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Thursday, 3 January 2019

Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar embody a new era for Muslim women
(Rafia Zakaria, CNN)

Two Muslim women to be sworn in as Members of Congress today
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Sovereign citizen’s prison religion suit may be revisited
(Dave Stafford, Indiana Lawyer)

7th Circuit remands prisoner's attempt to join Moorish Science worship
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Mexican experts discover first temple of god depicted as skinned human corpse
(Associated Press in Mexico City, The Guardian)

Holcomb says he’ll push hard for hate crimes law
(Associated Press)

Dear Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats: A hijab is not a hat
(Liz Bucar, Religion News Service)

Laos authorities crackdown on Christians: ‘Christianity is religion of Europeans and Americans'
(Samuel Smith, Christian Post)

Wednesday, 2 January 2019

Bishops’ guidance on reporting safeguarding to Charity Commission
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

We need understand religious communities with their religious character: Philpott
(Javad Heirannia, Tehran Times)

Jerry Falwell Jr rejects morality, Christianity in government
(Susan Wright, Patheos)

The ever-expanding culture of persecution
(Tyler Broker, Above the Law)

Surprise! It's time for another one-sided look at the birth of a new church – the Women Priests
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

An Episcopal priest bolts for the Catholic Church, but will news story answer the obvious questions?
(Bobby Ross Jr., Get Religion)

Trump is what matters: Mark Burnett/Roma Downey faith duet gets a nod in The New Yorker
(Julia Duin, Get Religion)

Theologian says Christianity can foster democracy, good governance in Africa
(Charles C. Camosy, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Kenai Assembly’s prayer list broadens after policy change
(Associated Press)

The last Jews Of Tajikistan
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)

Keeping the faith: With missionary work banned, Mormons in Russia 'just making friends'
(Matthew Luxmoore, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)

Jehovah's Witnesses have filed more than 40 complaints in European court
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Religion vs religious nationalism
(Varghese K. George, The Hindu)

80 churches, affiliated service buildings legalized
(Egypt Today)

Sisi issues decree to establish committee counters sectarian strife
(Egypt Today)

Myanmar’s Buddhists block Rohingya Muslims from blood supplies, report says
(Timothy McLaughlin and Shibani Mahtani, The Washington Post)

China’s gulag for Muslims
(Mustafa Akyol, The New York Times)

Houthis push for abrupt court hearings in Sana’a, endangering Baha’is in Yemen
(Bahá’í International Community)

Vatican letter undermines US cardinal on abuse
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Vatican's delay of U.S. Bishops proposals explained
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

America's religious landscape is changing. Should marriage laws change, too?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)

‘In God We Trust’ will be on all new Mississippi license plates
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)

Pope warns predator priests to prepare for "divine justice"
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Pope laments disjointed world, says politics is the realm of all as Catholic Church is chastised
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Official recognition for Ukrainian church roils Orthodox world
(Nikolia Apostolou, Religion News)

Indonesia's interfaith figures call for fight against 'religious exclusivism'
(The Straits Times)

40 Catholic missionaries killed in 2018; new deadliest continent for priests revealed
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Will Lebanon’s support of UN compacts benefit Syrian refugees?
(Scott Preston, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)

The Israeli ultra-Orthodox paradox: earning little, feeling rich
(Danny Zaken, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Israel's foreign ministry launches protest after Jordanian spokeswoman steps on Israeli flag
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

Seeking freedom of religion for Reform Jews in Israel in 2019 | Opinion
(Barry Silver, South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Iraq's grand Sunni mufti forbids participation in New Year's celebrations
(Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Philippine president Duterte mocks Holy Trinity, rants against church
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Duterte testing validity of Church rituals in calling Holy Trinity 'silly' - Palace
(ABS-CBN News)

Iranian sisters make bail following harsh interrogation
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Iranian Christian released on bail with health concerns
(Claire Evans, International Christian Concern)

Elderly Baha’i man arrested for third time for peacefully practicing his religion
(Iran Human Rights)

My client’s death sentence for blasphemy was overturned. She still cannot leave Pakistan.
(Saif ul Malook, The Washington Post)

Will 2019 be the year Asia Bibi finally finds freedom?
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Group in Malaysia protests against Christmas celebration
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Beer-brewing Trappist monks put faith in plants to reduce water waste
(Daniel Boffey, The Guardian)

Identity, culture and definitions of Jewishness
(Duncan Michael, Tristan Moss, Phillip Khan-Pani, Ya'ir Klein, and John Traynor, The Guardian)

