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Monday, 17 July 2017

Irish Supreme Court indirectly recognises polygamy
(Angelo Bottone, MercatorNet)

Hinduism and its complicated history with cows (and people who eat them)
(Wendy Doniger, The Conversation)

Catholic nuns in Pa. build a chapel to block the path of a gas pipeline planned for their property
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)

Mormonism’s Russia dilemma: How to grow a fledgling faith with missionaries who can’t do missionary work.
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune)

Vatican UN envoy: recognizing religion’s public dimension can combat extremism
(Catholic Culture)

Eugene Peterson, RNS and gay marriage: Wave good-bye to clarity and objectivity
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

The survival of a Southern Baptist who dared to oppose Trump: Russell Moore was the most prominent anti-Trump voice in his denomination. It almost cost him his job.
(Chris Moody, CNN)

Thinking about the past: CNN reporter follows his own roots into SBC's Russell Moore wars
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

IDs for Muslims? a Philippine town's response to terror says a lot about interfaith relations
(Amir Mawallil, South China Morning Post)

CAN calls for more religious dialogue to curb conflicts
(PM News)

DICID to work with Liberia Embassy
(The Peninsula)

Why religious freedom and diversity flourished in early America
(Meilan Solly, Smithsonian.com)

In Argentina’s religious freedom row, politics makes strange bedfellows
(Ines San Martin, Crux)

India’s religious, spiritual leaders urge rule of law to restore peace and communal harmony
(Vatican Radio)

Anti-Semitic crime at highest recorded level in British history, study finds
(JTA)

British survey of anti-Semitic crime finds overall increase for 2016, but fewer violent crimes
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Kansas court says no appeal on vaccination order for children in state custody
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Prejudice? Lawsuit claims Bay View religious requirement is discriminatory
(Arielle Hines, Petoskey (MI) News-Review)

Suit challenges Christian-only ownership rules in Chautauqua cottage community
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Québec: may a Jew be compelled not to work on Saturdays?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Jewish hairdresser who was fired over Sabbath spat wins legal case
(Vicky Fragasso-Marquis, The Canadian Press)

Quebec tribunal finds discrimination when Jewish owner enforces Jewish practice on Jewish employees
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Arlene’s Flowers owner wants U.S. Supreme Court to review discrimination ruling
(Kristin M. Kraemer, Tri-City Herald)

SCOTUS review sought in florist's refusal to sell for same-sex wedding
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

California can’t duck Hindu students’ claim of educational bias
(Nicholas Iovino, Courthouse News Service)

Establishment Clause challenge to portrayal of Hinduism in California schools may proceed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Christian refugees to U.S. outnumber Muslim refugees so far in 2017
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ministerial exception applies to Catholic school principal, 2nd Circuit rules
(Andrew Denney, New York Law Journal)

2nd Circuit: Ministerial exception requires dismissal of sex discrimination claim by Catholic school principal
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks at the 2017 Hate Crimes Summit
(U.S. Department of Justice)

Attorney General Sessions speaks at hate crimes summit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Appeals court tells Rowan County to find another way to pray
(Michael Gordon and Lavendrick Smith, Charlotte Observer)

4th Circuit en banc: Rowan County's invocation practice violates Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Sunday, 16 July 2017

July 16: Jeff Sessions speaks to Alliance Defending Freedom, more Christian refugees admitted
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)

Latino Muslims find home at mosque led by Cambodian refugees
(Caitlin Yoshiho Kandl, NBC News)

EVENT, 16-21 July 2017: 'What *should* religious freedom entail?'
(XXVIIIth World Congress of the International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Lison, Portugal (16-21 July 2017))

Law and religion round-up – 16th July
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

The Sufis: Islam’s anti-terrorists
(Robert Carle, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)

Saturday, 15 July 2017

Church, State and Social Science in Ireland review: a welcome addition to JH Whyte’s groundbreaking study
(Diarmaid Ferriter, Irish Times)

Chilean victims of ex-Nazi’s cult of horrors may finally get some answers
(Kyle Swenson, The Washington Post)

Church community rallies around North Carolina pastor seeking sanctuary from deportation
(Edgar Zúñiga, Jr., NBC News)

Satanic monument in Belle Plaine prompts weekend rallies of protest, support
(Erin Adler, Minneapolis Star Tribune)

“Mainline” churches are emptying. The political effects could be huge
(Lyman Stone, Vox)

Cuban pastor punished with 1-year heavy labor for homeschooling his children in evangelical faith
(Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post)

House rejects controversial study of Islam
(Rachael Bade and John Bresnahan, Politico)

Meet the Greeks who call Mount Olympus spiritual home
(Derek Gatopoulos and Costas Kantouris, Associated Press)

After 500 years, an Italian Jewish rebirth
(Michael Ledeen, Wall Street Journal)

