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Wednesday, 5 December 2018

LGBT people flee Tanzania amid police crackdown
(Doreen Ajiambo, Religion News Service)

It’s time for a grand compromise on religious freedom and contraceptives
(Thomas Reese, Religion News Service)

Christian vows bannedfrom civil weddings – but other religions slip through
(Joe Gamp, Express)

Crash or crash through: Morrison politicises religious discrimination debate
(Katharine Murphy and Paul Karp, The Guardian)

Some Republicans want to oust a Muslim doctor from his GOP leadership role — because he’s Muslim
(Meagan Flynn, The Washington Post)

Several states pass laws authorizing 'In God We Trust' motto in schools and other public buildings
(Debra Cassens Weiss, American Bar Association Journal)

Uzbekistan: "Illegal Christian Wahhabi activity"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Patriarch Kirill concerned about recent events in Russian-Ukrainian relations – spokesman
(Interfax-Religion)

Ukrainian president still confident of outcome in Ukrainian question
(RISU, Russia Religion News)

Criminal case against Jehovah's Witness in Russian Far East
(Website of Investigation Directorate of S.K.R.F. for Kamchatka territory, Russia Religion News)

Why I’m still siding with Scalia on religious liberty
(Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review)

Mexican Church promises to work with new president, but not to be ‘accomplice’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

The more Ortega strikes at Nicaraguan bishop, the bigger hero he becomes
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Expert says human rights created ‘iron shield’ shared by Catholic Church
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Court sides with 11 priests in Pennsylvania abuse report and won't release their names
(Janet DiGiacomo and Susannah Cullinane, The Philadelphia Tribune)

Court rules not to release the names of 11 priests accused of sexual assault
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Pennsylvania Supreme Court says names of 11 priests should be redacted from grand jury report
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Key Ukrainian church gathering slated for next week
(Associated Press)

Egypt hands Muslim Brotherhood leader another life sentence
(Associated Press)

Police captain gets $2.3M settlement against Beverly Hills
(Associated Press)

California city settles officer's religious discrimination suit against police chief for $2.3M
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Why UNESCO was right to add reggae to its cultural heritage list
(Christopher Partridge, The Conversation)

Religious leaders write on religious freedom prospects ahead
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

How often to Americans change their religion? New survey from Pew
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Tuesday, 4 December 2018

Pakistani Christian asylum seekers in Thailand ask for help
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)

What's next for religious freedom in 2019? Faith leaders and policymakers weigh in
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)

Central European U forced out of Hungary
(Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Ed)

Expulsion of Central European University from Hungary a devastating capstone on campaign to stifle free expression
(Pen America)

CEU confirms Vienna move
(Claudia Patricolo, Emerging Europe)

Soros-founded university says it has been kicked out of Hungary as an autocrat tightens his grip
(Griff Witte, The Washington Post)

G20 Interfaith Forum 2018: Policy Recommendations for the G20 Summit

A-G’s Opinion on revocation of Article 50 TEU – further comment
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

AG Campos Sánchez-Bordona: UK may unilaterally rescind EU withdrawal notification
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Update on amendments to SDA in Parliament
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

FoRB on the Frontlines: An atmosphere of self-censorship
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))

Shell’s climate change targets
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Law and religion round-up – 2nd December
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Like sand through the hourglas
(Gerry Turcotte, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

Thinking about missionaries: Arrogant fools or believers obeying core Christian doctrines?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Jehovah’s Witness leader in Russia faces criminal charges for ‘extremism’
(Jason Lemon, Newsweek)

Satanic Temple monument added to Capitol rotunda holiday displays
(Bernard Schoenburg, The State Journal-Register)

Egypt fails to remove religious affiliation on ID cards, further endangering Christians
(Jacob Airey, Daily Wire)

Pakistan: Blasphemy and the Court
(Sankar Sen, Statesman)

In election’s wake, Catholic-friendly laws under threat in states
(Stephen Beale, National Catholic Register)

Commission formed in Pakistan to protect rights of minorities
(Catholic News Agency)

Halal branding: new book probes the sticky intersections between retail, religion & pop culture
(Katie Baron, Forbes)

