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Saturday, 15 December 2018

Police in Laos arrest grandmother, three other Christians during worship
(Morning Star News)

China cracks down on unofficial church, arresting pastor and 100 members
(Morning Star News)

Christian organizations back LGBT legislation in exchange for religious liberty protections
(Scott Slayton, Christian Headlines)

Petition calls Deadpool/Jesus poster 'religious discrimination'
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)

Bill recognizing 'reproductive rights' as human rights introduced in US House
(Catholic News Agency)

Ohio 'heartbeat abortion' ban advances toward governor's veto decision
(Catholic News Agency)

Vatican Christmas concert will support refugees in Iraq, Uganda
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)

Gun deaths in US reach record-high
(Catholic News Agency)

Pennsylvania AG files challenge to new federal religious freedom rules
(Catholic News Agency)

Minn. archbishop announces moves to end culture fostering clergy abuse
(Catholic News Agency)

Why organized labor is (still) a Catholic cause
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)

Pope Francis to visit Mother Teresa's birthplace in 2019
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)

Arrested Chinese house church members criminally charged
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Basra Christians slowly abandon the city
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Pastor in India arrested for attempting to show film about Jesus Christ
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

India's Christians relieved as Hindu nationalists lose five key state elections
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Egyptian police officer murders two Christian men
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Christian bookstore reopened by Algerian court
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Indonesian police foil terrorist plot before Christmas
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

India continues downward trend in US religious freedom report
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

We’ve got the degrees, so why do Muslim women struggle to get jobs?
(Aina Khan, The Guardian)

Francis: A Life in Songs by Ann Wroe review – the saint’s life in poetry
(David Wheatley, The Guardian)

Nuns admit to embezzling $500,000 for gambling trips
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

‘I must denounce this wickedness openly’ – detained Chinese pastor
(World Watch Monitor)

Aaradhya's India: The whole world is our family
(Wayne Edward Hanson, World Religion News)

Texas bill would allow public schools to post the ten commandments in classrooms
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Pope will visit the Macedonian birthplace of Mother Teresa in May 2019
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Haloed goat head statue to be installed at Michigan capitol before Christmas
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

‘Yellow vest’ protests test English-speaking Catholic church in Paris
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)

I produced an interfaith play. Then all hell broke loose
(Malik Gillani, Religion News Service)

Theology of Baptist seminary's lament: Slavery is the headline, but a few media reports mention sin
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Southern Baptist seminary report ties founders to slaveholding, white supremacy
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Oldest institution of Southern Baptist convention reveals past ties to slavery
(Adeel Hassan, The New York Times)

Report on slavery is only a start for Southern Baptists’ reckoning with racism
(Jemar Tisby, Religion News Service)

First Step Act recognizes that prisoners, too, are made in God’s image
(Heather Rice-Minus, Religion News Service)

At Wheaton summit, prominent evangelicals share stories of sexual abuse
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Desires for power: sex scandals and their proliferation
(Amanda Lucia, OUPblog | Religion)

Friday, 14 December 2018

Australia PM promises stiffer laws against religious discrimination
(Colin Packham, Reuters)

Australia religious freedom aims to ‘respect’ country’s diversity of faith
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Thai Islamic leaders tighten rules on child marriage
(Associated Press)

USCIRF welcomes appointment of Anurima Bhargava by Leader Pelosi
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Bhargava appointed to USCIRF
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

The Mufti demands lawsuit against UK embassy in Libya for anti-Islam activities
(Abdulkader Assad, Libya Observer)

Libyan mufti wants to sue British embassy for its equality program
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

U.S. appeals court narrows order on Trump birth control rules
(Dan Levine, Reuters)

9th Circuit: Limited injunction against interim contraceptive coverage rules upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

N.Y. Catholic schools will boycott new state survey, inspection program
(Rick Karlin, Albany Times Union)

NY Catholic schools say they will ignore new state review system
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

As the world appears to turn upside down (again), Advent is here
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)

Cardinal wants international inquiry in church massacre in Central African Republic
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

USCIRF applauds Canada’s move toward abolishing blasphemy law
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Thursday, 13 December 2018

Philpott, “Religious Freedom in Islam”
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum)

