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Monday, 28 September 2015

Clashes resume near Jerusalem’s Muslim, Jewish holy sites
(Religion News Service)

Kenya: Pervasive homophobic violence in coastal region
(Human Rights Watch)

85 followers of Turkish theologian Said Nursi arrested by police in Baku
(Interfax, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Turkey’s non-Muslims demand apology from Ankara
(Sibel Hurtas, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Faith and Politics: Is America really a secular country?
(Hermela Aregawi, Al Jazeera America)

Father of young Saudi activist sentenced to death appeals for pardon
(Al Jazeera America)

Podcast: When religious liberty conflicts with LGBT rights, who wins?
(Kristina Arriaga and Greg Lipper, National Constitution Center: Constitution Daily)

Vandals topple Junipero Serra statue, scrawl 'Saint of Genocide' on stone
(Al Jazeera America)

Moscow to launch anti-sect program after police bust major cult
(rt.com)

Pope Francis addresses clergy sex abuse and new definitions of marriage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Church official's defamation suit dismissed on ecclesiastical abstention grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Iran to sue Saudi Arabia over haj stampede
(Straits Times)

Hajj tragedy inflames schisms during a pilgrimage designed for unity
(Ben Hubbard, The New York Times)

Iran says it will sue Saudis over hajj deaths
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pope Francis speaks on religious liberty at Independence Hall
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Thomas More Society wins dismissal of lawsuit brought by ACLU and Freedom from Religion Foundation over nativity scene
(Press Release, Thomas More Society)

Nativity scene challenge dismissed after new law creates neutral forum
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Birth control and religion will collide at the Supreme Court yet again
(Associated Press, RYOT)

We play politics with religion and tribe in Nigeria-Osinbajo
(Ofonime Effiong, Trends)

Caste discrimination again: Tirkey v Chandhok & Anor
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Exclusive: Yazidi woman raped by 'American jihadi' to testify to Congress
(Mick Krever and Dan Wright, CNN)

Is the Netherlands moving toward euthanasia-on-demand?
(Michael Cool, MercatorNet Blog: Careful! A blog about end-of-life issues)

Apex court rules Selangor religious law not against freedom of expression
(V. Anbalagan, The Malaysian Insider)

USCIRF sunsets Sept. 30 if new legislation is not passed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

President Obama announces members of Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
(Press Release, The White House)

2015 Annual Report - International Religious Freedom
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Symposium explores ethics of evangelization and conversion
(Naveen Qayyum, World Council of Churches)

Religion and law round-up – 27th September
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Interview on Religious Freedom in Australia
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Paper on churches withdrawing from marriage if same sex marriage is introduced
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Child sex abuse survivors reject adulation for pope during US visit
(Renee Lewis, Al Jazeera America)

Pope Francis extols America's founding ideals, defends religious freedom
(Al Jazeera America)

Pope to US Bishops: accountability for sex abuse victims
(Vatican Radio, News.VA (Official Vatican Network))

EVENT, 28 September 2015: Religion and climate change in the public sphere: The role of journalists and the media
(Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting)

Pope Francis in the United States
(Aleteia)

More on Pope Francis in the United States

Sunday, 27 September 2015

Malcolm Turnbull poised to end improper influence of religion on government
(Andrew Masterson, The Canberra Times)

Saturday, 26 September 2015

Need to delink terror from religion, says PM Narendra Modi
(The Times of India)

Complaint says school prayer boxes wrongly promote religion
(The Associated Press, KSL)

Pope Francis praises religious freedom in America, encourages interfaith tolerance
(Newsworks)

Pope Francis to put immigrants center stage at Independence Hall
(Noreen O'Donnell, NBC New York)

At a castle in Austria, villagers and refugees celebrate Eid al-Adha
(Reuters, Religion News Service)

Boycott social boycotting
(Somasekhar Sundaresan, Bangalore Mirror)

Muslims in the South: Some stand with Ahmed
(The Economist)

Ahmed Mohamed didn’t build a clock — and other niggling problems in the story of Dallas’s whizkid-of-the-week
(Ian Tuttle, National Review: The Corner)

Religion in Vietnam: Higher powers (A proposed law on religion will not help the faithful)
(The Economist)

EVENT: 26 September 2015: U.S. Sen. Harry Reid to deliver inaugural U.Va. lecture on religious liberty
(Lorenzo Perez, UVA Today)

EVENT: 21-26 September 2015: Freedom Week at Newseum Institute
(Program of Events)

Friday, 25 September 2015

Death and pilgrimage: The spectre of death has always loomed over sacred journeys
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Eid al-Adha: One man’s quest for a bargain sheep
(The Economist)

First Amendment: From dream to reality, facing a tough path
(Gene Policinski, Newseum Institute: First Amendment Center)

