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Wednesday, 21 November 2018

The United States files brief in support of a church’s right to rent space at a community civic center
(U.S. Department of Justice)

Islamic community center denied variance needed to operate mosque; files lawsuit against Michigan city
(Diana Neeves, RLUIPA-Defense)

This Mississippi abortion ban ruling includes a pointed line about men legislating women's bodies
(Monica Busch, Bustle)

Court invalidates Mississippi's restrictive ban on abortions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

2 Philly cops sue department, claiming spate of anti-Semitic harassment
(Bobby Allyn, WHYY)

2 Philadelphia police officers claim anti-Semitic harassment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

The Rev. Sarah Monroe files lawsuit against City of Aberdeen, WA
(The Episcopal Diocese of Olympia The Episcopal Diocese of Olympia)

Pastor sues to access homeless encampment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

California Appeals Court OK's repeal of belief exemption to immunization requirements
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ecclesiastical Abstention does not require dismissal of negligent supervision claim
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

U.S. District Court orders release of Iraqi detainees
(American Civil Liberties Union)

Court orders release of Iraqi Chaldean detainees
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Vienna conference calls on combating anti-Semitism in Europe
(Associated Press, KSL)

Poland moves to reinstate retired judges to Supreme Court
(Vanessa Gera, Associated Press)

Suicide bomber targets clerics in Afghan capital; 50 killed
(Rahim Faiez, Religion News Service)

European Court of Human Rights sees no violation in Austrian court order that fined woman for defaming Prophet Muhammad
(Ashok Kini, LiveLaw.in)

Police warn Christians in Pakistan of potential terrorist attack
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Afghanistan suicide bomber kills scores of Muslim scholars
(Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian)

The FBI says Utah joined the nation in tallying more hate crime in 2017. Utah experts say those numbers are wrong.
(Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune)

Religion is losing importance among Americans
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Where Americans find meaning in life
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)

For most Americans, new research says, family comes first
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Tuesday, 20 November 2018

Laos district governor orders Christian families to leave village or face jail
(Barnabas Fund)

Pastor Brunson is free. But the West still needs a policy on Erdogan’s hostages
(Aykan Erdemir and Merve Tahiroglu, The Washington Post)

Counting bodies: How the UN report documents mass graves and victims of Daesh atrocities
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Unearthing Atrocities: Mass Graves in territory formerly controlled by ISIL
(Report, UNAMI/OHCHR)

Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal Article 50 reference
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Gender pay data for CofE’s NCIs
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

‘The Judge’ film introduces groundbreaking female Shariah judge
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)

Fröhlich v. Germany: (Ab)using the child's best interest to safeguard those of others
(Evelyn Merckx, Strasbourg Observers)

American missionary reportedly murdered by hostile tribe in India
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Millions of Palestinians no longer eligible for Saudi visas
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Saudi women mount ‘inside-out’ abaya protest
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)

Turkish paper reveals new details on Khashoggi killing
(Jasper Mortimer, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Jewish history can be used as a weapon to fight antisemitism
(Hella Pick, The Guardian)

Mitzvah Day: Jews and Muslims come together to cook chicken soup
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Israeli right storms Jerusalem mayoral race
(Akiva Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Director Sebastián Lelio: ‘The presence of porn is everywhere and making us numb’
(Kate Kellaway, The Guardian)

The C-word: what are we saying when we talk about cults?
(Laura Woollett, The Guardian)

Flat Earthers keep the faith at Denver conference
(Josiah Hesse, The Guardian)

Sexual abuse victim pursues Hillsong’s Brian Houston over crimes of his father
(Naaman Zhou, The Guardian)

Tony Abbott’s lament that prayer needs a greater role ignores a history of Christian invasion
(Paul Daley, The Guardian)

Twitter CEO upsets Hindu nationalists during India visit
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)

Rabbis led a pilgrimage to protest Texas migrant children detention center
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

UK police kicked out of Gurdwara and accused of 'targeting Sikh community'
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

First grade public school teacher forces students to recite Bible
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

Belief helps Gaza border residents hang on during rocket attacks
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Inches from wildfire, Malibu church faces uncertainty
(Cathleen Falsani, Religion News Service)

What’s wrong with American Catholicism
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

A bicycle crash leaves me asking, ‘My faith or my health?’
(Simran Jeet Singh, RNS Column: Articles of Faith)

US House has a chance to welcome Muslim congresswomen by dropping ban on headwear
(Simran Jeet Singh, RNS Column: Articles of Faith)

Does Linda Sarsour have a “Jewish problem?”
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

