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Tuesday, 2 May 2017

Muslims on Capitol Hill learn how to lobby
(Aysha Khan and Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Methodist court says first openly gay bishop is in violation of church law, should face trial
(Jennifer Brown, Denver Post)

After crucial ruling against an openly lesbian bishop, what now for United Methodists?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Does religious freedom extend to churches stopping women from breastfeeding during services?
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Marriage and religious fundamentalism: A polygamy trial in Canada tests the limits of conjugal freedom
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Merkel pressures Russian president over rights violations
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)

Merkel says asks Putin to address problem of gays in Chechnya, guarantee their rights
(Interfax-Religion)

Jehovah's Witnesses member receives 5-year prison term in Kazakhstan for inciting religious hatred
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian Orthodox Church supports ban on Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)

Pro-Orthodox news agency clarifies church's opposition to Jehovah's Witnesses
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

Roman Catholic leader raises concern that his people may be treated like Jehovah's Witnesses
(SKGNews.com, Russia Religion News)

Metropolitan makes a confused response to ban of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witnesses as 'extremists': Court sharpens edges of Russia's religious space
(Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor)

Denmark gives two-year ban to six foreign religious 'hate preachers'
(Deutsche Welle)

Spencer Fluhman: The coming reconfiguration of Latter-day Saint politics
(J. Spencer Fluhman, Deseret News Opinion)

Historic “plague cross” destroyed by officials in India
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Judge says he won't hear gay adoptions because it could never be in child's best interest
(Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal)

Judge recuses himself over conscientious objection to gay adoptions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Satanic Temple will erect war memorial in park's free speech zone
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Cert. denied in challenge to California sexual orientation therapy ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

50 years after Populorum Progressio
(S.E Mgr Jean-Claude Hollerich Archbishop of Luxembourg, President of Justice and Peace Europe, EuropeInfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)

UNESCO votes to condemn Israel’s sovereignty in Jerusalem
(JTA)

Between Global and Local — Fifth in a seven-part series on international religious freedom
(Mormon Newsroom)

Fed up with Shabbat laws, secular Israelis fund bus service to the beach
(Andrew Tobin, JTA)

Interfaith workshop for peace ambassadors
(Pakistan Christian Post)

Conservative religious views, parental access, the ECHR – and blogging: A v Cornwall Council
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Religion and Development Contents Page (available for free access through June 2017)
(The Ecumenical Review)

EVENT, 2 May 2017: Africa, Development, Freedom of religion or belief
(Marriott Renaissance, Rue du Parnasse 19, 1050 Brussels, Food for Thought Breakfast Series)

Belle Plaine veterans park to include satanic monument
(Liz Sawyer, Star Tribune)

Monday, 1 May 2017

Christian persecution in the midst of chaos: The cauldron of Iraq and Syria
(Kent Hill, Religious Freedom Institute: Cornerstone Blog)

Copts of Egypt: From survivors of sectarian violence to targets of terrorism
(Mariz Tadros, Religious Freedom Institute: Cornerstone Blog)

Historical ecumenical prayer in Egypt for peace and unity
(World Council of Churches)

De-securitizing counterterrorism in the Sinai Peninsula
(Sahar Aziz, Brookings)

Is Hamas re-branding to orient towards Egypt?
(Beverley Milton-Edwards, Brookings)

Arab Israelis are more positive than Jews about Israel, survey finds
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Labor protest says Conservative seminary violating its own ethical standards with building project
(Ben Sales, JTA)

Indonesians seek to export a modernized vision of Islam
(Joe Cochrane, The New York Times)

After 69 years of independence, Israel more prosperous and divided than ever
(Ben Caspit, translated by Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

How Egypt hopes to protect, educate street children
(Walaa Hussein, translated by Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Lenin should be buried out of compassion for his soul, Russian Muslims and Jews believe
(Interfax Religion)

St. Nicholas relics to be brought to Russia from Italy for first time in 930 years on May 21-28
(Interfax Religion)

Forget millennials. How will churches reach Generation Z?
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Column: On Faith and Culture)

Why Christians should resist ‘Loyalty Day’
(Charles Camosy, Religion News Service)

Sikh men finally granted permission to serve in military with beard and turban
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Is the death penalty un-Christian?
(Mathew Schmalz, The Conversation)

"Shocking" news on worship and the public
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

Crossroads podcast: A Muslim at an Episcopal altar? Face it, that's a complicated story
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Candler students complete new course on Christian-Jewish-Muslim dialogue
(Elaine Justice, Emory News Center)

