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Friday, 23 August 2019

9th Circuit dismisses suit after prison recognizes Humanism as faith group
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

38 former Yeshiva University students file sexual abuse lawsuit
(Ari Feldman, Forward)

38 abuse victims sue over Yeshiva University High School's failure to supervise
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Edgewood High School sues Madison over athletic field conflict, alleges religious discrimination
(Emily Hamer, Wisconsin State Journal)

Catholic high school sues over restrictions on athletic field use
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Court renews battle over buffer zone around Englewood abortion clinic
(Katie Sobko, North Jersey Record)

3rd Circuit: Abortion clinic buffer zone challenge remanded for trial
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Religions for Peace participant emphasizes role of women
(Deutsche Welle)

Religions for Peace: Women push for gender equality
(Christoph Strack, Deutsche Welle)

Thus ends the greatest Jewish Diaspora: A lamentation for American Jewry
(Ari Hoffman, Forward)

Cardinal Pell's conviction upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Appeals court upholds Cardinal Pell conviction on abuse charges
(Catholic News Service)

Opinion: Cardinal Pell is innocent. Those who persecute him are not
(Michael Warren Davis, Crisis Magazine - A Voice for the faithful Christian Laity)

Pell verdict an emotional, polarizing case for Australians
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Anti-Pell vandalism at campus of Australian Catholic University
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Australian prison chaplain nervous about cardinal inmate
(Rod McGuirk, Associated Press)

Thursday, 22 August 2019

How anti-Semitic beliefs have taken hold among some evangelical Christians
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)

Five reasons the world needs a wake-up call on religious persecution
(Ewelina Ochab, The Conversation)

EU statement on acts of violence based on religion or belief
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

EU urges member states to protect religious freedom
(Busra Nur Bilgic Cakmak, Anadolu Agency)

Australian pro-life leaders organize to block bill legalizing abortion
(Catherine Sheehan, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Wednesday, 21 August 2019

Texas thwarts nonprofit seeking to give more choice to nonreligious couples in who marries them
(Hannah Natanson, The Washington Post)

Iraqi church formerly defaced by IS is rededicated as the tyrannical groups shows signs of stirring again
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Bulgaria and Jordan will deepen their cooperation in the security, counter radicalization and rerrorism fields
(novinite.com)

Tribunal outcome: Christ Church, Oxford
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Ukrainian government adds bureaucracy to oversee religion
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

The West is repurposing religion toward nationalist aims
(Matthew McManus, Arc)

Reflections on Muslim approaches to the abortion debate: The problem of narrow conceptualization
(Shaykh Salman Younas, Muslim Matters)

The Christian church: Dying out or thriving like never before?
(Tessa Clara Walther, Deutsche Welle)

South Africa’s bishops continue to fight country’s AIDS crisis
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Ep. 04: Theological view of Christian nationalism with Walter Brueggemann (Podcast)
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

As Trump questions loyalty of US Jews, Israeli PM is quiet
(Josef Federman, Associated Press)

Fair Housing Act meets RLUIPA in Georgia
(Evan Seeman, RLUIPA-Defense)

New global study: Do religious freedom and LGBT rights have common ground?
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Author can't sue Pa. libraries because they rejected anti-Semitism book
(Shanice Harris, Pennsylvania Record)

Author's suit against libraries and media is dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Service announces landmark revision to eagle retention policy
(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Rules on tribal possession of eagle remains are liberalized
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Buffer zones around abortion clinic – judgment
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Cardinal Pell loses his appeal against conviction for child abuse
(Neil Addison, Guest Post, Law & Religion UK)

Vladimir Ushakov V. Russia – The 1980 Hague Convention, the child’s best interests and gender biases
(Tine Van Hof, Strasbourg Observers)

Hate crime reports have soared in D.C. Prosecutions have plummeted.
(Michael E. Miller and Steven Rich, The Washington Post)

Japanese bishop calls on government to do more in trade spat with S. Korea
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Pakistan’s religious minorities ask government for protection and rights
(Robin Gomes, Vatican News)

New York misses an opportunity in skipping over a city saint
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review)

Australian court upholds Cardinal Pell child sex convictions
(Rod McGuirk, Associated Press)

China releases Early Rain Covenant Church elder 8 months after arrest; pastor still jailed
(Samuel Smith, Christian Post)

If China prevails in Hong Kong, religious freedom could be the first right to disappear
(Mary Vought, USA Today)

Tuesday, 20 August 2019

Georgia asks judge not to block restrictive abortion law
(Kate Brumback, Associated Press)