Greek students now can become exempt from religious education classes more easily
(Philip Chrysopoulos, Greek Reporter)

Pope Francis in America: The pontiff on the Hill
(J.A., The Economist)

Pope's visit boosts Little Sisters' Supreme Court challenge
(Tonay Mauro, Legal Times, National Law Journal)

Pope calls for abolition of the death penalty as Supreme Court justices watch
(Mike Sacks, The National Law Journal)

Representatives of ecumenical agencies will visit Hungary amidst refugee crisis
(Naveen Qayyum, World Council of Churches)

“Children are the heroes of the aboriginal residential schools story”
(Kristine Greenaway, World Council of Churches)

What Pope Francis can teach the US Catholic Church about Thomas Merton (Commentary)
(Rose Marie Berger, Religion News Service)

Pope Francis assembles a squad to fight religious extremism
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Ecumenical prayer of Community of Taizé on border between the two Koreas
(Stephany Sun, Asia News)

Trafficking of women in Bangladesh: victims of poverty, ignorance and a chauvinist mentality
(Sumon Corraya, Asia News)

Vicar of Jerusalem wants to see the school year begin, but not at any cost
(Asia News)

Christian woman barred from taking her Bible into the UK wins first-ever caste discrimination case
(Vincent Funaro, The Christian Post)

US facing difficult alliance with Russia in fight against ISIS as Kremlin backs Assad
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Thousands of Christian counselors gather in Nashville to discuss 'epidemic' of suicide in church, race and refugees
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

PCUSA appoints first-ever openly gay executive director to legally embattled mission agency
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Yazidis urge ICC to open probe into IS atrocities
(Agence France-Presse)

Israel's soaring population: Promised Land running out of room?
(Tova Cohen and Steven Scheer, Reuters)

Hajj stampede: Saudis face growing criticism over deaths
(BBC News)

What’s a sin? Catholics don’t always agree with their church
(Carlyle Murphy, Pew Research Center FactTank)

Muslim Republicans at odds with their party in Tennessee
(Chas Sisk, NPR)

Long Beach convent's reopening helps boost the shrinking ranks of nuns
(Esmeralda Bermudez, Los Angeles Times)

Evangelicals aim to strengthen their political influence
(Greg Bluestein, The Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Hundreds attend World Meeting's only panel on homosexuality
(Michael Matza, The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Persecuted by Islamic State, Yazidis turn to ICC for justice
(Toby Sterling, Reuters)

Norway says asylum arrivals may raise threat from right-wing extremists
(Stine Jacobsen, Reuters)

White House announces new appointments to faith-based advisory council
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Challenge to city council invocation policy is moot
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pope Francis steers clear of politics in NYC homily
(Rick Hampson, USA Today)

Read what Pope Francis said at New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral
(Emily Shapiro, ABC News)

Pope Francis’ Homily at St. Patrick’s Cathedral
(The New York Times)

At St. Patrick's, Pope Francis talks of Muslims, sex abuse scandal and liberal nuns
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Synagogue worker: I was fired for having sex before marriage
(Jamie Schram, New York Post)

Suit against synagogue alleges pregnancy discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Suit against former pastor for financial misdeeds dismissed on church autonomy grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Addressing Congress, pope urges U.S. to end hostility toward immigrants
(Philip Pullella and Scott Malone, Reuters)

Islamic State frees Kurdish photographer in prisoner swap: press watchdog
(John Davison, Reuters)

Iraq says winning battle against Islamic State, wants more bombing
(John Irish, Reuters)

Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric says snubbing reforms will revive protests
(Stephen Kalin, Reuters)

Tajikistan: Communities' foreign contacts blocked, websites banned, Central Asia's only legal religious-based political party banned
(Forum 18 News Service)

Parliamentarians from 50 countries call for greater religious freedom
(Baha'i International Community)

Americans more worried about threats to religious freedom
(The Columbus Dispatch)

Poll: One-third of Americans would refuse to hide a Jew during the Holocaust
(Paul Bond, The Hollywood Reporter)

Opinion: Why does everybody sound so anti-Semitic all of a sudden?
(J.J. Goldberg, Forward)

‘Don’t use religion to propagate hate, violence’
(Ghana Web)

Top ten facts about Buddhism
(Damien Keown, OUPblog Religion)

Refugee crisis: Many migrants falsely claim to be Syrians, Germany says as EU tries to ease tensions
(AFP, The Telegraph)

Is the European Convention Working? Grieve advocates before Faculty of Advocates
(David Scott, UK Human Rights Blog)

Horrific child abuse must be properly investigated
(Adam Wagner, RightsInfo)

EVENT, 25 September 2015: The Power of the Pope and the UN Secretery-General in World Politics
(Jodok Troy, Eric Patterson, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

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