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Wednesday, 2 August 2017

Turkey defends plan to allow religious marriages amid controversy
(AFP, The Independent)

Why Tunisia's new law that aims to ending 'all violence' against women is exceptional
(Faisal Al Yafai, The National)

Religious leaders join suit to stop Texas’ ‘sanctuary cities’ ban
(Philip Jankowski, American States,am)

Mass Nigerian arrests for 'homosexual acts' in Lagos State
(BBC News)

Russian punk rocker decides not to return home from US due to Jehovah's Witnesses ban
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Tajikistan: Fines, questioning, threats for wearing hijab
(Forum 18 News Service)

Supreme Court 2016 Statutory Term in Review: Textualist pathologies in Advocate Health Care Network
(Asher Steinberg, The Narrowest Grounds)

Support in Ukraine for united Orthodox church
(Religiia v Ukraine, Russia Religion News)

Faith leaders and doctors disrupt the Senate for the sake of health insurance
(Sholem Berger, Forward)

German court rules against ‘Spaghetti Monster Church’
(Associated Press, Bloomberg)

German courts take on the Flying Spaghetti Monster
(Konstantin Klein, Deutsche Welle)

Key bishop opposes Trump-backed push to slash legal immigration
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Vatican justice branch sets anti-corruption goals for 2018
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

Vatican article on ‘ecumenism of hate’ in U.S. was long overdue
(Steven A. Krueger, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Federal criminal case in Michigan expected to raise controversial religious liberty defense
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Court: Residents can't mention "Islam" or "Muslim" at public hearing on mosque construction; Thomas More Law Center files federal lawsuit
(Business Insider)

New suit challenges settlement agreement in mosque construction dispute
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Lesbian mom loses effort to have Christian judge removed from divorce case
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Appeals court refuses to order recusal of fundamentalist Christian judge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Public accommodation law does not apply to photographer without business store front
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

CEF wins injunction against Indiana school district
(Press Release, Liberty Counsel)

Good News Clubs win preliminary injunction
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Presbyterian Church wins right to follow its own religious rules
(Press Release, Becket)

Defamation suit dismissed under ecclesiastical abstention doctrine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Reward paid to tipsters for arrest of Lyle Jeffs
(FBI.gov)

How the changing Church will define the future of U.S. politics
(Daniel José Camacho, Sojourners)

Breaking the Ten Commandments: A short history of the contentious American monuments
(Jenna Weissman Joselit, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)

American Muslims are now more accepting of homosexuality than white evangelicals
(Carol Kuruvilla, Huffington Post)

More than 30,000 Muslims gather to condemn Isis at largest Islamic convention in UK
(Lucy Pasha-Robinson, Independent)

Saudi Arabia and Qatar battle over Hajj pilgrims
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Saudi Arabia accuses Qatar of 'declaration of war' in row over Hajj
(Middle East Eye)

China bans entry of Buddhist sect head from Australia
(The Economic Times)

Nun officiates Catholic wedding in Canada with local bishop and Vatican's permission
(Deborah Gyapong, America Magazine)

Students from across the world discuss religious freedom at Windsor Great Park
(Francis Batt, Windsor Observer)

Islamic cemetery in suburban Minneapolis is vandalized
(Associated Press, KSL)

Hate groups, far-right conservatives and other labels: Can we guess why journalists rely on certain terms?
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Could Facebook officials censor religious content? Many people say they already do
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

A white man called her kids the n-word. Facebook stopped her from sharing it.
(Tracy Jan and Elizabeth Dwoskin, The Washington Post)

Draft constitution’s freedoms not acceptable say Beida government’s religious authorities
(Libya Herald)

Escaping Pakistani persecution, Ahmadi activist finds refuge — and purpose — in U.S.
(Madiha Waris Qureshi, Religion News Service)

Sikhism included in Tennessee classrooms
(Sikh Siyasat News)

Texas: Interfaith leaders hold day of action opposing bathroom bills
(Ashley Goudeau, KVUE (ABC))

Understanding freedom of conscience
(Brian Bird, Policy Options Politiques)

Jharkhand Cabinet approves Religious Freedom Bill 2017
(Jitesh Jha, Jagran Josh)

Pay attention to impact of Ky.’s political, urban-rural divides
(Heather A. Johnson, Lexington Herald Leader)

Baptist church "amicably" resolves federal suit against Spotsylvania
(Jeff Branscome, Fredericksburg.com)

Charity Commission inquiry report: New Moston Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Tuesday, 1 August 2017

Jehovah's Witness on trial in Caucasus
(Liudmila Maratova, Kavkazskii Uzel)

New Florida law lets residents challenge school textbooks
(Greg Allen, NPR)

Sen. James Lankford chides ABC News for careless use of ‘hate group’ label
(Rachel del Guidice, The Daily Signal)

