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Tuesday, 13 November 2018

Trump Admin cements Little Sisters’ exemption to the contraceptive mandate
(Nicole Russell, The Federalist)

The call of covenantal pluralism: Defeating religious nationalism with faithful patriotism
(Chris Seiple, Foreign Policy Research Institute)

Election day drinking game? Maybe. But here's another evangelical politics stat for news stories
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Religion law puts “thousands in a position of fragility”, Spanish EA tells Bulgarian ambassador
(Evangelical Focus)

Here we go again: U.S. Supreme Court gains even more power in America's culture wars?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Religious liberty is under significant threat this term
(Tyler Broker, Above the Law)

Sen. Ben Sasse stands out politically, and religiously, in the post-election GOP
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Opposition to tentative deal on Church and state grows
(ekathimerini.com)

Tensions on Religious Right? Did you notice Trump's political kill shot on Rep. Mia Love?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Nigerians spotlight children in UN review after seeking world churches help
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Kyrgyzstan: "The attackers are in freedom"
(Forum 18 News Service)

Poroshenko no-show at Kiev Monastery of the Caves to meet with Ukrainian Church clergy
(Interfax-Religion)

Rising hate in India
(Annie Gowen and Manas Sharma, The Washington Post)

Hindu vs. Muslim in India: The Washington Post covers a battle that's getting worse
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Post-election storylines: Five religion angles as dust settles from Midterm voting
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Ballot-box religion ghost for 2018? U.S. Senate races plus Supreme Court heat equals ...
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

It's a new fact of news life: Reporters have to start reading the alternative Catholic press
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)

What are the odds of this Catholic clergy abuse study receiving some elite ink?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Faith leaders describe the 'inner conflict and turmoil' they've experienced since Trump took office
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)

Spanish bishop urges solidarity among nations to resolve migrant crisis
(Catholic News Service)

Experts say Francis faces uphill battle to persuade Europe on immigration
(Claire Giangravé, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

South African bishops seek better compensation for suffering miners
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Saudi Arabia is misusing Mecca
(Khaled M. Abou El Fadl, The New York Times)

An ancient community in Pakistan fades as conversions to Islam rise
(Haq Nawaz Khan, The Washington Post)

India court to review lifting of temple ban on women of menstruating age
(Malini Menon and Suchitra Mohanty, Reuters)

Texas Jewish food truck vandalized in anti-Semitic attack
(JTA, The Times of Israel)

Amid rise of far-right, Austrian leader warns against repeat of history
(AFP and Raphael Ahren, The Times of Israel)

In synagogue on Kristallnacht anniversary, Merkel warns against anti-Semitism
(Geir Moulson and Randy Herschaft, The Times of Israel)

Polish leaders to join anti-Semitic nationalist at Independence Day march Sunday
(Vanessa Gera, The Times of Israel)

Men shouting about killing Jews end London Kristallnacht vigil
(The Times of Israel)

As-applied challenge to Chicago parking standard survives motion to dismiss
(Diana Neeves, RLUIPA-Defense)

Amsterdam BDS rally at monument to Nazi victims features suicide bomber song
(Cnaan Liphshiz, The Times of Israel)

Beat the journalism clock: Track rising anti-Semitism via Jewish and Israeli news media
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Vatican asks US bishops for delay in responding to sex abuse crisis
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Vatican shocks U.S. bishops, while some journalists keep tight focus on child abuse – alone
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

At Pope's request, U.S. Bishops postpone vote on new conduct standards
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Fired Muslim awarded $3.2 million in discrimination suit against Loma Linda University Medical Center
(Scott Schwebke, The Press-Enterprise)

Jury awards $3.2M to Muslim employee for religious discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Albany bishop rejects General Convention compromise on gay marriage, refuses to allow rites
(David Paulsen, Episcopal News Service)

NCAA representatives visit BYU, Temple Square and meet with Church leaders about LGBT student athletes
(Aubrey Eyre, Deseret News: LDS Church News)

EVENT, 13 November (scroll down): Jorella Andrews - The Courage to Persevere: Contemporary re-interrogations of faith and their public implications
(The FCSU Fellows' Public Seminar Series 2018, Goldsmiths University of London - Faith and Civil Society Unit, Venue: RHB137a)

Immigrant communities were the 'geographic solution' to predator priests
(Aaron Schrank, National Public Radio (NPR))

'Geographic solution' for predators? Hide bad priests in parishes with lots of immigrants
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Monday, 12 November 2018

NCAA Common Ground IV at BYU: Asking sincere questions, finding radical hope
(Natalie Ipson, BYU News)

