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Wednesday, 25 July 2018

Street preacher denied preliminary injunction against trespass policy of sports arena
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

ADF asks US Supreme Court to weigh in on whether EEOC and court can redefine ‘sex’ without Congress
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

Cert. filed in funeral home's firing of transgender employee
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Michigan Civil Rights Commission: Department will continue to take complaints of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity
(Michigan Department of Civil Rights)

Michigan AG and Civil Rights Commission at odds over coverage of LGBTQ discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Advocates file lawsuit objecting to NYS law on oversight of orthodox yeshivas
(Bobby Cuza, NY1)

Group files suit against new exemption for yeshiva schools
(Maya Sweedler, The Wall Street Journal (paywall))

Establishment Clause challenge to New York's carve out of standards for yeshivas
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Church of Scientology, former member settle long lawsuit
(Associated Press)

Church of Scientology settles lawsuit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Judge finds NY anti-abortion protests aren’t harassment
(Amanda Ottaway, Courthouse News Service)

New York AG denied injunction against anti-abortion protesters
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Amish get remand for more consideration of religious freedom defenses in permit case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

As McCarrick scandal spreads, top US cardinal urges stricter abuse policies
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Tuesday, 24 July 2018

Egypt: Copt in court for ‘blasphemous’ Facebook post that led to riot
(World Watch Monitor)

Iraqi refugees in Egypt denounce lack of protection, services
(Jihad Abaza, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Turkish woman jailed for insulting Ataturk
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Syrian truce relieves pressure on Jordan's border
(Osama Al Sharif, Al-Monitor: Jordan Pulse)

Violence against women at center of debate on landmark bill in Iran
(Zahra Alipour, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Israel helps White Helmets, but rejects Syrian refugees
(Akiva Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Russia zeroes in on returning Christians to Syrian homes
(Anton Mardasov, Al-Monitor: Russia/Mideast Pulse)

The Guardian view on antisemitism and Labour: not just a problem of perception
(Editorial, The Guardian)

Will this computer teach us about the future of religion?
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Iranian pastor taken to Evin Prison after violent raid on home
(World Watch Monitor)

Indonesia passes anti-terrorism law after suicide attacks on churches
(Nithin Coca, Religion News Service)

Why Sacha Baron Cohen matters
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

How the Mormon Church’s past shapes its position on immigration today
(Matthew Bowman, The Conversation)

Hit piece or masterpiece? Digesting that Washington Post story on rural Baptists who voted for Trump
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Not every Catholic story today is bad news. Here are two positive ones not to be overlooked
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Advocacy group sues state over Orthodox Jewish yeshivas
(Associated Press)

Lawsuit filed to challenge exemption from minimum standards for ultra-orthodox schools
(Andrew Denney, New York Law Journal)

Victims of religious persecution tell their stories at international conference in DC
(Katherine Rohloff, The Daily Signal)

EVENT, 24-26 July 2018: EHS Conference 2018-19: The Church and the Law
(Ecclesiastical History Society, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge)

Outlawing caste discrimination – the Government says “No”
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Permission to Officiate – the new policy
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

U.S. State Department prepares to host international religious freedom meeting
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Pompeo to host State Department’s highest-level global meeting on religious liberty
(Michelle Boorstein, GetReligion)

U.S. gathering on religious freedom sets up competing narratives
(Nahal Toosi and Lorraine Woellert, Politico)

Ministerial to advance religious freedom: economic issues
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Pompeo speaks ahead of first ever Ministerial on religious freedom
(Courtney Grogan, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

U.S. Secretary of State says Catholic Church has “central role” in fight for religious freedom
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Religious education in England: A cacophony of views on what to teach children about God
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Immigrants seek out religious communities in Canada, survey finds
(John Burger, Aleteia)

Monday, 23 July 2018

Law and religion round-up – 22nd July
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

How religious freedom redefines religion
(Greg Forster, The Gospel Coalition)

Egypt: Copts celebrate first mass in new church, seven years since last church’s closure
(World Watch Monitor)

Which country has the most human slaves in the world? Global index lists top 10
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Biker nun on a mission to free Tanzania from grip of HIV
(Rebecca Ratcliff, The Guardian)

Woman has close call as 100kg stone falls from Western Wall
(Reuters, The Guardian)

What liberals (still) get wrong about Trump's support
(Henry Olsen, The Guardian)