Guam's Catholic church could sell 41 properties to settle clergy abuse cases
(Haidee V Eugenio, Pacific Daily News)

Sudan church council leader summoned before Criminal Court
(World Watch Monitor)

EVENT, 15-16 July 2017: 2nd Berlin Interfaith Music Festival - "Berliner Festival der Religionen" Werkstatt der Kulturen
(Faiths in Tune)

Download Free! The Collective Dimension of Freedom of Religion: A Case Study on Turkey
(Mine Yıldırım, Routledge)

One year after coup attempt, Turkey is still battling terrorism
(Ömür Budak, The Boston Globe [paywall])

The Post-Secular City and Varieties of Religious Musicality: Two Lectures by Paolo Costa at the Faculty of Catholic Theology in Vienna
(Center for Religious Studies of Foundation Bruno Kessler)

Hopes for the Estonian Presidency of the European Union
(Mgr Philippe Jourdan, Europeinfos: Christian perspectives on the EU)

Europe needs a rethink!
(Friedhelm Hengsbach SJ, Europeinfos: Christian perspectives on the EU)

The passing of Liu Xiaobo
(Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice)

Obituary: Liu Xiaobo, China’s leading human-rights campaigner
(The Economist)

The Latest: US appeals travel ban ruling to Supreme Court
(Associated Press Top News)

Federal government asks Supreme Court to clarify order in travel ban litigation
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

Friday, 14 July 2017

Does the burqa have a future in Europe?
(Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic)

Refugees in Greece: Hope in the heart of a morass
(Cécile Deleplanque and Maurice Joyeux SJ, Europeinfos: Christian perspectives on the EU)

Travesty international: Turkey has arrested Amnesty International’s local director
(The Economist)

Bastille Day: Macron vows merciless fight against terror
(Associated Press, Daily News)

Special Feature: Summer Symposium on Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project and Trump v. Hawaii
(SCOTUSblog)

An introduction to the travel ban: In Plain English
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

Youth feed 2000 homeless people every night in Uruguay
(Catholic News Agency)

Trump v. Hawaii
(Documents page, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: Understanding the Supreme Court’s equitable ruling in Trump v. IRAP
(Josh Blackman, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: When (if ever) may we consider religion at the border?
(Chris Hajec, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: The stays – a practical victory, a legal concern
(Lee Rudofsky, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: Overreaching judges imperil national security and weaken the Constitution
(John Malcolm, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: How the acting solicitor general (sort of) saved the travel ban
(Steve Vladeck, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: What would Hippocrates do?
(Frank Trinity, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: The mootness games
(Leah Litman, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: Could this be the end of plenary power?
(Margo Schlanger, SCOTUSblog)

Praying together, staying together: The axis between Russian Orthodox and American evangelicals is intact
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Rights advocates: Russia ignoring principles of the civilized world
(ReligioPolis, Russia Religion News)

Court: Commissioners' prayer practice violated Constitution
(Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Religion)

Is a robot a person?
(Alessandro Calcagno, Europeinfos: Christian perspectives on the EU)

State policy blamed for negative attitudes toward Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia
(RBK, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witnesses brace for court decision
(Novaya Gazeta, Russia Religion News)

Venezuela bishops accuse Maduro of seeking to install 'military dictatorship'
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Shariah’s winding path into modernity
(Mustafa Akyol, The New York Times)

Jerusalem’s top Muslim cleric detained following deadly Old City shooting
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Jewish mom of 6 jailed for contempt in marathon divorce
(Josh Nathan-Kazis, Forward)

Religious order welcomes gas pipeline opponents to pray at new ‘chapel’
(Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service)

NY ex-principal loses lawsuit, lawyers see win for religious freedom
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

In Ukraine, Vatican cardinal says there’s hope for the future
(Catholic News Agency)

Engage young adults, support Black Lives Matter, bishops told
(Catholic News Service)

House committee votes to keep provision defunding key church protection
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

ABC News: Christians who believe in the First Amendment are a 'hate group'
(Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist)

Here’s the speech Jeff Sessions delivered to Christian First Amendment lawyers
(The Federalist)

Court overturns ruling in lawsuit over inmate kosher diet
(Randall Chase, Associated Press)

AG Sessions speaks to conservative Christian advocacy group
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

District court broadens those still allowed entry under Trump's travel ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Grandparents win reprieve from Trump travel ban in federal court
(Miriam Jordan, The New York Times)

Open letter from USCIRF Vice Chair Sandra Jolley to Gulmira Imin on the 8th anniversary of her arrest
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Requiring repair, rather than demolition, for church’s violations of municipality’s property maintenance code may impose a substantial burden
(Diana Neeves, RLUIPA Defense)

Michigan outlaws FGM in package of bills signed by governor
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Gov. Rick Snyder signs legislation heightening penalties for those convicted of performing female genital mutilation
(Press Release, MIchigan.gov)

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