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Wednesday, 16 August 2017

Scientologists arrested in St. Petersburg
(ReligioPolis, Russia Religion News)

The Virgin of Trapani: tolerance and tradition go cheek by jowl in Tunis
(Simon Speakman Cordall, The Guardian)

In Bulgaria, minority religious groups report assaults, Jews complain about hate speech and Lukov March
(The Sofia Globe)

Religious freedom is an important right. Once same sex-marriage is legal, it must be protected
(Frank Brennan, The Guardian)

Boko Haram: Female suicide bombers target refugee camp in northern Nigeria, killing 27
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)

‘They use ​money to promote Christianity’: Nepal's battle for souls
(Pete Pattisson, The Guardian)

Modi speaking out against violence in India
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Gandhi won't leave India
(Gopalkrishna Gandhi, The New York Times)

Odinism — The religion of white supremacists?
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

North Korea is punishing religious citizens
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Vatican envoy: Vietnam’s government must respect religious freedom
(Catholic News Service)

Muslims are just as concerned as any American about extremism
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Fascinating new Pew poll on US Muslims: From religiosity to acceptance of homosexuality
(Salman Hameed, Irtiqa)

Russian lawmaker justifies restrictions of non-Orthodox religions
(Russia Religion News)

Ten Commandments judge faces GOP runoff in Alabama Senate race
(Kim Chandler, Associated Press)

Roy Moore moves to run-off against Luther Strange in Alabama U.S. Senate primary
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Russian Orthodox Church will discuss Ukraine during Vatican diplomat’s visit
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Archbishop wants cathedral in Chad to symbolize the country’s new peace
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

International Religious Freedom Report for 2016
(US State Department, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor)

Remarks on the 2016 International Religious Freedom Annual Report
(Rex W. Tillerson, Secretary of State, United States Department of State)

State Department releases 2016 International Religious Freedom Report
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

State Department releases 2016 International Religious Freedom Report
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

State Department’s Latest International Religious Freedom Report Underscores Need for All-of-Government Strategy
(Press Release, Religious Freedom Institute)

Verdict on first religious freedom report under Trump: Great rhetoric, what do we do?
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

US State Department recognizes ISIS genocide in religious freedom report
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

Tillerson calls out key Persian Gulf allies in religious freedom report
(NPR)

U.S Religious Freedom Report names Russia 'country of concern'
(The Moscow Times)

State Duma dubs U.S. Dept of State's report on oppression of religious minorities in Russia as unprofessional
(Interfax-Religion)

ISIS poses one of the biggest threats to religious freedom, State report says
(Diamond Naga Siu, Politico)

U.S. report says IS, non-state groups imperil religious liberties around the globe
(Radio Free Europe)

U.S. State Department decries Islamic State ‘genocide’ of Christians, others
(Associated Press)

Trump administration highlights actions of Islamic State in annual religious freedom summary
(Anne Gearan and Carol Morello, The Washington Post)

Religious freedom: A look at America’s latest report on religious persecution
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Religious freedoms restricted in China, Myanmar, Vietnam: Report
(Richard Finney, Radio Free Asia)

US names Hizbul Mujahideen as 'terrorist' group
(Al Jazeera)

State Dept reports Chinese widespread interference in religion in Tibet
(The Tibet Post International)

US slams China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia for religious repression
(Nicole Gaouette and Laura Koran, CNN)

China angered at U.S. criticism of religious freedom, says U.S. not perfect
(Reuters)

Iran rejects U.S. Religious Freedom Report as 'biased'
(Radio Free Europe)

Trump administration lists Pauline Hanson's One Nation a threat to religious freedom
(Tom McIlroy, The Sydney Morning Herald)

US religious freedom report: Gov’t’s failed to implement Kotel compromise
(Michael Wilner, Jerusalem Post)

Tillerson: Protecting targets of ISIS’ ‘genocide’ a religious freedom priority
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Tillerson blasts ISIS for genocide in religious freedom report
(Robbie Gramer, Foreign Policy)

More about the State Department International Religious Freedom Report

More about the US State Department International Religious Freedom Report

More about the US State Department International Religious Freedom Report

South Africa: President Zuma receives report on abuse of religion
(South African Government News Agency)

Letter from Canada: Why is Canadian Catholicism so muted?
(Michael W. Higgins, Commonweal)

Indonesia clinic gives relief to Muslims with tattoo regrets
(Achmad Ibrahim, Associated Press, KSL)

Reason, Faith, and the Struggle for Western Civilization
(Samuel Gregg, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)

Q&A: The abortion foe in Congress who made the Affordable Care Act possible
(Charles Camosy, Religion News Service)

