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Saturday, 20 July 2013

Religious circumcision and the courts – again
(Frank Cranmer, Law and Religion UK)

Religious progressives predicted to outnumber conservatives, study finds
(Katherine Bindley, Huffington Post)

Mormons Building Bridges expands outreach, brings LGBT and LDS communities together
(Ray Parker, The Salt Lake Tribune)

German homeschooling family turns to US High Court for asylum
(Baptist Press Staff, Religion Today)

Friday, 19 July 2013

ICLARS Conference discount registration by July 19; book rooms by July 22
(International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)

ICLARS Conference discount registration by July 19; book rooms by July 22

Israel reacts strongly to new EU guidelines that may change little on the ground
(Cnann Liphshiz, JTA)

Burke’s wise counsel on religious liberty and freedom
(William F. Byrne, The Imaginative Conservation (Blog))

Evangelical groups divided on issue of military chaplains and gay marriage
(Elizabeth Flock, U.S. News)

Marijuana-infused faith challenges the definition of religion
(Mark Oppenheimer, The New York Times)

Judge recuses from marriage equality case
(Zach Ford, Think Progress)

House GOP ends federal marriage defense
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

Churches may be stripped [of artwork], CBC warns after ruling
(Ed Thorton, Church Times)

Sri Lanka: Public officials and state institutes responsible for religious and racial disharmony – OpEd
(Shenali Waduge, Eurasia Review)

Church in the Metropolis
(Peter J. Leithart, First Things (First Thoughts Blog))

Polish Jews continue Kosher slaughter despite ban
(The Jewish Press)

Poland’s Tusk trying to resolve ritual slaughter ban, diplomat tells Jewish group
(JTA)

National Organization for Marriage defends ex-gay therapy as a religious liberty
(Zack Ford, Think Progress)

Hobby lobby wins preliminary injunction
(The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)

Arab Spring quickly turning into Arab nightmare – OpEd
(Zaher Mahruqi, Eurasia Review)

Burma arrests six Buddhists for role in Muslim massacre
(Aye Nai, Democratic Voice of Burma)

Hobby Lobby wins a stay against birth control mandate
(Jonathan Stempel, Reuters)

Georgetown insurance to cover contraception
(Penny Hung, The Hoya)

Australian Jews protest rehiring of men responsible for Maccabiah tragedy
(JTA)

World abandons C. African Republic in hour of need, MSF says
(World Watch Monitor)

Islamic woman valedictorian at Israel's top medical school
(Diana Bletter, Huff Post Religion)

David Cameron on same-sex marriage: I am proud we have had the courage to change
(David Cameron, London Evening Standard)

Speech, terror, and gay rights: The First Amendment in 2013
(Jason Willick, Devil's Advocate)

Defending the religious liberty of those who defend us
(Ken Blackwell, Charisma News)

Raelians: Swastika reclamation day
(Josh Lipowsky, JTA)

Shame! Queen Elizabeth signs same-sex “marriage” into law
(Talpa brusseliensis christiana)

Homosexual “marriage” attacked in Estonia
(Paul Oldenburg, Talpa brusseliensis christiana)

Parliamentary Inquiry into Abortion on the Grounds of Disability

2 Malaysians charged over photo that riled Muslims
(Sean Yoong, Associated Press)

Facebook removes page of Hungarian Antisemitic website
(The Jewish Press)

Worth worrying about? Same-sex marriage and religious freedom
(Richard W. Garnett, Commonweal Magazine)

Orthodox Jews denied benefits for refusing to work Saturdays
(Jessica Elgot, Huffington Post UK)

State officials balk at defending laws they deem unconstitutional
(Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post)

British appeals court upholds asylum denial; returning boy to be circumcised and raised as Muslim does not violate his rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Religion & Wikipedia: The 'edit wars' rage on
(Yasmine Hafiz, Huff Post Religion)

Feds pushed to recognize gay marriages
(Michael Gormley, Associated Press, ABC News)

English bishops respond to passage of same-sex marriage, raise religious-liberty concerns
(Catholic Culture)

Islamic cultural centers being inspected in St. Petersburg
(Interfax)

Consecrated to serve Botswana
(The Anglican Diocese of Botswana)

Kyrgyz civil activists propose ban on religious training abroad
(Interfax)

Tibet Buddhist monk sentenced to ten years for demanding freedom
(AsiaNews.it)

Belarus police anticipate turnout of 50,000 pilgrims for Baptism of Rus anniversary events
(Interfax)

Uzbekistan: Pensioners owning Koran and Bibles fined over two years pension
(Forum 18 News Service)

Jewish ‘ex-gay’ group faces suit for consumer fraud
(Corrie Mitchell, The Washington Post)

Report: Americans hold different views of what “religious” means
(Lauren Markoe, The Washington Post)

