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Thursday, 19 July 2018

Australian court bans niqab in spectator's gallery
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Patricia Fox: Australian nun who angered Duterte ordered to leave Philippines
(Associated Press, The Guardian)

Australian prime minister calls on pope to fire archbishop
(Rod McGuirk, Associated Press)

Uneasy heritage: Australia's modern church buildings are disappearing
(Lisa Marie Daunt, CNN)

Victorian judge bans niqab in court's public gallery
(Calla Wahlquist, The Guardian)

Court thwarts Illinois agency’s attempt to tax religious ministry to underprivileged children
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

Christian after-school program is exempt from Illinois unemployment taxes
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Court rules mission trip fundraiser at Douglas County school violated First Amendment
(Anna Staver, The Denver Post)

School's mission trip fundraising violated Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Three weekend reads: Another #MeToo case for SBC, faith-based adoption and Bible teacher Jimmy Carter
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Why ignoring a reporter's call probably isn't the best media relations strategy for a religious leader
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Anti-Semitism: Journalistically parsing its current upsurge both here and abroad
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Overturning Roe v. Wade would send issue back to states. Then it gets complicated
(Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star)

'Will Roe v. Wade be overturned?' Yes, do take the time to read this excellent piece of journalism
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Perennial issue whenever journalists write about religion: Which Bible to quote?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

More patriarchy, less #MeToo?
(Paul Mundey, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

Is an ordinand in training an employee? Gabe
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

New sexual abuse allegations leveled against Cardinal McCarrick
(Catholic News Agency)

Americans divided on Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court
(Pew Research Center U.S. Politics & Policy)

Wednesday, 18 July 2018

Humanists campaign for more non-religious NHS ‘chaplains’
(Catherine Pepinster, The Guardian)

Investigating a Catholic school body is no dark conspiracy
(Samantha Maiden, The Guardian)

Shock over ruling that 'brides of Christ' need not be virgins
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Labour party must listen to the Jewish community on defining antisemitism
(Letters, The Guardian)

Organ donation: we can break taboos among British BAME communities
(Nishtha Chugh, The Guardian)

Labour’s antisemitism code exposes a sickness in Jeremy Corbyn’s party
(Dave Rich, The Guardian)

Iran and Saudi Arabia fight war of words over Muslim holy sites
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

Chad: Sultan in Christian and Animist South is ‘threat for peace’
(World Watch Monitor)

Vatican-OK’d journal strikes out again at US evangelicals
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

United Methodist court filings detail proposals for averting schism on sexuality
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Why Mariia Butina wasn’t the only Russian targeting the National Prayer Breakfast
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Researchers find link between Trump tweets and spike in anti-Muslim hate
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Is China’s atheist Communist Party trying to eradicate Islam?
(Agence France-Presse, South China Morning Post)

Muslim candidates run in record numbers but face backlash
(Philip Marcelo and Jeff Karoub, Associated Press)

How free movement, a founding principle of the E.U., became less free
(James McAuley and Luisa Beck, The Washington Post)

Non-religious countries experience greater economic growth, study finds
(Josh Gabbatiss, The Independent)

Religious change preceded economic change in the 20th century
(Damian J. Ruck, R. Alexander Bentley, and Daniel J. Lawson, Science)

Everybody has religious beliefs, some people just deny it
(Stephen Roberts, The Federalist)

For American Muslims, family border separations are personal
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)

[Wyoming] City unanimously passes nondiscrimination ordinance
(Associated Press)

Is this cross-shaped WWI memorial unconstitutional?
(Catholic News Agency)

Uzbekistan: More legal personality restrictions imposed
(Forum 18 News Service)

Unity, truth, and Catholic social thought
(Robert P. George, First Things)

Austrian state mulls limiting kosher meat sale to registered Jews
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Spanish Church leaders criticize government plans on religion in schools
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)

Pulled from the sea, migrant’s rescue puts spotlight on Italian policy
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)

Israeli parliament to vote on contentious Nation State bill
(Associated Press)

Austrian province faces controversy over kosher meat
(Associated Press)

Chicago museum stops selling doll depicting Hindu god
(Associated Press)

Challenge to HHS family planning grant criteria fails
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

3rd Circuit hears oral arguments in minister's breach of contract case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Asylum seeking Indian Sikhs have turbans taken away in federal custody
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

India’s Supreme Court warns of ‘mobocracy,’ urges government to pass anti-lynching law after deadly attacks
(Annie Gowen, The Washington Post)

Judge sees no religious bias against Catholic agency on same-sex foster care
(Matthew Gambino, CatholicPhilly.com)

