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Tuesday, 3 July 2018

Christian group apologizes to LGBTQ community at Filipino pride march
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

Jeff Woodke’s wife releases third video plea for news of her husband
(World Watch Monitor)

Reconciliation with Ethiopia could improve human rights in Eritrea – UN rapporteur
(World Watch Monitor)

Vatican City still has no policy to fight clergy sex abuse
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

US travel ban leaves far-flung Syrian family in limbo
(Sarah El Deeb, Religion News Service)

Nigeria's Plateau state clashes leave 86 dead
(BBC News)

Nigeria: 86 dead in reprisal attack by Muslim herders on Christian farmers
(Agence France-Presse, South China Morning Post)

Farmer-Fulani herdsmen clashes eclipse Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria
(Awo Awokoya, Geopolitical Monitor)

When reporting on bitter fighting in central Nigeria, the truth is (somewhere) out there
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

EVENT, 3 July 2018: Interfaith practice: current research and future action
(World Congress of Faiths, Allia Future Business Centre, Peterborough UK)

Rainforest thoughts: Considering news coverage of Orthodox ecumenical patriarch's views on climate
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Monday, 2 July 2018

Four questions and answers about the draft law
(Uri Regev, Jerusalem Post)

Russia: Two years' jail to punish religious study meetings
(Forum 18 News Service)

Bari archbishop says papal visit will focus on ecumenism
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Muslim Arabs find warm welcome in Russia’s remote Grozny
(Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press)

Outrage after Malaysian man marries 11-year-old Thai girl
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)

Malaysia investigates marriage of man to 11-year-old girl
(Eileen Ng, Associated Press)

Reggae’s sacred roots and call to protest injustice
(David W. Stowe, The Conversation)

Kill the Indian in the child
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

Islamic State claims attack on Sikhs, Hindus in Afghanistan
(Associated Press)

Mexico City elects first Jewish mayor
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Bishops travel to US-Mexico border to witness human ‘triage’
(Pablo Kay, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Sunday, 1 July 2018

Law and religion round-up – 1st July (a brief roundup of an extraordinary week)
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Saturday, 30 June 2018

Temporary injunction issued against Quebec's anti-niqab law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Friday, 29 June 2018

Canadian top court renders ‘severe blow’ to religious freedom in Trinity Western Case
(Celeste McGovern, National Catholic Register)

Trinity Western University, Charter Values and Charter Rights
(Barry W. Bussey, iPolitics)

Thursday, 28 June 2018

Second Canadian judge suspends Quebec niqab ban
(Reuters)

Quebec judge once again suspends application of province's face-covering law
(The Canadian Press)

The Templeton Prize: A Muslim monarch and religious diplomat wins some overdue recognition
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

King of Jordan wins Templeton Prize for fostering Muslim cooperation
(Chris Herlinger, Religion News Service)

Thailand's junta renews corruption crackdown on Buddhist monks
(Hannah Ellis-Petersen, The Guardian)

‘What faith groups do is offer hope in a hopeless situation’
(Stephen Bates, The Guardian)

Macron meets Pope Francis for twice as long as Trump
(Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian)

House arrest for polygamy pair after Canada's first convictions in a century
(Reuters, The Guardian)

Spirit of mythical princess looms over Thai cave crisis
(Tassanee Vejpongsa and Kaweewit Kaewjinda, Religion News Service)

2 more Chilean bishops are out as Pope Francis cleans house
(Frances D'Emilio, Religion News Service)

Religion to the rescue: Zuma and religious leaders' romance kicks into high gear
(Huffington Post)

Healthy religious relationships necessary to protect human rights: Chinese expert
(Xinhua)

Secularism and religious tolerance: Singapore vs Australia
(Jean Seah, MercatorNet)

Samoa’s church and state settle tax stoush
(Taxation News & Information)

Legitimization of Ukrainian schism could cause bloodshed - Moscow Patriarchate
(Interfax-Religion)

Ivory Coast bishops link flood damage with corruption, underdevelopment
(Catholic News Service)

Pakistan’s new cardinal says climate in Islamic nation dictates restraint
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Prince William tours Jerusalem on final day of royal visit
(Aron Heller, Associated Press)

UK jury convicts nurse who used Voodoo in trafficking women
(Associated Press)

Two FLDS leaders convicted of polygamy in Canada
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

2 men guilty of polygamy given get house arrest in Canada
(Associated Press)

Key government minister drops support for egalitarian prayer section at Western Wall
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Israeli Minister: My conscience won't let me approve mixed-gender prayer at Western Wall
(Chaim Levinson, Haaretz)

In Israel, new legal hurdles to egalitarian prayer space at Western Wall
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

