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Thursday, 5 April 2018

Argentina abortion bill gains momentum in Congress
(Catholic News Agency)

Austria considers headscarf ban for young girls in school
(Catholic News Agency)

Catholic employers win lawsuit against HHS birth control mandate; avoid $6.9 million in fines
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

America's suicide epidemic: What Christians can do
(Eric Metaxas and Stan Guthrie, The Christian Post)

NPR reporter incorrectly describes meaning of Easter, showing cultural disconnect from Christianity
(Leah Hickman, Christian Headlines)

Ireland: Aborted babies pointedly ignored in pro-choice empty shoes campaign
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Pakistan's political leaders condemn terrorist attacks on Christians
(The News)

Antisemitism on the left and Jeremy Corbyn
(Mark Regev, The Guardian)

The expectations project slammed Devos for her comments on race and discipline
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

How a businessman is reshaping the Anti-Defamation League in an age of white nationalism
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

From hell to atonement, musician Audrey Assad has been quietly evolving
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS: On Faith & Culture)

Divorce is tragic — but there is hope
(Richard Mouw, RNS Column: Civil Evangelicalism)

At Korean-American churches, a struggle to retain language and tradition
(At Korean-American churches, a struggle to retain language and tradition, Aziza Kasumov)

What MLK would say today
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

King in Montgomery: A white Southern Baptist minister reflects
(Alan Cross, Religion News Service)

'Racism remains a stain' on American soul, Washington DC rally for Martin Luther King Jr. hears
(Ecumenical News)

Indonesians fight to keep mystical religion of Java alive
(Krithika Varagur, Voice of America)

Montana school choice case could strike a blow against religious discrimination
(Tim Keller, Fox News)

Condo accused of religious ban offers revised policy
(Lidia Dinkova, Daily Business Review)

Pope and Armenian president unveil monument to Armenian saint in Vatican Gardens
(Interfax-Religion)

Ethnic minorities in Iraq lost hope unlike Syrian Christians - Russian Church official
(Interfax-Religion)

Kazakhstan: Cancer sufferer freed, other cases continue
(Forum 18 News Service)

Quebec bishops ponder possibility of married priests
(Veronique Demers, Catholic News Service)

Church in Goa, India, attacked with stones during Easter Vigil
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Archbishop condemns ritual killing of children in Senegal
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

One lawsuit, one appeal granted, over religious expression at military retirement ceremonies
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Fear grips Yemen’s Aden as deadly attacks target clerics
(Ahmed Al-Haj, Associated Press)

Questions over Felder’s ‘yeshiva’ amendment
(Amy Sara Clark, The New York Jewish Week)

The curious case of the yeshiva carve-out
(Vivian Wang and Jesse McKinley, The New York Times)

New York budget bill passed with special curriculum criteria for yeshivas
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Suit over "In Christ" e-mail signature moves ahead
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ruling: Judges lack authority for hotlines on emergency care
(Associated Press)

Arizona Appeals Court invalidates hotline procedure for overruling parental objections to medical treatment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

EVENT, 5 April 2018: Equal Treatment?: Measuring the Legal and Media Responses to Ideologically Motivated Violence in the U.S., Washington, D.C. (will be streamed on Facebook)
(Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU))

Casual workers and unfair dismissal: Mrs M Wright
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Evangelical colleges have much to say about the Billy Graham epoch and its aftermath
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Question for savvy reporters: Spot link between Toys R Us crisis and sobering trends in many pews?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Hungary’s Orban seeks re-election on anti-migrant platform
(Pablo Gorondi, Associated Press International News)

European court rejects German's complaint over Nazi symbols
(Associated Press)

Why the ECHR decided not to revise its judgment in the Ireland v. The United Kingdom case
(Iulia Padeanu, EJIL: Talk!)

Wednesday, 4 April 2018

China bans online Bible sales, religious blueprint released
(Michael Sainsbury, UCANews)

Chinese government official: No religion ‘transcends nations’
(National Catholic Register)

Despite speculation, no Vatican-China deal anytime soon
(UCANews)

Iraqi Christians still threatened with annihilation
(Stephen Wynne, Church Militant)

'Rise Nineveh': Christians in Iraq celebrate Assyrian New Year and Easter
(Seth J. Frantzman, Jerusalem Post)

Rwanda closes thousands of churches in bid for more control
(Ignatius Ssuuna, Associated Press)

Is Rwanda trying to destroy Christianity?
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Expert on religion doubts that Mormons would be able to build a church in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)

Swastika finally removed from Lutheran church bell
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

Jeremy Corbyn criticized for attending radical Jewish event
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

