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Wednesday, 7 June 2017

Rhode Island church opens doors to Jewish congregation in search of new home
(David Paulsen, Episcopal News Service)

Tuesday, 6 June 2017

To protest Modi, these Indians are cooking beef in public
(Vidhi Doshi, The Washington Post)

More than 130 imams refuse to perform attackers' funeral prayers following London and Manchester incidents
(Aisha Gani, BuzzFeed News)

Justice Department and city of Des Plaines, Illinois settle lawsuit over alleged RLUIPA violations
(Press Release, U.S. Department of Justice)

The Jerusalem Patriarch condemns attempts of schismatics to seize churches of Ukraine's canonical Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)

FSB adds one more organization to list of terrorist groups
(Interfax-Religion)

Secret Mexican diary sheds light on Spanish Inquisition
(Natasha Pizzey, BBC)

Muslim and Latino groups unite during Ramadan, breaking fast with tacos at mosques
(Anh Do, Los Angeles Times)

This Reform synagogue started by women is shaking up Jewish life in Spain
(Margarita Gokun Silver, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Banishing the 'extremist' image - A crucial task for British-Pakistanis
(Shamil Shams, Deutsche Welle)

London police pressed to explain 'Jihadi Next Door' case
(Deutsche Welle)

Dialogue with Muslims, defend human dignity, pope tells missionaries
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

How ISIS genocide victims still face discrimination in Kurdistan
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

Priest advocates for Indian children whose parents live with HIV
(Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Supreme Court declines to hear RFRA Bible verse case
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Marine over religious liberty
(Fox News)

Supreme Court denies cert. in RFRA challenge to court martial
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Huberta the Hippopotamus, the Bishop who wouldn’t resign – and the Diocese of Mzimvubu
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

U.S. Supreme Court interprets ERISA Church Plan exemption in favor of religious charities
(Religious Institution Client Alert, June 2017, Stradley Ronon)

EVENT, 6 June 2017: Best Practices in International Religious Freedom Policy
(Featuring former ambasssadors David Saperstein and Andrew Bennett and USCIRF Commissioner Kristina Arriaga, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

EVENT, 6 June 2017: Varieties of Personal Religious Experience in Korean New Religious Movements: A Jamesian Approach
(Prof. Chae Young Kim (Sogang University, Seoul), The Center for Religious Studies FBK-ISR (Trento))

EVENT, 6 June 2017: Religious Freedom in Russia
(10:00-12:00 | European Parliament, Brussels – Room A5g1, Hosted by Dr. Hannu Takkula MEP, in collaboration with Human Rights Without Frontiers)

EVENT, 6 June 2017: Ahead of the G20 Interfaith Summit. Religion, Development and the Refugee crisis on the EU agenda
(Pasquale Annicchino, David Kirkham, Fearghas O'Beara, LDS European Office Breakfast Series)

EVENT 6-8 June 2017: International conference "Arguing Religion"
(FBK-ISR in collaboration with the Humboldt-University Berlin and the University of Freiburg, The Center for Religious Studies FBK-ISR)

Monday, 5 June 2017

Ontario passes law allowing gov't to seize children from parents who oppose gender transition
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post World)

Religious leaders shocked by attack on Ramadan and Pentecost
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)

Supreme Court: Pension plans of religiously affiliated hospitals are ERISA "church plans"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Opinion analysis: Justices unanimously uphold ERISA exemption for church-affiliated pension plans
(Ronald Mann, SCOTUSblog)

God and the Don
(MJ Lee, CNN)

Chinese Christian urges high court to review persecution
(Kelcee Griffis, Law 360)

Pope Francis hits out at arms trade; world churches' leader offers Jerusalem peace prayer
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Belarus: Priest forced out after ten years
(Forum 18 News Service)

Ireland and religion: The ebb and flow of religious power in the Irish republic
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Greek Catholics seized the Moscow Patriarchate UOC church in western Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)

Patriarch Kirill urges to continue Russian property restitution in Middle East
(Interfax-Religion)

Law and religion round-up – 4th June
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Why Trump and Francis diverge on Saudi Arabia
(Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs)

Interfaith group boosts aid to Arab Israelis during Ramadan
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Inside the newsroom: Does anybody care about religious persecution?
(Doug Wilks, Deseret News Faith)

A Jesuit chaplain shepherds Congress’s divided flock
(Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service)

Saint’s relics are a miraculous must-see in secular Russia
(Associated Press)

Can faith leaders get through to John Kelly? Challenging the DHS chief on deportations
(John Gehring, Commonweal)

Urgent challenges for the G20: What an F20 might offer
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Transgender rights taking hold in the courts
(Lydia Wheeler, The Hill)

7th Circuit upholds transgender student's bathroom rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

