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Thursday, 3 May 2018

Ashers 'gay cake' case could go to European Court of Human Rights
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)

Gay activist Peter Tatchell defends Ashers bakery in 'gay cake' case
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)

Vatican requests courses to fill ‘urgent need’ for training in canon law
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Violence against women begins in the womb
(Elaine Storkey, Christianity Today)

Scotland's evangelical island gets its first mosque
(Danny Webster, Christianity Today)

Trump tells Nigeria's president church attacks must stop
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)

Give protestants a taste of Catholic communion, German bishops tell Vatican
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)

West Virginia church ejected by Baptist denomination over pastor's LGBT activism
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Reverend condemns 'anti-Christian' California bill as worst he's seen in entire ministry
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Illinois senate approves bill requiring public schools to teach LGBT history
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)

Roy Moore won't rule out another run for office
(Scott Slayton, Christian Headlines)

America has a loneliness problem, especially among young people
(Leah Hickman, Christian Headlines)

Muslims recoil at a French proposal to change the Quran
(Karina Piser, The Atlantic)

King James Bible's classic English text revealed to include work by French scholar
(Alison Flood, The Guardian)

Hobby Lobby returned thousands of stolen artifacts
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Roseanne Barr wants to be Prime Minister of Israel
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Healing through artwork: Crochet by African migrants and trauma victims on display in NYC exhibit
(Liz Donovan, Religion News Service)

Hindus in India are converting to Buddhism to protest treatment of lower castes
(Jason Overdorf, Religion News Service)

Today is National Day of Prayer
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

President Donald J. Trump Proclaims May 3 as a National Day of Prayer
(The White House)

National Prayer Events

Can Corporate America join the National Day of Prayer?
(Brian Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

From Washington to Wyoming, leaders and locals prepare for prayer day
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Sutherland Springs pastor to meet Trump at White House for National Day of Prayer
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)

Re-use of institutional burial grounds
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

PUBLIC EVENT, 3 May 2018: Religion and Secularism: does the Court go too far – or not far enough?
(Professor Eva Brems, Judge Ann Power-Forde, Judge Christos Rozakis, Professor Josephy H. H. Weiler, Grassrootsmobilise Public Event & Conference – Athens, Greece (Acropolis Museum))

Bats in churches again
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Factual questions remain on ecclesiastical abstention and ministerial exception (Kelly v. Decatur Baptist Church
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Kelly v. Decatur Baptist Church – Memorandum Opinion and Order
(US District Court, Northern Distrcit of Alabama, Northeastern Division)

Why white evangelicals are wrong about Obamacare
(T. Patrick Hill, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

Church, state’s uneasy intersection
(Gary Ackerman, Newsday)

These are the 12 most 'effective' preachers in the English language
(John Blake, CNN)

Baylor survey names twelve 'most effective' preachers
(Scott Slayton, Christian Headlines)

Religion a personal choice, should be free from coercion: Rajnath Singh
(Times of India)

Abbas speech draws fire amid accusations of anti-Semitism
(Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Uttarakhand becomes seventh state in India to approve an 'anti-conversion law'
(International Christian Concern)

Church massacre shatters tranquility of Central African capital
(Illia Djadi, World Religion News)

Turkey’s president is holding Americans hostage. Why aren’t we doing anything about it?
(Eric S. Edelman and Aykan Erdemir, The Washington Post)

Highly educated Americans less likely to believe in God of the Bible: Pew survey
(Ecumenical News)

Wednesday, 2 May 2018

Iraq gathering aimed to honor Mary, empower women
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

How should Catholics respond to migration caravans?
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)

Protect religious adoption agencies opposed to homosexuality, faith leaders tell Congress
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Alfie Evans and Britain's post-Christian, post-human, pagan culture
(Dr. Richard D. Land, The Christian Post)

Ruins of ancient church discovered in Syria, in territory formerly under ISIS control
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

Trauma, anxiety haunt more than half of Syrian refugee children
(Daily Sabah)

Church in Colombia prepares for first National Day of Reconciliation
(Catholic News Agency)

California bishops: We must accompany those with mental illness
(Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency)

Nepal's squabble with EU bodes ill for religious freedom
(Prakash Khadka, UCANews)

US detainees in North Korea may have been relocated
(Channel News Asia)

Beloved princes: Thai boys become Buddhist novices – in pictures
(Jorge Silva, The Guardian)

Why are evangelicals who voted for Clinton leaving their faith?
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

‘Indonesia’s most important extremist ideologue’ faces death over church bombing
(World Watch Monitor)

