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Friday, 11 August 2017

In Iraq's Former 'Triangle of Death,' a decade of stability: An anniversary of reconciliation in Mahmoudiya shows how peace is possible
(United States Institute of Peace)

Churches plead for dialogue and nonviolent resolution of conflict with North Korea
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Number of Russian Muslims to undertake hajj increases by 3,000, to 23,500 people, this year
(Interfax-Religion)

Jehovah's Witnesses defy ban
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)

Catholic Relief Services looks to change concept of world’s orphanages
(Catholic News Service)

Polish Jews call out leading politicians for not fighting anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Israel to probe hospitals heard requiring women to get rabbis’ OK for sterilization
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Minority religious groups suffer in Iran
(Jeff Cimmino, National Review)

Synagogue employee claims she was fired for getting married while pregnant
(Reuters)

President of Canadian bishops calls for action against mining industry
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Houston City employees are fighting to uphold marriage equality in Texas
(Michael Barajas, The Observer)

Federal suit by Houston employees seeks to preserve benefits for same-sex couples
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Court rejects challenge to permit denial for outdoor weddings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

In the ecosystem of rights, religious freedom foundational: Elder Christofferson speaks in Cambridge
(Mormon Newsroom)

In England, Elder Christofferson says religious freedom creates social, political diversity
(Tad Walch, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)

Muslims and Islam: Key findings in the U.S. and around the world
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center Factank)

Russia: "Anti-missionary" punishments full listing
(Forum 18 News Service)

EVENT, 11-13 August 2017: The Political Life - First Things Intellectual Retreat in New York City

Thursday, 10 August 2017

Condoleezza Rice on removing Civil War monuments: 'Sanitizing history to make you feel better is a bad thing'
(Mike Miller, Independent Journal Review)

Saudi Arabia engages Iraq after a quarter century
(Bruce Pardy, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

Iran: Religious prisoner of conscience Maryam Naghash Zargaran released
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Using the ABS to conduct a same-sex marriage poll is legally shaky and lacks legitimacy
(Paul Kildea, The Conversation)

World Lutheran leader to get top German peace prize
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Priest from Yevpatoria asks to set up a nudist beach in Crimea
(Interfax-Religion)

Trial of Bible delayed again
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)

Scholars criticize analysis of Jehovah's Witnesses' Bible
(Eduard Burmistrov, Open Russia)

Absurdity of lawsuit to find Jehovah's Witnesses' Bible "extremist"
(ReligioPolis Center for Religious Studies Research, Russia Religion News)

New experts drawn into trial of Bible
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Trump threatened ‘fire and fury.’ Here’s why to some that’s perfectly God-like
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post: Acts of Faith)

Newport congregation seeks rehearing in fight over Touro Synagogue ornaments
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Sydney synagogue blocked over terror fears will try again
(Henry Benjamin, Forward)

'Islam is in a transformative process'
(Claudia Mende, Deutsche Welle)

Missouri Catholics say pro-life law ‘most significant in a generation’
(Catholic News Service)

Kenyan bishops urge calm as opposition rejects early results
(Fredrick Nzwili, Catholic News Service)

Chaplain offers Mass aboard ship for Marines killed in crash of Osprey
(Catholic News Service)

Violence escalates in Congo after bishops’ peace deal collapses
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Transgender service members sue over planned ban on trans people in military
(Camila Domonoske, National Public Radio)

Suit challenges Trump's reversal of military policy on transgenders
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Lawsuit filed in connection with alleged 'KKK origami' found at Galveston school
(Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle)

Religious school asserts ecclesiastical abstention defense
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Kentucky man, transgender wife sue Amazon for workplace bias
(David Crary, The Washington Post)

Indian Christians alarmed at violence against religious minorities
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

‘Government has no stand on separate religion status for Veerashaiva-Lingayat community’
(The Indian Express)

Differences crop up over Lingayat religion tag
(Girish Pattaneshetty, The Hindu)

Putrajaya has failed kids caught in interfaith custody battles, say lawyers
(Melati A. Jalil and Yasmin Ramlan, The Malaysian Insight)

The rise of Nashville's interfaith culture
(Katherine Scheu, Tennessean)

After settlement, New Jersey town votes to approve mosque construction
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC blog))

Colorado Sikhs ask for help from schools, Rep. Coffman, to combat bullying and intolerance
(Ramsey Scott, Aurora Sentinel)

Lasing side wants review in fight over oldest US synagogue
(Michelle R. Smith, Associated Press, US News & World Report)

Tech tycoon wants to punish 'wicked' foes of LGBT activism
(Katrina Willis, The Daily Signal)

