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Saturday, 27 October 2018

Japanese court rejects challenge to prime minister's visit to Yasukuni shrine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Japan high court nixes claim that PM Abe's Yasukuni visit was unconstitutional
(Kyodo News)

Friday, 26 October 2018

At Vatican summit, millennial Catholics have no vote but do have a voice
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Religion column introduced in Indian citizenship application form
(Nidhi Sharma, The Economic Times)

India: SC rejects PIL seeking to stop misuse of religion in elections
(Times of India)

India: State alone cannot push reforms in religion
(Narendar Pani, Hindu Business Line)

An Indian court ordered a temple to admit women. So far, it hasn’t
(Kai Schultz, The New York Times)

Indian Supreme Court's ruling on temple access by women meets resistance
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

India's Sabarimala: Over 2,000 arrested for blocking women from temple
(BBC News)

Cross removed from church in India's Jharkhand state
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Cameroon bishops say election results ‘decided before voting took place’
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Building a bridge at BYU between the Muslim world and the West
(William Hamblin and Daniel Peterson, Deseret News Faith)

Video looks at religion’s redemptive role on imprisoned gang members
(Rhina Guidos, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Mali extends the State of Emergency for another year
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Legal battle continues over religious leader housing tax break
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Reformation Day is a new public holiday in more German states
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Mass rally to promote moderate Islam in Indonesia canceled
(Associated Press)

Franco heirs take upper hand in fight over dictator’s body
(Aritz Parra, Associated Press)

Romanian church urges unity for Orthodox churches
(Associated Press)

Study: Online attacks on Jews ramp up before Election Day
(Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press)

Government brief to SCOTUS says Title VII does not ban transgender discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Transgender workers not protected by civil rights law, DOJ tells Supreme Court
(Julie Moreau, NBC News)

The Benedict Option for discrimination
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

Chinese Christians live in a "nightmare"
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Chinese communist workers sever church cross; Church members cry out (video)
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

China must end its campaign of religious persecution
(Chuck Grassley, Politico)

Chinese authorities destroy two Marian shrines despite Vatican-China agreement
(Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency)

China’s nightmare homestay: In Xinjiang, unwanted Chinese guests monitor Uighur homes 24/7
(Darren Byler, Foreign Policy)

China's war on religion: Xi Jinping cracks down on 'evil cults' while 'brainwashing' ethnic minorities
(Robert Burton-Bradley and Bang Xiao, ABC Net)

Myanmar prelate says China one-child policy leads to trafficking
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

EVENT, 26 October 2017: Islamic Law, the Nation State, and the Case of Pakistan, Washington, DC
(Religious Freedom Institute)

Thursday, 25 October 2018

South Africa shocked by live rape trial of Timothy Omotoso
(Andrew Harding, BBC News)

Bishop Holley has been removed as head of Memphis Diocese
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Bishop Holley says 'revenge,' not ‘mismanagement’ led to his removal
(JD Flynn, Catholic News Agency)

Indonesia: Government says religious harmony on decline
(Agnes Anya, Jakarta Post)

France considers moving Arabic language lessons from mosques to public schools
(Stacy Meichtry and Nick Kostov, Market Watch)

When atheists try to sic the IRS on churches
(Luke Goodrich, The Hill)

South Africa religious leaders 'deeply disturbed' by corruption
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Russia: Enforcement of anti-evangelism law in 2018
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)

Russia: Muslims, Jehovah's Witnesses arrested, Muslims convicted
(Forum 18 News Service)

Abdulatipov might be appointed Russian envoy to OIC
(Interfax-Religion)

New book studies friction between religion, family law
(Phil Ciciora, Phys.org)

Religious accommodation as dignified work
(Richard Foltin, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)

Germany: Federal Labor Court rules on religious affiliation and employment
(Deutsche Welle)

South Korea grants refugee status to Iranian student who became Catholic
(Catholic News Service)

Archbishop Viganò on religious liberty: About as subtle as demanding Pope Francis resign
(Paul Baumann, Commonweal)

Court keeps Indonesia woman irked by noisy mosque in prison
(Associated Press)

Cherokee students can wear ceremonial feathers to graduation
(Associated Press)

Area hospital employee fired over beard he says required by Norse Pagan faith
(Kaitlin Schroeder, WHIO)

