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Monday, 27 July 2015

Moderate Muslims counter ISIS propaganda with their own media strategy
(Paola Marizan, NPR)

Are Muslim countries receptive to religious freedom?
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

Saudi women travel with friends abroad without mahram
(Nadia Al-Fawaz, Arab News)

Mennonites struggle to agree with each other on same-sex marriage
(Kevin Williams, Al Jazeera America)

Tunisia passes anti-terror laws after deadly attacks
(Al Jazeera)

Jewish quarter dubbed Synagogue Space to be arranged in Lviv
(Religions Information Service of Ukraine)

Jews with synagogues on wheels to visit over 70 cities of Russia
(Interfax-Religion)

Pro-LGBT Methodist group may reach settlement with ex-employee suing for 'gender identity discrimination,' unlawful firing
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Australia Jehovah's Witnesses 'did not report 1,000 alleged abusers'
(BBC News)

Australian investigators say Jehovah’s Witnesses hid child sex abuse
(Al Jazeera America)

Australian nurse charged with supporting IS stays in custody
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Oklahoma court: Ten Commandments monument at Capitol must go
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Obama holds talks in Ethiopia, with security high on the agenda
(Deutsche Welle)

Clashes erupt at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa on Jewish holiday
(Al Jazeera)

Uhuru disagrees with Obama on gay rights, says Kenya has more critical issues
(Nancy Agutu, The Star)

How the Supreme Court's gay-marriage ruling is playing in trial courts
(Zoe Tillman, National Law Journal)

Amid shocking power struggle, INC members mark 101st anniversary of sect
(Renz Ongkiko, InterAksyon)

Is Orthodox Judaism on the verge of a historic schism?
(Yair Ettinger, Haaretz)

Moral Monday leader inspires protests, arrests and action
(Martha Waggoner, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Gay rights may come at the cost of religious freedom
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Seventy years after Holocaust, Germany a destination for rabbinical students
(Elisabeth Braw, Radio Free Europe)

The most and least racially diverse U.S. religious groups
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center FactTank)

Russia: Banning religious texts easy, unbanning them difficult
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

First lawsuit filed under anti-discrimination law by Dubai Police officer
(Dana Moukhallati, The National)

Catholic parents object to HHS mandate for their daughters, open new legal front
(Joan Frawley Desmond, National Catholic Register)

Do contraceptive rules make religious groups 'complicit in evil?'
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)

Kiev priest attack must not remain unpunished - Moscow Patriarchate
(Interfax-Religion)

Moscow Patriarchate priest badly wounded in Kiev
(Interfax-Religion)

2 suspects to be indicted in alleged arson on historic church
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

India showcases the maddening complexity of religious persecution
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux)

Pope calls for release of priest, bishops abducted in Syria
(Reuters)

China sentences 14 'Almighty God' members to jail: Xinhua
(Agence France-Presse)

Turkish help for Uighur refugees looms over Erdogan visit to Beijing
(Humeyra Pamuk, Reuters)

Authorities order mosques closed in north Cameroon
(Edwin Kindzeka Moki, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Arkhangelsk authorities ban LGBT event on Airborne Troops Day
(Interfax-Religion)

Republicans alter script on abortion, seeking to shift debate
(Jeremy W. Peters, The New York Times)

New York churches receive tearful farewells
(Melanie Grayce West, The Wall Street Journal)

Man fatally stabbed, wife seriously hurt at church in Frederick County
(Dan Morse and Martin Weil, The Washington Post)

Satanic Temple holds public sculpture unveiling in Detroit
(Serena Maria Daniels, Reuters)

Where in the world is the worst place to be a Christian?
(The Guardian)

Christians under pressure: from bigotry at school to imprisonment and murder
(Jared Malsin, Saba Imtiaz, Tom Phillips, and Peter Beaumont, The Guardian)

Why must Britain’s young Muslims live with this unjust suspicion?
(Leila Aboulela, The Guardian)

11 arrested in Nepal in possible ritual killing of boy
(Bhadra Sharma and Nida Najar, The New York Times)

Chelyabinsk Islamist gets 5-year sentence
(Interfax-Religion)

What's in a namaste? Depends if you live in India or the U.S.
(Deepak Singh, NPR)

10 things I wish everyone knew about conservative Judaism
(Rabbi George Nudell, On Faith)

Episcopal church fights alcohol addiction, and they're not alone
(Mark A. Kellner, Deseret News National Edition | Faith)

Palestinian youths clash with Israeli police in Jerusalem
(Isabel Kershner, The New York Times)

Vicar who went on run after stealing church funds hands himself in
(The Guardian)

Chinese church leaders: 'Each time they take a cross down, we will put more up'
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Christians in Niger struggle to rebuild 70 churches destroyed by Islamic militants
(Monica Cantilero, Christian Today)

