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Wednesday, 22 August 2018

Mobster says he has given up the Mafia life for religion
(Associated Press)

Malaysia can’t decide if Zakir Naik is a preacher or a terrorist
(Darshini Kandasamy, Foreign Policy)

Violence against Christians in India: A decade after Kandhamal
(M. Sudhir Selvaraj, The Diplomat)

How Congress govt in Punjab is attacking freedom of speech with law against 'sacrilege' of religious texts
(Vandana, Daily O)

Retrograde move: On Punajb's proposed law on sacrilege
(The Hindu)

Russia: Third 2018 conviction for Muslim study meetings
(Forum 18 News Service)

Medvedev lauds Muslim community's efforts against religious extremism, intolerance
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian chief mufti urges int'l community to send relief to Syria
(Interfax-Religion)

True values of Islam help follow traditions of good neighborliness between peoples – Putin
(Interfax-Religion)

Kremlin vows to study Human Rights Council's initiative to decriminalize insulting believers' feelings
(Interfax-Religion)

Bureaucrats use recent real estate law to harass protestants
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

Stiff fine threatens Pentecostals under anti-evangelism law
(Prosecutor's office of Cheliabinsk oblast, Russia Religion News)

The good, the bad and the sad reality of U.S. push for global religious freedom
(Cheryl K. Chumley, The Washington Times)

Democrats are fielding even more anti-Semitic candidates for Congress
(Warren Henry, The Federalist)

How America’s Jews learned to be liberal
(Steven R. Weisman, The New York Times)

Dublin archbishop: Abuse must be addressed ‘definitively’, made easier to prosecute
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Suit demands taxpayer-funded tuition for religious schools
(Marina Villeneuve, Associated Press)

Judge seeks religious freedom arguments in nuclear protest case
(Wes Wolfe, The Brunswick News)

Court orders more briefs on RFRA defense by peace protesters
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Lawsuit filed in Newton, Mass., over anti-Semitic school materials used in classrooms
(Jackson Richman, Jewish News Syndicate)

Open meeting lawsuit filed growing out of alleged anti-Jewish curricular materials
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Zick, “The Dynamic Free Speech Clause”
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum)

Indonesia woman irked by mosque noise convicted of blasphemy
(Binsar Bakkara, Associated Press)

Indonesia: Prison sentence for blasphemy over mosque noise complaint must be reversed
(Amnesty International)

Tunisians preach tolerance as Muslims, Jews join Christian celebration
(Africa News)

Saudi Arabia seeks the death penalty for female activist
(David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times)

Keeping a grip on churches, a hand out for dollars
(Bill Bumpas, Billy Davis, One News Now)

Syrians flock home from Turkey for Eid despite danger
(Khaled al-Khateb, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Nationality law protesters alienate with Palestinian flag
(Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Sunnis barred from holding Eid al-Adha prayers in Tehran
(Al-Monitor Staff, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Do ancient philosophers have answers to Egypt's current challenges?
(David Awad, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Will Egyptians change their minds about organ donation?
(Jehad El-Sayed, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Iran-Iraq War continues to claim lives 30 years on
(Makram Najmuddine, Al-Monitor)

Lebanon embraces Russia’s refugee initiative for Syria
(Anton Mardosov, Al-Monitor: Russia/Mideast Pulse)

NARAL launches abortion-themed ice cream flavor; Franklin Graham calls it 'disgusting'
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh calls Roe v. Wade 'settled law', but what does that mean?
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)

Hamas refuses to disarm as a part of any truce with Israel
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)

Catholics are desperate for tangible reforms on clergy sex abuse
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

The Guardian view on Catholic sexual abuse: yet another fresh start
(Editorial, The Guardian)

Greens senator warns against 'normalisation' of racism in first Senate speech
(Christopher Knaus, The Guardian)

How dare the pope ask ordinary Catholics to atone for child abuse?
(Joanna Moorhead, The Guardian)

Dublin hospitals told to free up beds ahead of Pope Francis's visit
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Church near Kampala, Uganda closes after months of Islamist attacks
(Morning Star News East Africa Correspondent, Christian Headlines)

Does the race card work? Christian school bans long hair for boys, including dreadlocks
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Florida school receiving death threats after turning away 6-year-old with dreadlocks
(N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today)

Argument: Labour’s new anti-semitism has disturbingly old roots
(James Bloodworth, Foreign Policy)

Vatican considers sainthood for Lakota Sioux medicine man
(Kirk Petersen, Religion News Service)

A pocket watch turns back the clock on Jewish life aboard the Titanic
(Menachem Wecker, Religion News Service)

