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Thursday, 3 August 2017

Kazakhstan: Fines for offering religious literature
(Forum 18 News Service)

Kazakhstan Jehovah's Witnesses assert their rights
(Radio Azattic, Russia Religion News)

Did International Law Kill Charlie Gard?
(LifeNews)

What the Charlie Gard controversy teaches us about parental rights
(Sherry f. Colb, Justicia: Verdict)

Learning from Charlie Gard
(Charles Camosy, First Things)

Keeping the faith: religious diversity in Australia – photo essay
(Michael Wickham, The Guardian)

USCIRF Condemns Egypt’s deportation of Uighur Muslims to China
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

$2M fundraiser launched to rebuild Christian town decimated by ISIS
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

God is banned in new 'Star Trek'
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

52% of American Muslims support homosexuality
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

Increase in sanctuary churches popping up under Trump
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

'White queers are really good at erasing us': the lives of LGBTQ Somali-Americans
(Ryan Schuessler, The Guardian)

Seven fallacies in Victorian bishops' arguments against assisted dying
(Neil Francis, The Guardian)

Universities stop spying on their students? Now that’s a radical idea
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)

India, 70 years on from independence: a painful history but a bright future?
(Nitin Mehta, Kartar Uppal, Jane Ghosh, The Guardian)

Appeals court decides fate of nation’s oldest synagogue
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)

Despite smuggled antiquities purchase, some say criticism of Bible museum is unfair
(Menachem Wecker, Religion News Service)

Rastafarian pot farm shootout sparks religious-use debate
(Kathleen Ronaye and Paul Elias, Religion News Service)

Gene editing: Gateway to Promised Land, or key to Pandora’s box?
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Israeli soccer team attacked by Polish skinheads after game
(Allon Sinai, Jerusalem Post)

Jerusalem chief rabbi: Pride parade is causing more damage than benefit
(Udi Shaham, Jerusalem Post)

Kenya's churches seek peace in highly contested elections after official's murder
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Puerto Rico’s archbishop asks Congress for relief over debt crisis
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Malawi’s government encourages local Catholic media
(Catholic News Agency)

Another state in India proposes anti-conversion law
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

English-speaking bishops call for end of school boycott in Cameroon
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Will the U.S. Supreme Court take another government prayer case?
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

France's 'deradicalisation gravy train' runs out of steam
(France 24)

Sicily's '12 apostles' religious sect abused girls to 'make them feel closer to God'
(Ludovica Iaccino, International Business Times)

Muslim nations meet to discuss Jerusalem tensions
(EuroNews)

Islamic school seeks to steer sons of militants to new path
(Niniek Karmini, Associated Press)

China targets Muslim Uighurs studying abroad
(Emily Feng, Financial Times)

'We really feel afraid': Indonesia's religious pluralism under threat – report
(Max Walden, Asian Correspondent)

Grattan on Friday: Marriage on the rocks in divided Liberal Party
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)

Friday essay: the photographer, the island and half a million lifejackets
(Cameron Muir, The Conversation)

1st Circuit: Historic Rhode Island synagogue owned by New York congregation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

SC: Split Episcopal dioceses can’t take millions in property
(Meg Kinnard, Associated Press)

South Carolina Supreme Court resolves property dispute in Episcopal church
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Major U.S. transgender case remanded after student graduates
(Daniel Trotta, Reuters)

4th Circuit remands transgender bathroom case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Govt prioritizes stronger inter-ethnic, inter-religious accord – Putin
(Interfax-Religion)

What ever happened to that Presbyterian church that split over gay clergy? Paper offers half the answer
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Temple Mount wrap up: Where religion, nationalism and politics keep colliding
(Ira Rifkin, The Conversation)

The Prevent Duty, free speech and privacy: Butt
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Correction: Netherlands – Euthanasia story
(Maria Cheng, KSL)

Thousands march in Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade
(Associated Press, KSL)

Music festival opens in Poland amid government pressure
(Vanessa Gera, KSL)

Pioneering scientists edit genes in embryos to stop inherited diseases
(Oliver Moody, The Times)

Scientists edit human embryos to safely remove disease for the first time – here’s how they did it
(Joyce Harper and Helen O'Neill, The Conversation)

Guilty by association: Increased targeting of family members in Cuba
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))

In the revised history of Europe, “Religion does not exist…”
(Russell Shaw, Aleteia)

Pope Francis sends letter to interfaith prayer meeting in Japan
(Vatican Radio)

‘OIC favours interfaith dialogue to resolve Rohingya issue’
(Prothom Alo)

A new ‘religious liberty’ fight tests Georgia GOP again
(Greg Bluestein, Atlanta Journal Constitution)