Israeli archaeologists discover 3,000-year-old jar with inscription of name from the Bible
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Liberals push congress for LGBT bill that critics say would limit religious freedom
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Christian court clerk fired for refusing to process paperwork for gay marriages sues Indiana county for religious discrimination
(Vincent Funaro, The Christian Post)

Pennsylvania congregation pays United Methodist Church $100K to leave denomination over homosexuality debate
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Dying for Christianity: millions at risk amid rise in persecution across the globe
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Armenians seek change to questions on religion exam
(Daily Sabah)

Christians in Kenya's north resist 'worship here and you will die' threat
(Ecumenical News)

Erdogan’s shift on Islamic State linked to Kurdish gains in Syria
(Week in Review, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Church leaders to embark on pilgrimage to Hiroshima and Nagasaki seeking an end to nuclear threats
(World Council of Churches)

Non-recognition of same-sex couples breaches Article 8: Oliari & Ors v Italy
(Frank Cranmer, Religion Clause)

'Female' suicide bomber strikes Cameroon night spot
(Al Jazeera)

Muslims in Moscow work to break a stereotype
(Natalia V. Osipova, The New York Times)

Sunday, 26 July 2015

Kingdom calls for international law against defamation
(Arab News)

Muslim visitor supports Jewish prayer on Temple Mount
(Arutz ShevaIsrael National News)

Obama takes Kenya to task over gay rights; Kenyan president responds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Religion doesn't need 'protection' of our politicians (Opinion)
(Ledger-Enquirer)

Religious expression policies upgraded in local schools
(Times Daily)

Turkey uses ISIS as excuse to attack Kurds
(Uzay Bulut, Gatestone Institute)

UK Muslim school bans meeting with 'outsiders'
(The Siasat Daily)

EVENT, 26 July–8 August 2015: Balkan Summer School on Religion and Public Life, Conversion and the Boundaries of Community
(Faculty of Philosophy and History, The Paissiy Hilendarski University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria)

Un-veiling the politics of the veil
(Ratna Kapur, The Siasat Daily)

Saturday, 25 July 2015

Cornerstone Blog: Persecuted and Stateless: The Crisis of Rohingya Muslims, Part I
(Wakar Uddin, Religious Freedom Project of the Berkley Center of Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Cornerstone Blog: Persecuted and Stateless: The Crisis of Rohingya Muslims, Part II
(Wakar Uddin, Religious Freedom Project of the Berkley Center of Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Deniegan por segunda vez el concierto educativo a los colegios del Opus Dei
(Naomi Martínez, El Mundo)

China: The Christian church: Render unto Caesar
(The Economist)

Cornerstone Blog: Burma: Rohingya Muslims and religious freedom in peril
(Engy Abdelkader, Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Texas Supreme Court grants mandamus in Houston LGBT ordinance case
(Josh Blackman's Blog)

Is this the end of Christianity in the Middle East?
(Eliza Griswold, The New York Times Magazine)

Climate, trafficking and the pope: The ecology of planetary woes
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Britain's irreconcilable policy on Islam
(Douglas Murray, Gatestone Institute)

Rights groups up in arms as Tunisia adopts new antiterror law
(The National)

Base officials deny accusations of promoting religion
(Kevin Wilson, Clovis News Journal)

AIPMT 2015 re-test: No hijab, full sleeve shirts allowed
(Zee News)

The Round Up: The right to die battle – last rites, or the long game?
(Laura Profumo, UK Human Rights Blog)

Religion and law round-up – 26th July
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

MBA’s, the faith factor and emerging markets
(Brian J. Grim and Chris Sieple, World Economic Forum)

Selfies in black abayas
(Tabassum Ruhi Khan, OUPblog Religion)

Misuse of Anti-Extremism in June 2015
(SOVA Center for Information and Analysis)

Racism and Xenophobia in June 2015
(SOVA Center for Information and Analysis)

Customs officials block Bibles from entering Russia
(Jehovah's WItnesses)

Freedom of assembly and expression of Jehovah's Witnesses curtailed in Crimea
(Krasnodar Krai, SOVA Center)

Turkey faces more convictions at ECtHR as human rights violations grow
(Faruk Alan, Sunday's Zaman)

EU-Ukraine hold human rights dialogue
(Press Release, European Union External Action)

Meet an Italian nun who's been helping sex trafficking victims for 20 years
(Valeria Fraschetti, Global Post)

Egypt is struggling to cope with its ISIS insurgency
(Jared Malsin, TIME)

Voice of the Martyrs sends Bibles into North Korea; uses app to track where the gospel lands inside the communist state
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Iran executes nearly 700 in just six months, including religious minorities convicted of 'enmity against God'
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Friday, 24 July 2015

How U.S.-style megachurches are taking over the world, in 5 maps and charts
(Rick Noack and Lazaro Gamio, The Washington Post)

Indiana deputy clerk, fired for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licences, sues
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

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