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Monday, 2 October 2017

Archbishop of Canterbury unable to give 'straight answer' on whether gay sex is sinful
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Iranian Shia Muslims attend mud-rubbing ritual – in pictures
(Atta Kenare, The Guardian)

Archbishop of Canterbury accused of hypocrisy by sexual abuse survivors
(Justin Welby, The Guardian)

Head of Scottish Anglicans to confront fellow primates over gay marriage vote
(Catherine Pepinster, The Guardian)

Anglican church failed to pay child sex abuse survivor agreed $1.5m settlement
(Christopher Knaus, The Guardian)

Anglican bishops prep for tough talks on same-sex marriage
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)

Why Pope Francis is reviving a long tradition of local variations in Catholic services
(Joanne M. Pierce, Religion News Service)

Mormon leader Robert D. Hales dies; served on top panel
(Brady McCombs, Religion News Service)

A proposal for Islam
(Mustafa Akyol, The New York Times)

After the massacre, a Las Vegas church seizes the chance to serve
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Sunday, 1 October 2017

Law and religion round-up – 1st October
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Special Feature: Summer Symposium on Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project and Trump v. Hawaii
(Numerous Authors, SCOTUSblog)

LAST CALL, due 1 October 2017: Nominations for Global Business & Interfaith Peace Awards 2018
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

New rules could mean less freedom for China’s Christians
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)

Saturday, 30 September 2017

Shayara Bano and others v. Union of India and others, Writ Petition (C) No. 118 of 2016
(ESCR-Net)

Africa prepares to host Mission and Evangelism conference in changing continent
(Ecumenical News)

Bulgarian Minister of Defense wants foreign financing of religious communities to be banned
(novinite.com)

Russia: Jehovah's Witness Bible, Jewish, Christian, Muslim books banned
(Forum 18 News Service)

US-Turkish relations: A pastor becomes a pawn in a spat between America and Turkey
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Patriarch Kirill positively evaluates relations between Uzbekistan's Muslims, Orthodox
(Interfax-Religion)

Patriarch Kirill equals insulting believers' feelings to extremism
(Interfax-Religion)

State Duma deputies who watched Matilda see it as movie, give filmmaker right to realize idea
(Interfax-Religion)

18 Jewish House members press Netanyahu on pluralism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

How Yom Kippur fasts became all about the feasts
(Deena Prichep, NPR)

Bring this to synagogue on Yom Kippur
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

What the Yom Kippur fast means to a Ugandan Jew
(Sara Toth Stub, NPR)

Neo-Nazis and anti-fascists clash in Sweden on Yom Kippur
(Deutsche Welle)

Controversial ad campaign promotes abortion as Catholic social justice issue
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Catalonia referendum divides the Church as it does the people
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Brazil to allow religion classes at state-run schools
(La Croix International)

Brazil's Supreme Court upholds denominational religious classes in public schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Cornyn has doubts about nominee who said transgender rights were ‘Satan’s plan’
(Kevin Diaz, San Antonio Express-News)

District Court nominee's prior speeches create concern
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

President Trump taps 2 from Louisiana for New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
(Mark Ballard, The Advocate)

Trump nominates religious liberty expert for seat on 5th Circuit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

EEOC sues Publix Super Markets for religious discrimination
(Press Release, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

Raley’s sued by EEOC for religious discrimination
(Press Release, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

EEOC files two religious accommodation suits
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Columbia nuns vow to appeal after their religious-freedom lawsuit to stop gas pipeline is dismissed
(AD Crable, Lancaster Online)

Nuns lose challenge to pipeline
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

EVENT, 30 September 2017: Our stories shape us: history, faith and practice of the indigenous church in Canada
(Regent College, Vancouver BC, Cardus: Faith in Canada 150)

CALL FOR PAPERS, Response due 30 September 2017: 2018 ACLARS Conference: Law, Religion, and Human Flourishing
(Steering Committee, African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)

Gerson: Roy Moore’s “zealotry” upends the meaning of the First Amendment
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Should Jews be concerned about Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore?
(Nathan Guttman, Forward)

Kurdish vote won’t slow push to help Nineveh Christians, organizers say
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Some Turks blame US for Kurdish independence vote
(Semih Idiz, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Friday, 29 September 2017

5 things you should know about the Minnesota religious freedom case
(Joe Carter, Christian Headlines)

Judge rules in favor of atheist group, says cross on Penn. county seal must be removed
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Wheaton hazing reveals diseased notions of manhood within church
(Julie Roys, The Christian Post)

Christian aid groups say Trump lowering refugee ceiling to 45,000 is 'absurd'
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Pope's trip to Burma comes amid 'textbook example of ethnic cleansing'
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)

