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Thursday, 13 September 2018

Cardinal Wuerl to ask pope to accept his resignation
(Ed Condon, Catholic News Agency)

Beijing bans online evangelization amid religious crackdown
(Catholic News Agency)

What do Catholic abuse policies mean by 'vulnerable adult'?
(JD Flynn, Catholic News Agency)

New Catholic group aims to form next generation of women leaders
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)

Mexican bishops publish 'plan for building peace'
(Catholic News Agency)

Chinese communist party members face dismissal for practicing religion
(Persecution: International Christian Concern)

South Sudan leaders sign cease fire
(Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing didn't change anything
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Sistine Chapel Choir under investigation for money laundering
(Reuters, The Guardian)

Pollution and corruption are choking the life out of Basra
(Diaa Jubaili, The Guardian)

Christian college stops selling Nike products over Kaepernick ad
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Millennials are trading religion for fitness routines
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

China is restricting religious internet activity
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Faith-based disaster-relief teams on standby as Florence nears
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

EVENT, 13 September 2018: Pope Francis and the Future of Interreligious Dialogue
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

EVENT, 13 September 2018: Keeping the faith: Understanding law and religion in the workplace
(Lawyers' Christian Fellowship, ADF International & Evangelical Alliance, The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London)

Seventeen years after 9/11, Muslims are still ‘presumed guilty’
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)

Wednesday, 12 September 2018

Bishops adopt international definition of antisemitism
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Church officials refuse customary reconciliation sessions, assert rule of law
(Daily News Egypt)

Christian persecution: Violent mob attacks religious retreat in India - ‘They wanted to kill us’
(Laura Mowat, Express)

Persecuted Nigerian Catholics maintain faith in spite of Boko Haram
(Festus Iyorah, National Catholic Reporter)

Fulani Herdsmen: Radical Islamists or victims-victimizers in age of global warming?
(Wissam Al-Saliby, The Christian Post)

Egyptian Christians report rising persecution
(Persecution: International Christian Concern)

200 Christians at risk in Idlib province
(Asia News)

10 killed, 20 wounded in assault on Syrian Christian town
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Wuerl to meet with Pope Francis to discuss resignation
(JD Flynn, Catholic News Agency)

Pope Francis convokes world-wide meeting of bishops on abuse crisis
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Leaked German study documents thousands of sexual abuse cases
(Anian Christoph Wimmer, Catholic News Agency)

1.5 million evacuated as North Carolina prepares for Hurricane Florence
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)

Concerns are growing that Malaysia is going backward in terms of religious freedom
(Asia News)

The role of religion in politics
(The Associated Press and NORC)

Differing opinions among practicing Muslims in Middle East on role religion should play in government
(George Diepenbrock, Phys.org)

Justice Kavanaugh may be a threat to religious freedom, says Minerva Carcano
(Minerva G. Carcaño, The Sacramento Bee)

Foreigners face online preaching ban as China cracks down on Christians and Muslims
(Jason Lemon, Newsweek)

Jeff Sessions is acting like Donald Trump's Thomas Becket
(Chris Truax, The Weekly Standard)

Now World Evangelical Alliance head meets UN chief António Guterres in New York
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Washington stands behind Constantinople's actions in Ukraine - historian
(Interfax-Religion)

Tajik authorities see no need for religious party in country
(Interfax-Religion)

United States gets involved in Ukrainian question
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)

Church groups outraged as US denies critical support to Jerusalem hospitals
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Macron wants to create 'French Islam' to align Muslims with secular society
(Jason Lemon, Newsweek)

Can Israeli women challenge Chief Rabbinate?
(Danny Zaken, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Saudi Arabia, Iran battle for influence in Pakistan
(Bruce Riedel, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

Whose religious liberty is it anyway?
(Katherine Stewart, The New York Times)

Egypt reaps harvest of Sisi’s visit to China
(Hager Hosny, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Pope summons senior bishops for summit on clerical sexual abuse
(Rory Carroll, The Guardian)

Pope confirms ‘closeness’ to Venezuela amid political, economic meltdown
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Desperate parents are bribing priests with muffins – our faith school system must end
(Zoe Williams, The Guardian)

As anti-Church violence in Nicaragua grows, Pope urges ‘fraternal reconciliation’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Closed churches force Copts to hold funerals in the streets
(World Watch Monitor)

Angela Merkel outraged over Nazi chants in far-right rally
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

China continues the crackdown on Christianity
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

School board to fight lawsuit alleging religion promotion
(Associated Press)

