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Friday, 2 June 2017

Indonesian Muslim women engage with feminism
(Dina Afrianty, The Conversation)

EVENT, 2 June 2016: The Cognition of Belief, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

EVENT, 2-4 June 2017: Religion and the Legacy of the Soviet State: A 25-year retrospective, Tbilisi, Georgia
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Catholic order files for bankruptcy in settlement of sex abuse claims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Thursday, 1 June 2017

India arrests Christians for taking kids to Bible camp
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post World)

Church saw sharp rise in clergy sex abuse victims who came forward last year
(Matt Rocheleau, Boston Globe)

Cloistered nuns on Facebook: What’s not to like?
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

Doing good and doing well: Faith-based investing converts the skeptics
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Christian school teaches scions of the elite in atheist North Korea
(Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times)

Why Jefferson’s vision of American Islam matters today
(Denise A. Spellberg, The Conversation)

New York's High Court hears physician-assisted suicide case
(David Klepper, Associated Press, US News & World Report)

“A chance to live unity in diversity” – GETI’17 students look to Arusha 2018
(Albin Hillert, World Council of Churches)

Arizona man wears colander in driver's license photo in name of religious freedom
(Kaila White, AZ Central)

Police search Chadds Ford church offices after drugs found in priest's name
(Maria Panaritis & Jeremy Roebuck, philly.com)

Archbishop Ieronymos: No rift between Church and State
(Philip Chrysopoulos, Greek Reporter)

Mosque in Swiss city of Winterthur that stirred controversy is to close
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Why is the ACLU targeting Catholic hospitals?
(Stephanie Slade, American Magazine)

Swept up in city tax sales, Baltimore churches at risk of losing property to California investor
(Ian Duncan and Yvonne Wenger, The Baltimore Sun)

Signs tell haredi Orthodox IDF inductees to kill female soldiers
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Dutch national jailed in Ireland for praising ISIS, threatening to behead Jews
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

European Parliament approves resolution to adopt working definition of anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

On triple talaq, Supreme Court must uphold Constitutional values, not religious ones
(Menaka Guruswamy, Scroll.in)

Portland archbishop calls for prayer, action following train stabbing
(Catholic News Agency)

Indian politician suggests ransom fund for kidnapped priest
(Catholic News Agency)

South Korean president seeks pope’s support in reconciliation efforts
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)

Church that suffered under Soviets and rebounded loses its ‘sage’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

The Balance of Law and Freedom — Sixth in a seven-part series on international religious freedom
(Mormon Newsroom)

Supreme Court's protest ban doesn't infringe religious rights
(Tony Mauro, law.com)

Palestinian Authority threatens jail time for breaking Ramadan fast, stoking social media furor
(Jack Khoury, Haaretz)

The disappearance of virtue from American politics
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Kurdistan region of Iraq: New USCIRF report on religious minorities in the KRI
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

How attitudes to diversity change after a terrorist attack
(Maria Sobolewska, The Conversation)

Ecclesiastical court judgments – April and May 2017
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Does an employer discriminate by behaving inconsistently with religious values? – Keens-Betts
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

My children have no default religion: 2 Kerala leaders refuse to fill in column in school form
(The News Minute)

Lieutenant governor of Ontario hosts first interfaith Iftar
(AhlulBayt News Agency)

Catholic farmer ousted from Michigan market over same-sex marriage views
(Madeleine Buckley, Religion News Service)

EVENT, 19 May - 1 June 2017: The Global Ecumenical Theological Institute – GETI’17
((Reforming Theology - Migrating Church - Transforming Society)

Pope Francis receives electric car as part of effort to create “carbon free” Vatican
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Bin Laden’s son steps into father’s shoes as al-Qaeda attempts a comeback
(Joby Warrick and Souad Mekhennet, The Washington Post)

Grooming Jihadists: The ladder of radicalization and its antidote
(Saher Fares, Gatestone Institute)

Today in Kellerism: New York Times reporters offer contraceptive mandate apologetics (updated)
(Mark Kellner, GetReligion)

Trump administration reversing Obamacare’s birth control mandate
(Richard Wolf, Religion News Service)

This farmer won't host same-sex weddings at his orchard. Now a city has banned him from its farmers market.
(Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal)

Muslims and Islam: Key findings in the U.S. and around the world
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Wednesday, 31 May 2017

Leaked birth control rule would broaden religious exemption
(Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press)

White House drafts rule to roll back 'contraception mandate' for health coverage
(Molly Redden, The Guardian)

Muslims protest closure of religious schools in Myanmar
(Kyaw Ye lynn, Anadolu Agency)

Bill seeks to remove religion from civil marriage documents
(CyprusMailOnline)

Town that denied mosque permit to pay Islamic group $3.25M
(David Porter, Associated Press)

LDS Church will return tithing donated by man who defrauded 5,400 victims
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)