Spring books: The renewal edition
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

What baseball can learn from religion
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)

Ukrainian Orthodox switch allegiance from Moscow to Kiev-linked churches
(Olga Rudenko, Religion News Service)

Dr. King and religious liberty
(Amanda Tyler, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC blog))

#MLK50: On anniversary of King's assassination, five faith-filled links to insightful coverage
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Picture a King
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: The legacy lives on
(Richard Land, The Christian Post)

King’s death remembered with pledges to confront racism
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

BJC’s Amanda Tyler on the role of religious liberty in Dr. King’s ministry and advocacy
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

How Martin Luther King Jr.'s last Sunday sermon speaks to us today
(Jim Denison, The Christian Post)

‘No religion, no caste’ students: Kerala education minister draws flak for getting the numbers wrong
(TA Ameerudheen, Scroll.in)

House approves bill permitting ‘God enriches’ motto to be posted at schools
(Howard Fischer, Arizona Capitol Times)

Know your rights: Interfering with religious freedom is illegal
(Elizabeth Buhungiro, The New Times)

Jehovah's Witness parents' legal win means child with cancer can skip blood transfusions
(Ken Alltucker, AZ Central)

Putin thanks Patriarch of Constantinople for supporting unity of the Orthodox world - Kremlin
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian news reports American attention to Danish Jehovah's Witness
(InoTV, Russia Religion News)

Trump administration: Combating anti-Semitism a ‘priority,’ but no envoy named
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

House Speaker says Catholic Charities should lead anti-poverty fight
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Austrian government seeks headscarf ban in elementary school
(Associated Press)

Hundreds stage sit-in supporting radical Pakistani cleric
(Associated Press)

Settlement close in suit accusing NYPD of spying on Muslims
(Associated Press)

Missouri Supreme Court to Northland church: You shall not set a sign among them
(Dan Margolies, KCUR 89.3)

Missouri high court rejects church's challenge to signage limits
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Refusal of "IM GOD" license plate can be challenged in federal court
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Air Force: Colonel had religious right to refuse signing same-sex spouse appreciation letter
(Jennifer H. Svan, Stars and Stripes)

Air Force reverses suspension of colonel who refused to support same-sex marriage
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Air Force upholds right of commander to refuse to sign certificate for same-sex spouse
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

On Passover, Netanyahu does a Trump
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

News test: Try to figure out what The New York Times thinks about abortion vote in Ireland
(George Conger, GetReligion)

Tale of two French stories: Beltrame's Catholicism, Knoll's Judaism, and why press covered them differently
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Nazis destroyed this Berlin synagogue. A Muslim politician and a Jewish leader want to rebuild it.
(Luisa Beck, The Washington Post)

Erdoğan’s ‘enemies’ find sanctuary close to home
(Zia Weise, Politico Europe)

Blogger ordered to remove 'hate speech' against member of small religious order
(Alexandra Back, The Sydney Morning Herald)

Myanmar migrants in Thailand face barriers of race, religion
(Ben Dunant, Voice of America)

TUI to shun religious education opt-out
(Martin Wall, The Irish Times)

IPA says repeal laws that threaten religious freedom
(Ben Packham, The Australian)

Air Force colonel’s career restored after same-sex marriage discrimination incident
(Kyle Rempfer, Air Force Times)

Thanks, but a ‘Love a Muslim Day’ isn’t enough to counter Islamophobia
(Shaista Aziz, The Guardian)

'Punish a Muslim Day' blasted by metro Detroit religious and political leaders
(Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press)

‘Punish a Muslim day’ generates anger, fear and solidarity in Britain
(Jennifer Hassan, The Washington Post)

Christianity: Too violent for Facebook
(Rod Dreher, The American Conservative)

Irish policy aimed at Catholic schools raises fears of discrimination
(Catholic News Agency)

Politifact aborts the facts about abortion being the leading killer of black lives
(Ryan Bomberger, The Christian Post)

Ohio sued for refusing to allow transgender people to 'correct' their birth certificates
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)

Honor MLK's legacy by engaging people who are different
(James Lankford, The Christian Post)

Why should anyone care what happens to the Northern White Rhino?
(J. Warner Wallace, The Christian Post)

When terrorists and criminals govern better than governments
(Shadi Hamid, Vanda Felbab-Brown, and Harold Trinkunas, The Atlantic)

Labour’s mission is to transform Britain. Don’t let bigotry get in the way
(Owen Jones, The Guardian)

Israeli authorities block airport ads urging women to refuse to give up seats
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Corbyn and Jewish leaders agree to tackle Labour antisemitism
(Jessica Elgot, The Guardian)

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