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Monday, 29 October 2018

Police: Synagogue gunman said he wanted all Jews to die
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)

Why Pittsburgh matters
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

Conway links Pittsburgh shooting to 'anti-religious' trend
(Justin Wise, The Hill)

Trump calls Pittsburgh synagogue attack ‘evil’ anti-Semitism
(Catherine Lucey, Associated Press)

Christian Identity — the hate that still kills
(Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Clarion Ledger)

Violence prompts churches to weigh security vs. welcoming
(Adam Beam and Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press)

Pittsburgh horror marks the start of what could become a new atrocity – synagogue shootings
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Charges filed against accused Pittsburgh synagogue shooter
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

India: Religion no bar for entering Sabarimala, says HC
(The Hindu)

Protesters burn Hindu religious center in southern India
(Associated Press)

57 Chibok girls known to have been in two Cameroon towns
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Over 20 detained for sharing the gospel in China
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

What's known about Robert Bowers, the suspect in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
(Shannon Van Sant, National Public Radio)

Pope, church leaders grieve after Pittsburgh synagogue carnage
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Outspoken Anglican rector Rod Bower announces bid for Senate seat
(Melissa Davey, The Guardian)

Don't bring back religious education, union warns Victorian opposition
(Calla Wahlquist, The Guardian)

Magick 'saved my life': the former death row inmate turned warlock
(Carey Dunne, The Guardian)

None of us should enjoy the right to have our beliefs shielded from abuse
(Kenan Malik, The Guardian)

Stark east-west divide in attitudes towards minorities in Europe
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Wheaton college's Billy Graham center recieves $1 million dollar grant
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Pagan religion Ásatru grows in Iceland while national state church wanes
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Christians and Muslims upset over crucified Jesus organ donor ad
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Jeff Sessions speech interrupted by Methodist, Baptist clergy
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Freedom from Religion group files another complaint over Auburn football chaplain
(AL.com)

Mandated sex ed courses in Ugandan schools draw outrage
(Doreen Ajiambo, National Catholic Register)

Why authoritarian personalities love to use religion
(Syafiqah Jaaffar, Sojourners)

Eastern and Western Europeans differ on importance of religion, views of minorities, and key social issues
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)

Religion and politics should be complementary, not rivals
(The New Times)

Russian diplomats to keep countering anti-Semitism, nationalism, other forms of racial, religious intolerance – Lavrov
(Interfax-Religion)

Law and religion round-up – 28th October
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Crimean Muslims congress supports nationalization of property of Mejlis banned in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)

There are no violent manifestations of anti-Semitism in Russia - RJC head
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian Orthodox Church satisfied with pope's attitude to events in Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)

Ukrainian parliament member urges calm
(Religiia v Ukraine, Russia Religion News)

Ukrainian leader rejects violence in disposition of monasteries
(RISU, Russia Religion News)

Kristen Farrington named executive director of Freedom Forum Institute’s Religious Freedom Center
(Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)

Nigerian bishops urge child protection at education conference
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Argentine government abandons bill critics see as ‘gender ideology’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Christianity and the alt-right in America
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Religion and reactionary white politics (Responding to: Christianity and the alt-right in America)
(Damon Berry, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

The alt-right in the ongoing saga of American Protestantism (Responding to: Christianity and the alt-right in America)
(Connor Grubaugh, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Survey data indicates a complicated relationship between religion and racial attitudes (Responding to: Christianity and the alt-right in America)
(George Hawley, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Christianity is America’s most effective antidote to the alt-right (Responding to: Christianity and the alt-right in America)
(Kate Arenchild, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

The future of alt-right Christianity (Responding to: Christianity and the alt-right in America)
(Dan DeCarlo, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

7th Circuit hears arguments in challenge to clergy housing exemption
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Feds seeking approval to pursue death penalty
(Associated Press)

Newport congregation takes Touro Synagogue ownership case to U.S. Supreme Court
(Katie Mulvaney, Providence Journal)

Cert. filed in Touro Synagogue ownership dispute
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

11th Amendment dismissal avoids ruling on Free Exercise challenge to Medicaid rule
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

