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Monday, 22 July 2019

Russian security chief sees foreign threat to youth
(Credo Press, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witnesses survey recent weeks of intensified repression
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Jeremy Corbyn admits his Labour Party has an anti-Semitism problem
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Africa needs courageous Catholics to tackle its challenges, speakers say
(Bronwen Dachs, Catholic News Service)

No executions, but 70 killings over blasphemy law, says rights activist
(Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service)

Putting church above children: The Vatican fails to comply with a UN treaty
(Paul Moses, Commonweal)

U.S. State Department announces new religious freedom initiative at second annual Ministerial
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Pope urges concrete measures to protect Syrian civilians
(Associated Press)

Humanists are being persecuted too
(The Guardian)

Top Trump officials headline conference focusing on the ‘new anti-Semitism’
(Andrew Silow-Carroll, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

DOJ summit on combating anti-Semitism held last week
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Transgender discrimination law in Australia- uncertainties
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

“Do No Harm”: not as simple as it sounds
(Stephanie Barclay, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)

Immigration and American exceptionalism
(Robert P. George, Mirror of Justice Blog)

Kazakhstan: 104 administrative prosecutions in January-June 2019 - list
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Press conference on July 22 of 2019 given by The Church of Almighty God, a religious group persecuted in China
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

Saturday, 20 July 2019

Dutch Supreme Court upholds Srebrenica deaths liability
(Mike Corder, The Washington Post)

Abolish the Priesthood: To save the Church, Catholics must detach themselves from the clerical hierarchy—and take the faith back into their own hands
(James Carroll, The Atlantic)

EVENTS, Summer 2019: Lumen Christi Summer Seminars
(Varioius Locations)

Economic growth slowed by dramatic global decline in religious freedom
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Friday Five: Billy Graham rule, Marianne Williamson, nun's curveball, MZ's Kavanaugh book
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Russia: Baptist service broken up by court officials
(Invictory, Russia Religion News)

More details about Baptists' problems in southern Russia
(Russia Religion News)

Friday, 19 July 2019

State Department hosts second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Religious freedom summit opens with stories of religious violence and resilience
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Brunson at religious freedom summit: ‘It’s wonderful that I can be here in person’
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Ten things that caught my eye about the Ministerial on Advancing Religious Freedom
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review)

Remarks by Vice President Pence at the 2nd Annual Religious Freedom Ministerial
(The White House)

Pence blasts Venezuela, Nicaragua for crackdowns on Church leaders
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Canadian Muslim group declines invitation to attend US summit on religious freedom
(Middle East Eye)

As religious freedom summit ends, State Department announces new alliance, sanctions
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Pompeo gets religion: A new international alliance to promote ‘the first freedom.’
(The Wall Street Journal)

The Court of Protection and “consent to sex”: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Bishop calls on Scotland’s first minister to affirm conscience rights of party members
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

UK government considering sanctions for religious freedom violators
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic Herald)

The Bladensburg cross case: What hath the court wrought?
(Richard Foltin, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)

German churches lose 430,000 Catholic and Protestant members in 2018
(Deutsche Welle)

Across US, clergy mobilize to support vulnerable migrants
(David Crary and Hannah Grabenstein, Associated Press)

Northern Ireland’s pro-life laws set to end after UK parliament vote
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

70 Catholics arrested in DC protest over migrant treatment
(Associated Press)

70 Catholics arrested in D.C. protest over Trump immigration policies
(Marissa J. Lang, The Washington Post)

Reporters Committee sues State Department for ‘faith-based’ media briefing records
(Simren Verma, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press)

FOIA lawsuit seeks information on international religious freedom press briefing
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Court says Catholic school can challenge competition rules
(Associated Press)

Catholic schools can challenge athletic competition rule change
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

UK’s LGBT teachers still scarred by the legacy of homophobic legislation more than 30 years on
(Catherine Lee, The Conversation)

Africa: International Religious Freedom Award Winners
(All Africa)

Polish towns advocate ‘LGBT-free zones’ while the ruling party cheers them on
(Rick Noack, The Washington Post)

Brownback wants ‘like-mindeds’ at religious freedom summit; violators need not RSVP
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

A closer look at how religious restrictions have risen around the world
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)

EVENT, 19-21 July 2019: “Stolen Churches” or “Bridges to Orthodoxy”? Impulses for Theological Dialogue Between Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches
(Thirteenth Annual Ecclesiological Investigations Conference, Stuttgart, Germany)

