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Wednesday, 9 May 2018

Churches issue ID cards to illegal immigrants in North Texas
(La Croix International)

Attacks on basis of religion in Central African Republic alarm UN human rights chief
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Met Gala 2018: Angry Catholics and conservatives accuse organisers of 'religious appropriation' over theme
(Andrew Griffin, The Independent)

Commentary: What Catholics can learn about beauty from the Met Gala
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)

Outreach or outrage: Catholics react to Met Gala fashion
(Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency)

Critics, calm down! Rihanna’s sparkly mitre won’t harm the Catholic church
(Catherine Pepinster, The Guardian)

America must lead the way on religious freedom
(Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, Real Clear Religion)

Canadian government will apologize for turning away a Jewish refugee ship in 1939
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Half the Story: Catholicism in the modern world
(Peter Steinfels, Commonweal)

U.S. Army investigates dismissal of Jewish lay leader at Ft. Campbell
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Pope renews Becciu’s mandate as Special Delegate to Order of Malta
(La Croix International)

Portland school board orders Quaker mascot to be changed
(Associated Press)

University of Michigan sued over anti-bias rules
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Aviation Port Services sued by EEOC for religious discrimination and retaliation
(Press Release, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

EEOC sues company over refusal to accommodate Muslim women employees' dress requirements
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

In historic votes, Lutherans elect two African-American women bishops
(Mark A. Kellner, Religion News Service)

11th Circuit: Challenge to city's approval of Chabad building is moot
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

LDS Church announces plan for Worldwide Initiative for Children and Youth
(Statement to Members, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

New Children and Youth Development Initiative coming January 2020
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Utah National Parks Council responds a day after LDS Church announced severing of ties with BSA
(Genell Pugmire, Daily Herald)

Should you care about Mormons leaving the Boy Scouts?
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

The Church’s answer to cosmopolitanism
(James Kalb, Crisis Magazine: A Voice for the Faithful Catholic Laity)

AMA rebuffs advocates of physician-assisted suicide
(Cullen Herout, Crisis Magazine: A Voice for the Faithful Catholic Laity)

Racism and the pro-life movement
(Hunter Baker, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)

Poll indicates big surge for Netanyahu’s Likud after Trump’s Iran announcement
(Times of Israel)

Netanyahu’s ‘Iran doctrine’ sidelines everything else
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Silicon Valley deletes the pro-life campaign in Ireland
(Michael Bredan Dougherty, National Review)

Abortion, Down Syndrome and eugenics
(Ed Gantt, BYU Wheatley Institution)

Abortion, Down Syndrome, and individualism Part 2
(Ed Gantt, BYU Wheatley Institution)

Event: Law, Religion, and Complicity
(University Center for Human Values, Princeton University)

Students’ survey highlights censorship of Christian college newspapers
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Will she or won't she? Strictest abortion ban in the U.S. awaits Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds' signature
(Brianne Pfannenstiel and William Petroski, Des Moines Register)

A Muslim man's sacred job renting crosses in Jerusalem
(Vildana Hajric and Isobel van Hagen, The Media Project)

From Columbia Journalism School: Meet the Muslim man who rents crosses in Jerusalem
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Turkey postpones hearing to July 18, sends Pastor Andrew Brunson back to prison
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Canada Summer Job Program heats up in time for summer
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Intersection)

Berlin court upholds ban on teacher’s headscarf in classroom
(Associated Press Religion)

What you need to know about the new free speech pledge for universities
(Suzanne Whitten, The Conversation)

Parents are pulling children from RE lessons – so they don’t learn about Islam
(Paul Smalley, The Conversation)

Pressure on Google over referendum adverts ban
(Ellen Coyne, The Times)

Commentary: California's next step in the sexual revolution: Silencing certain beliefs
(Matt Sharp, The Daily Signal)

The religious war in the Central African Republic continues
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Another Catholic priest killed in Central African Republic
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Pope prays for peace in Central African Republic
(Associated Press)

Time for a compromise on transgenderism
(J.J. McCullough, National Review)

As Israel turns 70, many young American Jews turn away
(Dov Waxman, The Conversation)

In our opinion: Churches offer assistance where government can't
(Deseret News)

European Rabbis lead interfaith dialogue in Tunisia
(Arutz Sheva)

Podcast: Counsel for Masterpiece Cakeshop explains what's at stake in Supreme Court decision
(Collin Hansen, The Gospel Coalition)

PCCs and “friends’ charities”
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