Using Buddhism for educational achievement: An interview with middle way school's executive director Noa Jones
(WRN Editorial Staff, World Religion News)

US lawmakers urge export restrictions targeting Xinjiang
(Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press)

Prison accused of discriminatory treatment of Muslim woman
(Associated Press)

Trump’s Education Department weighs in on anti-Semitism case
(Maria Danilova, Associated Press)

Why evangelical Christians — and all of us — should stand up for the Uighurs
(Bob Roberts, Religion News Service)

Group: Officials destroying crosses, burning Bibles in China
(Christopher Bodeen, Religion News Service)

Education Dept. reopens Rutgers case charging discrimination against Jewish students
(Erica L. Green, The New York Times)

Global Hindu gathering draws crowd, protest in Chicago
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Shuttered houses of worship get a reboot, find new life
(Mark A. Kellner, Religion News Service)

DOE reopens case against Rutgers for allowing anti-Semitism on campus
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Kenyan religious leaders fight to rescue young girls from child marriage
(Tonny Onyulo, Religion News Service)

BSU settles lawsuit brought by pro-life group
(Seth Slabaugh, Muncie Star Press)

Weighing the spiritual cost when saints turn out to be scoundrels
(Cathleen Falsani, Religion News Service)

Ball State settles suit by pro-life student group
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Indian court raises LGBT hopes of finding home in traditional faiths
(Priyadarshini Sen, Religion News Service)

Bossier schools will fight lawsuit; allow Christian-based ad on field
(Bossier Now)

‘Fat and Faithful’: A new book probes the spirituality of body image
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)

Religious themed ad reinstated on football field amid broader litigation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Siri doesn’t know squat
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS: Martini Judaism)

RLUIPA challenge by Catholic high school to stadium lighting rules rejected
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Cardinal Wuerl says he will meet with pope to discuss possible resignation
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Pope summons bishops for February abuse prevention summit
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

Defending Islam, gays and Blackpool, Brits oppose Franklin Graham’s UK visit
(Rosie Dawson, Religion News Service)

Millions of people, mostly Muslims, suddenly excluded as citizens in northeastern India
(Siddhant Mohan, USA Today)

People of faith urge Trump to admit more refugees
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Many Pakistanis with Ivy League PhDs support discrimination against Ahmadis
(Husain Haqqani, The Print)

Pakistan government's pro-minority stance questioned as Ahmadi economist's appointment is revoked
(Umaima Ahmed, Anushe Noor Faheem, Qurratulain (Annie) Zaman, Global Voices)

Fatwas, niqabs and 'acceptable standards': Is conservative Islam on the rise across Indonesia?
(Tasha Wibawa, ABC Net)

Securitization of Islam and religious freedom
(Jocelyne Cesari, Religious Freedom Institute)

Court denies summary judgment in “Integral Yoga” RLUIPA dispute in Hawaii
(Evan Seeman, RLUIPA-Defense)

EVENT, 12 September 2018: The Kingdom of God Has No Borders: A Conversation with Author Melani McAlister
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

EVENT, 12 September 2018: Religion and immigration: Tips for sharing scholarship with the public
(Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)

EVENT, 12-14 September 2018: The Fifth ICLARS Conference, Living Together in Diversity: Strategies from Law and Religion- Program
(International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (ICLARS), Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

EVENT LOGISTICS, 12-14 September 2018: The Fifth ICLARS Conference
(International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (ICLARS), Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

By a large margin, majority of Americans want Johnson Amendment in place
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Tuesday, 11 September 2018

Scattering ashes on water and land – some basics
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Isle of Man: charity law consultation
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Beijing bans online evangelization
(Bernardo Cervellera, Asia News)

Explainer: What is the 'religious freedom' debate about, and why are we having it?
(Michael Koziol, The Sydney Morning Herald)

Sen. Orrin Hatch: Tolerance has become intolerant. But there is a cure
(TIME)

Uzbekistan: building on centuries of inter-religious harmony
(Javlon Vakhabov, The Diplomat)

Putin urges to follow the example of the chief rabbi of Russia - father of 14 children
(Interfax-Religion)

Patriarch Bartholomew's position on Ukrainian Church motivated by politics rather than religion - Russian Imperial Family head
(Interfax-Religion)

Jehovah's Witness draftee defends right to conscientious objection
(NIA-Federatsiia, Russia Religion News)

Argentina’s government continues complex relationship with Church
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

11th Circuit reluctantly affirms order to remove Pensacola cross
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

China to regulate online religious activity amid crackdown
(Associated Press)

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