Bishops’ guidance on reporting safeguarding to Charity Commission
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Archbishop of Canterbury urges openness in new year message
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Turkey's gift of a mosque sparks fears of ‘neo-Ottomanism’ in Kosovo
(Maxim Edwards and Michael Colborne, The Guardian)

Extremists stone, slash Christians in India, claim victory for Hindu goddess
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Christians Hospitalized after Terrifying Christmas Attacks in India
(Morning Star News)

2 women enter Hindu temple in India, breaking years-long ban
(Associated Press)

Mob in India harasses children on way to Christmas program
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Protests break out in India after two women enter temple
(Amrit Dhillon, The Guardian)

Religious photos of the year
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

What’s coming for religion in 2019? Here’s what the experts predict.
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)

Why more and more Americans think religion is irrelevant
(Mark Silk, Religion News Service)

Tuesday, 1 January 2019

Video: Christmas greetings from CEC – Together in hope and witness (2018 and 2019)
(Conference of European Churches)

Ecclesiastical Court Judgments – December
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

This day in politics: Jefferson signs ‘Danbury Letter,’ Jan. 1, 1802
(Andrew Glass, Politico)

We don’t necessarily need “religious” theory in IR: Dallmayr
(Kamal Iranidoost, MEHR News Agency)

Georgetown University center joins fight against border wall on La Lomita property
(John C Moritz, Corpus Christi Caller Times)

An ‘atheist’ empire? Trump aides rally evangelicals in China fight
(South China Morning Post)

Top 5 religious freedom victories of 2018
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Uganda Joint Christian Council New Year message
(Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, Uganda Christian News)

Belgium region's kosher slaughter ban goes into effect
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)

Genetic study finds widespread Sephardic ancestry in Latin America
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

2018 Jewish Top 10 news story list spotlights anti-Semitism, as well as the genre's limitations
(Ira Rifkin, Get Religion)

He was a gay man on staff at a Catholic parish. Then the threats began coming in
(Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times)

When covering Catholic wars over sex, it's clear there are questions the Gray Lady refuses to ask
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)

Amendment of law may affect Jehovah's Witnesses
(Oleg Krasnov, Liudmila Maratova, Kavkazskii Uzel)

Judge accepts false testimony against 70-year-old Jehovah's Witness
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News)

As Ukraine and Russia battle over Orthodoxy, schism looms
(Andrew Higgins, The New York Times)

Split of Ukrainian Orthodox church from Moscow looms
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

China's future in the balance
(Peter J. Leithart, First Things)

For the Catholic Church, a year of unending clergy abuse revelations
(Virginia Alvino Young, National Public Radio)

Steelers donate $70,000 to victims of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting attack
(Marcy Oster, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Vatican visit to Iraq symbolizes promise and peril for Christian presence
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Austrian women celebrate country’s first same-sex marriage
(Associated Press)

Bolivian evangelicals and the government come to an agreement on religious freedom
(Evangelical Focus)

Monday, 31 December 2018

“Nepali Congress will not mix religion with politics”
(Rastriya Samachar Samiti, The Himalayan)

2 decrees to enhance stability, unity in Egypt within 48 hours
(Egypt Today)

A GetReligionista looks back on some of his — and his colleagues' — most-clicked posts of 2018
(Bobby Ross Jr., Get Religion)

As simple as a cartoon: At the New Yorker, white evangelicalism = Ku Klux Klan + patriarchy
(Julia Duin, Get Religion)

Bulgaria’s Parliament approves second reading of Religious Denominations Act amendments
(Sofia Globe)

Burkina Faso: Islamist attacks prompt state of emergency
(Deutsche Welle)

California’s first Muslim judge on faith and public service
(David Tereshchuk, PBS)

Chinese authorities close three Hui Muslim mosques for ‘illegal religious education’
(Laurie Chen, South China Morning Post)

Congo’s top archbishop pleads for peace on eve of election
(Mathilde Boussion, Associated Press)

Court refuses to dismiss suit over parents' religious promise
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

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

File this info: Here’s another Orthodox Jewish rabbi for journalists' source lists
(Richard Ostling, Get Religion)

Friday Five: Baby Jesus thefts, 'Charlie Brown Christmas,' Jews help refugees, RNS wins 'Jeopardy'
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Illuminating Islam’s peaceful origins
(Mustafa Akyol, The New York Times)

Interfaith figures call for fight against 'religious exclusivism'
(Karina Tehusijarana, The Jakarta Post)

KRG condemns Iraqi cleric’s anti-Christmas message
(Rudaw.net)

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