Bulgaria: Christians opposed proposed discriminatory bill that Is “a sad reminder of a bygone Communist past”
(Gregor Puppinck, American Center for Law and Justice)

Soros-founded university says it has been kicked out of Hungary as an autocrat tightens his grip
(Griff Witte, The Washington Post)

Odessa metropolitan asks Patriarch Kirill to facilitate Ukrainian sailors' release
(Interfax-Religion)

Organizer of Jehovah's Witnesses meetings indicted in Kamchatka
(Russia Religion News)

Scholar of Pentecostalism loses university position
(Meduza, Russia Religion News)

ECHR rejects Russia's request to send application of Pussy Riot members convicted for punk prayer in Moscow cathedral to Grand Chamber
(Interfax-Religion)

Saudi Arabia's textbooks encourage violence against Christians
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

When India's interfaith couples encounter threats, 'Love Commandos' come to their aid
(Lauren Frayer, National Public Radio)

Asia Bibi and family remain in danger in Pakistan
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Kosher ban is OK with Jewish supporters of Germany’s far-right party
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Episcopal Migration Ministries, 8 other agencies awarded new contracts to resettle refugees
(David Paulsen, Episcopal News Service)

Diplomats at Vatican back nuns in fight against human trafficking
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Ahead of elections, Bangladesh cardinal calls on politicians to tackle corruption
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Chief Vatican official to attend UN migration event in Morocco
(Claire Giangravé, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Amid crisis, Nicaragua’s cardinal becomes a reluctant national leader
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

LGBTQ redux: Seattle Times leans left while covering church struggles over the issue
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

“In God We Trust” legislation enacted in multiple states
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

120 Christian sites destroyed in Mosul
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Town denies Jewish group’s request to display menorah
(Associated Press)

Teacher says Catholic school fired her over her pregnancy
(Associated Press)

Bishop and priest recently freed after months of detention
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Pope pays tribute to legacy of slain Pakistani Christian leader
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

First Coptic mass held in Saudi Arabia
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Thousands of Islamist gather to commemorate anniversary of Christian governors arrest
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Congress passes bill aimed at prosecuting Iraq and Syria genocide
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Militia forces threaten Iraqi priest
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Religious opposition to furnishing Social Security number fails
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Group of Christians arrested in Iran
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

USCIRF presses for targeted sanctions for atrocities committed against Burma’s Rohingya Muslims and other religious and ethnic communities
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Myanmar religion minister says Rohingya 'brainwashed' to 'march' on the country
(Poppy McPherson and Thu Thu Aung, Reuters)

USCIRF to hold hearing on rising challenges to religious freedom in India
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Worship service in Uttar Pradesh disrupted and threatened by radical mob
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Christian leaders call for prayer against violence and persecution in Nigeria's middle belt
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Muslims demand full legal protection from Islamophobia
(Dan Sabbagh, The Guardian)

Agony of Orthodox Jews caught between two worlds
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Archbishop of Canterbury: I am not too political
(Haroon Siddique, The Guardian)

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

Politicians may be panicking about immigration. Australians are not
(David Marr, The Guardian)

Humanism should trump tribalism
(Charles Baily, The Guardian)

Albert Einstein's 'God letter' reflecting on religion up for auction
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Hey, that's our stuff: Maasai tribespeople tackle Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum
(Yohann Koshy, The Guardian)

Gene-edited girls as a Monolith moment
(Doug Clark, The Guardian)

Archaeologists believe they discovered Pontius Pilate's ring
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Texas Republicans want to remove vice-chairman because he's Muslim
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Satanist group is victim of Christmas tree ornament theft
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Southern Baptist seminary, in #MeToo age, appoints ‘women’s support coordinator’
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Anti-Semitism casts long shadows over Jewish festival of lights
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Pope says he’s worried about homosexuality in the priesthood
(Paul O'Donnell, Religion News Service)

Gay people should not join Catholic clergy, Pope Francis says
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)

How Hanukkah came to America
(Dianne Ashton, Religion News Service)

Madrasa Discourses equip tomorrow’s Islamic scholars with scientific literacy
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)

An Episcopalian president: For George H.W. Bush, religion was low-key but deep
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

I want to die like George H.W. Bush
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

Religious leaders recall George H.W. Bush’s priorities: friendship, faith, family
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

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