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Wednesday, 13 November 2019

FBI report: Jews the target of overwhelming number of religious-based hate crimes
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Gay pressure group demands 1 of 5 prime-time TV characters be LGBT by 2025
(Calvin Freiburger, LifeSiteNews)

Discrimination lawsuit against SC governor over Christian foster care group thrown out
(Emily Bohatch, The State)

Public defender and Jewish son of jailed radicals elected San Francisco district attorney
(Gabe Stutman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

High-profile Israel boycott conference at UMass Amherst sparks concern — and a peace march
(Penny Schwartz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Israeli winery at center of EU court ruling on labeling refuses to back down
(Josh Hasten, JNS, European Jewish Express)

Pope Francis kicks off World Day of the Poor with free healthcare for disadvantaged
(Claire Giangravé)

Bishop calls LGBT indoctrination of kids ‘child abuse’: ‘We must stop this insanity’
(Martin M. Barillas, LifeSiteNews)

How European and U.S. unauthorized immigrant populations compare
(Phillip Connor, Jeffrey S. Passel, and Jens Manuel Krogstad, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

How European and U.S. unauthorized immigrant populations compare
(Phillip Connor, Jeffrey S. Passel, and Jens Manuel Krogstad, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Europe’s unauthorized immigrant population peaks in 2016, then levels off
(Phillip Connor and Jeffrey S. Passel, Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends)

Mexicans decline to less than half the U.S. unauthorized immigrant population for the first time
(Jeffrey S. Passelnd D'Vera Cohn, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Inaugural meeting of interfaith officers in Wales deepens ecumenical dialogue
(World Council of Churches and Churches Together in Wales)

USCIRF to testify on religious freedom conditions in India and Pakistan
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Interim Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
(Report of Ahmed Shaheed, United Nations General Assembly)

How to watch the House impeachment hearings on TV & online
(Deadline)

Greek government drops plan to criminalize blasphemy
(Derel Gatopoulos and Elena Becatoros, Associated Press)

Supreme Court of India rules on Ayodhya dispute: Siddiq v Das
(Neil Addison, Guest Post, Law & Religion UK)

Ayodhya dispute: The complex legal history of India's holy site
(BBC News India)

‘Wake-up call’: Canadian church hears statistics report on membership decline
(Tati Folkins, Episcopal News Service)

Analysis: Putin wants to save Syria's Jews — to Keep Trump From Coming Back
(Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz (paywall))

Patriarchs press for preservation of Christian presence in Middle East
(Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Archbishop reports on progress of document on marriage and family life
(Mark Pattison, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Sex abuse prevention expert says “no simple answers to complex problems”
(Shannon Levitt, Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Saudi Arabia listed feminism, atheism, and homosexuality as forms of extremism. Then they (sort of) took it back.
(Miriam Berger, The Washington Post)

Saudi promo video labels feminism, atheism, homosexuality as extremist ideas
(Reuters)

5th Circuit upholds stay of execution for Buddhist inmate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

A Texas death row inmate's fight for access to his Buddhist adviser continues hours before his scheduled execution
(Darran Simon and Christina Maxouris, CNN US)

Hundreds of victims’ relatives, ex-officials ask Trump administration to halt federal executions
(Mark Berman, The Washington Post)

Village sues church over its homeless shelter
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

General Election 2019: campaigning and political activity by charities
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

5th Circuit upholds stay of execution for Buddhist inmate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Far-right German lawmaker ousted as committee head over anti-Semitism
(Madeline Chambers, Reuters)

Tunisia elects new parliament speaker from Islamist party
(Associated Press)

Surprise! National Geographic's definitive issue on women gives religion short shrift
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Observations from recent FoRB roundtable in Brussels
(Religious Freedom Institute)

Ukrainian Jewish Committee slams Kiev lawmakers for naming streets after Nazi collaborators
(Interfax-Religion)

Anti-Semitism is spiking in Brooklyn, and officials don’t know why
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

What is a caliph? The Islamic State tries to boost its legitimacy by hijacking a historic institution
(Ken Chitwood, The Conversation)

A history of American antisemitism
(Pamela S. Nadell, Quartz)

Politics and religion intersect in upcoming campus lecture
(Kyle Hathaway, BYU-Idaho Scroll)

Anti-Semitic hate crimes are becoming more violent
(Aiden Pink, Forward)

Singapore activists challenge gay sex ban in court after India ruling
(Reuters)

Catholic leaders in the Amazon are talking about ‘ecological conversion.’ Here’s what this means.
(Amy Erica Smith, The Washington Post)

The price of religious liberty
(Sam Field, World Religion News)

Australia’s highest court will hear Cardinal Pell’s appeal
(Rod McGuirk, Associated Pres)

A nun, a shooting and the unlikely legacy that could save the Amazon rainforest
(Jesse Hyde, Deseret News)

Palestinian terror groups fire 300 rockets on Israel in retaliation for assassination of senior leader
(Marcy Oster, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Cathedral mosque to open in Crimea in summer 2020
(Interfax-Religion)

