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Wednesday, 24 August 2016

Summary of the main findings of the review of Islamist extremism in prisons, probation and youth justice
(United Kingdom Ministry of Justice)

British report on Islamist extremism in prisons
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Federal judge sides with St. Louis priest in SNAP defamation case
(Joel Currier, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Court enters findings for priest as sanction for SNAP's refusal to comply with discovery order
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Judge won't toss same-sex suit against Paramus Catholic
(Allison Pries, The Bergen County Record)

Catholic school's firing of guidance counselor over same-sex marriage remains in litigation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Texas leading suit over federal transgender health policy
(Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune)

Doctors, states challenge new “transgender regulation”
(Press Release, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)

Attorney General Paxton files suit to protect Texans and physicians from new Obamacare mandate
(The Attorney General of Texas)

Suit challenges new HHS rules on discrimination against transgender individuals
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

9th Circuit: California reparative therapy ban OK under 1st Amendment religion clauses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

American held for preaching Christianity to Jhapa locals
(Samachar Samiti, The Himalayan)

With Christianity in decline, Britain sees rise of humanist ‘pastors’
(Kevin McCandless, CNSNews.com)

Canada allows female mounted police to wear hijab
(Al Jazeera)

The Economist explains: Why the French keep trying to ban Islamic body wear
(The Economist)

Arab Christian’s murder may reveal deadly American tensions
(Kevin J. Jones, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

When a swimsuit is a security threat
(Asma T. Uddin, The New York Times)

France warns of Muslim stigmatisation amid Burkini ban
(Al Jazeera)

Burkinis, Ghazala Khan and the overlooked issue of female religious free choice
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Burkini's inventor says sales have skyrocketed on heels of controversy
(Mike Ives, The New York Times)

Life amid war: Peace comes in the form of South Sudan’s churches
(Peter Jesserer Smith, National Catholic Register)

New marriage bill to empower Hindu women
(Irfan Ghauri, The Express Tribune)

Gunmen attack American university in Kabul, students flee
(Hamid Shalizi, Reuters)

Is the Western media blinkered in midst of Aleppo horror?
(Elizabeth Kendal, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)

RCMP OKs hijabs for its female officers
(Andrew Russell, Global News)

Time to abolish blasphemy laws, uphold freedom of expression
(David Saperstein, Dipnote: U.S. Department of State Official Blog)

IPPFoRB delegation returns from fact-finding and solidarity visit to Myanmar
(International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief)

The difference in how France and Scotland treats Muslim women
(Narjas Zatat, indy100 (Independent))

Turkey leader says US has ‘no excuse’ to keep imam blamed for coup
(Reuters)

In Israel, women-only beach days allow the religious to relax
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Attacker is killed after stabbing guard at Egypt church
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Idaho Statesman lavishes multi-story package on another evolving theology professor
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

India plans surrogacy ban for foreigners, unmarried couples
(Nirmala George, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

France to teach children how to react to school attacks
(Sylvie Corbet, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Saudi police say attacks thwarted in mostly Shiite east
(Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Turkey in cross-border operation to free IS-held Syrian town
(Suzan Fraser and Philip Issa, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Suit alleging Catholic school gay marriage bias to proceed
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Egypt’s Coptic Church rejects amendments to long-awaited church-building law
(World Watch Monitor)

Syrian Christian leader asks Russia to help with release of captured metropolitans
(Interfax-Religion)

State senators to hold four debates over ‘religious liberty’ legislation
(Greg Bluestein, Tamar Hallerman, and Jim Galloway, Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Religion S44 order 'clears confusion'
(Bangkok Post)

Texas and four other states file ‘religious freedom’ suit against healthcare for trans patients
(Jon Herskovitz, Reuters)

Obama Administration trans rights challenged again
(Kimberly Leonard, U.S. News & World Report)

Buddhists, Christians, Hindus and Muslims back Panglong Conference to bring peace to children
(Herald Malaysia Online)

Christians and Muslims open interfaith peace center in Nigeria
(Lorraine Caballero, Christian Daily)

Mother of Iranian Christian imprisoned for his faith in Jesus Christ begs authorities to release her son
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

It's not unchristian to be concerned about refugee resettlement, religious freedom advocate says
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Muslim-Americans condemn ISIS in Phoenix billboard, say Islam is religion of peace, not terror
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

British Jewish leaders condemn reports of French police harassing Muslim women in burkinis
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Belgium’s largest airline quits serving West Bank-produced halva
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Anglican Church in Nigeria builds trauma centre for victims of Boko Haram
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Egypt: Knife-wielding attacker shot dead after stabbing guard at Coptic church
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)