Netanyahu will be known as the first prime minister of Israeli apartheid
(Aida Touma-Sliman, The Guardian)

Bishop inquiry in exchanges with Prince of Wales’s solicitors over submission
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

21 human skulls stolen from historic church
(Elsa Meyer, World Religion News)

Want to have economic growth? Get rid of religion
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Ads for Franklin Graham Festival banned due to his vews on homosexuality
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)

Study finds children suffering form ADD/ADHD and autism are excluded from churches
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

How do the Amish exist in the modern world?
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

50 years after Pope Paul VI's decision against the birth control pill
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Questioning real-world learning at ultra-Orthodox schools
(Karen Matthews, Religion News Service)

Why Mark Zuckerberg is wrong about the Holocaust
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

The belief behind weeping Virgin Mary statues
(Mathew Schmalz, Religion News Service)

Patel, Out of Many Faiths: Religious Diversity and the American Promise
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Forum 18 News Service)

Shoppers with strong religious beliefs spend less and make fewer impulse purchases
(Didem Kurt, J. Jeffrey Inman, Francesca Gino, Harvard Business Review)

July 22: Russian spy attended National Prayer Breakfast, Trump tweets correlated with hate crimes, and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)

Religious persecution is on the rise. It’s time for policymakers and academics to take notice.
(Ashlyn Webb, Will Inboden, Foreign Policy)

Uzbekistan's religious liberty violations mount
(David Roach, Baptist Press)

Tibet underage students banned from religious activities
(Liu Xuanzun, Global Times)

LGBT protest may herald a turning point in Israel's history
(Mordechai Kremnitzer, Haaretz)

Lebanese bishop praises courage of Muslim Grand Mufti in defending Mideast Christians
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Indonesia passes anti-terrorism law after suicide attacks on churches
(Nithin Coca, Religion News Service)

Differing views on prospects for Ukrainian church
(Religiia v Ukraine, Russia Religion News)

Poland’s Christian migrants
(Filip Mazurczak, First Things)

Testy Argentine abortion row features video games, slum priests
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Colorado school district’s support for mission trip ruled unconstitutional
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Chaotic congress row delays Duterte speech, rebel deal
(Jim Gomez, Associated Press)

Advocacy group sues state over Orthodox Jewish yeshivas
(Associated Press)

Neither side gets summary judgment in Hawaii religious zoning dispute
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

The Prosperity (Anti-)Gospel
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

Photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Trinity Western and the endangerment of religious pluralism in Canada
(Derek Ross, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)

The discussion continues: You are a pastor and a reporter calls. What do you do?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Artificial intelligence shows why atheism is unpopular
(Sigal Samuel, The Atlantic)

Hardline Islamists push religion to center of Pakistan election
(Ashif Shahzad and Kay Johnson, Reuters)

How free should speech on campus be?
(Ani Mari Cauce, Clayton Rose, and Connie Ledoux Book, The Conversation)

America is in the middle of a battle over the meaning of words like ‘diversity’
(Jennifer Mercieca, The Conversation)

Judgment days: In a small Alabama town, an evangelical congregation reckons with God, President Trump and the meaning of morality
(Stephanie McCrummen, The Washington Post)

Concerning NPR, 'green frogs,' Humanae Vitae and the Vatican family life conference
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Mosque suicide bombing in north Nigeria kills 7, injures 7
(Associated Press)

Amish outhouse case raises religious freedom rights issues
(Mark Scolforo, Associated Press)

Somali 10-year-old dies after undergoing female genital mutilation
(Nita Bhalla, Reuters)

Most girls in Somalia experience genital mutilation. The ritual just killed a 10-year-old
(Siobhan O'Grady, The Washington Post)

Why moot courts can play a valuable role in teaching kids about human rights
(Christof Heyns, The Conversation)

Podcast: The woman who defied Iran
(Foreign Policy)

Canadian Court invalidates limits on charities' lobbying expenditures
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Police search for motive in shooting at Nevada Mormon church
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)

Bangladesh cardinal sees shared lessons with Rohingya and U.S./Mexico border
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Saturday, 21 July 2018

Palestinians outraged at Jewish nation-state law
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Netanyahu flip-flops on surrogacy rights for gay men
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Why Israel wants Trump to get along with Putin
(Jonathan S. Tobin, The Christian Post)

Australia's Catholic priests urge pope to sack Adelaide archbishop Philip Wilson
(Australian Associated Press, The Guardian)

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