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Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Facebook bans foreign ads in Ireland abortion referendum
(Associated Press)

Erdogan slams French personalities over statement on Quran
(Associated Press Religion)

EVENT, 8 May 2018: Mohammed Aziz – British Muslim Communities
(Goldsmiths University of London - Faith and Civil Society Unit)

A Presbyterian pastor languishes in a Turkish prison
(Sandra Jolley and Kristina Arriaga, Religion News Service)

EVENT, 8 May 2018: The Temple Islands: A Window into China's Religious Landscape, Washington, D.C.
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

EVENT, 8 May, 2018: The Global Crisis in Religious Freedom: State of Play and Recommendations, Washington, D.C.
(Religious Freedom Institute)

Monday, 7 May 2018

‘Mormon Women for Ethical Government’ is growing fast and standing firm
(Mette Harrison, Guest Post, RNS Column: Flunking Sainthood)

Nothing but net: Boston Globe nails story of faith and prayer guiding a Celtics rookie
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

May 6: Oklahoma and Kansas pass adoption legislation, Trump creates org for faith-based coordination, and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)

On the National Day of Prayer, there's faith-based news from the White House — and an RNS scoop
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Trump’s faith-based initiative removes a barrier to proselytizing, and some Jews are worried
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Will Trump’s new faith-based initiative increase services or discrimination?
(Martin Levine, Nonprofit Quarterly)

Trump's faith initiative Executive Order has rescinded protections for clients objecting to religious provider
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Islamist terrorism wanes in Pakistan, but religious fervor threatens national unity
(Pamela Constable, The Washington Post)

Maharashtra to enact law to encourage inter-caste and inter-religion marriages
(Chaitanya Mangure, News 18)

Supreme Court correctly balanced Constitutional provisions in Morris County church case
(New Jersey Law Journal)

Target 'gay conversion therapy,' not religion
(Los Angeles Times)

Jehovah's Witnesses view options in wake of lost appeal
(Dmitry Marakulin, Kommersant)

Muslims are internalizing Islamophobia, and negative media coverage is to blame
(Rowaida Abdelaziz, Huffington Post)

We asked American Muslims to name the most influential people in their fields. Here's what they said
(CNN)

Orthodoxy and capitalism: In religion and economics, cause and effect are very hard to prove
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Metropolitan Onufry: setting up a united local Church in Ukraine will make us second-rate people
(Interfax-Religion)

First time in the new history six Jewish couples got married simultaneously (Russia)
(Interfax-Religion)

Patriarch Kirill wishes Putin health, strength to fulfill presidential tasks
(Interfax-Religion)

Ecumenical delegation of world church leaders visits North Korea
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Christians in Hong Kong pray for religious freedom in China
(Ecumenical News)

Mormon support for gay marriage gradually grows
(Brady McCombs, Associated Press)

Denmark’s ruling party is split over whether to ban circumcision
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Can the Catholic Church mediate in Cameroon's Anglophone crisis?
(Adrian Kriesch, Deutsche Welle)

Prominent Christian college in India vandalized with Hindu nationalist slogan
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Jesuitgate, Trumpian hypocrisy & the flight from religion
(E. J. Dionne Jr., Commonweal)

How religion got Trump: Faith in the 2016 election
(Kenneth L. Woodward, Commonweal)

Your weekend think piece: David French's painful letter to Trump's evangelical defenders
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

An open letter to Trump's Evangelical defenders
(David French, National Review)

BJC’s Amanda Tyler on new Presidential order: Religious liberty requires more than ceremony
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Kansas, Oklahoma approve religious veto on LGBT adoptions
(Mitchell Willetts, Associated Press)

Kansas, Oklahoma pass bills protecting religious beliefs of adoption agencies
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Oklahoma expands ‘stand your ground’ law to churches
(Mairead McArdle, National Review)

Oklahoma Legislature sends Ten Commandments bill to governor
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Oklahoma legislature passes 10 Commandments and "stand your ground" in church laws
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Afghanistan government air raid in April killed 30 children, UN says
(Deutsche Welle)

Islamic countries call Rohingya crisis ‘ethnic cleansing’
(Associated Press)

Secret witness testifies against US pastor in Turkey
(Suzan Fraser, Associated Press)

Kansas bill allowing religious adoption groups to refuse LGBT couples will become law
(Jonathan Shorman, Kansas.com)

Church testimony to liquor board did not violate Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

On the governor's desk: Constitutional carry bill, adoption measure, stand your ground in church
(Tulsa World)

