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Tuesday, 13 June 2017

South Sudan bishops cite security concerns as reason for pope not visiting
(Catholic News Agency)

Filipino bishop: Martial law makes farce of Independence Day
(Catholic News Service)

Francis: Migrant crisis require focus on reality, dialogue, commitment
(Catholic News Agency)

9th Circuit declines to address church-state claims in ruling against revised travel ban
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Your rabbi? Probably a Democrat. Your Baptist pastor? Probably a Republican. Your priest? Who knows.
(Kevin Quealy, The New York Times)

New study: Clergy's denomination correlates strongly with political party affiliation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Dad takes carers to court in bid to get them to trim his son's pubic and underarm hair
(Lauren Ballinger, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner)

British court says disabled care home resident should not observe Muslim customs
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

A school district fired this coach for praying, now he’s fighting back
(Joshua Gill, The Daily Caller)

9th Circuit hears oral arguments in coach's suspension for on-field prayer
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

9th Circuit upholds most of injunction against second travel ban without reaching Establishment Clause issue
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

RLUIPA Round-Up
(Derek Valentine, RLUIPA Defense)

Man sentenced to death as Pakistan's war against blasphemy intensifies
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Monday, 12 June 2017

Pakistan: man sentenced to death for blasphemy on Facebook
(Sune Engel Rasmussen, The Guardian)

In a first, Pakistan imposes death sentence for online blasphemy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Law and religion round-up – 11th June
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Oregon's advance directive bill is deceptive and deadly, critics warn
(Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency)

Women play a key role in interfaith dialogue, Pope says
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

Want Pope Francis to visit South Sudan? Work for peace, bishops say
(Catholic News Agency)

Immigration arrests stun Detroit's Chaldean Catholics
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

Terrorists will not divide us, religious leaders pledge after London Bridge attack
(Tim Wyatt, Church Times)

Einstein's letters of relativity, God, and moving to Israel go up for auction
(The Associated Press, Haaretz)

Ivanka Trump wrongly claims Judaism as 1 of the 3 'largest world religions'
(Haaretz)

Of tribes and terrorism
(Lee Smith, Hudson Institute)

How Trump is highlighting divisions among Southern Baptists
(David Waters, Holly Meyer and Amy McRary, Religion News Service)

It isn’t just young people who have turned to Labour. Muslims have too
(Miqdaad Versi, The Guardian)

Manchester police investigate arson attacks on Jewish restaurants
(Helen Pidd, The Guardian)

Some 500,000 pilgrims bow to St. Nicholas remains as 3 km line forms outside the Moscow cathedral
(Interfax Religion)

Bernie Sanders question nominee on his religious beliefs
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Virginia students required to submit permission slips to prove their religion and be allowed to wear Hijab
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

TIME introduces the next generation of Catholic priests
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Disappearing Christians: Their flight from the Middle East
(Eric Metaxas, Christian Post)

Pope Francis threatens to fire priests who don't obey him, says rebellion is destructive
(Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post)

Today marks 50th anniversary of Supreme Court's interracial marriage decision
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

New study shows euthanasia is about fear, not pain
(Samantha Gobba, Christian Headlines)

Is opposition to the LGBT agenda child abuse?
(Kiley Crossland, Christian Headlines)

Freedom from Religion Foundation unveils 'pro-blasphemy' website
(Scott Slayton, Christian Headlines)

Ben Carson, Keynote speaker at annual religious liberty dinner
(Sierra Emilaire, Adventist Review)

Irish Catholic bishops speak of 'hostility' and 'persecution' of church
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

World Council of Churches asks for suspension of North Korea sanctions
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

A plea to the pope: Stop being soft on our despot, Venezuela’s bishops tell Francis
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Unreasonable pressures imposed on Jehovah's Witnesses believers
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Russian president praises Jehovah's Witnesses' family values
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Being Sikh in Trump's America: ‘You have to go out of your way to prove you’re not a threat’
(Sarah Parvini, Los Angeles Times)

Top U.S. diplomat quits China post because of his faith. Journalists ignore the story?
(Julia Duin, Get Religion)

Religious studies recognized as essential part of K-12 education
(Stephanie Castellano, Religious Freedom Center)

Bernie Sanders shows how religious ignorance breeds progressive intolerance
(David French, National Review)

Angela Merkel at Argentine synagogue urges fight against anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Nigerian priest shares harrowing story of being kidnapped
(Catholic News Agency)

