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Monday, 6 October 2014

Dalai Lama marks Nobel anniversary as Western support wanes
(Claire Cozens, AFP, Yahoo! News)

Evangelical college's contraception lawsuit proves divisive
(Ruth Graham, Al Jazeera America)

Christian persecution feared in Indian state after church is razed
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Calif. abortion mandate deemed a "flagrant violation" of civil rights
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)

Supreme Court to decide whether inmates have religious right to grow beards
(David Masci, Pew Research Center)

Protest against same-sex marriage bill held in Estonia
(Interfax)

Worship vs performance
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Activists set up a cross in place of dismantled monument to Lenin
(Interfax)

Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Is religious freedom the answer?
(Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs - Cornerstone)

Red Mass and modernized website herald opening of Supreme Court's 2014 term
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Appeals court upholds finding that peyote was not held for religious use
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Woolworths of South Africa threatens to sue BDS over protests
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Shiite rebels are Yemen's new masters
(Hamza Hendawi, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Indonesia struggles with Islamic State recruiting
(Niniek Karmini, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Proposed anti-discrimination ordinance shelved in Spring City
(Frank Otto, The Phoenixville News)

Swastikas painted on Jewish fraternity house at Emory University hours after Yom Kippur
(Peter Jacobs, Business Insider)

God’s Rottweilers: Meet the small nonprofit law firm that’s reshaping American politics
(Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Politico Magazine)

Ban on burkas has no place in a liberal democracy like Australia
(Tim Wilson, The Australian)

Himachal Pradesh High Court bans age-old tradition of animal sacrifice
(Firstpost)

Conservatives cite Inne of the Abingtons' victory as 'religious freedom'
(David Falchek, Scranton Times-Tribune)

Religiously omnigender bathroom justice
(Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism)

College orders student to 'dumb down' religious show
(Todd Starnes, Fox News)

Franky Schaeffer & Russell Moore on religious liberty
(Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism)

A low-key term for justices: But same-sex marriage fight could liven things up
(Marcia Coyle and Tony Mauro, The National Law Journal)

Isle inmates in Arizona win class-action status for religion suit
(Audrey McAvoy, Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

Teachers sue union for censoring charitable donations
(Kelsey Harkness, The Daily Signal)

According to Supreme Court Justice Scalia, freedom of religion isn't what you think
(Matt Connolly, Policy.Mic)

Keep business out of religious liberty
(Dennis Ross, Albany Times Union)

Germans join 'War on Christmas' – pre-Christmas commercialism, that is
(Isabelle de Pommereau, The Christian Science Monitor)

Belgium: Jihad mega-trial begins
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)

EVENT, 5-7 October 2014: The 21st Annual International Law and Religion Symposium
(The International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University)

Sunday, 5 October 2014

Abortion, gay marriage, voting rights waiting in wings as Supreme Court convenes
(Tribune News Service, TH Online.com)

Indian Christian man forced to separate from Hindu wife by right-wing activists
(Anto Akkara and Jeff Thomas, World Watch Monitor)

U.S. is trying to counter ISIS’ efforts to lure alienated young Muslims
(Eric Schmitt, The New York Times)

White House sends Muslims best wishes on Eid and Hajj
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Religion and law round-up – 5th October
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

The fragility of human rights
(1 Crown Office Row, UK Human Rights Blog)

Pope Francis’s family synod forgoes flash for spiritual depth
(Elizabeth Dias, Time)

Pope opens Synod criticizing 'bad shepherds,' those who 'thwart' God
(Joshua J. McElwee, National Catholic Reporter)

An open letter to those participating in the synod on the family
(Michael E. Allsopp, National Catholic Reporter)

EVENT, 5-7 October 2014: The 21st Annual International Law and Religion Symposium
(The International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University)

Muslims in Europe concerned about names used to refer to ISIS/ ISIL
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Bankruptcy court rejects RFRA defense to fraudulent conveyance recovery
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Enforcement of Israeli child-support order does not violate Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Acknowledging the ones who stay: A new approach to studying divorce
(Hilary Towers, Institute for Family Studies)

The Yazidis are not getting enough support
(Matthew Barber, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)

Saturday, 4 October 2014

India, Christian leaders: Concern over attacks on cattle transporters
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Misereor, German Catholics mark 50 years of aid to Christians and Muslims in Indonesia
(Royani Lim, AsiaNews.it)

Tunisia kicks off milestone election race
(Al Bawaba News)

Another Strasbourg judgment which Putin may wish to ignore – Scientologists win
(David Hart QC, UK Human Rights Blog)

Tough Texas abortion law may head to Supreme Court
(David Crary and Juan Carlos Llorca, ABC News)