Law and religion round-up – 11th November
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Berlin human rights conference stands up to nationalism, religious fundamentalism
(Daniel Heinrich, Deutsche Welle)

Church leaders, Italian government join forces to fight growing number of sects
(Claire Giangravé, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Globally and abroad, experts say religious freedom more than a ‘commodity’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Jews have own laws, can't decide on their divorce pleas: Mumbai court
(Rosy Sequeira, Times of India)

Indian court says Jewish divorce by mutual consent not permitted
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

How religious communities are responding to the refugee crisis
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Love God, Love neighbor: Channeling energy for refugee welcome (Responding to: How religious communities are responding to the refugee crisis)
(Allison Duvall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Jesuit Refugee Service responds to global challenges in refugee protection (Responding to: How religious communities are responding to the refugee crisis)
(Giulia McPherson, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Welcoming refugees in Pittsburgh (Responding to: How religious communities are responding to the refugee crisis)
(Anne Richard, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Proposed legislation restricting religion in Bulgaria draws Baptist opposition
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Are Christian faith/military duties in constitutional conflict? retired general weighs in
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Ukraine transfers noted church to Constantinople patriarch
(Associated Press)

Israel postpones decision on church lands bill
(Associated Press)

Albany Episcopal Bishop outlaws same-sex marriage in his churches
(Lauren Stanforth and Mallory Moench, Times Union)

Albany Episcopal bishop defies parent body on same-sex marriage rites
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

GB Flowood Operations to pay $25,000 to settle EEOC religious discrimination lawsuit
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

Restaurant settles EEOC suit on dress code accommodation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Texas secular wedding celebrants challenge religious privilege in solemnizing marriages
(Press Release, Center for Inquiry)

Challenge filed to Texas' limits on marriage celebrants
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

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

Canada apologizes for denying asylum to Jewish refugees of the MS St. Louis in 1939
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Turkey turns up heat on Saudis, shares recording of Khashoggi murder
(Ayla Jean Yackley, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

‘Israelization’ of ultra-Orthodox affects municipal elections
(Danny Zaken, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Morrison urges Muslim community to be more 'proactive' in tackling terrorism
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)

How the Great War gave us the US Conference of Catholic Bishops
(Michael McKinley, Religion News Service)

‘Next time we will not survive’ – Middle East Christian refugee
(World Watch Monitor)

Is schism possible in the Catholic Church?
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)

Jerusalem mayoral race exposes religious-secular rift
(Michelle Chabin, Religion News Service)

Notre Dame students cite faith as they kneel during national anthem to protest racism
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Does Mosul bomb signal ISIS return to Nineveh plains?
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

State run school in Vietnam building on Catholic churches property
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Church in China's Hunan province faces unrelenting harassment
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

What the California fires cannot destroy
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism)

Trump requests resignation of Jeff Sessions for a more "Biblical view"
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Kidnapped Nigerian priests freed by police
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Iranian clerics single out Evangelical Christianity
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

An ancient Jewish WWI veteran speaks
(Jeffrey Salkin, Religion News Service)

Vatican instructs U.S. bishops to halt voting on sex abuse measures
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

US bishops cancel votes on tackling sex abuse after pope intervenes
(Associated Press in Baltimore, The Guardian)

Welcoming veterans to belated college careers with yoga and a dose of Taoism
(Tom Verde, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Saturday, 10 November 2018

Top Catholic bishop to be questioned over child abuse scandal
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Mass sentencing of upper Egypt ISIS cell
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Four Catholic priests abducted at gunpoint in Nigeria
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Chinese bishop kidnapped by police
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

TV scientist Alice Roberts to be president of Humanists UK
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Prince Charles bypassing Jos ‘robbed Nigeria’s Christians of opportunity to create awareness about our travails’
(World Watch Monitor)

Why the Hindu spiritual tradition of vegetarianism is getting a fresh start
(Rosanne Skirble, Religion News Service)

Faith leaders denounce Trump proclamation denying asylum outside border crossings
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Lutheran school in Thousand Oaks learns how to grieve after losing one of its own
(Cathleen Falsani, Religion News Service)

Saudi Arabia, Shi’ism and the illusion of reform
(Robert G. Rabil, Syria Comment)

The plight of the Druze hostages held by ISIS & the war on the Islamic State
(Talal el-Atrache, Syria Comment)

Religion Watch, November 2018, Volume 34 No. 1
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)

Friday, 9 November 2018

Lessons from history 100 years after the Armistice
(The Economist)

School bells ring again at Mosul's Christian school
(Adnan Abu Zeed, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Church and war: The Church of England plays a big role in acts of remembrance
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

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