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Monday, 15 January 2018

Prosecutor intrudes in Orthodox conflict in Ukraine
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

How Hindu Nationalists Politicized the Taj Mahal
(Harrison Akins, The Atlantic)

Amb. David Friedman sends condolence letter to family of slain West Bank rabbi
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

German diocese of Trier to pay €450,000 to church abuse victims
(David Martin, Deutsche Welle)

Mitt Romney says talks with President Monson didn't involve politics
(Ladd Egan, Deseret News Faith)

Belgian Catholics concerned about abuse of country’s euthanasia law
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)

Sinn Fein lawmaker quits after video angers Troubles victims
(Associated Press)

Public school Bible courses raise new questions about Kentucky law
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

One count dismissed in Michigan female genital mutilation case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Judge drops sex charge in mutilation case
(The Detroit News)

Belief in government corruption is not a "religious" belief
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Is Turkey aligned with al-Qaeda affiliate in Idlib?
(Week in Review, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Pope: It’s a sin if fear makes us hostile to migrants
(Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press)

The Catholic church in Latin America: Pope Francis faces a challenging visit to Chile and Peru
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Smart Roman mayors know it’s a law of life here: ‘Beware the Pope!’
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Christ statue in Peru damaged by fire days before pope visit
(Mauricio Munoz and Martin Mejia, Associated Press)

Pope seeks to turn tide of Chilean church bruised by scandal
(Nicole Winfield and Eva Vergara, Associated Press)

Irish bishop warns against thinking sexual abuse crisis is “behind us”
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Sunday, 14 January 2018

Indonesian Muslim hardliners protest Facebook blocking
(Konradus Epa, UCA News)

Newton and the perils of the imagination
(Rob Iliffe, OUPblog Religion)

Friday, 12 January 2018

Brian Grim receives Korea Peninsula Medal of Peace
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Pope Francis to declassify files on Uruguay dictatorship
(Telesur TV)

Pope Francis to signal concern for Ukraine with basilica visit
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Pope letter details concern over Chile bishop
(Eva Veraga and Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

Pope's visit to Peru and Chile casts harsh light on handling of sexual abuse cases
(Dan Collyns, The Guardian)

Turkey calls on Russia, Iran to get Syrian army under control
(Fehim Tastekin, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

US caught in crossfire amid flaring Jordan-Saudi tensions
(Jack Detsch, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

Iran's jihadi gambit
(Fazel Hawramy, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)

School agrees to pay &800,000 after transgender student born female is denied use of boys' bathrooms
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Christians from Egypt, India, and Vietnam detail persecution they face
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Evangelical Christianity: Returning to a third way in a whacky, polarized world
(Dr. Darrell L. Bock, The Christian Post)

Israel moves to strengthen control of Jerusalem
(Onize Ohikere, Christian Headlines)

Church closures spur fear of crackdown in Algeria
(Julia A. Seymour, Christian Headlines)

African-American pastor responds to Trump's controversial comment on immigration
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Toronto: 11-year-old Muslim girl 'terrified' after man cuts her hijab
(The Guardian)

LGBT rights rise in Catholic Latin America
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

'This is a sin.' Public appeals to Pruitt's religion
(Niina Heikkinen, E&E News)

Trump’s you-know-what countries, and one great Jewish writer
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

Pressed on false claims about Muslims, U.S. ambassador goes silent
(Christine Hauser, The New York Times)

Trump's ambassador caught lying about Muslim violence
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

Absent religious liberty, no end in sight for Iran's protests
(Lela Gilbert, Newsmax)

Italian evangelicals pray for religious freedom in Kazakhstan
(Evangelical Focus)

A Buddhist psychiatrist’s advice on facing trauma, troubles and Trump: Let it go
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)

Puerto Rico newspaper apologizes for antisemitic column
(Amy Spiro, The Jerusalem Post)

Poll: Yesh Atid soars far beyond Likud after Haredi Shabbat law vote
(Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post)

Kazakhstan: Six await trial; cancer sufferer not freed
(Forum 18 News Service)

Vatican social media re-branding has reached over 4 million followers
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Government officials intervene in Ukrainian conflict
(Religiia v Ukraine, Russia Religion News)

Nigerian bishop condemns “cries of shrill Islamization”
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)

Mideast leaders increase efforts to fight U.S. decision on Jerusalem
(Dale Gavlak, Catholic News Service)

Prison chaplains given accommodation for OC spray
(Press Release, Liberty Counsel)