Vatican: Failure to protect child migrants an insult to human dignity
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Trump and Francis may face new tensions over Cuba
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

BJC’s Tyler: Bernie Sanders’ inquiry of OMB nominee “imposed a religious test”
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Remarks by President Trump at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority Conference
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)

Trump speaks to Faith & Freedom Coalition Conference
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Northern Ireland court says Humanist wedding ceremonies must be recognized
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Condemned to die: Man sentenced to death for posting comments about the Prophet Mohammed on Facebook
(Charlie Parker, The Sun)

Death sentence for Pak man over sharing ‘blasphemous content’ on social media
(Imtiaz Ahmad, Hindustan Times)

New trial sought after juror dismissal for hearing Holy Spirit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Mormon Apostle speaks at international religious freedom symposium: Religious freedom helps society to thrive
(Newsroom, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Religious liberals sat out of politics for 40 years. Now they want in the game.
(Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times)

Russell Moore, Baptist leader who shunned Trump, splits the faithful
(Ian Lovett, Wall Street Journal)

Partisan political divide impacts religious denominations
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Teaching of gender equality sparks infighting in Iran
(Zahra Alipour, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Women-only cafe opens in Upper Egypt
(Reham Mokbel, translated by Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Syrian residents suffer under siege during Ramadan
(Tamer Osman, translated by Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Archbishop of Canterbury: ‘Conservative attitudes can be passport for misogyny’
(World Watch Monitor)

Stop fretting over religious sensitivities. We must push hard against Islamists
(Sarah Khan, The Guardian)

Southwark Cathedral reopens after London Bridge attack
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Islamic militants carry out terror, not jihad
(Asma Afsaruddin, Religion News Service)

Anti-Shariah rallies nationwide ‘intended to manufacture fear’
(Bruce Tomaso)

EVENT,12-13 June 2017: Tradition and Traditionalisms Compared. A Joint Program of the Tradition Project and the Postsecular Conflicts Project
(FBK-ISR; University of Innsburck (ERC-European Research Council); St. John's Law School, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy)

Religious Freedom advocates praise Denmark’s repeal of blasphemy law
(Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency)

Saturday, 10 June 2017

Application of shariah law to an inheritance dispute
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Registration of a Muslim association denied
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

ECtHR: New system for single-judge decisions
(Antoine Buyse, ECHR Blog)

The Beirut Declaration and its 18 commitments on Faith for Rights
(Report and outlook, United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner)

Beirut Declaration enhances role of religions in promoting human rights
(United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner)

Prime Minister Theresa May visits London Hindu Temple
(Hinduism Today)

Bishop of Maidstone will no longer meet with Scottish bishops
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Model and Leeds United footballer win fight for humanist wedding
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Primus’s statement on SEC Synod vote on same-sex marriage
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Religion Watch, June 2017, Volume 32 No. 8
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)

Zimbabwe: Prophet given cash to 'cleanse', vanishes with couple's savings
(All Africa)

Liberia: Clergy challenges representative aspirants
(Emmanuel Mondaye, The New Dawn)

Where are all the megachurches?
(Aaron Earls, Facts and Trends)

Nationalism between Europe and the Middle East – By Sam Farah
(Sam Farah, Syria Comment: Syrian Politics, History, and Religion)

Parents with faith-healing ties charged with murder
(Dan Tilkin, KOIN 6 News)

Hundreds of new churches not enough to satisfy Southern Baptists
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)

Friday, 9 June 2017

Geneva exhibition highlights Reformation, printing, showing Luther's bestseller author role
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Humanist wedding in Northern Ireland – temporary authorisation granted
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Nazarbayev hopes Islamic world can reach understanding soon
(Interfax-Religion)

Three extremists spreading radical Islam ideas convicted in Uzbekistan
(Interfax-Religion)

Expert on Orthodox shrines compared contemporary Russia to Medieval Europe
(Interfax-Religion)

Spanish police arrest Hamas supporter accused of inciting violence against Jews
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Systematic detention of asylum seekers at the border: on the need for an individualised necessity test
(Ruben Wissing, Strasbourg Observers)

Ulster’s old-time religion: The clerical roots of the Democratic Unionist Party
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Woman suicide bomber kills at least 30 in Iraqi market
(Reuters, First Post)

Why did James Comey say, ‘Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?’
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)

Self-optimization in place of religion?
(Deutsche Welle)

New USCIRF report on minority religions in Kurdistan
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

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