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Wednesday, 22 January 2020

OMB issues guidance on religion in awarding federal grants
(FedWeek)

Indonesian government deploys ‘mosque hunters’ who use drones to combat radicalism
(Adi Renaldi, Vice)

HUDO: ‘Sudan government must protect freedom of religion’
(Radio Dabanga, Radio Dabanga)

The role of religious identity in Middle Eastern politics, reflections on our visit to Iraq
(Lord David Alton and Dr. Wael Aleji, Asharq Al-Awsat)

President Donald Trump to attend March for Life on Friday
(Catholic News Agency)

Minnesota abuse survivors to speak at 'restorative justice' conference
(Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agency)

Are we seeing the calm before the storm in the Gulf?
(Karen Young, Al-Monitor)

What reopening the Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue means for Egypt
(Rasha Mahmoud, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

How Soleimani’s slaying could affect Iran-Saudi ties
(Saeid Jafari, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

The Supreme Court is again debating the separation of church and state
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News | InDepth)

Tuesday, 21 January 2020

The Plot for America: Remembering civil rights leader Joachim Prinz
(Allan Nadler, Tablet)

Round Up 20.01.20: The UK in the ECHR, Cypriot justice under the spotlight, deteriorating human rights in Russia and sentencing remarks on TV…
(Thomas Hayes, UK Human Rights Blog)

CCP resolute to remove all outdoor Buddhist statues
(Lin Yijiang, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

Presiding Bishop says Anglican Primates at meeting showed commitment to ‘walking together’
(Episcopal News Service)

Migrants and the bond with God: attachment and survival are linked
(Victor Counted, The Conversation)

Democrats’ challenge: Courting evangelicals in the Trump era
(Elana Schor, Associated Press)

German court may reject appeal to remove anti-Semitic relic
(Kirsten Grieshaber and Kerstin Sopke, Associated Press)

Church leaders: Nicaragua living a ‘moral cold war’; Colombia in a state of ‘social survival’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Catholic theologians say Soleimani assassination violates ‘just war criteria’
(white, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Boko Haram beheads Christian as violence continues in Nigeria
(Shannon Levitt, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Irish bishop offers to mediate among gangs: ‘Something has to be done’
(Sarah MacDonald, Catholic News Service)

Bishops welcome guidance on school prayer, Trump’s proposed rules
(Catholic News Service)

Same-sex couples can ballroom dance at spring competition hosted by BYU
(Trent Toone, Deseret News)

Mormon school to allow same-sex partners in ballroom event
(Associated Press)

Elder Rasband on 3 keys to religious freedom and what agency has to do with it
(Valerie Johnson, The Church News)

Spreading the climate-gospel: The rise of 'green churches'
(James Clasper, Deutsche Welle)

Jehovah's Witnesses arrested at gathering in apartment
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Jehovah's Witness sentenced in Far East
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Facing ties that bind between 'pro-life' issues, like human trafficking and immigration
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Northern Ireland: same-sex religious marriage and converting marriage/civil partnership
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Vegetarianism and veganism
(Michael Ainsworth and David Walker, Guest Post, Law & Religion UK)

Iran continues to persecute Christians in violation of international law
(Donna Rachel Edmunds, The Jerusalem Post)

Sessions running for Senate on 'religious freedom' — after trying to ban Muslims
(Josh Israel, The American Independent)

A plea for Pakistan's Christians
(Charles J. Chaput, First Things)

Sex and religious education to be compulsory in Wales
(BBC News)

No plans to abolish religion status on MyKad - Home Ministry
(Malaysiakini)

Trump declares Jan. 22 'National Sanctity of Human Life Day'
(Catholic News Agency)

Will Iraq's Sunnis form semi-autonomous region if US troops leave?
(Omar Sattar, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Iraq reignites after ‘deadline’ expires and protesters killed
(Shelly Kittleson, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

What's in store for Iraq's PMU after death of top commander?
(Mustafa Saadoun, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Algeria strives to regain prominence as world powers debate Libya's future
(Simon Speakman Cordall, Al-Monitor)

Monday, 20 January 2020

CALL FOR PAPERS, DUE 20 January 2020: Expert Seminar and Special Issue on “The Impact of Religious Freedom Research”
(Special Issue of the International Journal for Religious Freedom (IJRF), International Institute for Religious Freedom)

EVENT, 20 January 2020: Rights, dignity and religion: responding to 'modern slavery'
(at St Mary’s Church & Conference Centre, Sheffield, The University of Sheffield)

Faith and anti-trafficking website
(An ESRC funded research project at the Universities of Sheffield and Leeds)

EVENT, 20 January 2020: Religion in the Streets: Tips for Sharing Scholarship with the Public
(Webinar with Katie Day (Emerita, United Lutheran Seminary) and David Morgan (Duke University), The Religious Freedom Center of the Freedom Forum Institute (Public Scholars Project))