The continuing threat to religious liberty
(Ryan T. Anderson, National Review)

Langley’s private Christian university back in court this autumn over law school
(Heather Colpitts, Aldergrove Star)

French anti-terror bill threatens to extend state of emergency abuses
(Erika Asgeirsson, Just Security)

Globally, people point to ISIS and climate change as leading security threats
(Jacob Poushter and Dorothy Manevich, Pew Research Center Global Attitudes and Trends)

Same-sex marriage: 'Profound shift' in Australian views
(BBC News)

Entsch warns against ‘ambush’ meeting on marriage, amid speculation about postal ballot
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)

Case of Virginia transgender teen Gavin Grimm put off by appeals court
(Ann E Marimow, The Washington Post)

First human embryo editing experiment in U.S. ‘corrects’ gene for heart condition
(Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post)

Trump's transgender tweet isn't in force yet, but it's close
(Russel Spivak, Foreign Policy)

South Carolina Supreme Court says most local property belongs to the Episcopal Church
(Mary Frances Schjonberg, Episcopal News Service)

EVENT, 3 August 2017: Justice for the Yezidis: ISIS and the crimes of genocide
(Hudson Institute)

India: Cabinet approves law to prevent religious conversions
(The Pioneer)

Indian politician reveals that most Indian Muslims are descendants of Hindus
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

70 years after independence, the India I know is losing its way
(Mihir Bose, The Guardian)

Fatwas restrict individual's constitutional freedom, India must create laws to insulate citizens
(Tufail Ahmad, First Post)

EVENT, 3-5 August 2017: Persecution, Resilience, and Religious Freedom: Mormons and Muslims in America
(Professor Joel Campbell, CIRF Seminar)

Wednesday, 2 August 2017

Flying Spaghetti Monster church cannot advertise noodle masses [German court]
(Marivic Cabural, The Vanguard)

Nîmes imam: Unless political Islam is condemned, there will be more victims like Fr Hamel
(Dr Hocine Drouiche, AsisNew.it)

Archives belie Israel's narrative of Palestinian conflict
(Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Sisi now controls Egypt's top courts
(Muhammed Magdy, translated by Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Saudi engagement with Iraqi Shiites stirs talk of opening with Iran
(Ali Hashem, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Heads roll at top of Turkey's military
(Amberin Zaman, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

New campaign teaches how to help when a Muslim is harassed
(Tovia Smith, NPR)

Sanctity of human life faces opposition in New Zealand
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)

Indonesia’s capital city to jump islands
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)

Mental health deteriorates in Grecian island camps
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

Rainy day solutions: from gargoyles to downpipes
(Paul Brown, The Guardian)

Life on the old Silk Road: the Uighurs of Kashgar – in pictures
(Kevin Frayer, The Guardian)

Bus seats mistaken for burqas by members of anti-immigrant group
(Jon Henley, The Guardian)

Trump criticized for not appointing Jewish liaison
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

The hijab is radical feminism
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

Furious Muslim family accuses McDonald's of Islamophobia
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Faith in recovery pt. 2: The surprising truth about religion and drug use
(WRN Editorial Staff, World Religion News)

Cabinet members study Bible together weekly
(Jessica Estepa, Religion News Service)

No veil, no visa? Saudi Arabia may ease rules for tourists
(Aya Batrawy, Religion News Service)

As artificial intelligence grows, so do perceived threats to human uniqueness
(Rosalie Chan, Religion News Service)

Blast at Shiite mosque in Afghanistan kills dozens
(Amir Shah, Religion News Service)

Clerics offering religious edicts in Cairo metro stir debate
(Menna Zaki, Religion News Service)

Remembering the Oak Creek tragedy
(Kanwar Singh, Religion News Service)

Donald Trump’s Great White Whale
(Mark Silk, RNS: Spiritual Politics)

Book Review: The Persecution and Genocide of Christians in the Middle East: Prevention, Prohibition, and Prosecution. Ronald J. Rychlak and Jane F. Adolphe, editors
(Stephen Herreid, Acton Institute: Transatlantic Blog)

Google should turn its attention to battling Islamophobia
(Mohammed Sinan Siyech, Malay Mail Online)

An Almighty Con? Taiwan’s ‘Purple Shirts’ and their Master
(ZiQing Low, The News Lens International)

Putin signs law to strip convicted terrorists of Russian citizenship — RT News
(Alexander Simon, Standard Republic)

Malaysia: The welfare and interests of child comes first
(Ti Lian Ker, Malay Mail Online)

MHP supports Turkish government's controversial draft law allowing 'mufti marriages'
(Hürriyet Daily News)

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