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Friday, 10 October 2014

Symposium: Going gentle into that good night?
(John Neiman, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: Judge Sutton’s trilemma
(Dale Carpenter, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: Why the Nine couldn’t count to four
(Scott Michelman, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: No going back for this Bickelian Court
(Neil Siegel, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: The Supreme Court’s opt out means more marriage equality but continuing harms to gay and lesbian couples
(Suzanne Goldberg, SCOTUSblog)

Thursday, 9 October 2014

“What’s at stake in Kobani: Islamic State and Kobani calculations”
(Carl Drott, Syria Comment - Joshua Landis)

Bahraini activist faces trial over tweets
(Al Bawaba News)

Debate continues over religion in Licking Valley schools
(Jeff Valin, 10 Central Ohio's News Leader)

Egypt's army: Between victory and defeat
(Dr. Amira Abo el-Fetouh, Middle East Monitor)

Franciscan priest, four Christians freed by Islamist militants in Syria
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Islamic State fighters are threatening to overrun Iraq’s Anbar province
(Erin Cunningham, The Washington Post)

Monastic silence and a visual dialogue
(Abbie Reese, OUPblog Religion)

Peter Luger sued by Muslim waiter who claims he was target of hate-filled taunts and trickery
(John Marzulli, New York Daily News)

Rights group asks for probe into shooting range that refuses to cater to Muslims
(Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News)

Scenes from Sukkot in Brooklyn
(The New York Times: City Room)

Seven witchcraft suspects burned to death in Tanzania
(AFP, Yahoo! News)

The Battle for Kobani
(Alan Taylor, In Focus, The Atlantic)

Russian parliament passes government's law on religious meetings
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News, Stetson University)

Duma simplifies legalization of new religious movements in Russia on first reading
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News, Stetson University)

Bakery owners face bankruptcy after a discrimination finding
(Carolyn Moynihan, Conjugality: A Blog on the Future of Marriage)

Why the Gaza war looked different on Israeli TV than it did on CNN
(Yonit Levi and Udi Segal, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

What's at stake in Kobani: Islamic State and Kobani calculations
(Carl Drott, Syria Comment)

Dispatches: A shocking display of homophobia by Kyrgyz Parliament
(Mihra Rittmann, Human Rights Watch)

Dispatches: The Ukraine ceasefire that wasn't
(Ole Solvang, Human Rights Watch)

Religious pluralism is a fact (not a belief system)
(Fred Clark, Patheos Blog: Slacktivist)

Debate over religious freedom looms ahead
(Kristine Guerra, Indy Star)

Marriage and society: Getting to the heart of the matter
(Collette Caprara, The Daily Signal)

The profound injustice of Judge Posner on marriage
(John Finnis, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)

Meeting current international religious freedom and national security concerns
(Tad Stahnke, Human Rights First, Testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security)

#Holocaust selfies are inevitable if you turn solemn sites into tourist traps
(Lilit Marcus, The Guardian)

Synod14: Summary of 7th General Congregation: On the Indissolubility of Marriage, Communion, Cohabitation and Responsible Parenthood
(Zenit: The world seen from Rome)

Trinity Western grad 'attacked' for being Christian in job rejection
(Natalie Clancy, CBC News | British Columbia)

Black atheists say their concerns have been overlooked for too long
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

As UN targeted by Islamists in Mali, Bishops urge renewed peace efforts
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)

KY officials seek nondiscrimination assurances from creationist park
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Is it fair to judge a religion by their extremists?
(JJ Feinauer, Deseret National News)

Nepal: Institutionalizing human rights - OpEd
(Dr. Gyan Basnet, Eurasia Review)

Dashain and Deepawali could "bankrupt" Nepal
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)

Vietnamese Catholic intellectual treated like "a slave" in prison
(AsiaNews.it)

Top Vatican cardinal wants streamlined annulments
(Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Madhya Pradesh: anti-Christian violence "unacceptable"
(AsiaNews.it)

North Cotabato: Grenade attack on Protestant church, two dead and three wounded
(AsiaNews.it)

Secularist conference to discuss rise of religious right
(Mark Tran, The Guardian)

Whirlwind ascent of Houthi rebels in Yemen brings relief and trepidation
(Shuaib Almosawa and Kareem Fahim, The New York Times)

Catholic Church opposes latest version of HHS birth control mandate
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Settlement on HHS Mandate breaks new ground for religious freedom
(The Cardinal Newman Society)

Catholic clergy appeal to Supreme Court to protect seal of confession
(John Trigilio Jr., Religion News Services)

Machinegun, heavy weapons fire rock Central African Republic capital
(Reuters)

Church of England’s gay marriage split is as entrenched as ever
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)

First Monday surprise on same-sex marriage: In plain English
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

