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Thursday, 20 September 2018

Shambhulal Regar, arrested for hacking Muslim man, may contest 2019 polls
(NDTV)

KRG election: 18 Christian candidates compete for 5 quota seats
(Nasir Ali, Rudaw.net)

The “forced conversions” of Pakistan’s Hindu women hide a much bigger problem
(Jürgen Schaflechner, qz.com)

Uzbekistan: Jailings "to intimidate all who speak about freedoms"
(Forum 18 News Service)

RFRA defense to harboring aliens rejected at pre-trial stage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

NY diocese reaches $27.5M settlement with 4 abuse victims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Lafayette library board president not planning to interfere with drag queen reading event
(Ben Myers, The Advocate)

Suit argues Drag Queen Story Time violates Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

N.J. Catholic dioceses releases priest sex abuse victims from agreements, says victims are free to talk
(Kelly Heyboer, NJ Advance Media)

New Jersey dioceses release victims from non-disclosure agreements
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Morris County, NJ: Let us preserve our history! (With historic houses of worship on the chopping block, County seeks reprieve from U.S. Supreme Court)
(Becket)

Cert filed in case testing limits of Trinity Lutheran Case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Christian school can’t consolidate in UA office site, appeals court confirms
(Alissa Widman Neese, The Columbus Dispatch)

In 6th Circuit: Christian school loses RLUIPA equal terms challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Jordan takes steps to support Jerusalem’s Palestinians
(Daoub Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Plane shot down over Syria puts Russia-Israel relations to the test
(Maxim A. Suchkov, Al-Monitor: Russia/Mideast Pulse)

‘Honor killings’ defendant in Houston death penalty trial had shank & smuggled drugs in jail
(Brian Rogers, The Houston Chronicle)

Security forces extend presence in Minya
(Persecution: International Christian Concern)

181 Montagnard refugees still detained in Bangkok
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Spiritual warfare conference aims to provide answers and hope
(Katey Hearth, Mission Network News)

New Church growth in Arabian Peninsula
(Katey Hearth, Mission Network News)

Church in America has become largely impotent, irrelevant
(James L. Garlow and David Burton, The Christian Post)

Thousands of Hispanics expected in Texas for Encuentro summit
(Catholic News Agency)

Historic low on US refugee cap lamented as 'deeply disturbing'
(Catholic News Agency)

'Isis will be looking for targets': guns and fear mark Afghan Ashura
(Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian)

Blackpool Tower rainbow lights to greet anti-LGBT US preacher
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Danish mayors vow to ignore citizenship handshake plan
(Jon Henley, The Guardian)

School counselor "outed" by Catholic high school shares her story on 'Ellen'
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

Fasting on Yom Kippur
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Paul Simon’s Yom Kippur sermon
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

Making religious communities safe for LGBTQ kids
(Jane Clementi, Religion News Service)

As Catholic sex abuse investigations begin, questions remain
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

EVENT, 20 September 2018: [Preview] The G20 Interfaith Forum in Buenos Aires: Religious Perspectives for the 2018 Global Agenda
(Cynthia Hotton, Katherine Marshall, John T. Monahan, David Mooer, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

As Florence subsides, Catholic Charities in NC ready to offer assistance
(Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency)

Christians mobilizing aid for Hurricane Florence victims
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

Backlash in Iran as some wartime veterans circumvent new retirement law
(Al-Monitor Staff, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

U.S. bishops announce new abuse-prevention measures and call for McCarrick investigation
(Catholic News Agency)

Wednesday, 19 September 2018

EVENT, 19 September 2018: International Seminar — Religious Liberty in the United Kindgom - Prof. Mark Hill QC
(Centro Brasileiro de Estudos em Direito e Religião - CEDIRE (FADIR/UFU))

Prof. PLO Lumumba speaks during Africa Religious Liberty Congress in Rwanda
(Adventist Media Center, YouTube)

3rd Africa Religious Liberty Congress - DAY 1 - Judith Uwizye
(Adventist Media Center, YouTube)

Human flourishing is the fruit of religious freedom: Elder Sitati speaks to government officials, scholars and religious leaders in Rwanda
(News Release, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Newsroom)

Promoting Religious Freedom among Religions and Nations
(Elder Joseph W. Sitati of the Seventy, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Newsroom)

IICSA mandatory reporting seminar – 27th September
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Is religion good or bad for us?
(David B. Feldman, Psychology Today)

Germany’s faith-based sanctuary activists have created a national movement
(Caitlin L. Chandler, The Nation)

Episode 30: The Religion Clauses
(Latest episode from Constitutionally Speaking, National Review)

