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Thursday, 27 April 2017

FJCR urges Trump to prove his adherence to struggling against anti-Semitism
(Interfax-Religion)

Long article: St. Petersburg paper recounts underground experience of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Nikolai Neliubin, Russia Religion News)

Ban of Jehovah's Witnesses accompanied by violence
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

A native Russian brand of "Jehovists" loses in court
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)

Large international organization criticizes Supreme Court decision
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Russia: Implications of the Supreme Court's decision
(Radio Liberty, Russia Religion News)

Prosecutor general lumps Jehovah's Witnesses in with anti-Russian organizations
(Interfax.ru, Russia Religion News)

Website of Russian Ministry of Justice posts results of trial
(Russia Religion News)

Protestant attorney regrets failure of justice in court's decision
(Roman Lunkin, Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News)

A cure for one of America’s most difficult workplaces: meditation
(Corinne Ramey, The Wall Street Journal (paywall))

Communiqué of the Executive of the Joint Working Group between RCC and WCC, 27 April 2017
(World Council of Churches)

Roman Catholic-WCC joint working group continues work on peace-building and migration
(World Council of Churches)

Eastern Europe urged to return stolen Jewish property
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Poland not complying with calls to return Jewish property, report says
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

What pro-life Democrats have to say after being majorly shunned
(Matt Hadro, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Zambian bishops say people live in fear as police brutality increases
(Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Ontario bishops share concerns with pope, focus on euthanasia
(Cindy Wooden, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

New report: Religious freedom suffering across the globe
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

The changing nature of sacred spaces
(Wendy Cadge, The Conversation)

The faith community & climate change: A Q&A with Dan Misleh
(John Gehring, Commonweal)

Questions of religious expression for Le Pen or Macron (Responding to Religious freedom in France's presidential elections)
(Eric Patterson, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Are our churches secular now, too?
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Bill allowing adoption agencies to keep faith-based policies passes
(Mike Cason, AL.com)

Alabama legislature passes protections for faith-based adoption agencies
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

8th Circuit rejects RFRA defense to heroin distribution charges
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

A court had to explain to a drug dealer that his religious beliefs don’t let him legally deal heroin
(German Lopez, Vox)

New Kentucky law authorizes Bible courses in schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Egypt's Islamist parties are all about marriage, not politics for women
(Walid Salah, translated by Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Fighting terrorism…with computer lab job training?
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

Building interfaith harmony in Pakistan through community dialogue
(Nadia Osman, IREX)

Blasphemy charges dropped against Ahok post-election
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

How these Muslim, Jewish and Christian musicians play beyond barriers
(Ben Schamisso, Newsy)

Number of Baha'i arrests in Yemen this month are alarming
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Case of Christian expelled from university for views on homosexuality will be heard before high court
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

House Freedom Caucus approves revised healthcare bill
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Irish people have dared to speak on abortion. Our government must listen
(Grainne Maguire, The Guardian)

Pope tells leaders in first TED talk: act humbly or power will ruin you
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Student's lynching sparks rare uproar in Pakistan over blasphemy killings
(Sune Engel Rasmussen, Kiyya Baloch, The Guardian)

UK Independence Party under fire for choosing candidate who called Islam evil
(Peter Walker, The Guardian)

Why Orthodox Jews tried and failed to block Israel's first woman Shariah Court judge
(Sarah Jacobs, Haaretz)

Never tire of fighting for human rights, religious liberty advocate (Fr. Thomas Reese) insists
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

First-ever photos of Yemen's Jews stunned the Jewish world
(Chen Malul, Haaretz)

Russia conveyed 1.5 tons of humanitarian aid to residents of a Christian city in Syria
(Interfax Religion)

Christian persecution and how to respond to religious persecution
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

Pope Francis embraces technology in an unexpected TED Talk
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

As a Catholic priest, I am against an executive order on religious liberty
(Bryan Massingale, Religion News Service)

Anti-Semitic acts spiked since Trump election win, watchdog says
(Barbara Goldberg, Religion News Service)

Jesus and the ordination of women
(Roger Vermalen Karban, Religion News Service)

USCIRF issues 2017 Annual Report
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

US commission: Russia a major violator of religious freedom
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Halal finds a footing in Kenya, and not only among Muslims
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

EVENT 27 April 2017: Indonesia: Roundtable Discussion
(Newseum Institute: Religious Freedom Center)

