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Wednesday, 12 September 2018

Desperate parents are bribing priests with muffins – our faith school system must end
(Zoe Williams, The Guardian)

As anti-Church violence in Nicaragua grows, Pope urges ‘fraternal reconciliation’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Closed churches force Copts to hold funerals in the streets
(World Watch Monitor)

Angela Merkel outraged over Nazi chants in far-right rally
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

China continues the crackdown on Christianity
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

School board to fight lawsuit alleging religion promotion
(Associated Press)

Using Buddhism for educational achievement: An interview with middle way school's executive director Noa Jones
(WRN Editorial Staff, World Religion News)

US lawmakers urge export restrictions targeting Xinjiang
(Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press)

Prison accused of discriminatory treatment of Muslim woman
(Associated Press)

Trump’s Education Department weighs in on anti-Semitism case
(Maria Danilova, Associated Press)

Why evangelical Christians — and all of us — should stand up for the Uighurs
(Bob Roberts, Religion News Service)

Group: Officials destroying crosses, burning Bibles in China
(Christopher Bodeen, Religion News Service)

Education Dept. reopens Rutgers case charging discrimination against Jewish students
(Erica L. Green, The New York Times)

Global Hindu gathering draws crowd, protest in Chicago
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Shuttered houses of worship get a reboot, find new life
(Mark A. Kellner, Religion News Service)

DOE reopens case against Rutgers for allowing anti-Semitism on campus
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Kenyan religious leaders fight to rescue young girls from child marriage
(Tonny Onyulo, Religion News Service)

BSU settles lawsuit brought by pro-life group
(Seth Slabaugh, Muncie Star Press)

Weighing the spiritual cost when saints turn out to be scoundrels
(Cathleen Falsani, Religion News Service)

Ball State settles suit by pro-life student group
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Indian court raises LGBT hopes of finding home in traditional faiths
(Priyadarshini Sen, Religion News Service)

Bossier schools will fight lawsuit; allow Christian-based ad on field
(Bossier Now)

‘Fat and Faithful’: A new book probes the spirituality of body image
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)

Religious themed ad reinstated on football field amid broader litigation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Siri doesn’t know squat
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS: Martini Judaism)

RLUIPA challenge by Catholic high school to stadium lighting rules rejected
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Cardinal Wuerl says he will meet with pope to discuss possible resignation
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Pope summons bishops for February abuse prevention summit
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

Defending Islam, gays and Blackpool, Brits oppose Franklin Graham’s UK visit
(Rosie Dawson, Religion News Service)

Millions of people, mostly Muslims, suddenly excluded as citizens in northeastern India
(Siddhant Mohan, USA Today)

People of faith urge Trump to admit more refugees
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Many Pakistanis with Ivy League PhDs support discrimination against Ahmadis
(Husain Haqqani, The Print)

Pakistan government's pro-minority stance questioned as Ahmadi economist's appointment is revoked
(Umaima Ahmed, Anushe Noor Faheem, Qurratulain (Annie) Zaman, Global Voices)

Fatwas, niqabs and 'acceptable standards': Is conservative Islam on the rise across Indonesia?
(Tasha Wibawa, ABC Net)

Securitization of Islam and religious freedom
(Jocelyne Cesari, Religious Freedom Institute)

Court denies summary judgment in “Integral Yoga” RLUIPA dispute in Hawaii
(Evan Seeman, RLUIPA-Defense)

EVENT, 12 September 2018: The Kingdom of God Has No Borders: A Conversation with Author Melani McAlister
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

EVENT, 12 September 2018: Religion and immigration: Tips for sharing scholarship with the public
(Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)

EVENT, 12-14 September 2018: The Fifth ICLARS Conference, Living Together in Diversity: Strategies from Law and Religion- Program
(International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (ICLARS), Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

EVENT LOGISTICS, 12-14 September 2018: The Fifth ICLARS Conference
(International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (ICLARS), Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

By a large margin, majority of Americans want Johnson Amendment in place
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Tuesday, 11 September 2018

Scattering ashes on water and land – some basics
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Isle of Man: charity law consultation
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Beijing bans online evangelization
(Bernardo Cervellera, Asia News)

Explainer: What is the 'religious freedom' debate about, and why are we having it?
(Michael Koziol, The Sydney Morning Herald)

Sen. Orrin Hatch: Tolerance has become intolerant. But there is a cure
(TIME)

Uzbekistan: building on centuries of inter-religious harmony
(Javlon Vakhabov, The Diplomat)

Putin urges to follow the example of the chief rabbi of Russia - father of 14 children
(Interfax-Religion)