USCIRF calls on Yemen to release persecuted Baha’is
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Ken Woodward, former Newsweek scribe: The 'double lives' elephant in the Catholic sex crisis
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Time for next wave of election ink: So it's time to look for the elusive Catholic vote – again
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)

This community is tearing itself apart over non-Christians owning houses
(Trevor Bach, Vice)

Post-Trump rise of religious left: Real trend or wishful thinking? We'll find out soon
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Keeping up: Transgender challenges ahead for news media and 'mainline' Protestants
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Was it Kavanaugh's guilty conscience, or his karma?
(Jonathan C. Gold, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

Archbishop Óscar Romero becomes a saint, but his death still haunts El Salvador
(Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker)

Moving on up: The UN Human Rights Council agenda items explained
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))

Prosecution of a publisher for ‘denigration’ of Turkey violated Article 10
(Ronan Ó Fathaigh, Strasbourg Observers)

Turkish-Israeli relations back to square one again
(Yasar Yakis, Arab News)

EVENT, 29 October 2018: Religion in public service
(Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)

EVENT, 29 October 2018: Race, religious freedom and the politics of belonging
(Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)

How to reverse the global decline in fertility rates
(Asma I. Abdulmalik, Arab News)

The Tree of Life massacre
(Editorial, The New York Sun)

The Pittsburgh massacre was about refugees
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

Pittsburgh suspect’s hatred of Jews, HIAS part of larger anti-immigrant surge
(Yonat Shimron and Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Ben Uri Gallery to be reinvented to promote immigrant artists
(Mark Brown, The Guardian)

House Democrats promise action on LGBTQ rights bill
(Juliet Linderman, Associated Press)

Number of Americans who say they are witches is on the rise
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)

Prison cannot limit participation in Native American religious ceremonies to ethnic Native Americans
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Sunday, 28 October 2018

28 Oct: DOJ investigates Catholic church, contraceptive mandate rollback, and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)

London: Two convicted of running illegal school (Al-Istiqamah Learning Centre)
(BBC News)

Does poverty cause terrorism?
(Todd Sandler, OUPblog)

Saturday, 27 October 2018

Belgium: Citizenship deprivation against dual nationals recruiting young Muslims to fight in Syria, an efficient measure?
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Fouad Belkacem: Belgian Islamist leader loses citizenship
(BBC News)

Photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Religious photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

European court rules insulting Prophet Mohammed ‘not freedom of expression’
(Al Arabiya)

European court rejects Austrian’s case over prophet slur
(Associated Press)

European Court upholds conviction for calling Muhammad a pedophile
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Freedom of expression or criminal blasphemy?: ES v Austria
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Conviction for calling Muhammad a paedophile is not in breach of Article 10
(Press Release issued by the Registrar of the Court, European Court of Human Rights)

E.S. v. Austria (Opinion in the Case)
(European Court of Human Rights Fifth Section Chamber Judgment)

Information Note on the Court’s case-law 222 (E.S. v. Austria)
(European Court of Human Rights)

Equality & Human Rights Commission: Is Britain Fairer?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Turkey forces another Christian out of country
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Pakistani Christian gets life for blasphemy despite learning difficulties
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)

Mentally disabled Pakistani Christian sentenced to life in prison
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Arizona will adopt new science and history education standards
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

UN rules France's 'Burqa ban' is a violation of Muslim women's rights
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

Re-Jew-venating the Jew: Bad theo-logic by Rabbi Michael Shevack
(Rabbi Michael Shevack, World Religion News)

Trump administration tries to redefine gender
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Satanists moving forward with case against Belle Plaine, MN
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Bible museum is first in US to show mile-long illustrated Bible
(Menachem Wecker, Religion News Service)

Why the Christian idea of hell no longer persuades people to care for the poor
(Meghan Henning, Religion News Service)

Muslim #MeToo isn’t just a man problem. It’s also a male-led theology problem
(Dilshad Ali, Religion News Service)

Matthew Shepard, symbol for gay rights, laid to rest in DC
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)

8 dead, several others including police officers shot at Pittsburgh Synagogue
(Savannah Pointer, KDKA 2 Pittsburgh)

Suspect in custody in deadly Pittsburgh synagogue attack
(Associated Press)

Christians in India's Uttar Pradesh state endure record setting month for persecution
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

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