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Monday, 1 May 2017

ISIS a reenactment of Biblical war between Israel and the Amalekites, military analysts say
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

What will Turkish President Erdogan's new powers mean for Christians?
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Catholic bishops urged to review celibacy rules amid shortage of priests
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

FactCheck Q&A: do 80% of Australians and up to 70% of Catholics and Anglicans support euthanasia laws?
(Colleen Cartwright, The Conversation)

Rebel Catholic group defies church, ordains woman priest in NC
(Tim Funk, The Charlotte Observer)

Ukip MEP's 'death cult' remarks spark new Islamophobia row
(Peter Walker, The Guardian)

Gay vicar quits and attacks ‘institutional homophobia’
(Caroline Davies, The Guardian)

Cults, human sacrifice and pagan sex: how folk horror is flowering again in Brexit Britain
(Michael Newton, The Guardian)

San Diego schools fight against Islamophobia
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

United Methodist church sets special session to discuss LGBT inclusion
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Sunday, 30 April 2017

Russians hold anti-Putin protests before his fourth term
(World News)

Saturday, 29 April 2017

UMC court rules against lesbian bishop
(Press Release, Juicy Ecumenism: The Institute on Religion & Democracy's Blog)

Religious freedom dying in Russia, missionary says
(Diana Chandler, Baptist Press)

California is seceding from the Constitution
(David French, National Review)

USCIRF’s Annual Report: Rising Tide of Religious Freedom Abuses Abroad
(Fr. Thomas J. Reese, S.J., Religious Freedom Institute: Cornerstone Blog)

Freedom of religion prevails again at Council of Europe
(European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom)

The protection of the rights of parents and children belonging to religious minorities
(Resolution, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe)

CAIR Files Amicus Brief with 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)

Friday, 28 April 2017

Mormon scholars file brief over Trump's travel ban
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

LGBT advocates seek to label opponents as U.S. hate groups
(Daniel Trotta, Reuters)

Pope Francis enters Egypt at a time of intense conflict between religion and politics
(Hamza Hendawi, Lee Keath, and Mariam Fam, Associated Press, America: The Jesuit Review)

Pope heads to Egypt with Christians in retreat across Middle East
(Crispian Balmer, Reuters)

Pope Francis delivers shot in arm to Egypt’s persecuted Christians
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Top Islamic scholar in Cairo hosts World Council of Churches on eve of Pope's visit to Egypt
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Pope Francis, in Egypt, delivers a blunt message on violence and religion
(Jason Horowitz, The New York Times)

Pope Francis in Egypt: To kill in the name of God is blasphemy
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Pope Francis tells Muslim leaders in Egypt to fight violence in God’s name
(Christopher Lamb, Religion News Service)

In Egypt, Pope Francis says religious leaders must 'unmask' violence and hatred
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Egyptian government resists attempts to end torture
(Aya Nader, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Is Sufism the answer to extremism in Egypt?
(Jayson Casper, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Vatican asks Buddhists and Catholics to work together for global peace
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

Election tests Indonesian democracy
(The New York Times)

Why American Sikhs think they need a publicity campaign
(Akinyi Ochieng, NPR)

Why religion is more durable than commonly thought in modern socidety
(Tom Gjelten, NPR)

Trafficking in India: ministries getting to the root of the problem
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

The contradiction of “pro-choice but not pro-abortion”
(Steven Johnathan Rummelsburg, Catholic Exchange)

Mattis' balancing act: managing America's Middle East allies
(Husain Huqqani, Hudson)

We can defang the North Korean threat
(Arthur Herman, Hudson)

Arkansas executions damage 'our whole society,' Catholic group says
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

Congress delays government shutdown
(Evan Wilt, Christian Headlines)

Americans attend church most for the sermons
(Leondardo Blair, Christian Post)

Bethlehem, not Berkeley, is the birthplace of free speech
(Everett Piper, Christian Post)

Should Christians abandon public schools?
(Andrea Ramierz, Religion News Service)

Christian schools: one way to bring order out of chaos
(Robert F. Davis, Christian Post)

Judgment day? Trump and religion at the 100-day mark
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

White House advisor reiterates Trump's commitment to religious freedom
(Catholic News Agency)

Mormon history scholars file court brief over Trump travel ban
(Hunter Schwarz, CNN Politics)

Does Turkey plan to continue airstrikes in Iraq and Syria?
(Metin Gurcan, translated by Timur Goksel, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Sunnis fear spread of Shiite influence in Iraq
(Wassim Bassem, translated by Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

The ’Splainer: What is female genital mutilation, and what does it have to do with Islam?
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)

Marriage and divorce: The limits of the Roman Catholic mind
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

