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Tuesday, 5 September 2017

From CEOs to bishops, support grows for immigrant program
(Astrid Galvan and Amy Taxin, Religion News Services)

Trump uses religion to fake action on Hurricane Harvey
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Relying on faith amid Harvey's destruction
(Darran Simon, CNN)

At Sunday services, messages of hope after Harvey’s wrath
(The Associated Press, Religion News Services)

American Christianity’s divisions go all the way down
(David Gushee, RNS Column: Christians, Conflict, and Change)

All the president’s clergymen: The issues
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Services)

All the president’s clergymen: The key players
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Services)

All the president’s clergymen: A close look at Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ ties with evangelicals
(Adelle M. Banks, Emily McFarlan Miller, Yonat Shimron, and Jerome Socolovsky, Religion News Service)

What is the ‘Enneagram,’ and why are Christians suddenly so enamored by it?
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Column: On Faith and Culture)

Jewish, Muslim customers file lawsuits alleging bacon in their food at KFC, Denny’s
(Niraj Warikoo, Religion News Services)

Scandinavia: the radical right meets the mainstream
(Mette Wiggen, The Conversation)

How Muslim Americans are fighting Islamophobia and securing their civil rights
(Emily Cury, The Conversation)

News media, and The Religion Guy, catch up with yet another Mideast religious minority
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Lingayat row: Patil challenges those against religion tag
(The Hindu)

‘Lingayat Dharma will never become a separate religion’
(Firoz Rozindar, The Hindu)

More than half UK population has no religion, finds survey
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Majority-Muslim Tajikistan passes law to discourage wearing of hijabs
(Ray Downs, United Press International)

Religious liberty battles may take center stage in Supreme Court's new term
(Ryan Lovelace, Washington Examiner)

Why religious liberty matters for creativity
(Jason Thacker, The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)

Judge: Prisons must recognize offshoot of Nation of Islam
(Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press)

Supreme Court set to take up LGBT rights and religious liberty
(Ariane de Vogue, CNN)

NLRB takes on Catholic college's religious freedom
(Sandor Farkas, Campus Reform)

Why Uniform Civil Code that does not affect religious freedom is hard to imagine
(Kalikesh Singh Deo, Daily O)

When it comes to violation of freedom of religion, can the state be held monetarily liable?
(Faizan Mustafa, The Wire)

(NZ) Jacinda Ardern: Abortion 'shouldn't be a crime'
(Stuff: Politics)

Without proper protections, same-sex marriage will discriminate against conscientious objectors
(Greg Walsh, The Conversation)

California lawmakers want to force doctors, nursing home staffs to deny their consciences
(Amy Swearer, The Daily Signal)

Bodies of 20 Rohingya Muslims pulled from river on Bangladesh border
(Rebecca Wright and Euan McKirdy, CNN)

All-girl hijab band gets uncritical reception from media that don't get theology
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Indonesian minister to raise Rohingya plight with Suu Kyi
(The Associated Press, Religion News Services)

Monday, 4 September 2017

Recent queries and comments – 2nd September
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Triple Talaq Judgment and the Continuing Confusion about the Constitutional Status of Personal Law
(Professor Saptarshi Mandal, O.P. Jindal Global University)

How natural disasters can be faith-challenging experiences
(Tom Gjelten, NPR)

"He has a reason': How natural disasters test the faithful
(Tom Gjelten, NPR)

French judge orders non-pork lunches for Muslim and Jewish students
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

September 3: Day of Prayer for Houston, travel ban affects Hajj
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)

Fight for protection of the environment, urges Ecumenical Patriarch
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Romania is planning to ban gay marriage by referendum
(Novinite Sofia News Agency)

Faith and fossil fuels: From green theory to contentious green action
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Controversy about movie sparks violence
(Ksenia Klochkova, Fontanka)

Evangelicals to Trump: Don’t deport our next generation of church leaders
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)

Catholic priest murdered in Nigeria
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Papal aid calls for legal migration channels to end ‘travesty’ of human trafficking
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Hong Kong bishop talks Church-state relations, hopes for the future
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)

Grave of Cameroonian bishop who died under suspicious circumstances desecrated
(Catholic News Agency)

Pope Francis prays for flooding victims in United States, South Asia
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Trump attends church service on National Day of Prayer
(Associated Press)

As Pope Francis heads to Colombia, will third time be the charm?
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Weekend reads: A jury verdict in Kansas, church-state standoff over a public university in Oklahoma, and more
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Court upholds California requirement that health plans cover abortions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Civil rights suit by Catholic school principal dismissed under ministerial exception doctrine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Colorado designer may appeal ruling that won’t let her challenge law forcing her to promote same-sex weddings
(Press Release, Alliance Defending Freedom)