Iraq asks UN to collect evidence to prosecute Islamic State
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press Top News)

India hedges pledge to expel Rohingya Muslims amid outcry
(Ashok Sharma, Associated Press Top News)

Opinion: Our house divided
(Ross Douthat, The New York Times)

Like most Americans, U.S. Muslims concerned about extremism in the name of Islam
(Geneive Abdo, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Muslim religious freedom group files Supreme Court brief supporting the public display of Ten Commandments
(Press Release, The Center for Islam and Religious Freedom (CIRF))

Islamabad High Court suggests making blasphemy law tougher to check its misuse
(Malik Asad, Dawn)

Pakistan court seeks to amend blasphemy law
(Saba Aziz, Al Jazeera)

Interfaith unity at gathering after Holocaust memorial vandalism
(Mark Herz, WGBH News)

Two Bush presidents condemn 'racial bigotry' amid Trump backlash
(David Smith and Adam Gabbatt, The Guardian)

Thousands of faith leaders ask Congress to protect Johnson Amendment
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

4,000 faith leaders urge Congress to maintain tax code protection for houses of worship
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

4,000 faith leaders oppose repeal of Johnson Amendment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Berliners gather to Brandenburg Gate to denounce Charlottesville
(Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Foreign Policy)

Sessions says Charlottesville car attack could be prosecuted as a hate crime
(Mark Berman, The Washington Post)

Tuesday, 15 August 2017

Hate crime or domestic terrorism? How Charlottesville federal legal case could proceed
(Fred Lucas, GetReligion)

A Christian response to Charlottesville
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

Charlottesville: Viewing racism through a biblical lens
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)

Question for journalists: Where does this hellish Charlottesville story go next (other than Trump)?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Were many journalists right when they blamed 'white Christians' for Charlottesville riots?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Reflections on Charlottesville
(Amanda Tyler, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Connect dots: After Charlottesville, journalists should cover anti-Semitism as distinct from 'racism'
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Faith leaders call for peace in the aftermath of Charlottesville protesting
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)

Religious leaders react to the violence in Charlottesville
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

After Charlottesville, black pastors are confronting how political to get
(Jeff Stein, Vox)

Charlottesville: What I said from the pulpit yesterday
(David Gushee, RNS Column: Christians, conflicts, & change)

Moral clarity and academic virtues at Christian colleges
(Johnfea, The Way of Improvement Leads Home)

Not a dying trend: This is why cremations — and religion — keep making headlines in the U.S.
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Study finds women in gender-equal countries have better cognitive skills – here’s how to understand it
(Magdalena Zawisza, The Conversation)

Family politics moves centre stage in Germany ahead of election
(Julia Moses, The Conversation)

A major uprising in Jerusalem and beyond is just a few missteps away
(Carlo Androvandi, The Conversation)

Oregon approves sweeping bill expanding abortion access
(Sandhya Somashekhar, The Washington Post)

Down Syndrome in Iceland is ‘disappearing’ because of abortion
(Melanie Israel, The Daily Signal)

Controversy surrounds abortions for Downs syndrome in Iceland
(Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency)

"What kind of society do you want to live in?": Inside the country where Down syndrome is disappearing
(Julian Quinones, Arijeta Lajka, CBSN On Assignment)

Pro-choicers should explain why they think eugenics is acceptable
(David Harsanyi, The Federalist)

Federal judge tosses 'Indian burial mound' lawsuit filed by foes of proposed Massachusetts solar farm
(Mary C. Serreze, Springfield Republican)

Court dismisses claim that solar project infringes sacred Indian mounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

The last word on the “pews vs chairs” debate…
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Canadian pastor's release comes as US-North Korea tensions ease: but where does China fit in?
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Christians in Pakistan and India mark 70 years of independence facing hardships
(Ecumenical News)

Is SCOTUS case as simple as baker's refusal to make same-sex wedding cake? Here's why it's complicated
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Falling oak tree kills religious festivalgoers on Madeira
(The Guardian)

Saudi suppression of Shiites threatens Canadian arms deal
(Bruce Riedel, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

Armed disputes reveal Iraqi Christians' discord
(Saad Salloum, trans. Muhammed Hussein Tal'at, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Police impersonator arrested trying to enter Long Island synagogue
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Kazakhstan: 30 months' jail for sharing faith
(Forum 18 News Service)

Squeezing non-Orthodox Christians out of Russia
(Elena Racheva, Novaia Gazeta)

Jehovah's Witness believer target of criminal case
(Website of prosecutor's office of Kursk province, Russia Religion News)

If Americans are free to tear down every monument we disagree with, there will be no more monuments
(Benny Johnson, The Declaration)

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