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Friday, 4 January 2019

The Guardian view on India’s temple dispute: faith and politics
(Editorial, The Guardian)

Third woman enters Indian temple amid protests at lifting of ban
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)

Vatican's press director, Greg Burke, resigns
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

From ‘cafeteria Catholics’ to New Age nones, religion is getting very pers …
(Tara Isabella Burton, Religion News Service)

Red Letter Christians gear up for UK launch
(Rosie Dawson, Religion News Service)

What I learned teaching Islamic studies in Texas
(Simran Jeet Singh, RNS Column: Articles of Faith)

Who is Fethullah Gulen? And why is the US talking about extraditing him to Turkey?
(Claire Sadar, Religion News Service)

Pushed by politicians, polygamy enjoys a heyday among Christians in Kenya
(Tonny Onyulo, Religion News Service)

Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector chooses jail over paying fine
(Lizzy Ioannidou, CyprusMailOnline)

Taking a legal leap of faith
(Greg Craven, The Weekend Australian)

Kyrsten Sinema swears in to Congress using copy of Constitution instead of religious book
(Aris Folley, The Hill)

Resisting China's crackdown on religion
(Chicago Tribune)

Pastors reject government policy on religion
(Misairi Thembo Kahungu, Daily Monitor)

Prayer at government meetings violates the 1st Amendment
(Los Angeles Times)

Tom Waddell: Religious privilege in 2019
(Tom Waddell, Central Maine)

Athens school district leads state with religious tolerance policy
(Jan Jaben-Eilon, Atlanta Jewish Times)

Religious freedom battle is far from over: Here's what to look for in 2019
(Patrick Hornbeck, Rewire.News)

Ecclesiastical court judgments – 2018
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Ukrainian politicians still resisting changes in churches
(Olga Tsvilii, Russia Religion News)

Argument: 30 years after the Rushdie fatwa, Europe is moving backward
(Jacob Mchangama and Sarah McLaughlin, Foreign Policy)

Do your job, Justices
(Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review)

Evangelical mega-donors are rethinking money in politics
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

British report scolds India govt over religion-based violence
(UCA News)

AP tells how nuns in India go after predator bishop as sex abuse crisis reaches Asia
(Julia Duin, Get Religion)

Nuns in India tell AP of enduring abuse in Catholic church
(Tim Sullivan, Associated Press)

3 questions about religion to ask as you follow Congress this year
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)

German politicians propose a ‘religion tax’ for Muslims to counter extremism
(Rick Noack, The Washington Post)

German cardinal: Society hypocritical on church sex abuse
(Associated Press)

German official deletes tweet equating Jesus with the Palestinians
(Benjamin Weinthal, The Jerusalem Post)

Doctors, bishops express concerns as legal abortions begin in Ireland
(Catholic News Agency)

Filipino bishop tells Catholics to ignore Duterte anti-church tirades
(Catholic News Service)

Once the same nation, the Czech Republic and Slovakia look very different religiously
(Kelsey Jo Starr, Pew Research Center Factank)

In Brazil and Nicaragua, Church faces ‘back to the future’ dilemma
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Non-Jewish governor of Brazilian state requests sound of shofar at his inauguration
(Marcus M. Gilban, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

5 facts about the religious makeup of the 116th Congress
(Aleksandra Sandstrom, Pew Research Center Factank)

Church-State stories to watch in 2019
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Attorney general supports longer limit for sex abuse suits
(Associated Press)

Vatican: Argentine bishop at Holy See under investigation
(Nicole Winfield and Debora Rey, Associated Press)

Federal judge closes book on Houston’s drag queen story hour lawsuit by conservatives
(Gabrielle Banks, Houston Chronicle)

Establishment Clause challenge to drag queen storytime dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

'I can do it in robes': Japanese monks post videos in protest at driving fine
(Justin McCurry, The Guardian)

Japan’s premier: New emperor’s era to be announced April 1
(Yuri Kageyama, Associated Press)

Many hate crimes never make it into the FBI’s database
(Sophie Bjork-James, The Conversation)

Pelosi, House Dems pass spending bill funding abortion; White House vows veto
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

USA Today gets one right: Story on African-Americans found in unmarked graves notes religion
(Bobby Ross Jr., Get Religion)

Thursday, 3 January 2019

Authorities order closure of another church building in Algeria
(Morning Star News)

Sudanese Christian refugees in Egypt treated as third-class citizens
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

Marriage training for Chinese pastors
(Alex Anhalt, Mission Network News)