Church registration in Hungary: Magyarországi Evangéliumi Testvérközösség
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Court awards 3M euros to Hungary church stripped of status
(Pablo Gorondi, Associated Press News)

ECHR: Hungary must pay just satisfaction to religious community for removing its church status
(Ass. iur. Klaus Kohnen, Religion – Weltanschauung – Recht [ RWR ])

Magyarországi Evangéliumi Testvérközösség [Hungarian Evangelical Brotherhood] v. Hungary
(Case Portal, The Strasbourg Consortium)

Hungary must pay just satisfaction to religious community for removing its church status
(Press Release, Office of the Registrar, European Court of Human Rights)

USCIRF releases 2017 Annual Report
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

United States Commission on International Religious Freedom - 2017 Annual Report

U.S. religious freedom commission calls out Russia in its annual report
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)

Ban parents from pulling children out of religious education classes, Church of England says
(Camilla Turner, The Telegraph)

Britain to be bound by European Convention on Human Rights until 2022
(Christopher Hope, The Telegraph)

Day of Muslim-Christian dialogue unfolds in Egypt
(World Council of Churches)

Christian student granted judicial review after being expelled over views on sexuality
(Christian Concern)

Fadnavis to inaugurate seminar on ‘World Peace and Harmony through Interfaith Dialogue’
(Bhavika Jain, The Times of India)

Syria’s forgotten pluralism and why it matters today
(Andrea Williams, The Conversation)

Myanmar’s Card. Bo reminds religious leaders about their role in dialogue, peace
(Vatican Radio)

Russia pulls trigger on Jehovah's Witnesses and, this time, mainstream media take notice
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Podcast: Religious liberty at the Supreme Court
(Marci Hamilton and Hannah Smith, National Constitution Center: Constitution Daily)

Wednesday, 26 April 2017

Abortion is proving that the Democratic Party can outdo Republicans in self-destruction
(Robert David Sullivan, America: The Jesuit Review)

Berkeley paradox: Birthplace of free speech now offended by it
(Jessica Mendoza, Christian Science Monitor)

Please excuse the message. Testing the system.

Please excuse the message. Testing the system.

Please excuse the message. Testing the system.

Do college campuses put students' faith at risk? For Mormons, not so much
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

In America, does more education equal less religion?
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)

Wheel of Justice: Supreme Court order in the Babri demolition case holds out hope of closure
(Editorial, Indian Express Opinion)

Babri Masjid: LK Advani, MM Joshi, Uma Bharti to face trial as SC restores conspiracy charges
(Scroll.in)

Yogi Effect: UP Administration flouts Supreme Court orders at Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya
(Arshad Afzaal Khan, The Wire)

The plot thickens with the Supreme Court order on Ayodhya: Has Modi thrown Advani under the bus?
(Manoj Mitta, Scroll.in Opinion)

The improbable rise and blasphemous fall of a Christian politician in Indonesia
(Krithika Varagur, Foreign Policy)

5 facts about the death penalty
(David Masci, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Study finds gender imbalance in children born to Indo-Canadian women
(Karen Howlett, The Globe and Mail)

Toronto Globe and Mail misses it on religious roots of sex-selective abortions
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

A court-martial for a Bible verse
(S. Simcha Goldman, Wall Street Journal)

Philosopher who fought for God wins Templeton Prize
(Bob Mimms, The Tribune)

Templeton prize winner: Alvin Plantinga, who proved God’s not dead in academia
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)

1,500-year-old Torah recovered from Turkish smugglers
(Jerusalem Post)

Turkey detains 800 people over suspected links to US-based cleric
(Reuters, Jerusalem Post)

Teacher under investigation after student mentions ‘interfaith dialogue’ during Children’s Day celebrations
(Turkey Purge)

2 of every 3 NYC subway hate crimes this year have targeted Jews, police say
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Jews with most education are least religious, study finds
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Differing perspectives on pew replacement
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

First same-sex conjugal visit approved by Israel Prison Service
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Marine Le Pen: Ban halal and all ritual slaughter
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

In Israel, Muslim women can serve on religious courts, but not Jews
(Naomi Zeveloff, Forward)

Victims of German anti-gay law finally get their day in the Bundestag
(Jefferson Chase, Deutsche Welle)

Is the Russian Orthodox Church serving God or Putin?
(Caroline Schmitt, Deutsche Welle)

Bishops in India meet with government official about anti-Christian harassment
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Francis goes to Egypt: But nothing is ‘strictly religious’ now
(Massimo Faggioli, Commonweal)

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