‘Avoid persecution-of-Christians label,’ says Syria expert
(Jayson Casper, World Watch Monitor)

Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories roil DC city government
(Ashraf Khalil, Religion News Service)

Canada: Legal fight over summer jobs abortion-rights clause escalates as new challenges are filed
(Brian Platt, National Post)

Canadian House passes motion calling on Pope Francis to issue apology
(Deborah Gyapong, Catholic News Service)

Meeting abuse survivors, Pope apologizes for being 'part of the problem'
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

Chile victims of clergy sex abuse praise talks with pope
(Frances D'Emilio, Religion News Service)

Pope to Chile abuse victims: ‘I was part of the problem’
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

How American Christians can break free from ‘slaveholder religion’
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Column: On Faith & Culture)

A biblical answer to the $1 trillion problem of student debt
(F. Romall Smalls, Religion News Service)

American Muslim Poll 2018: Pride and prejudice
(Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU))

5.1 million reasons to keep religion out of your workplace
(Jon Hyman, Workforce)

Jamaica: Adventists want exams set on Sabbath rescheduled
(Jamaica Observer)

Colorado bill to allow LGBTQ discrimination by adoption agencies fails in Senate
(Marianne Goodland, The Gazette)

Islamophobia declining in world gradually: Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) report
(Faizan Hashmi, Urdu Point)

Mass killings: Interfaith group urges review of security measures
(Abdullateef Salau, Daily Trust Nigeria)

Prime Minister supports 21 for 21 search for young interfaith leaders
(Church Times)

Riyadh revisits its relationship with religion
(Stratfor)

Anti-war protests 50 years ago helped mold the modern Christian right
(David Mislin, The Conversation)

Catholics warn against 'winner-takes-all' approach on marriage equality
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)

Second Circuit revives Muslims' 'no-fly' suit, finding federal agents individually liable
(Colby Hamilton, New York Law Journal)

Adopt a heritage: Should private companies be caretakers of Indian national monuments?
(Krzysztof Iwanek, The Diplomat)

The rise of right-wing parties highlights the precarious status of Italy’s Muslims
(World Politics Review)

Indiana pizzeria at the center of religious freedom controversy closes
(Morgan Gstalter, The Hill)

Morris churches ask Supreme Court to reconsider ruling that bars them from grants
(Peggy Wright, Daily Record)

Christie's $11M in state grants to religious schools in limbo after Supreme Court ruling
(S.P. Sullivan, NJ Advance Media)

The Democrats’ God gap
(David French, National Review)

Some rabbis say it isn’t kosher to borrow from Quicken Loans — because it’s run by Jews
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Pakistan field visit reveals need for church planter support
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)

Mahmoud Abbas’ remarks on the Holocaust explain why two-state solution is dying
(Andrew Silow-Carroll, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' Holocaust comments spark outrage
(Deutsche Welle)

Yes, Abbas is a Jew-hater
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

It’s right to condemn Mahmoud Abbas for his antisemitic remarks
(Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian)

Trinidad and Tobago Catholic group expands as refugee numbers rise
(Laura Ann Phillips, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

‘A good Catholic meddles in politics’: Fr. Conway’s political prayer
(John Gehring, Commonweal)

Israel passes law urging judges to consult Jewish law in absence of legal precedent
(Jonathan Lis, Haaretz)

Israel's Knesset passes bill urging judges to use Jewish law in absence of other precedent
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

At college decision time, conservatives face tough choices
(Christa Case Bryant, The Christian Science Monitor)

Christian Science Monitor details how conservatives are fleeing to start-up colleges
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

HHS agrees to investigate Hawaii for forcing pregnancy centers, doctors to promote abortion
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

HHS investigating legality of Hawaii notice requirements for pregnancy clinics
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Militants attack Libyan election commission, 14 killed
(Rami Musa, Associated Press)

President Donald J. Trump proclaims May 2018 as Jewish American Heritage Month
(The White House)

President proclaims May as Jewish American heritage month
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

CUA Law Hosts Inaugural Lecture for the Center for Religious Liberty
(The Center for Religious Liberty, The Catholic University of America)

Human Rights Centre submits third party intervention in a case concerning ethnic profiling by law enforcement officers
(Sien Devriendt and Tess Heirwegh, Strasbourg Observers)

Religion News Foundation welcomes major grant to expand religion journalism
(Religion News Service)

Newseum Institute renamed Freedom Forum Institute
(Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)

Pope Francis makes rosary pilgrimage for peace in Syria
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

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