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Thursday, 20 July 2017

Protests continue in Morocco despite crackdown
(Ilhem Rachidi, Al Monitor)

Palestinian town in Israel shaken by Jerusalem killings
(Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Sinai initiative targets tribal weddings with push for official documents
(Reham Mokbel, translated by Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

For a two-state solution, Israel must say bye-bye to Bibi
(Akiva Eldar, translated by Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

A farming technique changing lives in Africa
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

Egyptian government extends state of emergency
(Alex Anhalt, Mission Network News)

Mongolia’s Church calling for unity of believers
(Alex Anhalt, Mission Network News)

Libya: Incitement against religious minority
(Human Rights Watch)

Chinese government: Give up your faith, or else
(CBN News)

South Africa: Power and money driving political killings - church leader
(Kaveel Singh, News 24)

Why has the conservative class become so dependent on the politics of race?
(Joumanah El Matrah, The Guardian)

Rotting pig's head left at Islamic school gate in Queensland
(Joshua Robertson, The Guardian)

Man accused of desecrating cemetery war memorial says he had God's permission
(Australian Associated Press, The Guardian)

Grenfell: faith groups step in to mediate between officials and community
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

First same-sex marriage at Anglican church in UK to be held this summer
(Frances Perraudin, The Guardian)

Why the Manchester mosque will rise from the ashes
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)

Most Christians in Australia support marriage equality and want a free vote
(Gareth Hutchens, The Guardian)

Muslim mother takes legal action against school over face veil ban
(Diane Taylor, The Guardian)

India low-caste leader elected president in boost for Modi coalition
(The Guardian)

Pope Francis is sick of people whining all the time
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Pioneer day and the Civil War everyone forgot
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

New hip hop single by Muslim activists calls out hypocrites
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Boston launches poster campaign to combat Islamophobia
(Associated Press, Religion News Service)

Faith communities offer a pathway to ending AIDS in Africa
(Michel Sidibe, Religion News Service)

‘Jet-set monk’ is back in Thailand after extradition from US
(Kankanit Wiriyasajja, Religion News Service)

Arizona Senate candidate under attack for being Muslim
(Laurie Roberts, Religion News Service)

Minister leaves Southern Baptist Convention to shed light on racism
(Holly Meyer, Religion News Service)

Good works of churches often go unnoticed
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

A Buddhist prayer festival fills a remote Tibetan village with color
(Alexandra Radu, Religion News Service)

Maldives ruling party should repudiate attacks on UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Jerusalem church leaders' plea for free access to worship at Holy Sites
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Tajikistan: Protestant pastor jailed for three years
(Forum 18 News Service)

The politics of American Christianity: A papal confidant triggers a furore among American Catholics
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

LGBT problem doesn't exist in Chechnya - Russian envoy to OSCE
(Interfax-Religion)

Washington urges Russia to lift ban on Jehovah's Witnesses' activities
(Interfax-Religion)

House of Commons private Members’ ballot bills
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Uganda’s Jews are down to one meal a day because of East Africa’s famine
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Thousands rally in Israel for same-sex couples who want to adopt
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

President Reuven Rivlin speaks with Turkey’s Erdogan over objections by Israel’s Foreign Ministry
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Is it O.K. to fire a Muslim driver for refusing to carry wine?
(Kwame Anthony Appiah, The New York Times Magazine)

Ex-Vatican doctrine chief says Church did what it could on German abuse scandal
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Sierra Leone bishops say citizen action for peace key to 2018 elections
(Catholic News Service)

Central Africa: Catholic bishops call for interreligious dialogue as intolerance rises
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

The rise—and fall?—of Hindu nationalism in Nepal (Religious freedom research project Summer 2017 fellowship reports)
(Luke Wagner, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Sehitlik's retreat from cosmopolitanism (Religious freedom research project Summer 2017 fellowship reports)
(Elisabeth Becker, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Rep. Susan Davis, three other House Dems sued for displaying Pride flag
(Joshua Stewart, The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Activist's suit argues gay pride flags are religious symbols
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Court dismisses husband's suit over pastor's affair with wife
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Tax court says omission of cost of donated property justifies full disallowance of deduction
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Is there a religious way to get angry?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)

How faith groups can help improve underreporting of crime
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)

The Saudi dress code debacle
(Rotha Begum, Human Rights Watch)