The EU sees signs of hope in its external action to promote Freedom of Religion or Belief
(Don Zeeman, Evangelical Focus)

Jordan moves to improve lives of Gazan refugees
(Osama Al Sharif, Al-Monitor: Jordan Pulse)

Intel: Why the State Department still doesn’t have a Middle East chief
(Al-Monitor Staff, Al-Monitor)

NHS introduces faith declaration to reassure potential organ donors
(Rosemary McCabe, The Guardian)

Discrimination bill could lead to challenges to school chaplains program
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)

The Christian singer and the voice behind ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
(Heidi Hall, Religion News Service)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, this is your history
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism)

Why we should stop using the term religious ‘nones’
(Tara Isabella Burton, Religion News Service)

A sacred light in the darkness: Winter solstice illuminations at Spanish missions
(Ruben G. Mendoza, Religion News Service)

Nadia Bolz-Weber wants to kiss 1990s-era purity rings goodbye
(Cathleen Falsani, Religion News Service)

Bishops and astronauts gather in Washington to remember Apollo 8
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Prominent Chinese pastor held on suspicion of inciting subversion
(Christian Shepherd, Reuters)

Pakistani province announces plan to protect religious minorities
(Catholic News Agency)

Treasury Dep't issues guidance softening parking tax burden on churches, nonprofits
(Leonardo Blair, Christian Post)

Symposium (memorial cross): Crosses and constitutional clarity
(Lindsay See, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium (memorial cross): Cross purposes — Why a Christian symbol can’t memorialize all war dead
(Richard B. Katskee, SCOTUSblog)

Vatican climate negotiator looks to NGOs to override government inaction
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

When it comes to migration, Vatican’s as progressive as they come
(Claire Giangravé, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

In farewell, Hatch calls on religious conservatives to find common ground with LGBT community
(Eugene Scott, The Washington Post)

Hatch laments loss of civility for US Senate in ‘crisis’
(Brady McCombs, Associated Press)

Mosque survives motion to dismiss its RLUIPA and Constitutional claims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Montana Supreme Court: Tax credit that benefited religious schools is unconstitutional
(Seaborn Larson, Missoulian)

Montana Supreme Court invalidates tuition tax credit program
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Montana Supreme Court rules religious school tuition tax credit unconstitutional
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Beyond the War on Christmas: AP serves up an advent story that fails to mention Advent
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Conservatives slam Church of England's new transgender guidance, re-dedication ceremony
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Students walk out to protest firing of Christian teacher for opposing transgender pronoun use rules
(Leah MarieAnn Klett, The Christian Post)

Trump signs bill to aid ISIS genocide victims; Iraqi Christians ‘beginning to see a difference’
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Celebrating Christmas in exile: IDPs speak on the yuletide season
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Myanmar president criticized for claiming improvement on human rights
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

US commission releases report on anti-conversion laws in South Asia
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Mosul experiences reconstruction setback
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Coalition to unveil new laws to guard religious freedom but stalls on LGBT students
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)

George Pell: Pope Francis removes Australian cardinal from inner circle
(Melissa Davey, The Guardian)

Religious freedom and LGBT kids: Coalition kicks can down the road with yet another review
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)

Indian Christians heave sighs of relief as Hindu nationalists lose elections in key states
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)

Pakistan joins US list of worst religious freedom violators
(World Watch Monitor)

Arson attacks target Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Halls in Washington State
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

San Diego's "Love Knows No borders: Week of Action" day 1 ends in 32 arrests
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

EVENT, 13 December 2018: Still Rising: The Increasing Role of Women as Heads of Religious Freedom Organizations, Newseum, Washington, DC
(Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)

President Trump signs bill to aid religious genocide victims in Iraq and Syria
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

The aftermath of genocide
(Peter Stockland, Convivium)

The dangers of postmodern thinking
(Jean-François Mattei, La Croix International)

Beneath the summer jobs controversy
(Peter Stockland inteviews Andrew Bennett, Convivium)

Voters elect first woman to local council in Aleppo, Syria
(Khaled al-Khateb, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)

New book references what national constitutions say about religion
(Eron Henry & Associates)

State Department names the world’s worst violators of religious freedom
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

New USCIRF report: Anti-conversion laws on the rise in South Asia
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

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