After election boost, Turkey's Erdogan may reward nationalists with cabinet jobs: Sources
(Orhan Coskun, US News and World Report)

Lutheran World Federation and Islamic Relief Worldwide to publish manual on faith-sensitive humanitarian action
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Wednesday, 27 June 2018

Extremists emboldened as religious intolerance rises in India's Tamil Nadu state
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))

Uzbekistan: Freed from punishment, but property ordered destroyed
(Forum 18 News Service)

Russian MP Gavrilov elected president of General Assembly of Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy
(Interfax-Religion)

Unity among shamans unlikely
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Patriarch Kirill brings Ukrainian problem to attention of international political event
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Belgian model poses nude in front of Western Wall plaza
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Taiwan's LGBTQ still struggling for equal marriage rights
(William Yang, Deutsche Welle)

El Al vows to end practice of moving women to accommodate ultra-Orthodox
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

In Rome, Nicaraguan bishops will inform pope of worsening crisis
(Catholic News Agency)

After calling God ‘stupid,’ Duterte seeks collaboration with bishops
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)

Mexican cardinal calls separating families at border ‘unthinkable’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Israel expands Rabbinical Court divorce jurisdiction to cover recalcitrant non-Israeli husbands
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Law for rabbinical courts to hear non-Israeli divorce cases approved
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)

Tuesday, 26 June 2018

Freedom of religion versus equal rights is tested in the Canadian and US Supreme Courts
(Damien Carrick (podcast with Iain Benson), ABC News Australia)

Presidential power: The justices vote 5-4 to uphold Donald Trump’s travel ban
(S.M., The Economist [Democracy in America])

Monday, 25 June 2018

Religious photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Turkey's Erdogan victorious in election that grants him unprecedented power
(Gul Tuysuz, Isil Sariyuce, Angela Dewan and Euan McKirdy, CNN)

Totalitarian tyrant or trusted leader? Turkish voters split on Erdoğan
(Kareen Shaheen, The Guardian)

How to read Turkey's election results
(Kemal Kirişci, Brookings)

The Guardian view on Erdoğan’s Turkey: illiberal democrat takes power
(Editorial, The Guardian)

Turkey elections 2018: Erdoğan declared winner – as it happened
(Kate Lyons, Verity Bowman, and Jon Henley, The Guardian)

What do Turkey's 2018 election results mean for the Kurds?
(Mohammed Vall, Al Jazeera)

Anti-blasphemy laws are blasphemous (and they're a threat to religious freedom)
(Doug Bandow, The American Spectator)

Report: 86 killed in Nigeria as farmers, herders clash
(Sam Olukoya, Associated Press)

Christian death toll from herdsmen attacks mounts in Adamawa State, Nigeria
(Morning Star News Nigeria, Christian Headlines)

‘Calling it a cult is degrading’: Wild Wild Country’s Ma Anand Sheela on her time as Bhagwan’s​ ​lieutenant
(Sam Wollaston, The Guardian)

Two frogs were married by Indian governor to "appease gods"
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Study finds mounting global restrictions on religion
(Catholic News Agency)

Religious restrictions on the rise
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Study: East African converts to Islam are recruitment targets by extremist groups
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Duterte clarifies statement allegedly attacking God, religion
(Camcer Ordonez-Imam, Manila Bulletin)

Cardinal: To ensure religious freedom, minorities must be protected at home
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

Meeting with Pope puts Macron's religious views in spotlight
(The Local France)

North and South Korean church leaders share table, issue call to lift sanctions on DPRK
(Ecumenical News)

Russia: Protestants targeted in Nizhny Novgorod
(Forum 18 News Service)

The sex trade and religion: For those who fight sex-trafficking, dark rituals compound the problem
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Russian LGBT activists contest in ECHR bans on gay pride parades in 118 cities
(Interfax-Religion)

The Georgian Church against legalizing marijuana
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian politicians getting involved in Ukrainian church question
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)

Muslims but not brothers: Saudi Arabia turns against political Islam
(The Economist)

Jews worldwide must resist the power grab of Israel’s Chief Rabbinate
(Shuki Friedman, Forward Opinion)

Muslim-British man blames marijuana for his airplane rant against Jews
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Central African Catholic and Muslim leaders attack “sowers of hatred, division”
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Prominent Shiite cleric in Bahrain again hospitalized
(Associated Press)

Philippine president slammed for calling God ‘stupid’
(Jim Gomez, Associated Press)

Messiah in the heart of Tel Aviv: Court allows gender-segregated event in Rabin Square
(Or Kashti, Haaretz)

Israeli trial court permits sex-segregated event in city square
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Uzbekistan: Five Baptists fined on non-specific charges
(World Watch Monitor)

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