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Tuesday, 3 December 2019

Citing freedom of religion, JoCo church sues city for not letting it shelter homeless
(Sarah Ritter, The Kansas City Star)

Whoever wins the general election must continue the UK’s proud tradition of standing up for human rights
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

UK push for at-home abortion pills denounced as unsafe
(Catholic News Agency)

5 Christians wrongly imprisoned for over a decade released by India Supreme Court
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Turkey flirts with buying even more Russian missile systems
(Anton Mardasov, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

What comes after Iraqi PM's resignation?
(Adnan Abu Zeed, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Palestinians condemn Israeli closures of institutions in Jerusalem
(Entsar Abu Jahal, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Intel: How Russia is changing course in Syria
(Maxim A. Suchkov, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Connecticut rabbi sentenced to 12 years in prison for sex abuse of high schooler
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Rabbi Greer headed to prison
(Christopher Peak, New Haven Independent)

Texas justice of the peace warned over her refusal to perform same-sex weddings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Jews angered by activists’ use of Holocaust victims’ remains
(Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press)

Temple collapses in Cambodia, killing 3 and injuring 13
(Associated Press)

UK group: Rabbi badly beaten in London, hate crimes on rise
(Associated Press)

Catholic leaders urge Israel to investigate hate crimes in Arab villages
(Judith Sudilovsky, Catholic News Service)

Myanmar’s cardinal: Don’t punish people for crimes of country’s leaders
(Catholic News Service)

More than 100 tombstones desecrated with anti-Semitic text and images in France
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

FSB reports detention of 9 Hizb ut-Tahrir members recruited Muslims
(Interfax-Religion)

Moscow Jewish Museum to break stereotypes - director
(Interfax-Religion)

What's a bus got to do with religion? A whole lot when it comes to violating the Sabbath in Israel
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Separation of church, state and pot: NY Times says religious liberty issues here are not a joke
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

The Times reports on Ralph Drollinger's informal diplomacy: 'I'm really in this for the coffee beans'
(Douglas LeBlanc, GetReligion)

Ecclesiastical court judgments – November 2019
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Lesson in diplomacy for India’s Consul General Sandeep Chakravorty
(Nyla Ali Khan, Counter Punch)

Banning niqab makes no sense in Indonesia, but wearing it does
(Alicia Izharuddin, Econo Times)

Guyanese should be concerned about the advent of this religious-leaning political party
(Ferlin F. Pedro, Stabroek News)

Defiant Islamists rally in Jakarta
(Asia Sentinel)

India: Religion and court’s jurisdiction (Sabarimala Temple issue)
(GB Reddy, Baglekar Akash Kumar, Telangana Today (India))

Declare Sikh as separate religion: Bhubaneswar lawyer To PM
(Odisha Bytes (India))

Gadhimai Hindu festival: World’s ‘largest animal sacrifice’ under way in defiance of ban
(Samuel Osborne, Independent (Nepal))

Debate continues over creationism’s place in Canada’s schools
(Mario Canseco, Burnaby Now)

UK: Why the Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief role is invaluable
(Mervyn Thomas, Chrstian Today)

Christian higher ed can't win the LGBTQ debate unless it transforms
(David P. Gushee, Religion News Service)

Crimea: UN call to halt Cathedral eviction
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Sainthood process for Fulton Sheen stalled
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

U.S. Catholics less likely than Protestants to express confidence in advice from clergy
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)

Monday, 2 December 2019

Christmas movies and the religious dimensions of story structure
(Russell Johnson, Sightings: The University of Chicago Divinity School)

EVENT, 2 December 2019: Ecumenical worship for the opening of the legislature of the Federal Councils - Bern (in German)
(Association of Christian Churches in Switzerland)

Law and religion round-up – 1st December
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Islamophobic attacks mostly happen in public. Here’s what you can do if you see it or experience it
(Derya Iner and Mehmet Ozalp, The Convers)

Australia's bishops protest national move to force priests to reveal confessions
(Catholic News Agency)

Australians back religious freedom for people, not for institutions
(Nick O'Malley, The Sydney Morning Herald)

Lessons on terrorism and rehabilitation from the London Bridge attack
(Greg BartonT, The Conversation)

USCIRF “adopts” 35 Chinese prisoners—25 are members of The Church of Almighty God
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

Interfaith volunteers serve as lifeline for immigrants new to Akron
(Jennifer Pignolet, Beacon Journal)

Chicago: The interfaith women’s group in Bridgeview has been meeting monthly since 1997
(Donna Vikroy, Chicago Tribune)

Safeguarding tolerance in Semarang
(Yunantyo Adi Setiawan, Inside Indonesia)

What Sultan of Sokoto said about VP Osinbajo
(PM News Nigeria)

Rick Perry’s belief that Trump was chosen by God is shared by many in a fast-growing Christian movement
(Brad Christerson and Richard Flory, The Conversation)

Controversy after gay Kent County judge denied Communion at Grand Rapids church
(John Tunison, Mlive Michigan)

