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Wednesday, 29 November 2017

Georgia: Freedom From Religion Foundation files complaints against Catoosa schools
(Anna Huffstutler, WRCBTV.com)

Killing the Johnson Amendment is about lots more than religion
(Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)

Analysis: Cardinal Rai begins strategic call for Saudi religious freedom
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)

Religious freedoms ‘poorly protected’, committee to say
(Dennis Shanahan and Joe Kelly, The Australian)

Considering the cake case: Is religious freedom bent beyond repair in this country?
(Tom Krattenmaker, Religion News Service)

The messy reality of religious liberty in America
(David Mislin, The Conversation)

Fighting wildfire with prayer, Catholics turn to Eucharistic adoration
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

Want to better understand Victoria’s assisted dying laws? These five articles will help
(Sasha Petrova, The Conversation)

French-speaking Belgian Jews sue to overturn ban on ritual slaughter
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

'Ban on kosher meat forces choice between Belgium and religion'
(Arutz Sheva)

Silent Borders (cross post)
(Lourdes Peroni, Law & Religion UK)

Mississippi law endorses anti-LGBT bias, attorneys say in arguments to U.S. Supreme Court
(Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press, Jackson Clarion Ledger)

Argument preview: Wedding cakes v. religious beliefs?
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

November 26: Research on family values, Democrats, Republicans and the prosperity gospel
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)

Supreme Court denies review in school board prayer and funeral picketing cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Tourists are stuck at the airport, but erupting Mt Agung has a deeper significance for the Balinese
(Graeme MacRae, The Conversation)

Australia: Marriage bill clears Senate – now for the lower house
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)

Prince Harry will marry a divorced American — and the church is fine with it
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)

A prenup for Harry and Meghan?
(Dr Sharon Thompson, Guest Post, Law & Religion UK)

Sex, Drugs, and Eagle Feathers: An Empirical Study of Federal Religious Freedom Cases
(Luke W. Goodrich and Rachel N. Busick, Seton Hall Law Review)

Tuesday, 28 November 2017

WCC Executive Committee envisions future for unity, justice and peace
(World Council of Churches)

Meghan Markle will be baptized into the Church of England before her wedding to Prince Harry
(Diana Pearl, People)

Meghan Markle is not Jewish. Big deal.
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

Australia attempts to avoid U.S. pitfalls in same-sex marriage legislation
(Bonnie Pritchett, Christian Headlines)

Labor is right to block ‘religious freedom’ amendments to protect same-sex marriage bill
(Anja Hilkemeijer and Amy Maguire, The Conversation)

The Christian legal army behind ‘Masterpiece Cakeshop’
(Sarah Posner, The Nation)

The religious case against religious discrimination in cakeshop case
(Patrick Hornbeck, Religion Dispatches)

Magazine profiles Christian advocacy organization
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Is the Philippines the next caliphate?
(Patrick B. Johnston and Colin P. Clarke, Foreign Policy)

Comic explainer: what is lone-actor terrorism?
(Wes Mountain and Raffaello Pantucci, The Conversation)

Turkey’s Alevis on edge after homes vandalized
(Ayla Jean Yackley, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Foreign parliaments are not powerless to help the Rohingya – their pressure on Myanmar is vital
(Wessel Vermeulen and Andreja Pegan, The Conversation)

Freedom For, From and Within - Rodrigo Vitorino Souza Alves
(Five Minutes of Religious Freedom, Newseum)

Commentary: California tried to force pro-life centers to promote abortion. Now, the Supreme Court is weighing in
(Thomas Glessner, The Daily Signal)

Portland school officials craft transgender policy
(Noel K. Gallagher, Portland Press Herald)

Campus culture wars: Why universities must ditch the dogma
(Paul Axelrod, The Conversation)

Why faith inspires people to give
(David King, The Conversation)

Archdiocese sues Metro over rejected Christmas ads
(Max Smith, WTOP)

House Republicans’ proposed tax reform will lead to church regulation
(Andrew L. Seidel, Religion News Service)

Church and state collide at 250 Clark St. Powassan
(Laurel J. Campbell, North Bay Nipissing)

Religion is America's primary divider when it comes to transgender rights
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)

Rare manuscript describes Jews battling antisemitism in 18th century Caribbean
(Tamara Zieve, The Jerusalem Post)

Florida man sentenced to 25 years for attempt to blow up synagogue
(Reuters)

Baptist Church in Australia apologizes to domestic violence victims
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Egypt mosque attack: new level of horror in decades-long struggle to control Sinai
(Beverley Milton-Edwards, The Conversation)

Tennessee: Knox County mayor refuses group's request for removal of religious poem
(Tyler Whetstone, Knoxnews.com)