Why Utah and Idaho college students want interfaith initiatives on their campuses
(Mariana Chrisney, Deseret News InDepth)

His Majesty King Abdullah presents 5th world interfaith harmony award
(The Jordan Times)

As ‘a matter of conscience,’ a Kentucky judge refuses to hear adoption cases involving gay parents
(Samantha Schmidt, The Washington Post)

On May 1 Wiccans celebrate Beltane
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Guns and religion: How American conservatives grew closer to Putin’s Russia
(Rosalind S Helderman and Tom Hamburger, The Washington Post)

God, guns and Russia: Washington Post fails to note crucial detail about summit on persecuted Christians
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

The German military has a right-wing extremism problem
(Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Foreign Policy)

Correction please: The New York Times struggles with a fine detail in United Methodist law
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Zogby's dissent in the USCIRF Annual Report
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Why I issued a dissent to USCIRF’s 2017 Annual Report
(James Zogby, hu pos)

Ashers Baking refuses order for gay engagement cake
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

‘Chilling’ Piskie riposte to GAFCON Communiqué
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Primus responds to GAFCON communique
(The Scottish Episcopal Church)

Sofia Science Festival 2017: “Religion and Science” with Malcolm Love
(Imanuel Marcus, The Sofia Globe)

2017 McDonald Distinguished Scholar Lectures available on YouTube
(Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory Law)

Pope Francis to Grand Imam: We must “unmask the violence that masquerades as sanctity”
(Diane Montagna, Aleteia)

Is Pope Francis' Egypt visit new beginning for Vatican-Azhar ties?
(Ayah Aman, translated by Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Supreme Court will not review controversial ban on gay therapy
(Pacific Justice Institute)

Pope Francis winds up trip to Egypt
(Jim Kane, NPR)

Two key takeaways from the Pope’s TED talk
(Massimo Faggioli, Religion & Politics Fit for Polite Company)

Pope urges mediation to end North Korea crisis, avert devastating war
(Philip Pullella, Religion News Service)

Pope Francis warns war over North Korea could destroy 'a good part of humanity'
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Pope: Humanity couldn't bear war with North Korea
(Steve Almasy, CNN)

How North Korea’s political ideology became a de-facto religion
(Antonia Blumberg, Huffington Post)

Kim Jong Un is a survivor, not a madman
(Adrei Lankov, Foreign Policy Argument)

Catholics bring Pope Francis’s call to protect creation to climate march
(Dennis Sadowski, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Catholic leaders decry fourth Arkansas execution in eight days
(Carol Zimmermann, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

New Jehovah's Witnesses headquarters hosts first open houses
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Russian parliament's newspaper on effects of court's decision
(Parlamentskaia Gazeta, Russia Religion News)

Will al-Qaeda and IS unite?
(Hamdi Malik, translated by Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Russian parliament notices American concern for Jehovah's Witnesses
(Parlamentskaia Gazeta, Russia Religion News)

Holocaust museum speaks up for Jehovah's Witnesses
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)

Consideration of Pokemon hunter case ends
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Russian prosecutor demands jail time for man who played Pokemon in church
(Reuters)

ISIS captives rescued in Mosul reveal 'unimaginable' horrors inflicted by terror group
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Dissident Orthodox priest interprets court's decision
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)

Pity Uncle Sam, who struggles with an unanswerable question: What is a ‘religion’?
(Richard Ostling, Get Religion)

Major pro-life advocate Charmaine Yoest appointed to key HHS role
(Catholic News Agency, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Alabama legislature passes child placement refusal bill
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Bears Ears National Monument, sacred to native tribes, faces a challenge to its status
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Trump proclaims May annual Jewish American Heritage Month
(Times of Israel)

Trump declares May as Jewish American heritage month
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

A US government body on religious freedom is accused of going easy on Israel
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Law and religion round-up – 30th April
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Europe's parliamentarians promote rights of parents and children of religious minorities
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Challenge to Pennsylvania legislative prayer practices survives motion to dismiss
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

100 days in, Trump’s chipping away at religious freedom
(Liz Hayes, Americans United for Separation of Church and State)

Jerry Falwell Jr. calls Donald Trump the "dream president" for Evangelicals
(Ed Mazza, Huffpost)

Episcopal Church ready to make history with Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows
(Mary Frances Schjonberg, Episcopal News Service)

My Beijing: the sacred city
(Ian Johnson, The New York Times)

West Virginia governor signs bill to stop underage abortions without parental notification
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Arkansas disorderly conduct law upheld against abortion protesters
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

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