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Tuesday, 3 July 2018

Farmer-Fulani herdsmen clashes eclipse Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria
(Awo Awokoya, Geopolitical Monitor)

When reporting on bitter fighting in central Nigeria, the truth is (somewhere) out there
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

The New York Times 'reports' on an old mantra: Free speech for me, but not for thee
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Mother: Girl at center of debate over brain death dies
(Paul Elias, Associated Press)

Jahi McMath improved after she was declared brain-dead, doctors say
(Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News)

As Jahi McMath — girl at center of life-support controversy — dies, coverage still haunted by ghosts
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

EVENT, 3 July 2018: Baroness Berridge on Freedom of Religion or Belief
(Winckworth Sherwood Minerva House, 5 Montague Close, London SE1 9BB, Ecclesiastical Law Society)

EVENT, 3 July 2018: Interfaith practice: current research and future action
(World Congress of Faiths, Allia Future Business Centre, Peterborough UK)

EVENT, 3 July 2018: Mark Hill QC on The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018
(ELS Northern Province Lecture, hosted by Wrigleys Solicitors LLP, at Leeds Diocesan Offices)

Legal group appeals ruling that backed opening school's restrooms, locker rooms to transgender students
(Rachel del Guidice, The Daily Signal)

Rainforest thoughts: Considering news coverage of Orthodox ecumenical patriarch's views on climate
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Why Americans have long been fascinated by gunfighting preachers
(Steve Pinkerton, Religion News Service)

Monday, 2 July 2018

Religion and politics don’t mix with investing
(Barry Ritholtz, Bloomberg)

Four questions and answers about the draft law
(Uri Regev, Jerusalem Post)

No, Mike Huckabee — Moses would be a bad Supreme Court pick
(PJ Grisar, Forward)

A campaign to blitz the country with ‘In God We Trust’ laws takes root
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

July 1: Supreme Court rules on travel ban, Justice Kennedy to retire, and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)

Russia: Two years' jail to punish religious study meetings
(Forum 18 News Service)

William’s wanderings: Britain’s future king faces up to Jerusalem’s religious politics
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Bari archbishop says papal visit will focus on ecumenism
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Chaldean leaders pleased that U.S. aid helps Iraqi religious minorities
(Dale Gavlak, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

On Masterpiece and secular blasphemy laws
(Asma T. Uddin, Religious Freedom Center)

Why Jack Phillips still cannot make wedding cakes: Deciding competing claims under old laws (Responding to: What the Masterpiece Cakeshop decision means for the future)
(Robin Fretwell Wilson & Tanner Bean, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Masterpiece Cakeshop and the costs of weaponization (Responding to: What the Masterpiece Cakeshop decision means for the future)
(Perry Dane, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Muslim Arabs find warm welcome in Russia’s remote Grozny
(Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press)

Outrage after Malaysian man marries 11-year-old Thai girl
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)

Malaysia investigates marriage of man to 11-year-old girl
(Eileen Ng, Associated Press)

Conservatives, don’t put too much hope in the next Justice
(Marc O. DeGirolami and Kevin C. Walsh, The New York Times)

Reggae’s sacred roots and call to protest injustice
(David W. Stowe, The Conversation)

The Supreme Court’s dangerous inconsistency on religion
(Elliot Mincberg, The Hill)

Kill the Indian in the child
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

UN-related religious liberty committee led by ADF rep
(Diana Chandler, Baptist Press)

North Carolina city’s zoning code amendment “at the cross”-road of RLUIPA claim
(Diana Neeves, RLUIPA Defense)

Speaking in Utah gives lessons on civil dialogue
(Linda K. Wertheimer, Beacon Broadside)

Bishops propose solution for full access to same-sex marriage rites
(Mary Frances Schjonberg, Episcopal News Service)

Another shoe drops: Jonathan Merritt calls it quits at Religion News Service
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

How women got in on the Civil Rights Act
(Louis Menand, The New Yorker)

Ecclesiastical court judgments – June
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Religious-Freedom and LGBT advocates offer rare lessons in pluralism
(Betsy VanDenBerghe, National Review)

How Justice Kennedy's 30 years helped and hurt religious freedom
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)

Christian charity agrees to work with LGBT couples to resume foster care work in Philly
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Islamic State claims attack on Sikhs, Hindus in Afghanistan
(Associated Press)

Mexico City elects first Jewish mayor
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Bishops travel to US-Mexico border to witness human ‘triage’
(Pablo Kay, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Sunday, 1 July 2018

Law and religion round-up – 1st July (a brief roundup of an extraordinary week)
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

CALL FOR PAPERS [due 1 July 2018]: Ninth Annual Religious Liberty Student Writing Competition
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University)