Summary of responses: On the Supreme Court’s denial of the marriage petitions
(Dale Carpenter, The Volokh Conspiracy)

The jealous god of tolerance: Gay rights trump religious rights again?
(John Stonestreet, The Christian Post Opinion)

Gay marriage opponents set to continue court battle
(Erik Eckholm, The New York Times)

Wednesday, 8 October 2014

Expansion of religious extremism in Russia continues through "personnel" training in foreign Islamic centers - Russian Prosecutor General's Office
(Interfax-Religion)

Holy See's Statement to the U.N. in Geneva at the General Debate of the 65th Session of the Executive Committee of UNHCR
(Zenit: The world seen from Rome)

Indian Hindu nationalists say 'no' to alliance with radical Sri Lankan Buddhists
(UCA News)

Nepal: Constitution drafting getting delayed: Update no. 31
(Dr. S. Chandrasekharan, South Asia Analysis Group)

Supreme Court Justice Kennedy halts gay marriage licenses in Idaho (+video)
(Warren Richey, The Christian Science Monitor)

To defeat ISIS we need to stop shooting in the dark and understand political Islam
(Nasim Ahmed, Middle East Monitor)

You’re so vain — I bet you think this Hajj is about you!
(Al Bawaba News)

Supreme Court on marriage; Synod on family
(Sheila Liaugminas, MercatorNet)

9th Circuit's invalidation of Idaho and Nevada same-sex marriage bans temporarily stayed by Justice Kennedy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Alternative rationales for striking down laws banning same-sex marriage in the Ninth Circuit opinions
(Ilya Somin, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Idaho same-sex marriages delayed (UPDATE)
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

Recent statistics on abortion: UK
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Two more same-sex marriage bans fall (UPDATED)
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

Gay marriage opponents pick new battleground of religious freedom
(Fiona Ortiz, Reuters)

The defense of marriage isn’t over
(Ryan T. Anderson, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)

Colorado Supreme Court, Suthers clear way for same-sex licenses
(Jordan Steffen and Jesse Paul, The Denver Post)

Justice Kennedy blocks gay marriage ruling
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Religious rights unclear after Supreme Court punts on same-sex marriage cases
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)

What the Supreme Court decision means for gay marriage
(David Masci, Pew Research Center: Fact-tank)

Muslim youth summit told female genital mutilation is not part of Islam
(Alexandra Topping, The Guardian)

Mormons accept SCOTUS same-sex marriage decision while Catholic Church, GOP groups may continue to fight
(Zoe Mintz, International Business Times)

In the 20 states where gay marriage bans remain, what's next?
(Brad Heath, USA Today)

The end of the legal struggle over same-sex marriage may now be sight
(Ilya Somin, The Volokh Conspiracy)

9th Circuit: Same-sex marriage bans in Idaho and Nevada are unconstitutional
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

What follows same-sex marriage?
(Mark Gordon, Aleteia)

'Decisive' role of marriage in focus as Court declines cases
(Catholic News Agency)

In Ukraine, "people are praying and weeping—because they feel utterly helpless" (despite the truce)
(Reinhard Backes, Catholic News Agency)

Iraq has done "absolutely nothing" for displaced Christians
(Catholic News Agency)

ISIS captures three districts of Syrian border town, continues advance
(Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today)

Athens: The last European capital without a mosque abandoning its 300,000 Muslims
(Carmen Russell-Sluchansky, Mint Press News)

Kazakhstan: Fourteenth known 2014 short-term prison term
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

With persecution now ended, Protestants in Russia sputter along, pastor says
(Heidi Hall, Religion News Service)

Madhya Pradesh, the government cancels a Christian gathering for disturbing the peace
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Fourth Plenum to save Communist Party of China from its contradictions
(Bernardo Cervellera, AsiaNews.it)

European court says violence against Jehovah's Witnesses violates Human Rights Convention
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Bangladeshi cabinet minister fired over anti-hajj remarks
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Kurds clash with Salafis in Hamburg, 14 injured
(The Associated Press)

Oman sets up central sharia board in move to boost Islamic finance
(Bernardo Vizcaino, Reuters)

Morocco releases British tourist jailed for ‘homosexual acts’
(Patrick Strudwick, The Guardian)

Myanmar blockades Rohingya, tries to erase name
(Robin McDowell, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Australian PM seeks to block visas for 'hate preachers'
(BBC News)

Referendum may soon abolish Ireland’s blasphemy laws
(Jane Walsh, Irish Central)

U.S. Supreme Court hears prisoner’s religious liberty case
(Press Release, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)

Supreme Court hears oral arguments in prison beard case; full transcript available
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Justices say case of inmate’s beard may not be the best test of religious liberty
(Adam Liptak, The New York Times)

Beard ban under fire: In plain English
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

In Holt argument, Court questioned the limits of prison grooming standards
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

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