Islamist cleric sentenced to 14 years in Egypt after burning Bible, calling Christian women prostitutes
(Christian Post)

First Vatican envoy to Malaysia sparks Muslim anger over 'Allah'
(Al Arabiya)

Thailand Ramadan ceasefire signed: government and Islamist guerrillas halt fighting during Holy Month
(Richard S. Ehrlich, Huffington Post Religion)

Pope Francis to encounter a church in crisis in Brazil
(Alessandro Speciale, The Washington Post)

Catholic Church promises time off purgatory to Twitter followers
(Caitlin Dewey, The Washington Post)

Hindus, other minorities worse off in Pakistan
(News Bullet)

Church of Iran members sentenced to long prison terms
(BosNewsLife Middle East Service)

Holocaust memorial approved for Ohio Statehouse
(The Wall Street Journal)

Court dismisses suit alleging Dearborn teachers were discriminated against because they were not Muslim
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pa.'s Sunday hunting ban unconstitutional, sportsmen's group claims in federal lawsuit
(Matt Miller, Penn Live)

Thursday, 18 July 2013

Algerian village ousts Salafist imam
(Fidet Mansour, Magharebia)

Radicals fail to force Ramadan changes in Tunisia
(Mona Yahia, Magharebia)

Indonesia: Aceh, increasing intolerance against Christians: 17 house churches closed
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)

Calif. board votes in student leader of BDS movement as regent
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

With Israel set to draft ultra-Orthodox Jews, those already in service face ire of their peers
(Associated Press, The Washington Post)

A bishop behind bars: Theology by handcuffs
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

The European Court of Human Rights and standards of proof in religion cases
(Monika Ambrus, Religion and Human Rights)

Israeli women’s lacrosse team vows to lay down sticks for Sabbath
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Pakistan: A history of violence
(Factsheet, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Alevi association calls on Turkish PM to 'stop defining faiths'
(Hürriyet Daily News)

France's same-sex marriage law exposes a deep social divide
(Henry Chu and Devorah Lauter, Los Angeles Times)

Pakistani Christian violently attacked for protecting his daughters
(Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)

Israel approaches Chief Rabbinate elections amid flood of legal charges and personal bitterness
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

LLM Canon Law Theses 2013
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Why religious freedom is inseparable from progress in the Middle East
(Andrew Doran, The Washington Post – On Faith)

The European Jewish Association calls for unity in fighting legislation banning kosher butchering in Poland
(European Jewish Press)

Religion and State in Israel: A modest proposal
(Moshe Koppel, The Jerusalem Post)

Civility, bullying and same-sex marriage
(Ryan T. Anderson, Heritage Foundation)

House Republicans cave on marriage fight
(Chris Geidner, Buzzfeed)

Rhode Island governor vetoes 'Choose Life' license plates
(Associated Press, Fox News)

Meet the Hasids: Getting to know the people who scared me
(Corinna Nicolaou, Salon.com)

Scientology case has judges debating the meaning of religion
(Owen Bowcott, The Guardian (UK))

Religion is just a strategy for disgraced politicians
(Sally Quinn, The News Tribune)

Brazil's changing religious landscape
(The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)

Galveston man withdraws lawsuit challenging TX marriage ban
(Anna Waugh, Dallas Voice)

Israel's Ambassador to the US, Michael Oren, hosts Ramadan Iftar dinner
(The Huffington Post, Yasmine Hafiz)

Christians under siege push for more freedom of expression in military
(Annie Z. Yu, The Washington Times)

Russian Council of Muftis loses license for Islamic TV channel
(Interfax-Religion)

Indian gov’t forces in Kashmir kill 4 villagers protesting over alleged desecration of Quran
(Alkaz Hussain, Associated Press)

First New England, then the nation: The spread of physician-assisted suicide
(Jacqueline Harvey, The Witherspoon Institute (Public Discourse Blog))

British TV channel’s call to prayer stirs controversy
(Trevor Grundy, The Washington Post)

Judge rules to stop construction on Lake Elsinore veteran monument bearing cross
(Asia Smith, Opposing Views)

Major Christian seminary allows LGBT club on campus
(Michael Allen, Opposing Views)

Russian Orthodox mission comes to the Felicianas
(George Morris, The Advocate)

Changing Myanmar means new dynamic between monks, government
(Public Radio International)

Face of religion changing in Brazil
(Gabriel Elizondo, Aljazeera)

Kenny asks orders to ‘reflect’ on refusal to pay redress
(Irish Times)

Edinburgh secularists challenge religious interference in schools
(National Secular Society)

Pastors don't want to get sued for not performing gay weddings
(MSN Now)

Call to end 'religious interference' in Scottish councils
(BBC News)

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