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Friday, 21 December 2018

Over 500 priests accused of sexual abuse were withheld by the Catholic church
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Hark! the heresy — poll finds most contentious lines in popular Christmas carols
(Tim Wyatt, Church Times)

Archbishop Ntahoturi to leave Rome after sexual misconduct allegation
(Staff Reporter, Church Times)

Why the Johnson Amendment is always debated and never repealed
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)

US genocide law triggers mixed feelings among Iraqis
(Saad Salloum, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

For survivor of attack on Christians in Nigeria, a lonely Christmas
(Morning Star News)

"Thank God that wall wasn't there": House Democrat says border wall would have killed baby Jesus
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)

World's first 'transgender cultural district' created in San Francisco
(Sarah Curlee, Christian Headlines)

Woman's customized stamp order rejected for being too religious
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)

300 Hindu radicals terrorize Christian children at Sunday School, threaten to beat them
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Christians of Kom al-Raheb wait 17 years for church
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Pakistan's Christmas face uneasy Christmas holiday
(Olivia Miller)

Indonesia uses anti-terror law to detain suspects ahead of Christmas
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

UN troops in CAR under scrutiny for abandoning civilians to Muslim terror group
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Sixty day church service keeps hope alive for asylum family at Christmas
(Daniel Boffey, The Guardian)

‘Prepare for divine justice’, pope warns clerical child abusers
(Associated Press in Vatican City, Religion News Service)

Lay off my God already!
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism)

Pope to priestly sex abusers: Turn yourselves in
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

Phil Vischer has hope for the future of VeggieTales, 25 years later
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)

Christian company’s $150 million dream of Israeli oil boom may go bust
(Bruce Tomaso, Religion News Service)

In Israel, Christians embrace a simple, spiritual Christmas
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Does anti-religious programming play a role in the increase in hate crimes?
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Thursday, 20 December 2018

Christian baker Jack Phillips in court again after refusing gender transition cake
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Church now allowed to worship in coffee shop after Maryland city changes law
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Indonesian Muslims remove the cross from deceased Catholic's tomb
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Boris Johnson cleared over burqa comments
(Press Association, The Guardian)

Celebrate the winter solstice to reclaim the festive spirit
(Gillian Monks, The Guardian)

U.S. sports apparel under investigation for being made by Muslims in Chinese internment camps
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

Second underground Chinese bishop replaced by government-backed bishop
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Chinese city bans public Christmas decorations in continued crackdown on Christianity
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

China says 'resolutely opposes' new U.S. law on Tibet
(Philip Wen, Reuters)

China blasts US media reports of forced work at Muslim camp
(Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press)

USCIRF welcomes enactment of Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Wave of states investigating Catholic abuse, Utah lists names of priests accused
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

How religious celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, and the holidays
(WRN Editorial Staff, World Religion News)

Colorado baker who refused to make gay couple's cake faces another anti-LGBT allegation
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

A new Christmas pageant shows off the fierce side of Mary
(Tracy Simmons, Religion News Service)

Religious leaders in Congo urge the country to go to the polls to replace Kabila
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Two cheers for the First Step Act
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)

God loves Christopher Hitchens anyway
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism)

Bad priests, of all kinds, chase people away from Christ and the church
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)

‘Hacking the good’ from religion at a secular solstice
(Tara Isabella Burton, RNS Column: Religion Remixed)

Hindu radicals terrorize Christian children attending Sunday school in southern India
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Hindu extremists threaten children at Sunday school in southern India
(Morning Star News)

India’s conviction of a mass killer falls short of justice
(Simran Jeet Singh, RNS Column: Articles of Faith)

Eritreans in refugee camps fear being sent home
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Pakistani Christians face an uneasy Christmas in the wake of Asia Bibi’s release
(Naila Inayat, Religion News Service)

Yemeni mom overcomes travel ban to finally hold dying son
(Julie Watson and Paul Elias, Religion News Service)

Native artisans fight to survive in ‘the town of the Nativities’
(Irving Cabrera Torres, Religion News Service)

A push for compromise on LGBTQ protections may tear evangelicals apart
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Orthodox believers rally to protest Ukraine parliament vote
(Associated Press)

Alabama police department blames crimes on rejection of God
(Associated Press)

Organization wants Indiana county to remove Nativity scene
(Associated Press)