There's just one country other than the Vatican where divorce is illegal — and some want to change that
(Ana P. Santos, Los Angeles Times)

French police make woman remove clothing on Nice beach following burkini ban
(Ben Quinn, The Guardian)

Burkinis on beaches stoke France's long debate on secularism
(Elaine Ganley, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Police Scotland uniform to include Muslim hijab
(BBC)

Canada's Mounties allow women officers to wear hijab
(Agence France-Presse)

Myanmar names Kofi Annan to head panel on Rohingya Muslims
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Jews attacked on unauthorised West Bank visit
(Agence France-Presse)

Turkey targets Gulen-inspired projects around the world
(Christopher Torchia, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Why America’s ‘nones’ left religion behind
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Civil rights groups defend mosque, cemetery outside Atlanta
(Kathleen Foody, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Inspector general: NYPD skirted rules for surveillance
(Tom Hays, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Anti-abortion activists file suit over Chicago 'bubble zone'
(The Associated Press)

We have Christmas, Hanukkah and Eid stamps. Now the U.S. gets its first Hindu stamp
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)

Regina Mustafa: Differing beliefs motivate quest for interfaith harmony
(Regina Mustafa, Post-Bulletin)

Remembering Kandhamal: a legacy of institutional failure
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))

Why there can be no "demilitarized" Palestinian State
(Louis René Beres, Gatestone Institute)

Germans told to stock food, water in case of terror attack or national emergency
(Madeline Chambers and Thorsten Severin, Haaretz)

German court bans full face veil in school
(AhlulBayt News Agency)

Court verdict: no niqabs in German school
(Carla Bleiker, Deutsche Welle)

Germany bans Muslim student from wearing niqab face veil in school
(Jess Staufenberg, Independent)

Biden seeks to ease Turkey tensions over coup suspect Gulen
(Jeff Mason and Ece Toksabay, Reuters)

Tuesday, 23 August 2016

London’s Muslim mayor barraged by anti-Semites for opposing Jeremy Corbyn
(Marcy Oster, Forward)

Wyo. judge may lose her job for refusing to marry same-sex couples
(Simon Brown, Americans United)

7 SC college presidents: Religious freedom at risk
(Tim Smith, Greenville News)

Satmar decree bars women from higher education
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Sudan pastors charged for ‘claiming persecution of Christians’
(World Watch Monitor)

Brits, Saudis help Assad foes get their message through to Washington
(Julian Pecquet, Al Monitor: Congress Pulse)

US struggles to sideline Hezbollah in Lebanon
(Julian Pecquet, Al Monitor: Congress Pulse)

Has US taken on role of Israeli domestic opposition?
(Akiva Eldar trans. Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Iraq mulls post-IS role for PMU
(Adnan Abu Zeed trans. Beatrice Farhat, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Sunni fear grows as PMU participation in Mosul battle confirmed
(Mustafa Saadoun trans. Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

How one initiative aims to help Egypt's most vulnerable women
(Roham Mokbel, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Orthodox exhibition fair to be held in Switzerland
(Interfax-Religion)

Christian mother of 5 Asia Bibi's death sentence appeal date finally set by Pakistan's supreme court
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Why peace is prevailing, for now, in south Lebanon
(Nicholas Blanford, The Christian Science Monitor)

Christians now afraid to go to church in Philippines due to threats from Islamist radicals, priest says
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)

In Russia, how one mainly Muslim region beat back radicalism
(Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor)

Texas attorney general affirms constitutionality of courtroom prayer
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)

Princeton University's HR department bans use of words 'man' and 'woman'
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)

Atheists force U.S. university to remove Bibles from its hotel rooms
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)

Turkey seeks U.S.-based cleric’s extradition but not for coup, says State Dept
(David Alexander and Arshad Mohammed, Religion News Service)

Australia broadly tolerant but pockets of intense prejudice remain, report shows
(Gabrielle Chan, The Guardian)

Where the death penalty still lives
(Emily Bazelon, The New York Times)

So you’re a Jew and you’re starting college? Prepare for anti-Zionism
(Molly Harris, The Washington Post)

Remembering a Christian and a Jew who traced anti-Judaism to its roots
(A. James Rudin, Religion News Service)

French Muslims fear state aims to control their faith
(Karen Allen, BBC)

Inside the brutal but bizarrely bureaucratic world of the Islamic State in Libya
(Sudarsan Raghavan, The Washington Post)

Boko Haram crisis: Nigeria air strike 'kills commanders'
(BBC)

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