Wedding website designer has standing to challenge one of Colorado's civil rights laws
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Trump declares Sept. 3 as National Day of Prayer for hurricane victims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Sunday, 3 September 2017

Weekend think piece: Dennis Prager on what he said and what journalists said that he said
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Saturday, 2 September 2017

Katherine Zappone calls for separation of Church and State
(Irish Examiner)

Philippine troops retake Catholic church and bridge in Marawi from Muslim extremists
(Lorraine Caballero, Christian Daily)

Life insurer faces off against African-American church in battle over rates
(Leslie Scism, Wall Street Journal)

Friday, 1 September 2017

Cutting young girls isn't religious freedom: The First Amendment doesn’t protect the barbaric act of female genital mutilation
(Kristina Arriaga, The Wall Street Journal)

Religion News Service offers readers one half of the 'Why did God smite Houston?' story
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

The peculiar Benedict complex
(Massimo Faggioli, La Croix International)

Who censors access to Iran's Khamenei?
(Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Turkey charges US pastor as ‘spy’; conviction would mean life in prison
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)

Sudan church leader re-arrested, with at least 6 more, over government pressure for property
(World Watch Monitor)

Family imprisoned, tortured for fleeing North Korea – and for their Christian faith
(World Watch Monitor)

Kano, Nigeria: father and son killed, three women and a baby kidnapped
(World Watch Monitor)

Talaq to be part of curriculum in madrassas: Sunni sect Dargah
(PTI, The Indian Express)

Talaq order has implications for Sabarimala rule on women’s entry, says Indira Jaising
(The Indian Express)

All’s well that ends well: India Supreme Court's "triple talaq" decision
(Tahir Mahmood, The Indian Express)

Korean Red Cross president works on humanitarian impact of divided country
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Inter-faith relations: Attitudes to Islam in Europe are hardening
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Russian chief mufti calls on Muslims to pray for Russia's prosperity
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian tourist jailed for 7 months in Myanmar for refusing to take off shoes in temple
(Interfax-Religion)

Over 200,000 Muslims attend Kurban Bayram prayer in Moscow
(Interfax-Religion)

Putin speaks of Muslims' role in social life in Kurban Bayram greetings
(Interfax-Religion)

Will Trump change FEMA rule barring aid to synagogues?
(Josh Nathan-Kazis, Forward)

Israeli government must reinstate Western Wall deal or explain why it won’t, Supreme Court orders
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Berlin Jews don’t get why mayor is on Wiesenthal Center’s anti-Semite list
(Toby Axelrod, Forward)

Turmoil in Venezuela to vie for Pope’s attention in Colombia
(Joshua Goodman and Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Catholic Church and government in Goa, India, exchange accusations
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Florida school district faces allegations of sweeping church-state violations
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

This is what it’s like to be a Jehovah’s Witness in Russia
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Mosque’s men only prayer canceled amid exclusion complaints
(Philip Marcelo, Associated Press)

2nd New Mexico Christian sect leader accused of child abuse
(Russell Contreras, Associated Press)

'Deeply worrying' fears around Muslims and Islam revealed in damning report
(Steven Hopkins, Huff Post UK)

Why aren't Uyghur Muslims in China allowed to go to Hajj?
(Aydin Anwar, TRT World)

Pastors arrested in Sudan as government moves to take over church
(Evangelical Focus)

Illinois Catholic schools set to receive support through new scholarship tax credit program
(Michael J. O'Loughlin, America Magazine)

New Illinois law creates scholarship tax credit program that includes religious schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Challenge that blocked first Trump travel ban is settled
(Nicholas Kulish, The New York Times)

Challenge to first travel ban is settled
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Illinois creates Muslim American Advisory Council
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Texas governor declares Day of Prayer in aftermath of hurricane
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Press release of the Wilberforce Foundation (same-sex marriage in Australia) - full text
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

U.S. service members, gay rights groups ask judge to halt Trump transgender ban
(Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post)

Why Turkey’s president cares so much about an 11th-century battle
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)

What language tells us about changing attitudes to extremism
(Josie Ryan, The Conversation)

Kenya targets WhatsApp administrators in its fight against hate speech
(Mercy Muendo, The Conversation)

The mysterious drop in the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean
(James McAuley, The Washington Post)

Religion at state expense: SC verdice in the Gujarat shrines compensation case raises important questions
(Faizan Mustafa, The Indian Express)

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