Is there a religious right to discriminate against LGBT foster and adoptive parents? A federal court says no
(James Esseks, ACLU Blog)

Judge: Catholic agency must consider same-sex couples for foster placement
(Matthew Gambino, Catholic News Service)

Don’t let Philadelphia shut down Catholic foster agency, appeal says
(Catholic News Agency)

Report on religion in schools 'an attack on Catholicism'
(Carina Murphy, The Tablet)

Judge sides with University of Iowa Christian student group accused of discrimination
(The Gazette)

Diocesan bishops who blocked same-sex marriages take reluctant first steps toward allowing ceremonies
(David Paulsen, Episcopal News Service)

Indigenous peoples are crucial for conservation – a quarter of all land is in their hands
(The Conversation)

CRA loses court challenge to its political-activity audits of charities
(Dean Beeby, CBC News)

Just Published: Findings from the Under Caesar’s Sword Project on the Persecution of Christians
(Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)

The Brunson farce (Turkey’s indictment against American Pastor Andrew Brunson reveals why charges against him shouldn’t hold up in any legitimate court)
(Aykan Erdemir and Merve Tahiroglu, World Magazine)

Judge rules Planned Parenthood funding challenge is premature
(Brad Kutner, Courthouse News Service)

‘Sikh immigrants treated like criminals in US jails; turbans taken away’
(Lalit K Jha, India Tribune)

Tuesday, 17 July 2018

Catholic, Anglican leaders urge halt to destruction of Palestinian village
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Egypt: Mob attack encouraged by police promise ‘No church will be allowed here’
(World Watch Monitor)

Conservatives' religious liberty con
(Joel Mathis, The Week)

Hold referendum to end religious control of schools, says Labour
(Pat Leahy, The Irish Times)

Religion not a criteria for recruitment in paramilitary forces: MHA
(Free Press Journal India)

Presbyterian Church committed to partner Government for skills development
(Ghana Web)

Why Australians’ religious freedom is worth protecting
(Denis Dragovic, The Conversation)

Religious education needs overhaul to reflect UK, says report
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Public schooling must discriminate against religion. American education must not
(Neal McCluskey, Forbes)

Pastor's employment contract is a religious matter, Pittsburgh church argues
(Stephen Huba, Trib Live)

Russia's royal martyrs: The commemoration of an act of regicide falls short of expectations
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

68 British rabbis call out Labour Party on its definition of anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

India inspects all Missionaries of Charity care homes after baby-selling scandal
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Missionaries of Charity complain of ‘baseless innuendos’ as government orders probe
(Anto Akkara & World Watch Monitor staff, World Watch Monitor)

Vital government support given to Anglican and Catholic cathedrals in England
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Theology professor runs for a seat in the Rhode Island legislature
(Charles C. Camosy, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Texas bishops score major religious liberty battle in fetal remains case
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Federal court: Religious adoption agency not entitled to state contract
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Man convicted of hate crime, arson in Texas mosque torching
(Associated Press)

India’s top court calls for new law to curb mob violence
(Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press)

Manager: Asking Muslim kids to leave pool not discrimination
(Associated Press)

Court rules church audit protection does not extend to church's pastors
(Nonprofit Law Prof Blog)

Church tax audit limits do not apply to investigation of pastors
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Title VII race provisions cover anti-Jewish discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Fifth Circuit protects Texas Catholic bishops from prying by abortion group
(Press Release, Becket)

5th Circuit: Subpoena to Catholic bishops should have been quashed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Cows are sacred to India’s Hindu majority. For Muslims who trade cattle, that means growing trouble
(Annie Gowen, The Washington Post)

India on brink of biggest gay rights victory as Supreme Court prepares to rule on gay sex ban
(Adam Withnall, The Independent)

Split court reverses order forcing Catholic Church to turn over documents in fetal burial case
(John Council, Texas Lawyer)

Appeals court rules Texas Bishops involved in fetal burials need not share information with abortion clinics
(Gabrielle Banks, Chron)

Lawsuit targets Notre Dame’s HHS mandate settlement
(Peter Jesserer Smith, National Catholic Register)

Lawmaker urges protecting religious liberty of adoption, foster agencies
(Catholic News Service, National Catholic Reporter)

The State and Marriage III: Objections to the Cutting of the Connection
(Daniel Hill, guest post, Law & Religion UK)

USCIRF to host reception celebrating 20th anniversary of IRFA and a Grant Workshop during first-ever Ministerial on International Religious Freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

USCIRF events during Ministerial
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

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