US not alone in grappling with Catholic sex abuse, cover-up
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

A court evangelical goes off the reservation
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

Catholics seek encouragement as World Meeting of Families opens in Dublin
(Christine A. Scheller, Religion News Service)

Reckoning with Leonard Bernstein’s faith on the centennial of his birth
(A. James Rudin, Religion News Service)

Kenya’s Legio Maria sprouts believers in the shadow of the Catholic Church
(Tony Onyulo, Religion News Service)

Saudi Arabia seeking first death penalty for female activist, rights groups say
(Adam Taylor, The Washington Post)

Religious Freedom and land-clearing
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

SCC’s TWU decision not the last word on religious accommodation
(Barry W. Bussey, The Lawyer's Daily)

Kazakhstan: raid, fines to punish Koran teaching
(Forum 18 News Service)

Cardinal McCarrick scandal inflames debate over gay priests
(David Crary, Associated Press Top News)

Catholic News Agency pulls off investigative coup in the 'Uncle Ted' McCarrick saga
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Immigrants or children of immigrants make up at least 12% of Congress
(Katherine Schaeffer and Drew DeSilver, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Tuesday, 21 August 2018

The must-cover 'Big Ideas' at heart of the complex Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Holy ghost in Alabama: NYT interviews white pastor friend of Rosa Parks, neglects to ask about his faith
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

U.S. advocates for persecuted pastors in Turkey & Iran
(Diana Chandler, Baptist Press)

Why are evangelicals teaching Jews in the West Bank?
(Jeffrey Salkin, Religion News Service: Martini Judaism)

Religion in North Korea: How dwindling Christian practice leads to oppressive dictatorship
(Ken Lambert, Christian Examiner)

Religion, constituency: Government oil companies mining sensitive data
(NDTV)

Argentine movement to quit the Catholic church
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

The resistance shows its anti-Christian bias
(Jonathan S. Tobin, National Review)

English bishop says prison “not fit for purpose” after scathing report
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Church welcomes UK government pledge to end homelessness by 2027
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Nicaragua’s political tensions need our prayers, US archbishop says
(Catholic News Agency)

Nigerian priest gunned down outside supermarket
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Plaintiffs argue Utah medical marijuana initiative violates the rights of religious objectors in new lawsuit
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

BJC’s Hollman analyzes Kavanaugh record, Kennedy legacy on religious liberty
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Syria’s Assad attends holiday prayers at Damascus mosque
(Associated Press)

Aung San Suu Kyi defends policies toward Rohingya Muslims
(Derek Cai, Associated Press)

Prosecutor’s death penalty stance offends Vatican official
(Associated Press)

Conservative Christian groups oppose Arkansas tort reform ballot measure
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Steeples, solar panels and legal precedent
(The Salem (Mass.) News)

Court says religious commitment to climate justice prevails over historic preservation rules
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Anti-Muslim group’s push to advertise on Metro revived by appeals court
(Max Smith, WTOP)

DC Circuit remands suit on anti-Sharia bus ads
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Hosannahs in the sand? Saudi Arabia may relax its ban on Christian churches
(The Economist)

Three Jehovah's Witnesses detained in Russia's Kamchatka
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)

The rise of the new cleric in Pakistan
(Irfan Haider, TRT World)

Chinese police threaten Muslim poet who Tweeted about Xinjiang camps
(Radio Free Asia)

Peter Ball – legislation, then and now (III)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Pope Francis issues response to Pennsylvania's Catholic church sex abuse report
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Cambridge University Press Law and Christianity Series

CUP Law and Christianity Series - Book Discount Pamplet 1
(Cambridge University Press)

CUP Law and Christianity Series - Book Discount Pamplet 2
(Cambridge University Press)

On August 24, simultaneous worldwide prayer to be held for Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

To ensure peace, 'Japan separates religion from politics'
(Liza Yosephine, Jakarta Post)

Monday, 20 August 2018

Saudi Arabia prepares for the annual Muslim hajj pilgrimage
(Omar Akour, Associated Press)

Muslim pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat for hajj’s pinnacle
(Omar Akour, Religion News Service)

What is the Hajj?
(Ken Chitwood, Religion News Service)

Hajj 'nap pods' being introduced for pilgrims to Saudi Arabia
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)

Why Jewish giving to Israel is losing ground
(The Conversation, Religion News Service)

Israeli questioning of US Jews at border exposes deeper rift
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)

As wildfires rage, California town rallies for material, spiritual help
(Heather Adams, Religion News Service)

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