Patriarch Bartholomew's position on Ukrainian Church motivated by politics rather than religion - Russian Imperial Family head
(Interfax-Religion)

Jehovah's Witness draftee defends right to conscientious objection
(NIA-Federatsiia, Russia Religion News)

Argentina’s government continues complex relationship with Church
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

11th Circuit reluctantly affirms order to remove Pensacola cross
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

China to regulate online religious activity amid crackdown
(Associated Press)

AP Poll: Voters open to candidates who aren’t very religious
(David Crary, Associated Press)

India: 2 years after Supreme Court order, no investigation into ‘shocking’ number of Kandhamal acquittals
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)

Thai police shut down journalists’ discussion about Rohingya
(Associated Press)

Nepal’s Communist government tightens its grip on civil society
(Arun Budhathoki, The Diplomat)

Azerbaijan: Heavy fines for selling unapproved literature
(Forum 18 News Service)

U.S. religious freedom envoy traveling to Ukraine, Poland, Uzbekistan
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)

EVENT, 11 September 2018: Difficult Dialogue: Lowering the Heat to Engage in Meaningful Conversations
(Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)

USCIRF highly concerned by latest Chinese government abuses against religious communities
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Monday, 10 September 2018

Foster-care, “the religious background of the child” and inaccurate reporting: a postscript
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Kavanaugh's birth control comments spur controversy- What did he say?
(Catholic News Agency)

As US closes Palestinian office, Catholics urge that Palestinian voices be heard in peace process
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)

The chief rabbi’s LGBT report shows that culture wars can be overcome
(Naomi Alderman, The Guardian)

It’s Jewish new year, a time to eat and talk – and there’ll only be one topic at the table
(Hadley Freeman, The Guardian)

Pope Francis orders new bishops to 'just say no to abuse'
(Melissa Davey, The Guardian)

Argentinians formally leave Catholic church over stance on abortion
(Uki Goni, The Guardian)

Muslim group calls for preacher linked to Trump to be denied UK visa
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

'I want to be a doctor, not a rabbi': how Israeli ultra-Orthodox are being drawn into work
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Indian Catholic nuns protest against bishop accused of rape
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)

'You didn't get our message': key Trump aide Stephen Miller condemned by childhood rabbi
(Andrew Gumbel, The Guardian)

China cracks down on 'chaotic' religious information online
(Reuters, The Guardian)

Church of England affiliation hits record low
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Rubio calls out China for 'burning Bibles'
(Emily Birnbaum, The Hill)

Prime Minister Scott Morrison flags law change to ‘protect religious freedom’
(Jordan Hirst, Q News)

Corrections trainee's religious discrimination suit over shaving mandate remanded for hearing
(Michael Booth, New Jersey Law Journal)

Religion Watch, September 2018, Volume 33 No. 11
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)

September 9: Donald Trump asks for evangelical support and is charged with breaking the law
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)

Archbishop of Canterbury addresses UN Security Council on uses of mediation
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

In God some trust: The role of religion in Anglophone democracies
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Russian Orthodox Church urges Constantinople not to substitute canonical logic with political one
(Interfax-Religion)

Greece refuses visa to Moscow Patriarchate chancellor
(Interfax-Religion)

Will Saudi Arabia cease to be the center of Islam?
(Faisal Devji, The New York Times)

Life in 70-years-old North Korea ‘is like living in Orwell’s 1984’, says escapee
(World Watch Monitor)

Turkey replaces prosecutor who indicted US pastor Brunson
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)

Pastor John Macarthur's anti-social justice proclamation
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Call for atheism to be included in religious education
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

'Reversing Roe' documentary explores women's rights and abortion laws in the U.S.
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

The Salem sisters dolls inspired by real-life Hijabi women
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

New study finds God makes religious people less depressed
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Catholic church has lost more members than any other religion in the U.S.
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis publishes a guide to support LGBT students
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Coptic abbot’s murder points to strains over ecumenism in Egypt
(Jacob Wirtschafter and Mina Nader, Religion News Service)

How Willow Creek exposed our sins
(Kyle Strobel and Jamin Goggin, Religion News Service)

Catholic donor denies he consulted on Viganò allegations against Pope Francis
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Why the Catholic Church can’t move on from the sex abuse crisis
(Thomas Reese, Religion News Service)

U.S. Congressman says religious diversity important for Iraq
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Dignity & the death penalty
(Commonweal)

Jewish group in Germany condemns ‘strongly rooted’ extremism
(David Rising, Associated Press)

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