Courier-Journal pins F-word (fundamentalist) on Southern Baptists, but thinks better of it
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Kentucky Baptists threaten to kick out churches that think it's OK to hire 'practicing homosexuals'
(Grace Schneider, Louisville Courier Journal)

New York Times misses mark in coverage of Australia's rejection of unidentified Muslim refugees
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

The New York Times does its 'religious liberty' thing, with zero input from voices in middle
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

France set to make 'gender-based insults' illegal
(Jacob Bojesson, The Daily Signal)

Does religion make people moral?
(Mustafa Akyol, The New York Times)

Palestinian artist urges women to talk about sexual harassment
(Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Transgender females born male will be allowed to use same showers, tents with girls in girlguiding UK
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Iraqi archbishop pleas with Trump to save 20,000 persecuted Christian families
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Christians in Egypt lose more worship sites
(Morning Star News)

Disney Channel show features male character who dresses up as a princess
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

A minority of Americans, mostly Christians, believe gender is determined at birth
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Interfaith panel champions religious liberty as universal value
(Marv Knox, Baptist Standard)

Karnataka’s black magic law targets caste and gender discrimination, not Hindu religious practices
(Varuni Bhatia, Scoll.in)

Greeks condemn controversial German airport checks
(Anthee Carassava, Deutsche Welle)

Church counsels Haitians who fear loss of status
(Mark Sullivan, Associated Press)

Italy: School prayer ban head will revoke order
(ANSA General News)

Pope meets with Suu Kyi, urges greater tolerance in Myanmar
(Kyodo News)

Pope Francis meets with religious leaders in Yangon
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Rohingya crisis: 'It's not genocide,' say Myanmar's hardline monks
(Katie Hunt, CNN)

Pope dives into Rohingya crisis upon arrival in Myanmar
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

Pope demands rights for all in Myanmar, omits 'Rohingya'
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Pope Francis fails to mention Rohingya in Myanmar speech
(Poppy McPherson, The Guardian)

The Latest: Rights groups, Rohingya disappointed in pope
(Associated Press)

Polish lawmakers consider closing shops on Sundays
(Catholic News Agency)

Congo’s bishops ask Kabila to declare he will not run for president again
(Catholic News Service)

Conservatives launch boycott campaign against Target for transgender bathroom policy
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

U.K raises awareness of persecuted Christians by lighting buildings up red
(Julia A. Seymour, Christian Headlines)

Balancing religious freedom rights is not “discrimination”
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Liberalism has eaten itself – it isn’t very liberal any more
(Tim Farron, The Guardian)

Federal court halts deportation of Indonesian nationals
(Press Release, American Civil Liberties Union)

Indonesian Christians get temporary stay of deportation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Beijing bans tours to Vatican amid strained ties
(UCA News)

China bans tours to the Vatican
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

German mayor stabbed in neck for pro-refugee stance, saved by kebab shop owner
(Griff Witte, The Washington Post)

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew calls to stop the war and aggression in eastern Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

To find the extremism behind the Egypt terror attack, start with anti-Sufi preachers
(HA Hellyer, The Guardian)

Ofsted accused of racism over hijab questioning in primary schools
(Josh Halliday, The Guardian)

Chinese president wants pictures of Jesus replaced with his photo
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

'The star' brings nativity animals to life in story of Jesus' birth
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Evangelical courtship culture normalizes men dating teen girls
(Kathryn Brightbill, Religion News Service)

The Creation Project: Revealed religion, natural law, moral philosophy, and the ends of the world
(Peter Schwartz, Huffington Post)

EVENT, 28 November 2017: Judaism and AntiSemitism: Jewish Self-Identity in Utah and the United States
(Blair Van Dyke, Utah Valley Universtiy)

Third International Religious Freedom Conference to spotlight persecution of Christians and impending disappearance of Christianity from the holy lands and Middle East
(Religion News Service)

Jurisprudence in the EU: Greece prepares to do away with compulsory sharia in Western Thrace
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Russia - Islamic World group to meet in Saudi Arabia in 2018
(Interfax-Religion)

Monday, 27 November 2017

Vatican to UN: We must eliminate causes of human trafficking
(Catholic News Agency)

‘Pope’s sociologist’ fights human trafficking from the Vatican and in her own parish
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)

Pope lands in Myanmar for difficult visit amid Rohingya crisis
(Poppy McPherson and Oliver Holmes, The Guardian)

Why kosher butchers in Western Europe are preparing to close shop
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Rights campaigners think up gay persecution issue in Chechnya - Kadyrov
(Interfax-Religion)

Polish NGO set to prosecute owner of Polish guest house which banned Jews
(Tamara Zieve and Ariane Mandell, The Jerusalem Post)

Charges against strange Russian cult
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Taking the Catholic out of Catholic Universities
(Anne Hendershott, City Journal)

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