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Monday, 29 April 2019

Satanic Temple sues over withdrawal of permission to erect monument
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Texas "no boycott of Israel" law held unconstitutional
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Michigan’s new rule: Catholic organizations must abandon beliefs or stop serving children
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

Catholic agency challenges Michigan's child-placement anti-discrimination policy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Judge dismisses suit against NAMB by ex-state exec
(Art Toalston, Baptist Press)

Defamation suit dismissed on Ecclesiastical Abstention grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Archdiocese of New York names 120 clergy 'credibly accused' of child sex abuse
(Gabriela Saldivia, National Public Radio)

New York Archdiocese releases names of 120 credibly accused clergy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Kansas Supreme Court rules state constitution protects right to abortion
(Dan Margolies, National Public Radio)

Kansas Supreme Court strikes down D&E abortion ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

EVENT, 29 April 2019: Release of the 2019 Annual Report
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

As churches are demolished at home, Chinese Christians find religious freedom in Kenya
(Jenni Marsh, CNN)

Saturday, 27 April 2019

Special briefing: Could measles poison religious freedom?
(OZY)

Tax-funded Protestant foster agency rejects volunteer Catholic mom
(Rick Snedeker, Patheos)

Leader of bombed evangelical church in Sri Lanka offers forgiveness to attackers: WEA
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Jehovah's Witness in pretrial custody in Krasnoyarsk territory
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Sri Lankan government pledges to rebuild 175-year-old church damaged in deadly Easter bombings
(Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine)

Louisiana bishop urges state to put an end to capital punishment
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

3rd Circuit upholds Philadelphia’s exclusion of Catholic foster care services
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Fun meets anti-bullying effort at annual Sikh Day Parade
(Associated Press)

Hate crimes, religion, white nationalism hot topics at Salt Lake County's 'Stand Against Racism' panel
(Lauren Bennett, Deseret News)

Friday, 26 April 2019

Terrorism has no religion, say UAE-based Sri Lankan community
(Jumana Khamis, Gulf News)

Franklin Graham challenges Pete Buttigieg, but voters unlikely to care
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

In a time of rising suicide, religious communities move beyond condemnation to care
(Elizabeth Evans, Religion News Service)

Examining religion and violence
(Damien Cave, The New York Times)

Arizona governor slams secular group for demanding he remove Easter message on Facebook
(Lukas Mikelionis, Fox News)

We shouldn't want government to solve evil through social media censorship
(Matt Salisbury and Kristina Arriaga, The Hill)

Church of England statement on BBC Panorama programme
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

NPR offers a series on what a radically Hindu-ized India will look and feel like
(Julia Duin, Get Religion)

Friday Five: Godbeat grant, Sri Lanka bombings, Easter perspective, Israel outlook, softball hot dogs
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Uzbekistan: bloggers jailed for criticising muftiate
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Ukrainian court avoids dispute over church issue
(RISU, Russia Religion News)

Actions against Jehovah's Witnesses in Novosibirsk
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Actions against Jehovah's Witnesses in Krasnoyarsk territory
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)

Why is this Passover different from all others? In Iceland, it’s because the rabbi lives there.
(Fortunato Salazar Read more: https://forward.com/culture/423260/iceland-passover-rabbi-resident-avi-feldman-chabad/, Forward)

Chilean bishops fear new measure would try to force breaking confession seal
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service)

Lancaster County Amish population grows despite urban sprawl
(Associated Press)

Baha’i community concerned over fate of its members in Yemen
(Associated Press)

Islamist preachers in Sudan call for pro-military rally
(Fay Abuelgasim and Noha Elhennawy, Associated Press)

Sri Lanka Muslims brave militant threats for Friday prayers
(Jon Gambrell, Associated Press)

Sunday Mass canceled across Sri Lanka a week after bombings
(Emily Schmall, Jon Gambrell and Bharatha Mallawarachi, Associated Press)

Catholic group sues over Michigan policy on adoption
(Associated Press)

Mosque sues Connecticut city over denial of permit to move
(Associated Press)

Plan with LGBT bans OK’d by United Methodist judicial panel
(David Crary, Associated Press)

USCIRF calls on State Department to lift Saudi CPC waiver after mass Shi’a execution
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

How LGBTQ rights and religious freedom debates are polarizing our understanding of discrimination – and why it matters
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)

How the Supreme Court's decision to hear cases on LGBTQ discrimination affects religious freedom
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)

Faith, friendship, and tragedy at Sante Fe High
(Skip Hollandsworth, Texas Monthly)

Thursday, 25 April 2019

Asia Bibi is set to be released from Pakistan in two weeks
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

Churchgoing: American religion is starting to look less exceptional
(The Economist)

