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Monday, 23 April 2018

Ukrainian legislature moves closer to ecclesiastical independence
(RISU, Russia Religion News)

Ukrainian president pushes for ecclesiastical independence
(RISU, Russia Religion News)

Are ultra-Orthodox yeshivas bad for democracy?
(Jane Eisner, Forward)

In Krakow, Jews celebrate their community’s ‘revival’ amid rising xenophobia
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

English, Welsh bishops raise concerns over rise of gender ideology
(Simon Caldwell, Catholic News Service)

Spanish Catholic leaders welcome ETA statement on ending violence
(Catholic News Service)

Irish bishops speak out as government launches campaign to legalize abortion
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Religious leaders and the Northern Ireland peace process (Responding to: The future of the Good Friday Agreement)
(Nukhet Sandal, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Pompeo questioned about past statements on American Muslims during Senate confirmation hearing
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Redefining religious freedom as religious privilege
(Andrew L. Seidel, Religion News Service)

A Cassandra cry (from Ross Douthat) against Pope Francis
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Military savings account bill would create sweeping school voucher system
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Israeli minister vows to help Ethiopian Jews move to Israel
(Michael Atsbeha, Associated Press)

Iran police’s assault on woman over headscarf stirs debate
(Nasser Karimi and Mohammad Nasiri, Associated Press)

Pakistani arrested for burning Christian woman to death
(Associated Press)

Pakistan's first school for transgender students opens
(Shah Meer Baloch, Deutsche Welle)

Group blames Trump for jump in attacks on US Muslims
(Terry Spencer, Associated Press)

Supreme Court rejects anti-abortion pastor’s appeal on noise
(Associated Press)

Cert. denied in abortion protester's case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Bulgarian journalists say they self-censor while owners impose political policy – US report
(The Sofia Globe)

ECtHR rules application in Alfie Evans case inadmissible
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Assisted dying – Guernsey
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

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

Mormonism’s global future
(John G. Turner, The Wall Street Journal)

Maldives: Religious freedom difficult to accept, Nasheed tells EU
(AVAS Online)

In ‘Wendy’s Shabbat,’ a group of octogenarians celebrate ritual over french fries and Frostys
(Kate Bratskeir, Mic)

How will Billy Graham be remembered?
(Elesha J. Coffman, OUPblog)

Senior Houthi official killed in coalition air raid last week, Yemen rebels say
(France 24 Internaitonal)

Five things Catholics can do to support international religious liberty
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)

Protestant five-year plan for Chinese Christianity
(UCANews)

European Court interprets provision allowing churches to hire on basis of religion
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Christian groups warn new 'conversion therapy' bill could suppress free speech
(Christian Headlines)

CA state assembly declares gay conversion therapy as fraud
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

'BJP is not playing politics of religion'
(Deccan Herald)

Sunday, 22 April 2018

Still thinking about Chick-fil-A, as well as the emerging face of world Christianity
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

InterFaith Forum in Iceland, on the circumcision of boys
(Fr. Heikki Huttunen, General Secretary of CEC (Conference of European Churches), InterFaith Forum in Iceland)

International seminar of representatives of religions and politicians discuss circumcision ban in Iceland
(Conference of European Churches)

Saturday, 21 April 2018

Can New York City survive Chick-fil-A invasion? Let's look at Manhattan history!
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

India's vicious patriarchy
(Supriya Nair, The Atlantic)

Spike in attacks in India may draw international focus
(Bill Bumpas, One News Now)

Indian nuns help indigenous women break free of shackles
(Saji Thomas, La Croix International)

French politicians, celebrities condemn 'new anti-Semitism'
(France 24 Internaitonal)

'Ethnic purging': French stars and dignitaries condemn antisemitism
(The Guardian)

Germany's Justice Minister Katarina Barley warns of rising anti-Semitism
(Deutsche Welle)

Priest shot dead marks 2nd clerical murder this week in Mexico
(Yucatan Times)

Building bridges and religious freedom
(Sam Clemence, Daily Herald)

Federal Court rejects church’s religious land use claims based on government’s legitimate zoning concerns
(Evan Seeman, RLUIPA Defense)

Inflammatory speech by the Houthi leader targets Bahá'ís in Yemen with genocidal intent
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Friday, 20 April 2018

Teens apologize for threatening to bomb Swedish Jews at Malmo synagogue
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Jehovah's Witnesses report widespread harassment and arrests
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witnesses seek asylum in Europe
(Thomas Nilsen, Berents Observer)