EVENT, 9 May 2018: Religious Liberty and the Culture War Over LGBT Rights: Can University Students Make a Difference?"
(ToleranceMeans Dialogue, University of Illinois College of Law Faculty Retreat at Allerton Park, Monticello, IL)

Ex-head of Vatican bank goes on trial for embezzlement
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Religion)

Embezzlement trial begins for ex-Vatican Bank president
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Pounding George Pell in the press: The cardinal takes a hit from the Gray Lady
(George Conger, GetReligion)

Why you should watch Cobra Kai instead of The Last Jedi
(Zac Alstin, MercatorNet)

Kenyan Islamic leaders speak out against female genital mutilation
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Mormon church to cut ties with Boy Scouts and start its own gospel-driven youth program
(Paighten Harkins and Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune)

Two African-American women elected as bishops for the first in ECLA history
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Henan suppression is 'systematic and planned'
(UCANews.com reporters, La Croix International)

Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Coalition and partner forces look to deal final blow to ISIS in Syria
(Lisa Ferdinando, U.S. Department of Defense)

Empirical SCOTUS: Slicing and dicing the court’s 2017 oral arguments (Corrected)
(Adam Feldman, SCOTUSblog)

Paris archbishop opposes medically assisted procreation for female couples
(Loup Besmond de Senneville, La Croix International)

Generic God brings 'miracle' boy to life, after medical authorities called him a goner
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Beware: Middle East freelancing isn't just dangerous – it may also leave you broke
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Thousands of Southern Baptist women sign petition against Paige Patterson
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

This is ironic: Paige Patterson is front-page news in Houston, too, but not for controversial comments
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Southern Baptists and domestic violence: It's a tough issue to cover after Twitter explosion
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

A court evangelical says what he really thinks
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

The death of the greatest religious teacher you never heard of
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

Originalism’s legal turn as a libertarian turn
(Jesse Merriam, Law and Liberty)

A Court that dare not speak its name: human rights at the Court of Justice
(Daniel Sarmiento, EJIL: Talk!)

FSB starts detaining Jehovah’s Witnesses on Kola, dozens flee to Finland
(Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer)

Stay tuned: Mosul is being set up by media as a world Islamic capital
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Bridge science, religion to care for the mentally ill, say California bishops
(Dan Morris-Young, National Catholic Register)

Opinion: By emasculating High Court, religious minority exposes itself to tyranny of Israel’s secular majority
(Chemi Shalev, Haaretz)

ACLU, others urge appeals court to force cross off Lehigh County seal
(Tom Shortell, The Morning Call)

Contraception, unions, Title IX — Catholic colleges push back on government rules
(Mark Dent, National Catholic Reporter)

Ukrainian question concerns other Orthodox countries
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

St. Petersburg government refuses to restore Lutheran property rights
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

Political support for Ukrainian president's project
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

Christian leaders in Jerusalem respond to vandalism by settlers
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Service)

Family’s tragedy of dead baby girl ‘who doesn’t officially exist’
(Aaron Rogan, The Times)

Bogus Vatican deal confirms Saudis’ religious freedom headache
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Met exhibit makes a case for bridge between faith and fashion
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Dispute over grants for churches headed to US Supreme Court
(Associated Press)

Ryan meets with House chaplain he ousted, then reinstated
(Andrew Taylor, Associated Press)

Muslim minority communities meet in UAE to talk challenges
(Aya Batrawy and Fay Abuelgasim, Associated Press)

Groundbreaking ADL analysis estimates 4.2 million anti-Semitic tweets in one-year period
(Howard Friedman, Anti-Defamation League)

Quantifying hate: A year of anti-Semitism on Twitter
(Anti-Defamation League)

New report quantifies anti-Semitism on Twitter
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Raelian seeking US citizenship sues to remove 'So Help Me God' from oath
(Raelian Movement)

Suit seeks to remove "so help me God" from citizenship oath
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

United Methodist bishops want to let pastors, conferences decide on LGBT clergy
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

How the USSR turned houses of worship into museums of atheism
(Natasha Frost, Atlas Obscura)

European Court of Justice limits employment policies of religious organisations
(Evangelical Focus)

Whitefish Jews fight neo-Nazis with faith, peace and interfaith allies
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

Muslim woman sues Ventura County Sheriff's Department, says deputies forced her to remove hijab while jailed
(James Queally, Los Angeles Times)

Two Islamists ordered hanged for machete murder of Bangladesh professor
(AFP, MSN)

New Mexico reconsiders funding textbooks at private schools
(Morgan Lee, Associated Press)

Ten people were killed in Kashmir over the weekend, including a professor-turned-militant
(Vidhi Doshi, The Washington Post)

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