The open-ended Extraordinary meeting of the Executive Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), held at the level of foreign ministers, in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey on 01 August 2017
(Final Communiqué, Organization of Islamic Cooperation)

Bogotá to host 2018 Global Christian Forum gathering
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Pluralism, polarization, and the common good
(Suhail Khan, David Kyuman Kim, and Jack Moline, with Sally Quinn moderating, Council on Foreign Relations: Religion and Foreign Policy Workshop)

The rise of ethnonationalism and the future of liberal democracy
(Jocelyne Cesari, Jack A. Goldstone, Pankaj Mishra and Stewart M. Patrick, Council on Foreign Relations: Religion and Foreign Policy Workshop)

Karen Armstrong: Don't blame religion for terrorism
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

New Tunisian law takes long stride toward gender equality
(Conor McCormick-Cavanagh, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

A Jewish professor taught at a Catholic school in a Muslim country. Here’s what happened.
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Jehovah's Witnesses report freedom in Kazakhstan
(Bud v teme, Russia Religion News)

'Our future will be violent extremism': Kazakhstan — Central Asia’s most stable state — is waking up to the fact that Islamic extremism has planted its roots and is here to stay
(Reid Standish, Foreign Policy)

Local Muslims: Rise in Temple Mount visits is attempt to even the score
(Udi Shaham, Jerusalem Post)

Gregorius Soetomo: The Jesuit priest who studied Islam
(Sebastian Partogi, The Jakarta Post)

How the religious liberty executive order licenses discrimination
(Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza and Sharita Gruberg, Center for American Progress)

What the ‘Government Schools’ critics really mean
(Katherine Stewart, The New York Times)

‘We can change the meaning’: Trademarks filed for n-word after Supreme Court decision
(Justin Wm. Moyer, The Washington Post)

Qatar’s support of Islamists leads to global terrorism
(Ariel Ben Solomon, Jerusalem Post)

Does The White House really need a Jewish liaison?
(Nathan Guttman, Forward)

Russia, West must put peace before partisan interests – Cardinal Parolin
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Islamic State: the West must embrace local state ownership of the region’s conflicts
(Peter Hain, The Conversation)

Diocese in Philippines will “fully cooperate” after priest arrested for child prostitution
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Venezuela’s bishops reject vote to rewrite national constitution
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Fifth Circuit rules in favor of Rastafari prisoner in religious liberty dispute over dreadlocks
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Russia: Misuse of the anti-extremism legislation against religious minorities
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Party turmoil over way ahead on same-sex marriage
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)

Tynwald and the Bishop of Sodor & Man – Part II
(Peter Edge, Guest Post, Law & Religion UK)

Houston soccer team brings identity and community to young refugees
(Kevin Thompson, Episcopal News Service)

Infant’s death cause for grief, work, ethicists say
(tom Strode, Baptist Press, BR Now.org)

VPNs are a vital defence against censorship - but they're under attack
(Joshua Franco, Amnesty International)

Nearly 100 evangelical leaders met with White House staff for 'listening sessions' last week
(Samuel Smith, Christian Post)

White House meets with evangelical leaders
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Tax Court: State can’t require SSNs to claim dependent children
(Olivia Covington, The Indiana Lawyer)

State tax deduction available to father who objected to social security numbers for his children
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Are State Department cuts a major setback for genocide prevention?
(Nadia Rubaii and Max Pensky, The Conversation)

What does the international religious freedom ambassador do?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)

Brownback has critics and supporters: All these voices matter in religious freedom debates
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Islam and America: Trump’s religious freedom ambassador should be ‘disqualified,’ says biggest Muslim group
(Conor Gaffey, Newsweek)

Clerics offering religious edicts in Cairo metro stir debate
(Menna Zaki, KSL)

Indonesia: Draft law to ensure rights for religious minorities met with skepticism
(Jakarta Globe)

Sudan sticks to clear religious freedom policy
(Xinhuanet)

ECHR launches work on lawsuit over Azerbaijan hostages' appeal
(AzerNews)

Monday, 31 July 2017

The Kingdom in a war zone
(Hannah Marazzi with Emily Way, Convivium)

Sadiq Khan takes on Brexit and terror
(Sam Knight, The New Yorker)

Why exorcisms are on the rise in France
(The Economist Explains)

Sam Brownback elected ambassador of religious freedom
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Sudan’s president, head of Anglican Church discuss religious freedom
(Sudan Tribune)

Amid persecution, Sudan becomes Anglican Communion's newest province
(Michael Gryboski, Christian Post)

Archbishop of Canterbury speaks ‘strongly’ to Sudan President of religious freedom for Christians
(World Watch Monitor)

July 30: No transgender military after evangelical visit; Brownback for Ambassador
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)

Remembering Peter Berger
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Canadian Council of Christian Charities granted intervener status in TWU Case: The Supreme Court changes course on TWU interveners
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Intersection)

Anthony Scaramucci removed as White House communications director
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

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