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Friday, 17 January 2020

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

6th Circuit: Mosque is not in interstate commerce under federal arson statute
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Online site has immunity in banning conversion therapy videos
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pastor loses suit over gay-conversion videos on Vimeo
(Amanda Ottaway, Courthouse News Service)

8th Circuit hears arguments in religion clause challenge to Missouri abortion restrictions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Eighth Circuit hears Satanist’s challenge to Missouri abortion law
(Joe Harris, Courthouse News Service)

Supreme Court grants review in contraceptive mandate exemption case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Supreme Court will hear Little Sisters' plea to keep caring for the elderly poor
(Becket Law)

Officials: Iraq’s top cleric discharged from hospital
(Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press)

Brazil fires top culture official over Nazi-linked comments
(Diane Jeantet and Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press)

Germany: Ugly anti-Semitic remnant at center of court battle
(Geir Moulson and Kerstin Sopke, Associated Press)

Pakistani court hands down 55-year sentences to 86 Islamists
(Munir Ahmed, Associated Press)

Pence courts evangelical Latino voters in Florida
(Tamara Lush, Associated Press)

USCCB president urges nation to overcome racism that still clouds hearts
(Catholic News Service)

Watchdog says persecution of Christians ‘taking a technological turn’
(Nick Mayrand, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Spanish cardinal: ‘Marxist communism … has been reborn’ in the country
(Catholic News Service)

Australian archbishop rejects breaking seal of confession for abusers
(Michael Sainsbury, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Iran: Khamenei praises attack on US bases as 'day of god'
(Deutsche Welle)

Moderate Jewish Democrats push bill to reverse Trump ban on migration from some Muslim countries
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

“There is a great awakening happening”: The contentious role of religion in educating kids
(Annabelle Timsit, Quartz)

Putin's annual state of the nation address elevates values
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

And this just in: Religious left is real, important, rather small and it's actually old news
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Category: Game shows. Question: How did Jeopardy! stumble into the Israeli-Palestinian quagmire?
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Charity trustees and decision-making: St Margaret’s Somerset Hospice
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

'Why Religion?' asks 'How hearts can heal' after tragedy
(Terry Gross, National Public Radio)

As Iran and Iraq simmer, giants of Shiite world vie for influence
(Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor)

Betsy Davos: Religious liberty in our schools must be protected
(Betsy DeVos, USA Today)

Protecting faith-based colleges
(Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Ed)

Thursday, 16 January 2020

January 16 is Religious Freedom Day
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
(Thomas Jefferson, Monticello.org)

Presidential Proclamation on Religious Freedom Day, 2020
(Donald Trump, The White House)

Religious freedom means standing up for another person's beliefs
(Zeenat Rahman, The Hill)

National Religious Freedom Day - January 16
(Resources, Proclamations, Gateways To Better Education)

EVENT, 16 January 2020: Religious Literacy: Challenges for Today
(The Loyola Institute, Trinity College Dublin)

National Religious Freedom Day Calendar

Why America must recommit to religious freedom
(Thomas Jipping and Stephanie Neville, The Daily Signal)

COURSE, 16-19 January 2020: "Be One" Ecumenical Course
(CEC, European Fellowship of Christian Youth, the Committee of Children and Youth at the Ecumenical Council in Finland and the Danish Youth Council)

EVENT, 16 January 2020: See You in Court? International Legal Proceedings Relating to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
(The University of Westminster, London)

EVENT, 16 January 2020: Free Exercise Equality: What It Means for International Religious Freedom
(David Little, Thomas F. Farr, Andrew P.W. Bennett, Jennie Bradley Lichter, Knox Thames, Religious Freedom Institute and Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC)

KAICIID: The year in photos 2019
(KAIICID Dialogue Centre)

Good-faith arguments: The value of keeping KAICIID
(Michael Driessen, Commonweal)

Open Doors Watch List: 2020 report on the religious freedom of Christians
(Download Link, Open Doors - World Watch List)

Open Doors’ 2020 World Watch List reveals surge of violence, ‘human rights nightmare’ in China
(RNS Press Release Distribution Service, Religion News Service)

Open Doors: Technology advancing Christian persecution
(Diana Chandler, Baptist Press)

North Korea is still the most dangerous place to be a Christian
(Christian Today)

2020 World Watch List (Video)
(Open Doors USA, YouTube)

World Watch List: the 50 most dangerous countries to follow Jesus
(Open Doors International, Open Doors HK)

The Top 50 countries where it's hardest to be a Christian
(Jayson Casper, Christianity Today)

What’s next for Christians in the Middle East?
(Stephen M. Rasche, Angelus News)