In our opinion: International religious freedom efforts need 'concrete outcomes'
(Deseret News)

Polish printer's conscience deserves protection
(ADF International)

Quebec court refuses to enjoin law barring officials from wearing religious symbols
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Tehreek-e-Labbaik: how blasphemy case in Pakistan brought down hardline religious party
(Abdullah Yusuf, The Conversation)

Judge expands limits on student-led prayer at Greenville County School graduations
(Nathaniel Cary, The Greenville News)

After 6-year fight, federal court bans graduation prayers in SC school district
(Hemant Mehta, Patheos Blog: Friendly Atheist)

Court expands injunction on prayer at high school graduations
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ministerial denounces religious persecution in China as "stain of the century"
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)

Pompeo calls China's treatment of Uighurs 'stain of the century'
(David Brunnstrom, Lesley Wroughton, Reuters)

Pompeo takes aim at China at religious freedom conference
(Matthew Lee, Associated Press)

Pelosi, Wolf urge US to call out China for religious freedom abuses
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Thursday, 18 July 2019

Brazilian honored by U.S. Government for his fight against religious intolerance
(Richard Mann, Rio Times)

Icons presented to Putin and Lukashenko at Konevets monastery near St. Petersburg
(Interfax-Religion)

Man fined for bringing Jehovah's Witnesses brochure into Russia
(Website of Siberian Customs Directorate, Russia Religion News)

Harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Top Vatican diplomat calls relationship with US ‘strong and solid’
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

In Pope’s backyard, Church struggles with increasingly polarized politics
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Sen. Ted Cruz raises religious liberty concerns with Trump's federal appeals court nominee
(Alex Swoyer, The Washington Times)

Conservatives oppose Trump's 5th Circuit nominee because of his contraceptive mandate decision
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

USCIRF responds to travel ban on Burmese military officials
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

'People want religious freedom and they want it now.' Here's how U.S. officials have taken the lead in ensuring they get it
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)

Is freedom of religion ever possible in Russia?
(New Europe)

Kamali on Hudud crimes in Islam
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)

Russian high court fails to resolve problems with anti-evangelism law 2.0
(Ekaterina Trifonova, Nezavisimaia Gazeta)

U.S. House chaplain performs exorcism to cast out demons from Congress
(Michael Stone, Patheos Blog: Progressive Secular Humanist)

Quebec's religious symbols law passes 1st legal test as judge refuses injunction
(Jonathan Montpetit, CBC News)

Wednesday, 17 July 2019

United States to co-host Vatican summit on religious freedom
(Christopher White, Crux)

Let's improve the quality of reporting on issues pertaining to freedom of religion or belief
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Christian family argued taxes are against God's will, a judge told them to cough up $1.6 million
(David Brennan, Newsweek)

Australia leader channels Mike Pence with religious freedom law
(Jason Scott, Bloomberg)

Portugal oks 10,000 citizenship requests by descendants of Sephardic Jews
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

More than 60 British lords criticize Labour's Corbyn over anti-Semitism
(Reuters)

Clergy Discipline Commission Annual Report 2018 – Analysis
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Pentecostal church cited for violations of anti-evangelism law
(ROSKhVE, Russia Religion News)

Forced conversion in South Korea should be put to an end: An open letter to President Moon Jae-in
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

Philippine bishops call for ‘ecological conversion’ amid climate crisis
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Religious leaders gather at U.S. Capitol to pray for persecuted Christians
(Elizabeth Bachman, Catholic News Service)

For Eritrea’s Christians, government not the solution but the problem
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Retired Justice Stevens, Establishment Clause champion, dies at 99
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

San Diego jury awards $300K in workplace religious discrimination suit
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Public designation, due to gross violations of human rights, of Burmese military officials
(U.S. Department of State)

U.S. sanctions top Burmese military leaders for ethnic cleansing of Rohingya
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

New report released on religious restrictions around the world
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

EEOC sues McDonald’s franchise for religious discrimination
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

EEOC sues McDonald's franchisee for failure to compromise on grooming policy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

9th Circuit rejects Free Exercise challenge to Tax Injunction Act
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Christian group settles harassment suit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Religion and civil partnerships: The next steps in a turbulent saga
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Britain announces next steps for opposite-sex civil partnerships
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

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