Consecration of gay bishop against church law, says United Methodist top court
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

France's new far-right leader quits over alleged Holocaust denial
(NPR)

Human Rights and Human Responsibilities — Fourth in a seven-part series on international religious freedom
(Mormon Newsroom)

Outrage over German Foreign Minister's alleged belittling of Holocaust
(Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post)

Is the death penalty un-Christian?
(Mathew Schmalz, Religion News Service)

Religious persecution: Liberty of conscience and worship is in decline around the world
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Military court sentences Moscow mosque imam charged with justifying terrorism to 3 years' imprisonment
(Interfax-Religion)

Holland has first Jewish military wedding since Holocaust
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

In Muslim Indonesia, small Jewish community may face intolerance
(Sam Kestenbaum, Forward)

Chief Rabbi Lau proposes significant reform to kashrut supervision system
(Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post)

"Islam is taking root in Europe"
(Interview with the French-Turkish sociologist Nilufer Gole, Qantara.de)

Erdogan's India visit - A Muslim nationalist meets a Hindu nationalist
(Srinivas Mazumdaru, Deutsche Welle)

German MPs approve partial burka ban and tighter security measures
(Qantara.de)

Jordan: No more pardons for rapists who marry their victims
(Alaa Juma, Deutsche Welle)

Cardinal Dolan slams DNC pledge to support only pro-abortion candidates
(Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Mexican pro-lifers demand expulsion of ‘abortion ship’
(Catholic News Agency, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Roy Moore announces run for U.S. Senate seat from Alabama
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Alleged polygamist Winston Blackmore told police he didn’t know wife was 15 years old
(Trevor Crawley, The Salt Lake Tribune)

Israeli court rules Central American ultra-Orthodox sect is a ‘dangerous cult’
(Jacob Magid, Times of Israel)

More education means less religious commitment — unless you’re Christian
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

1,035% increase in anti-Muslim incidents in Trump’s first 100 days
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

India's Supreme Court to hear constitutional challenge to personal status laws
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Triple talaq and personal laws – immune from constitutional checks? Personal law of all faiths violate principles of gender equality. Why then the sole focus on triple talaq?
(The Invisible Lawyers Team, News Click)

IRS investigators raid Texas office of prosperity preacher Benny Hinn
(Heather Clark, Christian News)

Chowdury and Others v. Greece: Further integration of the positive obligations under Article 4 of the ECHR and the CoE Convention on Action against Human Trafficking
(Vladislava Stoyanova, Strasbourg Observers)

Ugandan pastor torches Bibles as the work of 'devil worshippers'
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Proposed abortion law changes in NSW
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Tajikistan: "Extremism" prison term for Christian books?
(Forum 18 News Service)

Court ruling could yank funds for non-Catholics at Catholic schools in Canada
(Catholic News Agency)

Ecumenical Review focuses on role of religion in development
(World Council of Churches)

The French Jewish community's hardening position against Le Pen
(Rina Bassist, Jerusalem Post)

Tveit: “We believe in one God that has created one humanity to live together with its diversity and differences”
(World Council of Churches)

General secretary's address at Al Azhar University, 27 April 2017
(Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, World Council of Churches)

Jewish groups to walk in People’s Climate March in DC
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Thursday, 27 April 2017

The pope is coming to the Middle East. But Christians are heading for the exits
(Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Nabih Bulos, Joshua Mitnick, and Ramin Mostaghim, The Los Angeles Times)

The Pope's perilous mission to Egypt
(Daniel Burke, CNN)

'It's a war on Christians': Egypt's beleaguered Copts in sombre mood before papal visit
(Ruth Michaelson and Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Weary Copts urge Pope Francis to challenge Sisi over attacks and chronic discrimination
(World Watch Monitor)

How do Christians respond to persecution?
(World Watch Monitor)

EU Commissioner launches legal action against Hungary
(Emily Tamkin, Foreign Policy)

Arkansas prepares to wrap up aggressive execution schedule
(Andrew DeMillo and Kelly P. Kissel, Associated Press News)

Israeli strikes inside Syria pick up tempo in proxy war
(Phlip Issa and Zeina Karam, Associated Press News)

The forgotten American missionaries of Pyongyang
(Robert Kim, Atlas Obscura)

Study finds educated Christians more likely to attend church
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Why educated Christians are sticking with church
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

What The Washington Post doesn't understand about Taiwan Christians and gay marriage
(Mark D. Tooley, Christian Post)

Washington Post asks: Will the tiny Christian flock in Taiwan defeat same-sex marriage?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

A backlash against same-sex marriage tests Taiwan’s reputation for gay rights
(Emily Rauhala, The Washington Post)

UK bishop urges, fight back against 'secular totalitarianism'
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

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