Saturday, 30 June 2018

Northern Ireland Appeals Court says humanist wedding officiants are permitted
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Temporary injunction issued against Quebec's anti-niqab law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Prayer delivery may change at many NC government meetings after Supreme Court action
(Tim Funk and Michael Gordon, Charlotte Observer)

Cert. denied, over 2 dissents, in legislative prayer case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

High school football coach who lost job for praying on field petitions U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal
(Heather Clark, Christian News)

Supreme Court review sought in case of football coach prayer
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Supreme Court issued clean-up orders in other pregnancy clinic and travel ban cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Beyond Roe, Bork and Trump: Can Americans find a way to discuss hot moral issues?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Friday, 29 June 2018

Safe Passage: Advocating for a humane asylum and migration policy in Europe (Booklet)
(Claudia Doldo, Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME))

Opposite-sex civil partnerships: Steinfeld
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Jewish editor among 5 killed in Annapolis newspaper shooting
(JTA)

Canadian top court renders ‘severe blow’ to religious freedom in Trinity Western Case
(Celeste McGovern, National Catholic Register)

Trinity Western University, Charter Values and Charter Rights
(Barry W. Bussey, iPolitics)

Our Philosopher-King retires
(Titus Techera, Law and Liberty)

Thursday, 28 June 2018

After Kennedy retirement, you'll find thousands of the nation's happiest people in ... Wichita, Kan.
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Civil partnerships for different-sex couples
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Equality won’t wait – UK Supreme Court rules in Equal Civil Partnership
(Martin Downs, UK Human Rights Blog)

Justice Kennedy, key vote on abortion and gay marriage, quits Supreme Court
(Mark Sherman, Religion News Service)

Justice Kennedy: The linchpin of the transformation of civil rights for the LGBTQ community
(Paul Smith, SCOTUSblog)

The legacy of Justice Anthony Kennedy
(Elizabeth Slattery, The Heritage Foundation)

Retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s Jewish legacy
(Charles Dunst, The New York Jewish Week)

The country will miss Justice Kennedy
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

Kennedy's shift to the left of the Supreme Court
(Lazaro Gamio, Axios)

Is the open U.S. Supreme Court seat a religion story? Do we even need to ask that?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Justice Kennedy’s replacement and the religious test awaiting
(Marcia A. Hamilton, Verdict)

Second Canadian judge suspends Quebec niqab ban
(Reuters)

Quebec judge once again suspends application of province's face-covering law
(The Canadian Press)

The Guardian view on heterosexual civil partnerships: a good thing
(Editorial, The Guardian)

Jewish couple helps overturn ban in Britain on civil partnership for heterosexuals
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Couple say court ruling is 'a step forward' for humanist weddings
(Sarah Marsh, The Guardian)

The Templeton Prize: A Muslim monarch and religious diplomat wins some overdue recognition
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

King of Jordan wins Templeton Prize for fostering Muslim cooperation
(Chris Herlinger, Religion News Service)

Thailand's junta renews corruption crackdown on Buddhist monks
(Hannah Ellis-Petersen, The Guardian)

‘What faith groups do is offer hope in a hopeless situation’
(Stephen Bates, The Guardian)

Spanish doctor stands trial over Franco-era 'stolen babies'
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)

Macron meets Pope Francis for twice as long as Trump
(Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian)

Jewish school in UK criticised for redacting 'bare wrists' from books
(Richard Adams, The Guardian)

House arrest for polygamy pair after Canada's first convictions in a century
(Reuters, The Guardian)

The Guardian view on an Anglican cover-up: the church that didn’t want to know
(Editorial, Religion News Service)

Keep kids with parents at border — and remember how we got here
(Tony Perkins, Religion News Service)

Spirit of mythical princess looms over Thai cave crisis
(Tassanee Vejpongsa and Kaweewit Kaewjinda, Religion News Service)

At last, bad news is good news in the Catholic sex abuse scandal
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)

2 more Chilean bishops are out as Pope Francis cleans house
(Frances D'Emilio, Religion News Service)

Orthodox rabbi chosen to lead multifaith California theological center
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Faith-based agencies open doors to kids separated at the border
(Emily McFarlan Miller and Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Religion to the rescue: Zuma and religious leaders' romance kicks into high gear
(Huffington Post)

Healthy religious relationships necessary to protect human rights: Chinese expert
(Xinhua)

Secularism and religious tolerance: Singapore vs Australia
(Jean Seah, MercatorNet)

Samoa’s church and state settle tax stoush
(Taxation News & Information)

Legitimization of Ukrainian schism could cause bloodshed - Moscow Patriarchate
(Interfax-Religion)

Ivory Coast bishops link flood damage with corruption, underdevelopment
(Catholic News Service)

Pakistan’s new cardinal says climate in Islamic nation dictates restraint
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Prince William tours Jerusalem on final day of royal visit
(Aron Heller, Associated Press)

UK jury convicts nurse who used Voodoo in trafficking women
(Associated Press)

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