Is American religion exceptional? Maybe, maybe not
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

James K.A. Smith's "Cultural Liturgies"
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

Religion is blamed for violence against women. We are Christian and Muslim leaders who fight it—together
(Rob Radtke and Anwar Khan, Newsweek)

Crackdown continues on Tajik mosques
(Institute for War & Peace Reporting)

Saudi school textbooks teach violence, anti-Semitism, ADL report says
(F. Brinley Bruton, NBC News)

What is Zionism?
(Zack Beauchamp, Vox)

25 years ago Bill Clinton signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Kyrgyzstan: Is Tengrism a Religion or a Point of View?
(Natalia Lee, Institute for War & Peace Reporting)

Bedouin council head: 'I support polygamy, religion above law'
(Arutz Sheva)

Refugee comics: personal stories of forced migration illustrated in a powerful new way
(Emma Parker, The Conversation)

Bahamas: PM says church and state must work together to curb social ills
(Deandrea Hamilton, Magnetic Media)

Putin calls Patriarch Kirill to wish him happy birthday
(Interfax-Religion)

NGOs express serious concerns about rights of defense violations in Russian Scientology case
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

German state plans to ban religious symbols from courts
(Giulia Saudelli, Deutsche Welle)

Bishops in Sudan, South Sudan tell citizens only they can build peace
(Francis Njuguna, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Priest assaulted by Hindu nationalists in India
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Kenya’s president gives Church more control of religious schools
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Argument: In Russia, feminist memes buy jail time, but domestic abuse doesn't
(Anna Denejkina, Foreign Policy)

Young boy is victim of anti-Semitic attack on bus in Wales
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Christian politician in Indonesia accused of blasphemy
(Konradus Epa, UCA News)

Indonesia: Christian politician accused of blasphemy
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Indonesia mosques spreading radicalism to government workers: Official
(The Jakarta Post)

Indonesia bans hard-line meeting by caliphate backers
(Konradus Epa, UCA News)

In Bosnia, entrenched ethnic divisions are a warning to the world
(Andrew Higgins, The New York Times)

What’s behind Mali livestock herders joining jihadist groups
(Tor A Benjaminsen, The Conversation)

6h Circuit: Police need not give journalist booking photos of woman without hijab
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

‘The right time to die’: Canada’s law allowing physician-assisted suicide faces criticism over restrictions
(Amanda Coletta, The Washington Post)

The preacher who laid the ground for violent jihadi ideology in Kenya
(Hassan Juma Ndzovu, The Conversation)

War between science and religion is far from inevitable
(David N Livingstone and John Hedley Brooke, The Conversation)

Fear, more than hate, feeds online bigotry and real-world violence
(Adam G. Klein, The Conversation)

Another big story from alternative Catholic press: Cupich and Wuerl teamed up on what?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Anti-vaccination stronghold in N.C. hit with state’s worst chickenpox outbreak in 2 decades
(Isaac Stnaley-Becker, The Washington Post)

An apocalyptic cult, 900 dead: remembering the Jonestown massacre, 40 years on
(J Oliver Conroy, The Guardian)

Maverick bishop meets with Ukrainian president
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

The FAQs: What you should know about hate crimes
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)

Monday, 19 November 2018

Conflict of safety advice on bell tower access
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Leader of Krishna Consciousness punished for public chant
(Idel.Realii, Russia Religion News (Stetson University)

Justice from the Perspective of an Applicant: meeting Ms Neulinger
(Simona Florescu, Strasbourg Observers)

Megachurch pastor Jamal Bryant moves from Baltimore to Atlanta
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

To avoid another Jonestown, reform IRS church reporting policy
(Annie Laurie Gaylor, Freedom From Religion Foundation, Patheos Blog: Freethought Now!)

Are U.S. Jews going to become political orphans?
(Leon Hadar, Haaretz)

Polish Church asks for forgiveness for pedophilia cases
(Reuters)

Bishop Chrysostomos warns of 'ugly developments' if gov't imposes church-state deal
(ekathimerini.com)

Statement about acts of anti-religious violence in houses of worship
(Washington Theological Consortium Board of Trustees: A Consortium of Ten Theological Schools, Religion News Service)

Brazil turns far-right. What role did religion play in Bolsonaro’s election?
(Filipe Domingues, America Magazine)

Right to dignified sanitation highlighted on World Toilet Day
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Local church being created is political organization - Metropolitan Onufry
(Interfax-Religion)

Greece: The Greek Orthodox Church faces a battle over secularisation
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

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