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Tuesday, 13 February 2018

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing charges of bribery and corruption
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Post-election contention ongoing in Kenya; Christians setting example of unity
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

Sociologist of religion speaks on interfaith cooperation
(Paige Greene, UT Daily Beacon)

ISIS presence in Iran draws attention to the mobility of terrorism
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

Religious liberties bill clears Iowa Senate panel despite business opposition
(William Petroski, Des Moines Register)

Year of the Dog exposes growth of Islamic conservatism in Malaysia
(Bard Wilkinson, CNN)

Vatican agreement with China could 'deal blow' to Catholic church
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Christian Schools Australia defends right to hire and fire teachers over beliefs
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)

The battle within the Catholic Church for the remains of America's first televangelist
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Michigan church attacked for conversion therapy of LGBT teen
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Kazakhstan’s new secularity
(Boiko Hristov, New Eastern Europe)

ACT government says religious freedom inquiry could undermine Human Rights Act
(Katie Burgess, Brisbane Times)

Russian Jehovah's Witnesses get help from Norwegians
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)

A fascinating look at misperceptions and persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses
(WRN Editorial Staff, World Religion News)

It's in our hands how the flawed religious freedom inquiry will play out
(Rodney Croome, The Guardian)

What did Jesus wear?
(Joan Taylor, Religion News Service)

What would Jesus do? Help the Dreamers and secure the border
(Robert Jeffress, Religion News Service)

Vatican expert to meet delegation in Chile bishop dispute
(Eva Vergara and Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

Glitz and a surprise guest at the prom for those who often don’t get to go
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion News Service)

Gabbay lambastes national-religious rabbis for extremism
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)

Mainliners’ wrongheaded push for American disarmament
(Mark Tooley, Religion News Service)

Love is in the air. That’s the problem.
(Manis Friedman, Religion News Service)

Love, marriage and food for the heart
(Gary Edmonds, Religion News Service)

Former Olympic curling hopeful now cheering Team USA from the priesthood
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Azerbaijan: State's theological review bans book on Islam
(Forum 18 News Service)

Jews and Muslims invited to celebrate Carnival in Germany
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)

Whoopi Goldberg: Asking Adam Rippon to meet Mike Pence like asking a Jew to sit with a Nazi
(Jessica Chasmar, The Washington Times)

Lebanese judge orders 3 Muslims to memorize Quran verses hailing Mary, Jesus
(Al Arabiya)

Pope, Patriarch say mass for “persecuted Christians of the Middle East”
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Work of religious sisters against trafficking “nothing short of miraculous,” expert says
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Religious girls protest pressure to join Israeli army
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Germany reports similar number of anti-Semitic incidents in 2017 from previous year
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The Georgia 3Rs Project: A First Amendment framework for promoting religious literacy & religious liberty in Georgia public schools
(Religious Freedom Center)

Fake news, murder & the Philippine bishops
(Paul Moses, Commonweal)

New budget allows taxpayer funds to rebuild houses of worship
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

‘I feel trapped’: Violence fuels fear among Myanmar Muslims
(Foster Klug, Associated Press)

‘It’s all right,’ Christian Kelly Clark says after final Olympics run
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

Church bells and the law
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

White House proposed budget promotes school choice
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Men without conviction, churches without people
(George Weigel, First Things)

The Church of England and the Methodist Church: updated
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Macron vows to reform Islam in France "It is time to bring in a new generation."
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)

EVENT, 13 February 2018: Religious Studies and Journalism: Promising Venues for Public Scholarship (webinar)
(Debra Mason, Janet Saidi, Inés San Martín, Religious Freedom Center / Public Scholars Project)

Trump voucher plan a threat to religious freedom and public education, says Americans United
(Press Release, Americans United)

Monday, 12 February 2018

Morocco leads foreign funding for French mosques
(Sana Elouazi, Morocco World News)

Tibetan monk arrested during visit from India, jailed on unknown charge
(Radio Free Asia)

EEOC obtains settlement in religious discrimination suit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Decostar Industries to pay $38,500 to settle EEOC religious discrimination suit
(Press Release, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

Religion Watch, February 2018, Volume 33 No. 4
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)

Swiss Radio: Religious freedom – the key to economic success?
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Inside business: Business and religion
(BBC Radio)