Prayer rattles Speaker Ryan, but House Chaplain gets to stay in politics
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

Online divorce applications rolled out across England & Wales
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Law and religion round-up – 6th May
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

EVENT, 7 May 2018: Religion and Climate Change: A Conversation with Karenna Gore
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Bombing at mosque in Afghanistan kills 14, wounds 33
(Associated Press)

Sunday, 6 May 2018

Paskistan: National commission needed to review discriminatory laws
(The Express Tribune)

Seventh Indian state enacts anti-conversion law
(Saji Thomas, UCA News)

Saturday, 5 May 2018

Instant triple talaq will go as ordained – OpEd
(Gajanan Khergamker, Eurasia Review)

Public diplomacy of USA and its relationship with Israel – OpEd
(Rabiya Shamsheer, Eurasia Review)

Recent queries and comments – early May
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

EVENT, 5 May 2018: Conference - Religions, Scriptures and Interreligious Dialogue - Brussels
(European Interreligious Forum for Religious Freedom – EIFRF)

Friday, 4 May 2018

Exeter Diocese CDM complaint not proved
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Stornoway, Sabbatarianism and Star Wars
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Mental health and faith: how churches can help to lift the lid and relieve the pressure
(Johanna Derry, Church Times)

Fundamentalists feel the Force of Star Wars
(Megan Manson, National Secular Society)

Fundamentalist religious discourse in process of radicalization to violence – Analysis
(Éloi Gunn, Canadian Military Journal)

Asia Bibi’s appeal finally will be heard in Pakistan’s Supreme Court
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

SC to take up Aasia Bibi case soon, says CJP
(Hasnaat Malik, The Express Tribune)

Alfie Evans and our moral crossroads
(Charles C. Camosy, First Things)

Alfie Evans: who gets to decide which lives have value?
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

The death of Alfie Evans, and the death of natural rights
(Titus Techera, Law and Liberty)

The face of Christ in Alfie Evans: An interview with Charles C. Camosy
(JD Flynn, Catholic News Agency)

On National Day of Prayer, Trump establishes new faith-based initiative
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)

White House marks National Day of Prayer with Executive Order on new faith initiative
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

President Donald J. Trump stands up for religious freedom in the United States
(The White House)

Trump issues statement on National Day of Prayer: 'Let us come together to thank God'
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

New executive order aims to protect religious liberty from government overreach
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Trump signs order to give faith groups stronger voice in government
(Carol Zimmerman, Catholic News Service)

Trump creates new White House faith-based initiative office
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Trump creates a not-so-new faith office in the White House
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Trump’s faith-based initiative guts key protection
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

Amid Stormy Daniels news, Trump announces faith-based effort on National Day of Prayer
(Michelle Boorstein and Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)

The powerful headwinds confronting religious freedom
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Liberty)

The Daily 202: The Supreme Court has a blockbuster season
(James Hohmann, The Washington Post)

Native American feather dancer asks feds to end criminal ban on religious use of eagle feathers
(Press Release, Becket)

Religion News Service – irreplaceable and rocked by turmoil – faces key journalistic issues
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Gayle Conelly Manchin appointed to USCIRF
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Rulemaking petition seeks changes in eagle feather restrictions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Lawsuit: Religious symbol unwelcome at luxury Philly condo
(Mensah M. Dean, Philadelphia Inquirer)

Fair housing suit filed over condo rule barring toran
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Nicaragua calms down after week of violent protests
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)

White House expresses concern over religious violence in Central African Republic
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Statement from the Press Secretary on Religious Violence in the Central African Republic
(The White House)

Bethlehem emigrants open shop to support Christian artisans in Holy Land
(Perry West, Catholic News Agency)

Can you be a Muslim if you're an atheist?
(Shuja Haider, The Guardian)

Egyptian Copts face Muslim mobs protesting against legalisation of churches
(World Watch Monitor)

Prison sentences may be growing for Christians in Iran
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

North Korea: US citizens set for release ahead of Trump-Kim talks
(World Watch Monitor)

Focus on human rights fades as US, South Korea pursue North Korea deal
(Channel News Asia)

North Korean Christians on summit peace talks: “This is not what we’ve been praying for”
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

Three US Christians held in North Korea could be released
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)

Trump, Giuliani hint at possible release of US Christian prisoners in North Korea
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Vietnam: "These bombs led me to Christ"
(Kim Phuc Phan Thi, Christianity Today)

‘Lost generation’ of Syrian children left without an education
(Madeleine Davis, Church Times)

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