Denmark, with an eye on Muslims, requires new citizens to shake hands
(Martin Selsoe Sorensen, The New York Times)

Public Prosecutor charges police officer with murder of two Copts in Minya
(Mada Masr)

Last member of former Yaran ends prison term, persecution continues
(Bahá’í World News Service)

Open letter from USCIRF Vice Chair Gayle Manchin to Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Spike in arrests of Christians in Iran especially severe this Christmas season, sources say
(Morning Star News)

Pakistan education religious bias claimed
(Kamran Chaudhry, UCA News)

A religious freedom battleground
(Emanuella Grinberg, CNN)

Ruddock Report response (part 3)
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Response to Ruddock Report- Dr Alex Deagon guest blog
(Law and Religion Australia)

Judge says Catholic Church must allow access to Pharr Oratory property for border wall survey
(Dave Hendricks, Progress Times)

Court orders church to allow federal surveyors on its property
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Illinois AG says Catholic Church is delinquent in reporting on offending priests
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Attorney General Madigan provides update on investigation into Catholic Church
(Press Release, Illinois Attorney General)

Repeal of Canada’s blasphemy law applauded by national secularist organization
(Press Release, The Canadian Secular Alliance)

Canada repeals blasphemous libel section of criminal code
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Wednesday, 19 December 2018

European Court rules against Greece over Shariah law
(Nektaria Stamouli, The Wall Street Journal)

Sharia and inheritance in Western Thrace: the Grand Chamber judgment in Molla Sali
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Greece violated Muslim woman’s rights: ECHR
(Hürriyet Daily News)

Human rights court rules against Greece in Sharia law case
(Elena Becatoros, Religion News Service)

No, the European Court of Human Rights has not paved the way for the application of the Sharia law
(vaaju.com)

Sharia law applied to an inheritance dispute contrary to the will of the testator, a Greek belonging to the Muslim minority: violation of the Convention
(Press Release of the Registrar - Grand Chamber Judgment Molla Sali v. Greece, European Court of Human Rights)

Sharia and inheritance in Western Thrace: the Grand Chamber judgment in Molla Sali
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Electric scooters: Israel’s two-wheeled solution to traffic and Sabbath
(Wall Street Journal Video)

Christian, Muslim leaders join Jordan’s king for Christmas celebration
(Dale Gavlak, Catholic News Service)

Western diplomats have ignored religion at their own peril
(Mosaic)

US congressional panel assails China for ‘severe religious freedom violations’ for detaining Christians and closing churches
(Robert Delaney, South China Morning Post)

Atheists say the “First Step Act” uses taxpayer money for religious programs
(Hemant Mehta, Friendly Atheist, Patheos blog)

Australia’s religious freedom review
(Alex Deagon, Asia & the Pacific Policy Society)

Tajikistan: Killed prisoners denied Muslim funerals
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Kremlin to look at every individual case where members of religious groups face criminal prosecution
(Interfax-Religion)

Official American support for new Ukrainian church
(RISU, Russia Religion News)

Poroshenko advises radicals against seizing Moscow Patriarchate's churches
(Interfax-Religion)

Ukrainian Security Service wants to question Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra's vicar
(Interfax-Religion)

Ukrainian politicians are pushing their people to ruin - Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religion)

Jehovah's Witnesses' property case before European court
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Russia presents to European Court comments on appeal of "Glazov and others v. RF"
((Jehovah's WItnesses in Russia), Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Pace of haredi Orthodox integration into Israeli life slowing down
(Sam Sokol, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Why Bangladesh's mainstream parties rely on Islamists
(Ali Riaz, Deutsche Welle)

Bangaldesh: Do we need a ministry for religious minorities?
(Farzana Mahmood, Dhaka Tribune)

Catholic Christmas carols not in danger in Quebec, specialist says
(Philippe Vaillancourt, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

USAID to partner with Hungary to help Middle East Christians
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Church optimistic about this weekend’s elections in Congo
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

LGBT Catholics are a reality: Theology must acknowledge gender science
(Craig A. Ford, Jr., Commonweal)

4th Circuit revives lawsuit challenging Bible courses in West Virginia school district
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Satanic Temple allowed to intervene in Ten Commandments case
(Associated Press)

Dismissal of Bible in the Schools lawsuit has been reversed
(Charles Boothe, The Register Herald)

4th Circuit says student has standing to challenge Bible in schools program
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

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