February 11: National Prayer Breakfast, California rules on cake case, and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)

Religion and politics in the feud between Saudi Arabia and Qatar
(Mordechai Kedar, Arutz Sheva)

The female Quran experts fighting radical Islam in Morocco
(Dina Temple-Raston, The Atlantic)

Indian government acknowledges surge in religion-based violence
(Jardine Malado, The Christian Times)

Poland to vote on law limiting kosher slaughter prompting Jewish backlash
(Lucy Pasha-Robinson, The Independent)

Bill seeks to bar companies from citing religious exemptions
(Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press)

LGBTQ equality pendulum “abruptly” swinging back as religious exemptions gain victories
(Patrick Hornbeck, Religion Dispatches)

Israeli Govt. expected to approve aliyah of 1000 Ethiopians within a month
(Tamara Zieve, The Jerusalem Post)

New campaign opposes guidance for religious girls on IDF service
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)

China’s price: Catholics argue over the value of a breakthrough deal with China
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Moscow patriarchate drags feet on meeting with the pope
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

More details about harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)

Russia: Muslim leaders raise alarm about public danger
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

How religious belief can play a role in politics
(Isaac Inkeles, Mosaic Magazine)

Iceland is getting its first resident rabbi in decades
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Catholic institute: Kids could be harmed if Scotland changes gender law
(Simon Caldwell, Catholic News Service)

Bishops urge Nigerian president to address deadly violence & kidnappings
(Catholic News Agency)

Despite Olympics diplomacy, North Korea relentless in persecution of Christians
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Democracy is the problem? The return of Catholic anti-liberalism
(Massimo Faggioli, Commonweal)

Egypt sentences to death suspect in Coptic priest’s killing
(Associated Press)

Church says gay teacher fired by Miami Catholic school
(Associated Press)

‘We are being targeted’: Voodoo believers fear a backlash
(Alanna Durkin Richer and Philip Marcelo, Associated Press)

Governor: Company shouldn’t have to make gay pride shirts
(Associated Press)

European Court upholds conviction for inciting hatred
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Decision Smajic v. Bosnia and Herzegovina - insulting posts on Internet
(Press Release, European Court of Human Rights)

Maryland city to church: Stop worship services or leave
(Press Release, Alliance Defending Freedom)

Small church challenges zoning changes
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Muslim World League chief: People must accept religious, intellectual diversity
(Al Arabiya)

India, UAE condemn use of religion by states to justify sponsoring terrorism
(India TV)

Pakistan's Media Authority reminds licensees to refrain from promoting Valentine's Day
(Madeeha Anwar, Voice of America)

Ieronymos: Church must approve religion schoolbooks
(Ekathimerini)

Tennessee: School board updates policy on religion in curriculum
(Jim Herrin, Herald-Citizen)

Iraqi Shia scholar meets with Pope Francis and calls for tolerance and moderation
(AhlulBayt News Agency)

Religious leaders must understand how followers interpret what they teach: Masagos
(Cheryl Goh, Channel News Asia)

People called on to maintain interfaith harmony
(Antara News)

Attacks on religious leaders aim to create instability
(Andi Abdussalam, Antara News)

Women faith leaders meet in Wales to discuss faithful living
(Mormon Newsroom)

Pregame prayer at Ohio school halted by complaint from Freedom From Religion Foundation
(Cam Smith, USA Today)

A battle over language is at the heart of Northern Ireland crisis
(William Booth and Amanda Ferguson, The Washington Post)

Why transgenderism is a problem for secularism
(Bernard N. Howard, The Gospel Coalition)

Argument: Poland's Holocaust denialism will come back to haunt it
(Remi Adekoya, Foreign Policy)

First Pakistani woman from Hindu minority to become lawmaker
(Adil Jawad, Associated Press)

Dominicans worldwide pray for their deceased parents
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)

Abortion funding limits get priorities right, bishops say
(Catholic News Agency)

Bishops urge Nigerian president to address deadly violence & kidnappings
(Catholic News Agency)

The government gets into the church-rebuilding business
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Church of England backs motion valuing people with Down's syndrome
(Press Association, The Guardian)

The Guardian view on the Catholic church and child abuse: Pope Francis gets it wrong
(Editorial, The Guardian)

Church of England facing 3,300 sexual abuse claims, figures reveal
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

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