In death and life, Lebanese woman shows religious law fight
(Mariam Fam, Associated Press)

New wave of abuse suits could hit church like never before
(Bernard Condon and Jim Mustian, Associated Press)

Buttigieg turns to black pastor to discuss racism, poverty
(Elana Schor, Associated Press)

Italy expels 2 suspected extremists from Bangladesh, Morocco
(Associated Press)

Ukrainian Orthodox Church calls for end of infowar between Ukraine, Russia
(Interfax-Religion)

Press doesn't get why a Catholic priest would withhold Communion from outspoken gay judge
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Education, street protests and injunctions: Afsar
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Manger relic from time of Jesus birth returns to Bethlehem from Rome
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

China: Early Rain Church leader sentenced to four years in prison over Gospel tracts
(Leah MarieAnn Klett, Christian Post)

Brampton councillor thinks city is blurring line between church and state
(Graeme Frisque, Brampton Guardian)

NYC Catholic schools hold fast on boys’ braid bans despite laws banning hair discrimination
(Michael Elsen-Rooney, New York Daily News)

SC to consider plea against polygamy and Nikah-Halala after winter break
(Nilashish Chaudhary, Live Law (India))

Frank Wuco, an anti-Muslim and anti-LGBTQ pundit, is now a senior State Department adviser
(Eric Hananoki, Media Matters for America)

Sudan crisis: Women praise end of strict public order law
(BBC)

Persecution has ‘strengthened the prophetic role of church’ in Asia, priests say
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Blood and soil in Narendra Modi’s India
(Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker)

'Humanity is my religion': Jagan Mohan Reddy replies to barbs over his faith
(Jahnavi Reddy, The News Minute (India))

Sebastian Kurz’s Christian vision for Europe
(Josué Michels, The Trumpet)

The Lebanese street asks: ‘Which is stronger, sect or hunger?’
(Ursula Lindsey, The New York Review of Books)

Maldives: Countering religious extremism – analysis
(SATP, Eurasia Review)

Kirk, Falwell Jr. launch Liberty University think tank to fight attacks on Judeo-Christian values
(Caleb Parke, Fox News)

Erdogan uses religion, fear to stay politically afloat
(Yavuz Baydar, Ahval)

Argument: Catholicism's civil war spills into Bolivi
(Sharon Kuruvilla, Foreign Policy)

President Trump pledges to donates his 3rd quarter salary to fight the opioid crisis
(Will Maule, Christian Headlines)

Fear of Hindu extremist violence ends Christianity in village in northern India
(Chrisan Headlines)

How a divided left is losing the battle on abortion
(Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer, The New York Times)

Nearly half of U.S. states could ban abortion if Roe v Wade is overturned, abortion rights group says
(Mikaela Mathews, Christian Headlines)

English bishops urge voting to uphold human dignity ahead of general election
(Catholic News Agency)

Becciu again denies involvement in IDI hospital purchase
(Catholic News Agency)

Hungary's incentives mean more marriages but not more babies
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

Pennsylvania considers requiring burial or cremation of fetal remains
(Catholic News Agency)

Mexican-born bishop chosen to soon lead the Diocese of San Bernardino
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

Chief rabbi’s attack on anti-Semitism keys reckoning over faith in UK election
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)

Episcopal LGBT advocacy group head resigns amid allegations of mismanagement
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Netanyahu to meet with Pompeo in London to discuss Iran
(JNS World News, The Christian Post)

Trump unfreezes US military aid to Lebanon without explanation
(Jack Detsch, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Turkey-Libya agreement shakes up eastern Mediterranean
(Diego Cupolo, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Iranian parliament members seek answers after deadly protests
(Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Acrimony erupts ahead of NATO summit as Turkey stalls defense plans
(Ayla Jean Yackley, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

The problem with Catholic integralism in one tweet
(Andrew T. Walker, Providence)

Pope sends aide to Greek island to bring back 33 migrants
(Associated Press)

Pope says Nativity scenes should go in town squares, schools
(Alessandra Tarantino and Frances D’Emilio, Associated Press)

Sunday, 1 December 2019

Norbertine Fathers in California launch digital Advent calendar
(Catholic News Agency)

Advent advice from Pope Francis: Choose prayer and charity over consumerism
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)

Pope's letter on nativity scenes shares the story behind a beloved Christmas tradition
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)

Pope Francis prays for Iraqi people after 45 killed in protests
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)

There is a real war on Christmas. But here’s how Advent saves us from mindless consumption.
(Andrew McGowan, The Washington Post - Religion)

Saturday, 30 November 2019

Ephraim Mirvis: What will become of Jews in Britain if Labour forms the next government?
(Ephraim Mirvis, The Sunday Times)

To forget, but not forgive: Why the CJEU's latest ruling on Google and the 'right to be forgotten' is not at all a win for US tech giants
(Monika Zalnieriute, EJIL: Talk!)

Religion Photos of the Week (last week of November 2019)
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

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