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Wednesday, 25 June 2014

Court decides dispute over proceeds from sale of church property
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Indiana attorney general files for emergency motion for stay on same-sex marriage ruling
(WTHR Channel 13)

Jury service does not violate free exercise rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Rizza Cadillac to pay $100K to three Arab Muslim employees under federal consent decree
(Press Release, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

Statement on 10th Circuit ruling on Kitchen v. Herbert
(Press Release, Office of the Attorney General)

Supreme Court rejects right to die appeals
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)

U.S. magistrate judge issues mixed report “dripping with hostility to religion” in case involving the censorship of a Christian teacher
(Press Release, American Freedom Law Center)

White House hosts global LGBT human rights forum
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Zoning denial for Catholic school athletic field lighting violates RLUIPA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Meriam Ibrahim: Sudanese woman freed from apostasy death sentence is re-arrested at airport... and then released again
(Mohamed Osman, The Independent)

Sudan summons U.S., South Sudan envoys in row over Christian convert
(Maaz Alnugomi, Reuters)

Anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lanka: Need to curb hardline Buddhists - analysis
(Archana Arul, Eurasia Review)

Savannakhet: Village chief denies Christian funeral and burial to new convert
(AsiaNews.it)

Nepal appeals to religious leaders to freed 60,000 nationals trapped in Iraq
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)

Hong Kong's referendum "is a cry for freedom by the people that Beijing cannot ignore"
(AsiaNews.it)

Pope's mafia "excommunication" a call to conversion, priests explain
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)

Chaldean priest says little hope for Christians in Iraq
(Kate Veik, Catholic News Agency)

Sudanese woman sentenced to death re-arrested
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

Why the Arab world is lost in an emotional Nakba, and how we keep it there
(Richard Landes, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Provincial Canadian court orders Google to block sites worldwide, in trade dispute
(Denyse O'Leary, Connecting)

Making gay okay--and criticising it taboo
(Robert R. Reilly and Alvino-Mario Fantini, MercatorNet)

Can democracy be Christian? Reflections on how to (not) be a political theologian
(Stanley Hauerwas, ABC: Religion and Ethics)

The fall of Mosul
(Phillip Jenkins, Aleteia)

What’s the track record when atheists wield political power?
(Richard Ostling, Patheos Blog: Religion Q&A)

Berlin House of One: The first church-mosque-synagogue?
(Stephen Evans, BBC)

The pope's divisions
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])

Hindu mantras open Maryland's Laurel City Council 1st time in 144 years
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Religious exemption hotly debated in the White House
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

How to tell the difference between the PCA and PCUSA
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)

Russian-Chinese cultural center could open around oldest Orthodox church in China
(Interfax-Religion)

Putin dismisses problems of Russian sexual minorities as "virtual"
(Interfax-Religion)

It's important to recognise the impact Islamism is having in the UK
(The Guardian)

U.S. appeals court backs gay marriage in conservative Utah
(Daniel Wallis, Reuters)

Meanwhile, Tenth Circuit strikes down Utah’s same-sex marriage ban
(Will Baude, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Thoughts on today’s Tenth Circuit decision striking down Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage
(Ilya Somin, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Britain bans Saudi cleric who supports jihad in Syria
(Angus McDowall, Reuters)

Gay marriage ban in Indiana struck down by federal judge
(Brownie Marie, Christian Today)

What to expect if Hobby Lobby wins religious freedom case
(Forbes)

Federal court strikes down Indiana ban on same-sex marriages
(Dale Carpenter, The Volokh Conspiracy)

First Amendment Center survey results as to corporate religious freedom rights
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Bombing at Nigerian college, Boko Haram suspected
(Brownie Marie, Christian Today)

Even atheists oppose school labeling transexual kids 'xe,' 'xem and 'xyr'
(Charisma News)

North Korea deserves unrelenting attention for unrelenting atrocities
(Rikki Elizabeth Stinnette, WORLD News Service)

Bishop: government corruption a factor in Boko Haram violence
(Carl Bunderson and Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

Discrimination order sparks fears over religious liberty
(Catholic News Agency)

Nigerian man 'beaten to a pulp, choked,' then committed to psychiatric ward for Atheism
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)

The Economist accuses Pope Francis of ‘following Lenin’
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

Detained on charges of forgery, Meriam Ibrahim is not yet free
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Federal judge: Let passengers challenge no-fly list designation
(Omar Sacirbey, Religion News Service)

Christian father commits suicide after ISIS members rape wife and daughter in front of him because he couldn't pay poll tax
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)