The 10 most religious countries, ranked by perception
(Megan Trimble, Shelbi Austin, U.S. News & World Report)

Tabernacle retrieved intact from church destroyed by earthquake in Puerto Rico
(Catholic News Agency)

School threatens suspension for student's 'Virginity Rocks' sweatshirt
(Catholic News Agency)

Italian bishops promote Catholic-Jewish dialogue as antisemitic speech increases
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Disability group welcomes ruling against right to assisted suicide in Mass.
(Catholic News Agency)

Jerry Falwell, Jr. may call for 'civil disobedience' if Virginia passes new gun control laws
(Lori Arnold, Christian Headlines)

Tennessee to pass bill allowing faith-based adoption agencies to refuse same-sex couples
(Mikaela Mathews, Christian Headlines)

House sends impeachment articles to the Senate, trial date is set
(Will Maule, Christian Headlines)

Religious group's distribution of vegan food may be expressive conduct
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

8th Circuit hears oral arguments in challenge to state anti-BDS law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Eighth Circuit hears fight over Arkansas anti-boycott law
(Joe Harris, Courthouse News Service)

Trump boosts school prayer, faith groups as he rallies base
(Collin Binkley and Elana Schor, Associated Press)

Donald Trump is promising ‘big action’ on school prayer to rally Evangelical voters
(Katie Reilly, TIME)

Can your child pray at school? Trump celebrates students at Religious Freedom Day event
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

Trump courts religious groups with rules that worry LGBTQ groups
(Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times)

Muslim millennial's site dispels stereotypes for millions
(Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press)

Imam in Uganda is mocked for mistakenly marrying a man
(Rodney Muhumuz, Associated Press)

NJ expands terrorism law in response to kosher market attack
(Associated Press)

Panama: 7 killed, 14 tortured in exorcism terror rituals
(Associated Press)

Pope blesses rosaries for military prisoners held for ‘Dirty War’ crimes
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Bishops urge Central African Republic leaders to face challenges in 2020
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

The value of religious clubs on Utah’s college campuses
(Trent Toone, Deseret News)

Africa’s young Christian communities are now in Islamic-extremist crosshairs
(National Catholic Register)

Is the price Evangelicals are paying for religious freedom too high?
(Kimberly Ross, Arc Digital)

Military theocracy?
(Mark Too, Juicy Ecumenism – The Institute on Religion & Democracy's Blog)

Task of Jewish community is address help to people - Rabbi Lazar (Russia)
(Interfax-Religion)

New U.S. ambassador to Russia prefers ice hockey to ice-water dips
(Interfax-Religion)

Turkmenistan: Raids, searches, fines, threats, beatings, headscarf bans
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Gay-rights lawsuit against big seminary ties into '20 elections and pending Supreme Court case
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Multiracial churches growing, challenge for clergy of color
(Adelle M. Banks, Associated Press)

Religions can be part of the solution for peace, not the problem, faith leaders say
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)

Alisson, Roberto Firmino and religion’s role at Liverpool and in the Premier League
(Simon Hughes, The Athletic)

How Ulster Scots and the Irish language got Northern Ireland’s government back
(The Economist)

Can Catholic school hair grooming standards be discriminatory?
(Ellen K. Boegel, America: The Jesuit Review)

An under-the-radar SCOTUS case could obliterate the line between church and state
(Rebecca Klein, Huffington Post)

Wednesday, 15 January 2020

SEMINAR, 15-17 January 2020: Statesmanship and Religious Freedom Seminar
(The Museum of the Bible and the Religious Freedom Institute)

Court upholds removal of mosque's finance director
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Attorney has standing to challenge judge's prayer practices
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

China blasts human rights report, praises current situation
(Associated Press)

No action under color of law in refusing to rent meeting space to speaker
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Tennessee passes law protecting faith-based adoption/ foster care agencies
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

New report on state laws impacting church-state separation and religious equality
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Nearly half of U.S. states fail to protect religious equality, American Atheists’ report finds
(American Atheists)

Experts advise synagogues on use of armed security personnel
(David Crary, Associated Press)

UN court to rule next week in Rohingya genocide case
(Mike Corder, Associated Press)

Pope names 1st woman manager in Vatican Secretariat of State
(Associated Press)

Argument preview: Justices to consider dispute over tax credits for scholarships
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

Long history underlies fight over religious-school funding
(Mark Walsh, Education Week)

Appeals court hears oral argument on religious school funding dispute in Maine
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Symposium before oral argument in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
(SCOTUSblog)

The court case that could finally take down antiquated anti-Catholic laws
(Nick Sibilla, The Atlantic)

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