Big vision for Sudan in 2019.
(Ruth K'lama, Mission Network News)

Syrian children reluctant to return to homeland
(Lindsay Steele, Mission Network News)

Pope criticizes US bishops for lack of unity over sexual abuse crisis
(Reuters in Vatican City, The Guardian)

Orthodox Christians celebrate the Feast of Nativity on January 7th
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

Cardinal Kasper is far from controversies for a change, and happily so
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Study: New Congress showcases religious diversity but is still mostly Christian
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

The nation’s first two Muslim congresswomen are sworn in, surrounded by the women they inspired
(Michelle Boorstein, Marisa Iati, Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)

Grant programs offer boost to church renovation projects, within constitutional limits
(David Paulsen, Episcopal News Service)

Big jump in US Catholic dioceses naming names
(Claudia Lauer, Associated Press)

Pope urges US bishops to heal divisions, repair trust
(Jeff Karoub)

Congo’s Catholic church says data show clear election winner
(Mathilde Boussion and Saleh Mwanamilongo, Associated Press)

Turmoil in Congo underscores desire for hope.
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

Evangelicals seek detente with mideast Muslim leaders as critics doubt motives
(WFAE 90.7)

Tunisia says 2 jihadists blow themselves up in security raid
(Agence France Presse, Yahoo News)

Five potential victories for religious liberty in 2019
(Mark Rienzi, Washington Examiner)

Buner — where Sikhs and Muslims live in harmony
(Geo News)

Qadri calls for concerted efforts to promote interfaith harmony
(Radio Pakistan)

Lao Christians detained at New Year are freed
(Radio Free Asia)

India deports second Rohingya group to Myanmar, more expulsions likely
(Zarir Hussain, Reuters)

Argument: Bolsonaro's Christian coalition remains precarious
(Catherine Osborn, Foreign Policy)

Lawsuit over Washington violence looms over US-Turkey relations
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

US-Palestinian man gets life sentence for selling home to Jews
(Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

UN seeks to raise awareness of bias against African-Iraqis
(Saad Salloum, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Khashoggi’s murder three months on: new clues, new dynamics?
(Giorgio Cafiero, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

Why Iraq's president can expect warm welcome in Turkey
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Meet Iran's first ever Sunni female ambassador
(Al-Monitor Staff, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

US-led coalition scrambles to realign Islamic State mission following Syria exit
(Jack Detsch, Al-Monitor)

Muslims join Christians in appealing church demolition
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Government minister in Pakistan calls for greater interfaith harmony
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Lao Christians arrested during Christmas service are freed
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Burkino Faso enters state of emergency after Islamic militant ambush
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Indian women just did a remarkable thing – they formed a wall of protest
(Snigdha Poonam, The Guardian)

British parliament group report names India for religious freedom abuses
(Taylor Benson, Mission Network News)

Muslims volunteered to work a Christian soup kitchen on Christmas Eve for others to enjoy the holiday season
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Tolerating distraction
(David Marno, Religion News Service)

Why I already miss Bob Einstein
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism)

Faced with resurgent abuse crisis, Catholic prelates answer with more meetings
(David Clohessy, Religion News Service)

Redesigning sacred spaces to serve their communities — and save their congregations
(Caroline Cunningham, Religion News Service)

Pennacchio rails against ‘bigoted’ anti-Catholic comments made by U.S. Senators
(Insider NJ)

Freedom from Religion Foundation files complaint against two displays at Camden County Courthouse
(Andrew Havranek, KY3 News)

A global religious shift underway? What it means for Christians and Israel
(Christian Ellis, CBN News)

Unfinished 2019 business in America's ongoing First Amendment wars over religious liberty
(Richard Ostling, Get Religion)

Legal chaos follows developments of Ukrainian church situation
(Council of Orthodox Journalists, Russia Religion News)

Catholic refugee agency: British official wrong to ‘pre-judge’ asylum claims
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Law & Religion 2018 and 2019: retrospect and prospect
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Church leaders plead for peaceful elections in Senegal
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Federal judge in New Jersey allows a lawsuit seeking a mosque permit to continue
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Hindu hard-liners paralyze Indian state over women at shrine
(Associated Press)

How cow vigilantism is undermining the rule of law in India
(Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee, Al Jazeera)

US officials discuss Turkey’s request for cleric’s return
(Associated Press)

People in Turkey becoming less religious - Konda research
(Ahval News)

Islam is 'religion of peace,' says head of Turkey's Diyanet
(Anadolu Agency)

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