Christians have moral mandate to fight racism, populism, say speakers at Vatican-sponsored conference
(Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service)

Message from the global conference against xenophobia: human beings are equal in dignity
(World Council of Churches)

Refugees speak on role of the Church at global conference on xenophobia that brings Vatican and WCC together
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Russian Church to help Syria return to peaceful life - Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religion)

US Catholic bishops announce new policies to police bishops
(Daniel Burke, CNN)

Prosecutor claims Jehovah's Witnesses' crime is severe
(GTRK Perm, Russia Religion News)

News service reports on Jehovah's Witnesses and Pentecostals in same article
(Vedomosti Ural, Russia Religion News)

Are Iraq's empty churches future mosques?
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

'Not a sin to thrash gays': as Russian meme convictions mount, police shrug at homophobic slurs
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)

Most Western Europeans favor at least some restrictions on Muslim women’s religious clothing
(Ariana Monique Salazar and Scott Gardner, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Crimes against Christians may not always be religiously motivated, say experts
(Anne Condodina, Catholic News Service)

Louisiana Rep. Johnson claims California atheists are trying to spy on students
(Griffin Connolly, Roll Call)

Sidhu: Religion not the copyright of Akali Dal
(Manjeet Sehgal, India Today)

Law and Religion Colloquium hosts Robert Louis Wilken
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)

India bans instant divorce by Muslim men
(Ashok Sharma, Associated Press)

Nigerian bishops tell citizens not to sell their votes or voter cards
(Peter Ajayi Dada, Catholic News Service)

Police break up Muslim gatherings in Indian-held Kashmir
(Associated Press)

Texas group sorry for likening Hindu deity to GOP elephant
(Associated Press)

Ireland: Blasphemy amendment to the constitution passes all stages in the Dáil
(Ailbhe Conneely, RTE)

Bahraini soldiers disrupt Shia mourning gatherings, arrest clerics
(Al Bawaba)

Political nonprofits must now name many of their donors under federal court ruling after Supreme Court declines to intervene
(Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)

Burned by tragedy after tragedy, Sierra Leone desperately needs Jesus
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

Thousands of Nicaraguans to leave United States
(Lindsay Steele, Mission Network News)

Scripture translation in Indonesia
(Lindsay Steele, Mission Network News)

Super Typhoon Mangkhut slams into the Philippines
(Bethann Flynn, Mission Network News)

Persecution and opportunities for believers in India
(Lindsay Steele, Mission Network News)

Church finally opened in Syria's Kobani
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Hindu extremists accelerate clampdown on Christians in Uttar Pradesh, India
(Morning Star News)

Ethnic Wa army in Myanmar target Christian clergy and churches
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Religiously motivated acid attack killed Pakistani Christian
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Fulani militants kill two young Christian boys in recent attack
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Christian graves vandalized in Algeria
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Indian pastor attacked and threaten for preaching in village
(Laura Mowat, Express)

Iraqi Kurds stuck between Iran, US
(Fazel Hawramy, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

What Putin-Erdogan deal means for Idlib
(Maxim A. Suchkov, Al-Monitor: Russia/Mideast Pulse)

Villages overwhelmed as Idlib's displaced head for Turkish border
(Khaled al-Khateb, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)

'The violence is always there': life as a Sikh in Trump's America
(Andrew Gumbel, The Guardian)

All those who are displaced by crisis and conflict need help and protection
(Letters, The Guardian)

Global faith leaders urge action over 'ignored millions' displaced by conflict
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Boko Haram kills midwife, threatens to kill other hostages, including Leah Sharibu, unless demands met
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)

Boko Haram executes aid worker, threatens to execute Leah Sharibu and others
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Number of Christian refugees entering U.S. falls by 40%
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Muslims in India protest China's Uighur concentration camps
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

China and the Vatican may sign deal on bishop appointment soon
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Churches providing relief from Hurricane Florence
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Check out the new uniform for female Muslim police officers in the UK
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

A creationist will be reviewing Arizona's standards on how to teach evolution
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

Survey shows more pastors preach about abuse in #MeToo age
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Catholic dioceses sued over disclosure of abuse allegations
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)

Willow Creek names NAE head, 3 others to oversee Hybels investigation
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

A Conservative rabbi’s arrest reopens debate over discrimination in Israel
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Former Willow Creek pastor Steve Carter breaks his silence on Hybels allegations
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Chinese Churches threatened with surging nationalism
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

USCIRF statement on Frank Wolf as he leaves the 21st Century Wilberforce Initiative
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

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