Trump administration drops refugee cap to 45,000
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

Cardinal Parolin: Iraqi Christians are called to be 'artisans' of reconciliation
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

Who started the fight at San Jose Sikh Temple
(Sikh Sangat News)

Iranian parents face difficult decision in child education
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

When the parents are white, the child is black, and the churches are segregated
(Leah Donnella, NPR)

Meet Pakistan's modern middle class
(Ammara Maqsood, The New York Times)

First Anglican same-sex marriage in UK takes place in Scotland
(Christian Today staff writer, Christian Today)

Australia asks for international prayer to protect marriage
(James Cordon, Christian News Wire)

Is this the beginning of the end for Idlib's jihadi groups?
(Mona Alami, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Iraqi citizens' sentiment may be softening toward Israel
(Adnan Abu Zeed, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Myanmar Rohingya hatred has roots in Buddhist nationalism
(Grant Peck, Religion News Service)

EVENT, 29 October 2017: United Nations launch of the OSCE/ODIHR-Venice Commission Guidelines on the Legal Personality of Religious or Belief Communities
(OSCE, ICLRS, ADF International)

Thursday, 28 September 2017

Lukashenko suggests organizing meeting between Patriarch Kirill, pope in Minsk
(Interfax-Religion)

Syrian authorities are doing everything to protect Christians – Russian MP
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian Orthodox Church will be built in Kabul
(Interfax-Religion)

Uzbek leader plans to meet with Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religion)

Jehovah's Witness in court for possessing banned literature; escapes fine
(Website of Southern Transport Prosecutor's Office, Russia Religion News)

Canada at long last opens national Holocaust memorial
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Why does the Supreme Court care so much about wedding cakes?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)

Nigeria: Catholic group casts NGO bill as attempt to promote Islam
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Vietnam & a century of Catholic teaching on war and peace
(Massimo Faggioli, Commonweal)

Workplace complaints demonstrate need to protect religious liberty rights of employees
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Saudi Arabia continues to allow hate speech
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Russian Facebook ads show the divisions in America based on race and religion
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Colorado atheist student suing school district for discrimination
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Company moving historic Jehovah's Witness image from hotel
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Sierra Leone arrests pastor who blamed Islam for 'every terrorist act in history'
(Cooper Inveen, The Guardian)

Scottish Anglican church faces sanctions over vote to allow same-sex marriage
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Saudi Arabia: Prince Mohammed plays his biggest card yet
(Martin Chulov, The Guardian)

Deus ex machina: former Google engineer is developing an artificial intelligence god
(Olivia Solon, The Guardian)

Secular group calls for judges' Anglican service to be scrapped
(Owen Bowcott, The Guardian)

Like the prophets of old, Colin Kaepernick uses prayer as protest
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)

Jewish Voice for Labour is not an anti-Zionist group
(Jenny Manson and Raphael Levy, The Guardian)

London church rebuffs bishop's efforts to get it to remain concert venue
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

The Book of Common Prayer gets a glossary
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)

Diwali festivals grow in US, from Disney to Times Square
(Beth J. Harpaz, Religion News Service)

Evangelical Trump supporters: Don’t lecture us about Hefner’s sexual perversity
(Brandon Ambrosino, Religion News Service)

Three days after deadly shooting, Nashville church holds first service
(Natalie Allison, Religion News Service)

The ’Splainer: What is Navaratri?
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

Tunisian women in interfaith marriages welcome repeal of ban
(Akram Khalifa and Salma Ben Taher, Religion News Service)

Pastor vows to knock down planned Satanic display on Boca Raton park
(Jardine Malado, Christian Times)

Controversy brews over holiday display of pentagram monument
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

ISIS cyber jihadis are 'garbage' at hacking, top researcher says
(Jack Moore, Newsweek)

ISIS leader Baghdadi speaks of North Korea 'nuclear' threat to U.S. in new speech, suggesting he is alive
(Jack Moore and Tom O'Connor, Newsweek)

Contemporary tyranny and Catholic social doctrine
(James Kalb, Crisis Magazine: A Voice for the Faithful Catholic Laity)

Why I believe in Islam
(Rev. James V. Schall, S.J., Crisis Magazine: A Voice for the Faithful Catholic Laity)

Joyous celebrations mark return of Iraqi Christians to Nineveh Plains
(John Pontifex, Aid to the Church in Need)

Musicians’ Church: Statement from Acting Bishop
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Cult wars in Odessa: The applied sciences association and the anti-cult movement
(Massimo Introvigne, European Association for the Study of Religion Annual Conference)

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