Federal crime fighting bureau directed against Jehovah's Witnesses
(Website of Investigation Directorate for Ivanovo oblast, Russia Religion News)

Initiatives for dialogue between US and North Korea welcomed by World Council of Churches
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Kiev envoy goes to Istanbul with request on Ukrainian autocephaly for Ecumenical patriarch
(Interfax-Religion)

German Church to review employment practices after European court ruling
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)

Catholic agency says UK’s attempted deportations reveal flawed system
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Argentine women see legal abortion closer than ever
(Debora Rey, Associated Press)

Minnesota school bus driver removed after leading prayer
(Associated Press)

Vatican reportedly rejects German bishops' proposal for intercommunion of spouses
(Catholic News Agency)

How a new Utah law is promoting marriage prep classes
(Catholic News Agency)

Commentary: Religious persecution in the occupied territories of eastern Ukraine
(Mykhailo Cherenkov, Catholic News Agency)

Critics blast US crackdown on protected Vietnamese immigrants
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)

Outrage over award given to German anti-Semitic rappers
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

New Jersey Supreme Court says no to cash for churches
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Rural areas southwest of Kirkuk grapple with fears of IS sleeper cells
(Shelly Kittleston, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Settlement order entered in Chabad's dispute with New Jersey town
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Christian school’s claims dismissed as unripe under Midrash Sephardi
(Diana Neeves, RLUIPA-Defense)

Israeli Arabs torn on country’s Independence Day
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Trump may be "a big fan of HIndu," but Hindus are running, and winning, as Democrats
(Murali Balaji, Religion Dispatches)

San Francisco church to hold 'Beyonce mass'
(Scott Slayton, Christian Headlines)

On 19th anniversary of shooting, Columbine high school principle recalls how God worked a miracle
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Young people more likely to shift toward supporting abortion rights, poll finds
(Sarah McCammon, NPR)

Syracuse suspends engineering fraternity for ‘racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic’ video
(Samantha Schmidt, The Washington Post)

Archbishop of Canterbury convenes high-level Commonwealth freedom of religion discussion
(Anglican Communion News Service)

New Jersey court rules churches can’t receive county’s historic preservation money
(David Paulsen, Episcopal News Service)

Ontario Catholic schools refuse to revoke ban on donations
(La Croix International)

Chadian bishops call for referendum on new constitution
(Lucie Sarr, La Croix International)

Religion and the Genuine Occupational Requirement: Egenberger – the judgment
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Salvation outside the church? CJEU rules on religious discrimination in employment
(Ronan McCrea, UK Human Rights Blog)

Vera Egenberger v Evangelisches Werk für Diakonie und Entwicklung eV [2018]
((full text), Court of Justice of the European Union)

By hosting dialogues on religion and tolerance, these students are using free speech the right way
(Brian Miller, Forbes)

Argument preview: Travel-ban challenge returns
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

Breaking good: How religion, science can work together
(David Briggs, Association of Religion Data Archives (the ARDA): Ahead of the Trend)

A theological perspective on what is actually said in the Quran
(Abdur Rab, World Religion News)

Lantos Foundation & Uyghur National Movement seek contact with disappeared Uyghurs

Good people are failing to tackle antisemitism, ex-chief rabbi says
(Ben Quinn, The Guardian)

Iran: do non-Muslims have the right to hold elected public office or not?
(World Watch Monitor)

Religion’s major influence in Saudi Arabia
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Palestinians skeptical about Arab League support for Jerusalem
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Australia: High Court upholds rejection of inter-state vilification orders
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Excavations start on Palestine’s oldest monastery
(Huda Baroud, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Egypt church application triggers attack
(World Watch Monitor)

102 churches (and 54 church-associated buildings) to be legalised in Egypt
(Egyptian Streets)

102 unlicensed Egyptian churches granted legal status
(Ahram Online)

Egypt’s Protestant leader rejects community reconciliation
(World Watch Monitor)

Black network’s farm-to-church movement brings fresh food to Baltimore
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

How MLK was influenced by a black preacher you may have never heard of
(John Terrill, Religion News Service)

Interfaith marriage in India puts many couples at risk
(Bhayva Dore, Religion News Service)

Case of Jewish boy taken by pope flares over doctored memoir
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

Kazakhstan: Parents challenge schoolgirl headscarf ban
(Forum 18 News Service)

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