A look at why a Saudi woman’s miniskirt sparked an outcry
(Aya Batrawy, Religion News Service)

In Mississippi, aging Muslim community worries about its future
(Abigail Hauslohner, The Washington Post)

Groups dispute ‘terrorist front’ tag on two NGOs
(Business Mirror)

Interfaith peace building for young Jewish, Muslim and Christian students
(Anglican Communion News Service)

Rabbi Rosen on role of Jerusalem in interfaith relations
(Vatican Radio)

After two drown in Tanzania, Christians re-examine safety of river baptisms
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Archbishop Chaput: Civilta Cattolica got American Christianity wrong
(Catholic News Agency)

President says he would not like religion to be confused with politics in Mozambique
(Club of Mozambique)

Pakistani Christian boy, 16, charged with blasphemy for discussing his faith
(World Watch Monitor)

Facebook was where Pakistan could debate religion. Now it's a tool to punish 'blasphemers'
(Sune Engel Rasmussen and Julia Carrie Wong, The Guardian)

Demand for religion status for Lingayat gains momentum
(The Hindu)

Two (strong) views on blockbuster essay about U.S. religion, politics
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Freedom for Christian cake artist is freedom for all, even same-sex marriage backers
(Samuel Green, The Hill)

For Evangelicals, the marriage debate is just beginning
(Jeff Cimmino, National Review)

ACLU sues for draft of Trump religious liberty order
(Lydia Wheeler, The Hill)

Culpeper seeks to block Feds from deposing attorney in mosque complaint
(Alison Brophy, Fredericksburg.com)

Are state constitutions’ prohibitions on aid to churches legal?
(Bob Allen, Baptist News Global)

Stripped of his title and illegally replaced, Eritrea’s spiritual leader languishes in detention
(Thomas J. Reese, Religion News Service)

Concerns for wellbeing of Patriarch Antonios
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide)

Conservative evangelicals revel in their ‘unprecedented’ access to the president
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Michigan doctor to stay in jail in genital mutilation case
(Ed White, Religion News Service)

How a video of a woman in a skirt became a global headache for Saudi Arabia
(Adam Taylor, The Washington Post)

Saudi Arabia says woman arrested for wearing skirt in viral video has been released
(Adam Taylor, The Washington Post)

Keller, Moore, and DeYoung Discuss Religious Freedom
(The Gospel Coalition)

EVENT, 20 July 2017: Muslims and the Making of America
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Supreme Court rules again on scope of travel ban during appeal
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Supreme Court allows Trump travel ban enforcement, but says it must allow broader exemptions for relatives
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)

Supreme Court order affects thousands of refugees seeking US entry
(Catholic News Agency)

Wednesday, 19 July 2017

Court hands each side a partial victory in dispute over scope of travel ban
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

Justices uphold refugee ban but say grandparents still OK
(Mark Sherman, Religion News Service)

Canada: Ruling allows students to opt out of religious classes at Catholic school
(Michelle McQuigge, The Canadian Press, CTV News)

Catholic order sues to force rerouting of pipeline
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Next steps to stop the pipeline in Lancaster County
(Adorers of the Blood of Christ)

Pennsylvania nuns oppose fracking gas pipeline through 'holy' land
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Lancaster nuns sue feds over pipeline, citing religious freedom
(Frank Kummer, Philly.com)

Closure of the HLF Grants for Places of Worship – Update
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Indonesian young reformers use bicycles to inspire action on climate change
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

From Mecca to Rome, how do other countries protect their holy sites?
(Seth J. Frantzman, Jerusalem Post)

Kazakhstan not planning to ban Jehovah's Witnesses - minister
(Interfax-Religion)

Kazakhstan explains temporary suspension of Jehovah's Witnesses
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Orthodox react differently to ban of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Moskovskii Komsomolets, Russia Religion News)

Russia: Ministry of Justice bans Jewish novel for extremism
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

Could a $10 sale mean no more taxes for Noah’s Ark theme park?
(Linda Blackford, Kentucky.com)

Anti-Semitism, Hungary and Netanyahu: What you need to know
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Dima Tahboub on conflict zone (Video)
(Deutsche Welle)

Pence speaks to Christians United for Israel
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Remarks by the Vice President at Christians United for Israel Washington Summit
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)

Attorney general alludes to new religious freedom guidelines in private speech
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)

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