6th Circuit: Religious school not substantially burdened by relocation denial
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Terror in London Britain suffers its third deadly terrorist attack in as many months
(The Economist)

Defeating extremist Islam - A Western imperative
(Saied Shoaaib, Gatestone Institute)

For London terrorists, attacking enemies is a sacred duty
(Ayman S. Ibrahim, Religion News Service)

US poised to withdraw from UN Human Rights Council unless 'anti-Israel bias' is removed
(Stephanie Nebehay, Independent)

The ’Splainer: The ‘gifts’ of Pentecost and Shavuot
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia intensifies and targets children
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Church to vote on changing marriage doctrine
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

CLE Re-Broadcast, 5 June 2017: Charter School Law
(Hope N. Kirsch, Federal Bar Association)

EVENT, 5-7 June 2017: Multidisciplinary Volume and Conference on "Law as Religion, Religion as Law"
(Benjamin Porat and David Flatto, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

New ECHR Readings
(Antoine Buyse, ECHR Blog)

Statement by Knox Thames, Special Advisor for Religious Minorities in the Near East and South/Central Asia
(U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Spain and Andorra)

Special Advisor Knox Thames attended the International Conference on Victims of Religious and Ethnic Violence in the Middle East
(U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Spain and Andorra)

Sunday, 4 June 2017

Supreme Court sets date for hearing Jehovah's Witnesses' appeal
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

June 4: Ramadan begins, Trump administration drafts religious exception for healthcare
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)

Saturday, 3 June 2017

50 years after the Six-Day War, Israeli Jews reflect on the victory
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

CAIR-MN sues UPS, staffing company for firing Muslim workers over prayer
(Press Release, Council on American-Islamic Relations)

Church leaders’ statement in advance of the General Election
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Illinois makes foster care workers support transgenderism
(Catholic News Agency)

India bishops meet ruling party leader for a “casual visit”
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Living next to a cemetery: Tonyuk
(David Pocklington)

Mali’s first cardinal said to foster regional peace, understanding
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Portlanders respond to killings with prayer and eclectic spirituality
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Putin takes an Orthodox route to cement power
(L. Todd Wood, Washington Times)

The four reasons people commit hate crimes
(Daniel Burke, CNN)

UPS sued over firing of Muslim employees for prayer breaks
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Friday, 2 June 2017

Denmark scraps 334-year-old blasphemy law
(The Guardian)

Trump's rejection of Paris climate accord lashed by world religious leaders
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

New book from Mark Goldfeder: Legalizing Plural Marriage
(Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University)

Relics and religious diplomacy: In Greece and Russia, the veneration of saintly remains is a huge phenomenon
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Unsolicited advice for Callista Gingrich
(Adam O'Neal, The Wall Street Journal)

How over a million Christians have opted out of health insurance
(Laura Turner, BuzzFeed News)

16 haredim arrested in Jerusalem for intimidating soldiers, police
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Philippines - Black flags and smoke engulf Mindanao
(Thomas Latschan, Deutsche Welle)

Safeguarding creation is religious obligation, Vatican officials say
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)

Vatican should help build bridges between Israel and its neighbors
(Father Raymond J. de Souza, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Depressed or spirit possessed? Reassessing mental health in Bangladesh
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

ISIS militants battered Syria's ancient Palmyra, but signs of splendor still stand
(Patrick J. McDonnell, The Los Angeles Times)

Decades after abuse, Crosiers agree to $25.5 million settlement with survivors, file bankruptcy
(Mary Lynn Smith, Star Tribune)

Trump Administration asks U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate travel ban
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Justice Department seeks Supreme Court review and stay in travel ban cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Hebrew teacher's ADA suit barred by ministerial exception doctrine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

New federal lawsuit in Michigan challenges exclusion from city market
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Farmers' market's exclusion of vendor over same-sex marriages views is challenged
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Leaked regulation: Trump plans to roll back Obamacare birth control mandate
(Vox)

Draft of proposed broader contraceptive mandate exemption becomes available
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Refugees welcome? How UK and Sweden compare on education for young migrants
(Joanna McIntyre, The Conversation)

If we mistake visible aspects of Muslims’ faith for fundamentalism, we risk alienating a generation
(Hannah Smithson, The Conversation)

Big New Jersey religious-liberty case: Did you hear who backed efforts to build a new mosque?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Why Mormon millennials leave the church
(Alyssa Nielsen, The Daily Universe)

Theresa May urged to appoint religious freedom ambassador to fight persecution
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)

Commentary: Why religious liberty trumps free birth control
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)

Religious liberty battle still rages over gay marriage
(Richard Wolf, USA Today)

The battle to unearth Iraq's mass graves
(Eva Huson, Foreign Policy)

Religious leaders emphasise interfaith harmony for “guaranteed long-term peace”
(Anglican News Service)

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