Queensland’s evangelism ban can’t prevail against law
(Mark Fowler, The Australian)

I won’t back down on abortion, Foster tells pro-life group
(Ellen Coyne, The Times)

Wednesday, 9 August 2017

Could ‘British values’ anti-extremism push jeopardize Catholics?
(Catholic News Agency)

Canadian bishops say TWU case could have “profound impact” on religious organizations
(Deborah Gyapong, Catholic Register)

Pope orders Belgian religious order to stop euthanizing patients
(Simon Caldwell, Catholic Register)

New podcast on radicalisation
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)

Argument: India is weaponizing its spiritual tourists
(Raksha Kumar, Foreign Policy)

Trial of Jehovah's Witnesses' Bible resumes
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Does the faith ingredient improve educational outcomes?
(Tony Carnes, A Journey through NYC religions)

It’s idiotic to say a Congressman’s hijab painting violates the separation of Church and State
(Katherine Timpf, National Review)

Brazilian Jewish pol honors Muslim refugee assaulted with xenophobic slurs
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Germany detains suspected 'IS' member accused of war crimes in Syria
(Deutsche Welle)

North Korea releases jailed Canadian pastor amid standoff with U.S.
(Reuters)

Vatican official hints at unofficial agreement with China on bishops
(Catholic News Service)

Dominican Republic priest held in death of former altar boy
(Associated Press)

August 10 is a “black day” for Dalit Christians in India
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

The criminalization of FGM in the United States (Responding to: Female genital cutting: The Michigan case and beyond)
(Ranit Mishori, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Baptist pastor: An attack on anyone’s religious freedom is an attack on everyone’s
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Anti-immigrant Louisiana marriage law struck down by U.S. court
(Catherine Rampell, The Washington Post)

Differential marriage license requirement for foreign born held unconstitutional
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Explainer: with no free vote for now, where next for marriage equality?
(Ryan Goss, The Conversation)

K-12 school agrees to gender inclusion policy with no notice or 'opt out' for parents
(Kelsey Harkness, The Daily Signal)

Churches threatened with confiscation in Cuba
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))

Speak up on religious discrimination at school
(L. Nugraheni, The Jakarta Post)

Madurai police starts helpline to protect those marrying outside caste, religion
(Livemint)

‘Time is ripe for political decision on religion status’
(The Hindu)

Suburban educators develop guidelines on teaching about religion
(Marie Wilson, Chicago Daily Herald)

Reuse of graves – further considerations
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Round Rock’s Ahmadiyya mosque members attend national convention
(Nicole Barrios, Austin American-Statesman)

Rakshabandhan celebrated among interfaith leaders
(Daily Pioneer)

Australians set for non-binding mail ballot on gay marriage
(Rod McGuirk, Associated Press, KSL)

March of the Living to be held in Rostov region to commemorate Jews massacred by Nazi
(Interfax-Religion)

Tuesday, 8 August 2017

Sex and sensibility: A Google employee inflames a debate about sexism and free speech
(The Economist: Business and Finance)

Kirsten Powers and others who’ve read the Google ‘anti-diversity’ memo slam hysterical media coverage
(Brett T., Twitchy)

Why Google’s firing terrifies social conservatives so much: Google has the ability to shut Christian thought out of the conversation.
(Erick Erickson, The Washington Post)

Erdogan to attend OIC summit in Astana
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian Jews appalled by reproaches of trying to monetize Holocaust tragedy
(Interfax-Religion)

Priest detained in Vitebsk brothel to be temporary banned from ministry - Russian Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)

Protestant pastor jailed for 3 years for extremism in Tajikistan
(Interfax-Religion)

Make Pakistan safe for Christians urges European Member of Parliament: Ban blasphemy laws
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Russia: One year of "anti-missionary" punishments
(Forum 18 News Service)

32-year-old man fined for images of Christ on social network
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)

Dutch Socialists reject longtime activist over anti-Semitic tweets
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Sikhs in America: A history of hate
(A.C. Thompson, ProPublica)

How chaplains master the art of listening
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)

God, religion, and America's addiction crisis
(Jeffrey Bloom, Mosaic: Advancing Jewish Thought)

Case remanded for determination of whether church is hierarchical
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Two Chinese tourists are arrested for making a Hitler salute in Germany
(Gulliver, The Economist: Business Travel)

When rights colide: A legal defeat for a pious prison gardener is good news for bosses
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

UAE ambassador explains what secularism means for Middle East governance
(James Langton and Haneen Dajani, The National)

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