Suit against drag queen story hour dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Clergy housing tax break lands in Seventh Circuit
(Lorraine Bailey, Courthouse News Service)

Religious groups, atheists clash over tax-free housing for clergy
(Erica Snow, The Wall Street Journal)

Oral arguments in 7th Circuit challenge to parsonage allowance
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ortega intensifies attack on the Catholic Church in Nicaragua
(Havana Times)

Iranian faces charges for saying Shi'ite imam 'died'
(Golnaz Esfandiari, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)

Australia: ACT proposal to remove religious freedom provisions for schools
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

One year since Al-Shabaab largest attack in Somalia
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Real-life chaplain behind ‘Indivisible’ movie on confronting war in field, at home
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

For ICE detainees, access to clergy is infrequent or absent altogether, rights groups say
(Tom Verde, Religion News Service)

Cathedral attendance rose by three per cent last Christmas
(Adam Becket, Church Times)

Hope grows despite ongoing violence: Part 1
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Court rules on mob attack against Giza church
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Prison officials in Vietnam deny medical care to imprisoned pastor
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Masterpiece Cakeshop question returns to the Supreme Court
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

Religion, civil rights cases inch up to SCOTUS after ‘Cakeshop’
(Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law)

Masterpiece Cakeshop case drew $500k in grants from religious freedom foes
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)

Turkey gives Western Christian evangelist 15 days to leave country
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)

Ankara seeks stable ties with Riyadh but demands answers on Khashoggi murder
(Semih Idiz, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Intel: Why Iran is blaming the US for Khashoggi’s death after three weeks of silence
(Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Saudi Arabia's shifting narrative on Khashoggi reveals fragility
(Bruce Riedel, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

Amid famine, anger at Khashoggi murder, will Saudis be pressed to end Yemen war?
(Laura Rozen, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Israel pays price for refusing peace talks
(Yossi Beilin, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Migrant caravan grows to 7,200, makes its way toward U.S.
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

Faith-based adoption agencies under attack by Democratic candidates
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)

U.S. consulate in Jerusalem to merge with U.S. embassy in Israel
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

EVENT, 22 October 2018: First Annual DFW Summit of Religious Freedom
(DFW Alliance for Religious Freedom)

EVENT, 25 October 2018: Towards an Authentic Pluralism: Finding Fair Solutions to the Tensions between Religious Freedom and Non-discrimination on the Basis of Gender and Sexuality Orientation
(Speaker W. Cole Durham, Jr., McGill University Faculty of Law)

The human cost of Indonesia’s blasphemy law
(Andreas Harsono, Human Rights Watch)

Rights groups push for yes vote in Irish blasphemy referendum
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

USCIRF hopes Ireland and other nations will abolish dangerous blasphemy laws
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Asia Bibi appeal complainant not even present at time of her alleged ‘blasphemy’
(World Watch Monitor)

Asia Bibi's life in extreme danger even if released from death row: 'They'd feel proud of killing her'
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Ireland referendum: Blasphemy laws and punishments from around the world
(Ben Kelly, The Independent)

Wednesday, 24 October 2018

Brief Report on Misuse of Anti-Extremism Legislation in January–August 2018
(SOVA Center for Information and Analysis)

Christian lawyer claims Asia Bibi case being delayed for security reasons
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Rohingya genocide is still going on, says top UN investigator
(AP at the United Nations, The Guardian)

Scientology network debuts its second season
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

New study reveals most evangelicals don't understand Christianity
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

'Running on hate' report: Anti-Muslim sentiment on the rise with Republican campaigns
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Will Catholic clergy be allowed to marry? The pope is considering it
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Pope Francis fires Memphis bishop after Vatican investigation
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Dear America: Please stop expecting us to whitewash our names
(Simran Jeet Singh, RNS Column: Articles of Faith)

Cory Booker could be a candidate for the ‘religious left’
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Full interview with Cory Booker: ‘I’m calling for a revival of grace in this country’
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Islam: How to understand Salafism in America
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

A young Uighur American cries out for justice
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Why are some religions more popular than others?
(Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine)

Alabama to decide on Ten Commandments amendment
(Lauren Walsh, abc3340.com)

Report on infringement of religious liberty under Ukrainian rebels
(RISU, Russia Religion News)

Abu Dujana: The Salafi preacher
(Naomi Conrad, Deutsche Welle)

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