Orthodox Christians in Europe more likely to believe than practice their religion
(Ariana Monique Salazar, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Religious freedom or bigotry? Supreme Court mulls high-stakes gay wedding cake case
(Steve Kurtz, Fox News)

School thumbs nose at required religious accommodation
(Bob Unruh, WND)

Kazakhstan: Law on religious clothing in the works
(Aktan Rysaliev, Eurasianet)

Cairo to continue targeting ISIS in Libya following attacks on Christians
(Reuters)

Kyrgyzstan: Religious censorship, sharing faiths ban?
(Forum 18 News Service)

Tajikistan bans tobacco, alcohol advertising
(Interfax-Religion)

Tomsk Jehovah's Witnesses found guilty of violating suspension order
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witness guilty of illegal evangelism
(Dostup, Russia Religion News)

Harsh measure against Jehovah's Witness unjustified
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witness gets high court to explain law on sacred scriptures
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)

In Germany, you can get blessed by a new robot priest
(Cara Giaimo, Atlas Obscura)

For two evangelical Christians, Manuel Noriega became the ultimate jailhouse convert
(Derek Hawkins, The Washington Post)

Why the US Military wants fewer generic Christians
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)

Kidnapped Filipino priest pleads for help in video
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Battling AMR at the community level (Responding to Antimicrobial resistance and faith-linked healthcare providers)
(Wilma Z. Mui, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

NJ mosque construction will proceed after $3.25 million settlement ends dispute
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

A New Jersey mosque wins in a religious-discrimination lawsuit—over parking lots
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

A New Jersey town denied Muslims a mosque. Now it must pay them $3.25 million
(Katie Mettler, The Washington Post)

Justice Department and Bernards Township (NJ) settle lawsuit over alleged RLUIPA violations
(U.S. Department of Justice)

Settlements reached in New Jersey mosque zoning cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

EVENT, 31 May 2017: A Conversation with Cardinal Peter Turkson: Vatican perspectives on care for creation, economic injustice, the refugee crisis, and peace
(Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, Georgetown University)

EVENT 31 May – 2 June, 2017: VIII Simposio Internacional de Derecho Concordatario – La Financiación de la Libertad Religiosa
(Universidade da Coruña)

CLE Re-Broadcast, 31 May 2017: Serving on Non-Profit Boards: What Lawyers Need to Know
(Bruce Moyer, Counsel for Government Relations, Federal Bar Association)

Tuesday, 30 May 2017

Ominous signs of an Asian hub for Islamic State in the Philippines
(Tom Allard, Reuters)

Three men stood up to anti-Muslim attack. Two paid with their lives
(Daniel Victor, The New York Times)

Chabad opens in Laos, its 92nd country
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

No gays from Chechnya have made requests for state protection – Moskalkova
(Interfax-Religion)

No conflicts between Orthodox Christians, Muslims happened in Kyrgyzstan in past 150 years - bishop
(Interfax-Religion)

We agree with Putin to jointly monitor situation surrounding gays in Chechnya - Macron
(Interfax-Religion)

Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate demands return of all property seized from it, halt of attempts to create state Church in Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian Orthodox Spiritual and Cultural Center combines Russian traditions, Paris architecture – Putin
(Interfax-Religion)

Ahead of vote, Jewish groups urge European Parliament to adopt antisemitism definition
(Tamara Zieve, Jerusalem Post)

Lutheran World Federation, deeply troubled at Venezuela situation, calls for inclusive society
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

'The Body and the Blood' follows exodus of Christians in the Middle East
(National Public Radio)

Imams in U.S. take on the anti-vaccine movement during Ramadan
(Lena H. Sun, The Washington Post)

Robert D. Rubin on judicial review & the religious right (podcast)
(Research on Religion)

Resurgent anti-Semitism takes hold in Hungary under Viktor Orbán
(Lili Bayer and Larry Cohler-Esses, Forward)

South African student, principal apologize for anti-Semitic taunts during Holocaust play
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Pence to speak at Christian pro-Israel group’s annual summit
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Bangladesh's Lady Justice pits Islamists against secularists
(Arafatul Islam, Deutsche Welle)

Could Balkan nations become the new hotbeds of Islamist extremism?
(Deutsche Welle)

Turkish court acquits defendants in Berlin 'honor killing'
(Deutsche Welle)

Pope Francis won’t go to South Sudan; proposed trip too dangerous
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Hungary signs accord with archbishop to support Iraqi clinic
(Associated Press)

Christian children detained in India, state claims they are Hindu under the law
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Christianity does not play a significant role in Australian politics, but cultural conservatism does
(Geoffrey Robinson, The Conversation)

Coptic Christians: Islamic State's 'favorite prey'
(Samuel Tadros, The New York Times)

Twisting Ramadan: Some big newsrooms failed to note timing of attack on Copts in Egypt (updated)
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

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