A new book on the Islamic State
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)

Islamic State: The Digital Caliphate
(Abdel Bari Atwan, University of California Press)

Young activists push interfaith gathering to act on climate change, justice
(Eric J. Lyman, Religion News Service)

Religious freedom: can the PM stay true to his word?
(Kevin Donnelly, Catholic Weekly)

Will France foil Muslim Brotherhood’s plan to take over?
(Hanan Fayed, Egypt Today)

Belgium halal and kosher slaughter ban set to test EU law at European Court of Justice
(Joe Barnes, Express)

Md. case reveals religious discrimination in education
(Neal McCluskey, The Baltimore Sun)

Christian Universalism - (Is Europe Christian? by Professor Roy)
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum)

Who benefits from conflicts over religious freedom?
(Jenna Reinbold, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)

Pro-choice doctor on abortion and Israeli law: In this case, the story is complicated
(Douglas LeBlanc, GetReligion)

Al-Assad asks for Russian language teachers in Syria to counter Western culture and Wahhabism - Russian MP
(Interfax-Religion)

Reports about Jehovah's Witness prisoner of conscience
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witnesses go to trial after more than a year in pretrial custody
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

It's time to fight for global religious freedom
(Jacek Czaputowicz, National Interest)

Religious Education: Lessons from the United Kingdom
(Clayton Van Woerkom, International Center for Religion & Diplomacy)

Why do terrorists attack places of worship?
(Deutsche Welle)

Cameroon bishop: ‘I am not safe’ after speaking out against conflict
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Rosary emerges as political football in Italy’s latest meltdown
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Suit: Catholic school fired unwed teacher for being pregnant
(Associated Press)

Trump steadily fulfills goals on religious right wish list
(David Crary, Associated Press)

Trump: Any Jew voting Democratic is uninformed or disloyal
(Jonathan Lemire and Darlene Superville, Associated Press)

How to avoid religious crisis, by experts
(Omolara Akintoye, The Nation)

Neighbors on the Southern Border: Republican refugee policy the Eisenhower way
(Megan Brand, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

More answers to readers’ queries and comments – July/August
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Law and religion round-up – 18th August
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Ukraine has made a great contribution to combating antisemitism - Netanyahu
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian customs finds Jehovah's Witnesses' literature on traveler
(Yaromir Romanov, Znak)

Half dozen Jehovah's Witnesses confined while awaiting trial in Smolensk
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Russia: Pentecostals complain of national campaign against them
(Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witnesses' appeal turned down by Supreme Court of Dagestan
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News)

Greek Orthodox bishop convicted of hate speech resigns
(Demetris Nellas, Associated Press)

Jordan summons Israeli envoy over holy site clashes
(Associated Press)

California priest sues accusers in defamation lawsuit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Church’s lawsuit prompts SC town to lift ban on worship services at civic center
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

Suit over use of civic center for religious worship is settled
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Garden plaza of Greenbriar Cove to pay $92,000 to settle EEOC religious bias lawsuit
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

EEOC wins settlement of suit brought on behalf of Seventh Day Adventists
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Texas limit on marriage officiants upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Religious exemptions to vaccines is bad religion: Op-ed
(The Rev. Dr. Benjamin Doolittle, The Middletown Press)

Kazakhstan: Years of intrusive questioning
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

A look at the Islamic State affiliate’s rise in Afghanistan
(Associated Press)

Feds make it easier for Native Americans to collect eagle feathers, but Utes fear change could go too far
(Brian Maffly, Salt Lake Tribune)

New York: State, anti-vaxxers square off in court over vaccine law
(Yancey Roy, Newsday)

Florida governor asked for no storms in Western Wall prayer
(Associated Press)

How Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and Turkey’s Gulenists fell from power to persecution
(Ahmet T. Kuru, Religion News Service Opinion (the Conversation))

Australia: Religion 'shield' laws to be revealed soon
(Paul Osborne, 7 News)

Coalition stops short of 'licence to discriminate' in religious freedom bill
(Sarah Martin and Naaman Zhou, The Guardian)

Churches, same-sex ministries and the law
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Churches, same-sex ministries and the law: discrimination and religious freedom (full text)
(Neil Foster, Associate Professor, Newcastle Law School, Liberty Christian Ministries Inc, Elective Seminar)

Bibles are excluded from tariffs on Chinese goods
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Bibles escape Trump’s tariff fight with China
(Jeremy Weber, Christianity Today)

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