women empowered through sports
(Yuval Avivi, trans. Danny Wool, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Supreme Court lifts hold on gay marriage in Kansas
(Al Jazeera)

Arson attacks on mosque, synagogue inflame Israeli-Palestinian tensions
(Al Jazeera)

New Hampshire elections volunteer claims she was fired for saying 'God bless you'
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)

Catholic bishops back Obama acting alone on immigration
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Patriarch Kirill urges authorities to maximally consider interests of Russian people
(Interfax-Religion)

Christians flee to Jordan for refuge from ISIS
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Kuwait issues three-volume book on unified Islamic endowment law
(Kuwait News Agency)

School tells kids: Stop praying to Jesus, singing ‘Amazing Grace’
(Todd Starnes, Charisma News)

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