Increasingly, religious 'nones' support pastors preaching politics on pulpit freedom Sunday
(Ruth Moon, Christianity Today)

Fusionism, Hobby Lobby, and the Constitution
(Brandon James Smith, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)

Atheist groups fight religious statue at Georgia high school football field
(Jason Molinet, NY Daily News)

Tony Abbott steps in to have Parliament House burka restrictions overturned
(Chris Uhlmann, Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Dr. Death opens an office in London
(Daniel Blackman, Aleteia)

California bishops contest state ruling on abortion coverage
(Mark Stricherz, Aleteia)

Sweden to recognise state of Palestine
(France 24 International News)

New debate over health care subsidies
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

The Episcopal Church v. The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth
(Petition of the Day, SCOTUSblog)

Ayatollah Khamenei's message to Hajj pilgrims
(Iran Review)

Vatican holds summit on Christian persecution in Middle East
(Philip J. Victor, Al Jazeera America)

Rohingya people need our help
(Dr. Habib Siddiqui, Eurasia Review)

Attack of the Five Monarchies – OpEd
(Rannie Amiri, Counterpunch via Eurasia Review)

Europe grapples with whether to ban Muslim burqas and niqabs
(Nick Miller, The Sydney Morning Herald)

Should Britain intervene militarily to stop Islamic State?
(Nigel Biggar (author of In Defence of War), OUPblog Religion)

Registering religious groups and Article 9 ECHR: Scientology and Russia
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Pope Francis & the European Parliament: launching the next five years
(Father Patrick H. Daly, General Secretary COMECE, europeinfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)

The twice-betrayed Christians of Ma'aloula – OpEd
(Franklin Lamb, Eurasia Review)

The few brave men of Turkey
(Burak Bekdil, Gatestone Institute)

Pastor's claim of wrongful termination is dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Friday, 3 October 2014

Cardinal Kasper: Adultery language is offensive, insulting
(Catholic News Agency)

Couples converting from civil partnerships will get backdated marriage certificates
(Nick Duffy, Pink News)

Statement by the President on Hajj and Eid al-Adha
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)

Unusual collaboration grows between Scientologists and Nation of Islam amid turmoil in Ferguson
(Josephy Leahy, St. Louis Public Radio)

Part Jewish Frenchman among National Front’s first-ever senators
(JTA)

Combating intolerance, negative stereotyping, stigmatization and discrimination based on religion or belief
(Report on France OSCE 2014)

Hong Kong democracy protests carry a Christian mission for some
(Ned Levin, The Wall Street Journal)

October 5 is 7th Annual Pulpit Freedom Sunday
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Headscarf ban turns France’s Muslim women towards homeworking
(Faiza Zerouala, The Guardian)

Catholic leaders meet for historic discussion of marriage, family issues
(Tierney Sneed, US News & World Report)

Marriage experts send open letter to Pope, Synod members
(Zenit: The world seen from Rome)

Supreme Court adds discrimination cases to its docket
(Brent Kendall, The Wall Street Journal)

Court to consider prison beard ban: In Plain English
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

Jewish groups file brief in Muslim woman’s headscarf appeal to Supremes
(JTA)

Religious symbols in classroom stir dispute in Peoria schools
(Mary Beth Faller, Arizona Central)

Suicide rates among Jewish teens drop as religious devotion grows, study finds
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Where have all the Irish priests gone?
(Aleteia)

Senate's Hobby Lobby bill would limit faith
(Samuel J. Aquila, Archbishop of the Catholic diocese of Denver, Denver Post)

Isis video shows murder of British hostage Alan Henning
(Ian Cobain, Sandra Laville and Raya Jalabi, The Guardian)

Teachers' discrimination suit against archdiocese survives
(P.J. D'Annunzio, The Legal Intelligencer)

In historic homeland, Pakistan's Sikhs live under constant threat
(Syed Raza Hassan, Reuters)

Pope faces hopes, risks at family conference
(Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Canonical church captured in western Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)

UGCC Bishop Dziurakh: Despite efforts of Moscow Patriarchate, ecumenical dialogue goes forward
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

World must condemn harassment of Orthodox Christians in Ukraine - Russian Church
(Interfax-Religion)

Patriarch Bartholomew is asked to save the Ukrainian Church from the ‘Russian world’
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Ireland to vote on removal of blasphemy law last used in 1855
(Padraic Halpin, Reuters)

Vatican synod on family highlights discord between church teachings and U.S. Catholics’ views
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center)

Post-Hobby Lobby questions remain about the scope of corporate religious freedom
(Richard Oliver | Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, JD Supra Business Advisor)

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