Jesus isn’t interested in America’s two-party division
(Michael F. Bird, The Washington Post)

Tuesday, 12 November 2019

New York bishops to vote remotely in Rome for USCCB elections
(Courtney Mares)

EVENT, 12 November 2019: Vatican Diplomacy: Three Models
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Americans hate one another. Impeachment isn't helping
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Japan's new emperor to celebrate enthronement rite of night with goddess
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Symbolic night with goddess to wrap up Japan emperor Naruhito's accession rites
(WIO News)

Russia demands 20 and 15-year sentences against Crimean Tatar rights activist and five other Ukrainian political prisoners
(Halya Coynash, Human Rights Abuses in Russian-Occupied Crimea)

The new front line of the anti-abortion movement
(Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker)

Success in protecting ozone layer offers lessons for future, pope says
(Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service)

A Mexican immigrant is now the head of U.S. Catholic bishops
(Julie Zauzmer and Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)

The people reclaiming religious freedom from the Christian right
(Amy Littlefield, VICE)

US bishops elect Mexican immigrant to head conference
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Articles of Interest - 6 November 2019
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

BDS: In the crosshairs of human rights colonialism
(Azeezah Kanji & David Palumbo-Liu, Al Jazeera Palestine)

In an era of declining marriage, American Jews show surprising resilience. Why?
(Charles Fain Lehman, Tablet)

Brian Grim Briefs USAID on Middle East Religious Freedom Business Roundtable
(Religious Freedom and Business Foundation)

Egypt emphasizing education on fourth-generation warfare
(Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Exhumation and the Permanence of Christian Burial: a review of recent consistory court judgments
(Christopher Grout, Guest Post, Law & Religion UK)

Food made in Israeli West Bank settlements must carry special labels, European court rules
(Michael Daventry, The JC)

Ohio lawmakers congratulate Church of Scientology on opening new Columbus location
(Jeremy Pelzer, https://www.cleveland.com/open/2019/11/ohio-lawmakers-congratulate-church-of-scientology-on-opening-new-columbus-location.html)

Militants closed two more Evangelical churches in occupied Donetsk region
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Blessed Sacrament stolen from Texas Catholic parish
(Catholic News Agency)

On why we need to reaffirm human dignity
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

“Bedroom tax” unlawful – Strasbourg Court
(Alex Ewing, UK Human Rights Blog)

Religious beliefs can pave road to a nation’s growth
(Puja Mehra, Live Mint)

My son’s Orthodox Jewish school is 85 percent Muslim
(Karen E. H. Skinazi, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Switzerland's rejection of asylum claim by Christian convert violates human rights convention
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Archbishops Gomez and Vigneron elected USCCB president and vice president
(Ed Condon, Catholic News Agency)

Cameroon bishop calls on separatists to stop targeting clergy
(Charles C. Camosy, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Championing Islam as a religion of peace, compassion
(Datuk Seri Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa, New Straits Times)

Polish parliament meets for 1st time since election
(Monika Scislowska and Vanessa Gera, Associated Press)

Arizona jury set to retry no more deaths’ Scott Warren
(Angelo Guisado, Center for Constitutional Rights, Truthout)

The Arab world faces more challenges than just toppling autocrats
(Ezzedine C. Fishere, The Washington Post)

US held record 69,550 migrant children in custody in 2019: Report
(AP News Agency, Al Jazeera United States)

Who was Baha Abu al-Ata, Gaza's elusive Islamic Jihad commander assassinated by Israel
(Jack Khoury, Haaretz)

Ukrainian autocephaly. After one year
(Petros Vassiliadis, Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Greek government drops plan to criminalize blasphemy
(Derek Gatopoulos and Elena Becatoros, Associated Press)

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on Trump's decision to end DACA
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

A month of anti-government protests in Iraq
(Alan Taylor, The Atlantic)

Words of the dying when on the threshold: What are these people talking about?
(Douglas LeBlanc, GetReligion)

Gaza tensions threaten chances for minority Israeli government
(Afif Abu Much, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

GCC Patriarch met with Austrian politicians and foreign minister
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Myanmar accused at UN court of genocide against Rohingya
(Mike Corder, Associated Press)

Gambia: 'I am not a witch': Victims testify on ex-president's brutal roundups
(Julie Turkewitz, The New York Times)

Ukrainian archbishop: No amount of world progress can replace friendship
(Catholic News Agency)

The common good or capitalism? Marco Rubio’s economic vision falls short
(John Gehring, Associated Press)

Defying stereotypes: The Atlantic's Emma Green paints a nuanced portrait of Trump voters in Iowa
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Chicago suburb seeks to block church’s winter homeless shelter
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)

Jordan refuses Israels invitation to 25th anniversary celebration of peace agreement
(Will Maule, Christian Headlines)

Why Christian voters should demand more from 2020 candidates
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

USCIRF advocacy for Robert Levinson spurs new development in Iran
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

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