Nazi SS guard case raises question: Is there an age limit on justice?
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)

Italian priest charged with soliciting sexual favors from desperate refugees
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

Mike Huckabee to Host International Tour for Evangelical Pastors From Early Primary States
(Jessica Martinez, The Christian Post)

North Alabama's only abortion clinic to close Friday
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)

Christian College delays decision on allowing faculty to be in same-sex relationships
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post)

White House invites pastor of Southern Baptist Church Who broke ranks on homosexuality to reception with president
(Morgan Lee, The Christian Post)

Malaysia refuses Church right to appeal ban on use of ‘Allah’
(Matt George, World Watch Monitor)

Same-sex marriage in the Presbyterian church could hurt their seminaries
(Anthea Bulert, The Guardian)

Beyond cure? Europe euthanasia rulings sear debate
(Lori Hinnant, The Associated Press)

Christian Heathrow worker takes unfair dismissal claim to court of appeal
(The Guardian)

India's holy men to advise on Modi's Ganges river cleanup
(Krishna N Das, Reuters)

Web preaches jihad to China's Muslim Uighurs
(Jeremy Page and Ned Levin, The Wall Street Journal)

Influential cleric calls for Sunni-Shi'ite dialogue in Iraq
(Amena Bakr, Reuters)

For same-sex marriage pioneer, a very busy year
(Richard Wolf, USA Today)

Call for justice interrupts former Nazi guard's quiet life in U.S.
(Matt Pearce and Maya Srikrishnan, Los Angeles Times)

Seattle archdiocese settles abuse lawsuits for $12 million
(Paige Cornwell, The Seattle Times)

Methodists reinstate pastor, deepening church’s rift over gays
(Michael Paulson, The New York Times)

French ban on religious dress in schools not a bar to deportation to France
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Tuesday, 24 June 2014

'Maybe we live, maybe we die': Syrian children used as suicide bombers
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

3rd Circuit: No statute of limitations for establishment clause challenge to still-existing display
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

American Atheists asked by court to explain why it finds Ground Zero Cross 'offensive, repugnant'
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Anti-vaccination movement strikes out in Bible Belt states
(Amy Maxmen, Newsweek)

Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin believes confrontation of civilizations inevitable
(Interfax-Religion)

Catholic priest, Father Brian Lucas, kept no record of abuse talks, royal commission hears
(Dan Box, The Australian)

China opens 24 police stations in monasteries in Labrang
(AsiaNews.it)

Church urges to bring up Russian youth as nation of winners, not victims
(Interfax)

Egyptian Christian jailed for contempt of religion
(Haggag Salama, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Excommunicated Mormon activist says she has no plans to change
(Whitney Evans, Deseret News)

Fact sheet: Advancing the human rights of LGBT persons globally
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)

For Indian bishop, a uniform civil code should not be used to impose Hinduism on minorities
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Hillary Clinton on gay marriage: did she evolve, or just wait?
(Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet)

Hillary's evenhandedness means blaming Israel for failed peace talks
(Noah Pollak, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

IBLP: Gothard was inappropriate, not criminal
(Warren Cole Smith, WORLD News Service)

Israel debates assisted suicide
(Michael Cook, BioEdge)

Malaysian court to Christians: You can't say 'Allah'
(Sophie Brown, CNN World)

Marriage of clergy to same-sex partners
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Measles outbreak in Ohio leads Amish to reconsider vaccines
(Sarah Jane Tribble, NPR)

Meriam is free, but countless Christian women are not
(Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet)

Methodist pastor defrocked for holding gay marriage wins church appeal
(The Guardian)

Muslim voices screened
(Sofiya Ballin, The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Opt-out organ donation: UK
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Preacher challenges Pakistani leaders
(Salman Masood, The New York Times)

Putin backs Iraq govt's efforts to counter Islamists in talks with Obama
(Interfax-Religion)

Religious freedom associated with stronger global competitiveness
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

Scottish rights group back right to die for children
(Michael Cook, BioEdge)

Sri Lanka to Muslim countries: We'll protect our Islamic community
(Melani Manel Perera, AsiaNews.it)

Sudan death row woman Meriam Ibrahim 'detained'
(BBC News)

Sudan re-arrests Christian woman one day after release from death row
(Yasmine Saleh, Reuters)

Sudanese 'apostasy' woman detained at airport following release
(Al Jazeera America)

The new campaign to end gay conversion therapy
(Katy Steinmetz, TIME)

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