Bureau of Prisons says objecting chaplains need not carry pepper spray
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Quebec judge rejects bid to shut Muslim centre
(Tu Thanh Ha, The Globe and Mail)

Quebec court: Muslim community center is not "house of worship"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Appeal filed over ‘appalling, Islamophobic’ teaching material distributed in 7th-grade social studies class
(Deepa Bharath, Pasadena Star-News)

Parents challenge teacher's distribution of material disparaging Muslims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Tax-free housing for ministers unconstitutional? Chicago Tribune has the newsy scoop
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

The Freedom of Religion Law in Jharkhand, India: A recycled law that’s repressive on all counts
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))

New York’s travel ban over religious freedom law hits Southern Miss sports: games canceled, revenue lost
(Bethany Torstenson, The College Fix)

Georgia Capitol recap: So what does ‘clean’ mean?
(Jim Denery, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Canada Summer Jobs: CCCB concerns and statement
(Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops)

New Canada summer jobs policy infringes on religious freedom, say Canada's Catholic bishops
(Deborah Gyapon, Catholic Register)

The countries where it's most dangerous to be a Christian
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)

BBC’s boost to religious programming is a good idea – no matter what humanists say
(Lloyd Strickland, The Conversation)

Abortion rights: the DUP doesn’t seem to mind ‘regulatory divergence’ on this one important issue
(Claire Pierson, The Conversation)

Funeral Services for President Thomas S. Monson

Appeal on Bath Abbey pews?
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

The International Religious Freedom Act: A primer
(Harry Graver, Lawfare)

US State Department designates Countries of Particular Concern and new Special Watch List
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

Religious freedom cases to watch for this year
(Bonnie Pritchett, Christian Headlines)

Religion Watch, January 2018, Volume 33 No. 3
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)

Start 2018 with these six religion podcasts
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)

The 12 most dangerous countries for Christians
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Column: On Faith & Culture)

Bolivia: Christians under attack as new law threatens evangelism
(Christian Today)

Thursday, 11 January 2018

Three-quarters of Swiss back a burka ban
(Swissinfo)

Sharia and inheritance in Western Thrace: Molla Sali
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Greece limits Sharia law after European Court challenge
(Derek Gatopoulos and Costas Kantouris, Associated Press Religion)

Bill passes in Greece making Sharia law optional for country's Muslim minority
(Neos Kosmos)

Greece's Muslim minority hails change to limit power of sharia law
(Helena Smith, The Guardian)

Papuan religious leaders hold interfaith prayer for peaceful elections
(Nethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post)

In a first, Burmese military admits that soldiers killed Rohingya found in mass grave
(Adam Taylor, The Washington Post)

Why the sartorial choices of Salafi clerics sparked a debate on morality in Nigeria
(Moses E. Ochonu, The Conversation)

Adultery: not a criminal act
(Faizan Mustafa, The Hindu)

Taraba anti grazing law not against any religion, tribe – Gov Ishaku
(Justin Tyopuusu Jalingo, Punch)

Court: Electric sewer pump does not infringe on Amish couple's religious freedom
(P.J. Dannunzio, The Legal Intelligencer)

Guide to religion in Louisiana public schools touted, criticized
(Nick Wootem, Shreveport Times)

Religious language dropped from Georgia adoption bill
(Mark Niesse and Greg Bluestein, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Turkey, the Kurds, and the Struggle for Order in the Middle East
(Eric Brown, Michael Doran, Peter Rough, Hudson)

The crisis in Iran and its implications for Syria
(Dr. Kamal al-Labwani, Reuel Marc Gerecht, Michael Doran, Hudson)

Religion at the BBC
(Jan McFarlane, Church Times)

How a nuns' home is helping girls freed from sex trafficking
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)

Spiritual abuse: study suggests two-thirds of Christians could be victims
(Hattie Williams, Church Times)

France: Court can’t agree on Muslims fired for beard length
(Philippe Sotto, Associated Press)

Bishops stand with 'Dreamers' as DACA battles continue
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)

Report shows it's increasingly dangerous to be a Christian in many countries
(Tom Gjelten, NPR)

Turks up in arms over religious greenlight for 9-year-old brides
(Zülfikar Doğan, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Most millennials are not pro-life
(George Barna, The Christian Post)

Has the world gone nuts? Christianity and civility
(John Stonestreet, The Christian Post)

DACA madness: How a federal judge is violating the constitution and federal law
(John Paluska, Christian Headlines)

Changing the game: Muslim women in Australian sport – in pictures
(Lisa Maree Williams, The Guardian)

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