Open letter from USCIRF Chair Tenzin Dorjee to the Panchen Lama on his 30th birthday
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Bulgaria: The Cabinet approves BGN 20.7 million subsidy for religions for 2019
(novinite.com)

Interfaith dialogue can combat extremism
(Farzana Mahmood, Dhaka Tribune)

Retirement: Bishop of Chester
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

A day after Lilly Endowment news, Associated Press posts job opening ads for seven religion journalists
(Bobby Ross Jr., Get Religion)

Western Europe’s rap scene has an anti-Semitism problem
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Appeals court rules against atheist challenging U.S. House rules requiring religious invocation
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Sri Lanka Muslims, refugees fear backlash from Easter attack
(Jon Gambrell, Associated Press)

Satanic Temple: IRS has designated it a tax-exempt church
(Associated Press)

IRS recognizes Satanic Temple as a "church"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ohio probate court lacks jurisdiction to change nationality of Moorish Science adherent
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Sacred spaces matter: Beauty calls the world to God
(John Stonestreet, G. Shane Morris, Christian Headlines)

A carnage beyond the pale
(Ziauddin Choudhury, Dhaka Tribune)

Pulpit swap will see rabbi preaching at mosque and imam and vicar addressing shul worshippers
(The Jewish Chronicle)

As Sri Lanka mourns, Islamic State claims Easter bombings
(Emily Schmall and Krishan Francis, Associated Press)

Why no one expected an ISIS attack in Sri Lanka
(Emily Tamkin, The Washington Post)

Sri Lanka’s long, tragic history of violence
(Emily Tamkin, The Washington Post)

ISIS still has global reach, despite the caliphate's collapse
(Robin Wright, The New Yorker)

359 'People were in pieces!' Sri Lanka: Islamist terror on Easter
(Raymond Ibrahim, Gatestone Institute)

Another Easter bloodshed, this time in Sri Lanka
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Who is Sri Lanka blast mastermind Zahran Hashim?
(AFP, Dhaka Tribune)

Radicalization among Sri Lanka’s Muslims was slow and steady
(Aya Batrawy, Associated Press)

Sri Lanka Easter bombings were retaliation for Christchurch mosque shootings, official says
(Joanna Slater, Amantha Perera, and Shibani Mahtani, The Washington Post)

Who are Sri Lanka’s Christians?
(Matthew Schmalz, The Conversation)

The Easter Sunday massacre: Sri Lanka's complex religious landscape is a challenge
(Julia Duin, Get Religion)

After Sri Lanka, news media pros should consider taking a long, detailed look at China
(Richard Ostling, Get Religion)

Wednesday, 24 April 2019

‘Tolerance does not flourish without hard work,’ says Nahyan
(Emirates News Agency)

The Satanic Temple is now a registered tax-exempt church
(Jack Matirko, Patheos)

Opinion: We must resist the perverse logic of religious terrorism
(Felix Steiner, Deutsche Welle)

Trump administration prepares a rule civil rights groups worry may deny care to transgender patients
(Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post)

How a Jew won over the land of the Cossacks
(Justin Lynch, Foreign Policy)

Secular group demands that (Arizona governor) Ducey take down 'He Is Risen' Easter post
(Ray Stern, Phoenix Times)

Civil rights advocates drop lawsuit against Oklahoma’s ‘Muslim-free’ gun range
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)

Suit against "Muslim-free" gun range dropped after sign is removed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

St George’s Day: Church and state
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Mark Hemingway takes GetReligion-like stroll through years of New York Times religion gaffes
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)

Embarrassing gaffes continue to show media’s ignorance of religion
(Jarrett Stepman, The Daily Signal)

Crimea: Residents "don't believe" FSB allegations against imam
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Supreme Court takes 3 religious liberty versus LGBT rights cases
(Michael Gryboski, Christian Post)

Choice on Myanmar: Defend religious freedom now, or pay price later
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Religion News Service, AP and The Conversation launch global religion journalism initiative
(Religion News Service)

AP joins global initiative to expand reporting on religion
(Associated Press)

Rep. King compares criticism of him to persecution of Christ
(Associated Press)

Marriage between man and transwoman is valid: Madras HC
(ETB Sivapriyan, Deccan Herald)

Indian court says Hindu Marriage Act covers marriage involving transgender woman
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

4th Circuit: Inmate fails to prove causation in his RLUIPA and Free Exercise claims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Is China conducting a crackdown on religion?
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

China: Over 11,000 Church of Almighty God believers arrested, 20 died from mistreatment in China in 2018
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

Tuesday, 23 April 2019

2020 election revives debate: should religious faith guide one's voting?
(Tom Gjelten, National Public Radio)

Fewer students identifying a religion fuels push to scrap scripture
(Jordan Baker and Nigel Gladstone, The Sydney Morning Herald)

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