MLK Day 2020: What to know about the civil rights icon’s legacy
(Bill Hutchinson, ABC News)

How MLK channeled the Spirit of 1776
(Jarrett Stepman, The Daily Signal - Commentary)

Why MLK is America's last Founding Father
(Dion Pierre, The Daily Signal - Commentary)

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Faith, politics mix on holiday
(Jeff Amy, Associated Press, Marin Independent Journal)

Martin Luther King Jr: A life in pictures
(ABC News)

Articles of Interest - 20 January 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Articles of interest - 13 January 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

A religion question and so much more: What is Judaism?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Canadian court says Indigenous events in school did not infringe religous freedom of Christian students
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Canada Supreme Court won't hear revocation of charitable status appeal
(Deina Warre, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Noteworthy)

Canada Summer Jobs 2020: Coming soon!
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Intersection)

Canada: Muslim group challenges Quebec religious law
(Barry Ellsworth, Anadolu Agency)

International Center for Law and Religion Studies celebrates 20 years in 2020
(Sarah Belliston, Daily Herald)

Roger Scruton, a provocative public intellectual, dies at 75
(Alan Cowell, The New York Times Books)

Roger Scruton: Conservative thinker dies at 75
(BBC News)

Roger Scruton: A conservative for modern times
(Dominic Green, The Wall Street Journal - Opinion)

Roger Scruton, philosopher of a ‘humane and moderate politics’
(The Editors, National Review)

Roger Scruton, British philosopher and conservative lightning rod, dies at 75
(Harrison Smith, The Washington Post)

Roger Scruton: Burkean and Bohemian
(John Haldane, First Things)

Roger Scruton, R.I.P. He labored to defend the great conservative ideal of home, safe from the ravages of time and trends
(Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review)

South Korea: Forced change of religion: Sun Hwa KIM killed by her ex-husband
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Chinas's Second Cultural Revolution
(Thomas F. Farr, First Things)

Heated Vatican debates about Pachamama rites lingered and lingered ...
(Terry Mattingly, OnReligion)

5th Circuit: Court should not agree to use pronoun requested by litigant
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

We’re at war over gender pronouns. Can’t we all just show some respect?
(Ruth Marcus, The Washington Post - Opinions)

Claims against Notre Dame and feds over contraceptive coverage move ahead
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

New Guidance: Liturgical furnishing in English Cathedrals
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Slovak Embassy hosts interfaith reception with Constantinian Order
(Jo Siedlecka, Independent Catholic News)

Law and religion round-up – 19th January
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Three Texas towns vote in favor of "sanctuary cities for the unborn," hoping to ban abortion
(The Texas Tribune)

Bangladesh sentences 10 to death for 2001 political bombings
(Julhas, Associated Press)

Hungary commemorates 1945 liberation of Budapest ghetto
(Pablo Gorondi, Associated Press)

Cult ‘anointed by God’ kills 7 in Panama jungle
(Juan Zamorano, Associated Press)

Where virtue falls short, US envoy says money talks on religious freedom
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Pope hopes Berlin summit will lead to peace in Libya
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Muslim world leaders visit Auschwitz in 'strong signal' of interfaith support
(Christoph Strack, Deutsche Welle)

Concerning a Christian-school student and her rainbow birthday cake (and online pics)
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Bolsonaro’s unholy alliance should worry Davos man
(Mac Margolis, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance)

Intolerant Labour can't afford to become the anti-Catholic party
(Tom Harris, The Telegraph)

Saturday, 18 January 2020

Should state governments help fund religious schools?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

Togo archbishop reminds president he is a ‘servant of the people’
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Scholar Robert George says religious expression faces ‘open hostility’ on some campuses
(Kurt Jensen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Justices taking up bans on state money to religious schools
(Mark Sherman, Associated Press)

Major U.S. faith-based health care system leads anti-trafficking campaign
(Jo Ann Zuniga, Catholic News Service)

Families should have the right to choose from scholarships at religious institutions
(The Washington Post)

Offence of blasphemy officially scrapped from Irish law
(Jack Beresford, The Irish Post)

Trump administration's religious freedom announcements square with Constitution, Supreme Court precedent
(Michael P. Farris, The Hill)

Friday, 17 January 2020

Trump administration announces guidance on prayer in school, new regulations on faith-based partnerships
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Remarks by President Trump on the announcement of guidance on Constitutional prayer in public schools
(The White House)

New federal proposals on grants to religious entities, campus speech and guidance on school prayer
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Trump offers new guidance on school prayer amid rift with evangelical magazine
(John Fritze, USA Today)

Protests against citizenship law continue unabated in India
(Sheikh Saaliq and Ashok Sharma, Associated Press)

India Christian activist says protests against proposed Jesus statue ‘unjustified’
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

State of Kerala sues India in Supreme Court alleging citizenship law is discriminatory
(Alina Rizvi, Jurist)

Suit in India over discriminatory citizenship law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

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