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Saturday, 31 March 2018

Women unveil cultural changes in Saudi Arabia
(Deutsche Welle)

Can Islamic and European civilizations coexist
(Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, The New York Times)

Ukrainian secret service personnel report Russian use of church for aggression
(RISU, Russia Religion News)

Rights advocacy organization says Russia has increased human rights violations
(RBK, Russia Religion News)

Pope Francis says death penalty is not Christian in Holy Week prison sermon
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

7th Circuit upholds revised school Christmas spectacular against church-state challenge
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Judge to North Carolina prisons: Humanism is a faith group
(Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press)

New Asian-American, Brazilian apostles make Mormon history
(Brady McCombs, Associated Press)

Ireland referendum set on constitutional amendment allowing abortion
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Rabbi has RLUIPA "substantial burden" claim standing
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Unordained music minister may claim NJ parsonage exemption
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

President and governors honored Lubavitch Rebbe with education day proclamations
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

US evangelical leaders urge prayer for peace on Korean Peninsula
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

CALL FOR PAPERS, Due 31 March 2018: The Fifth Law and Religion Research Meeting: “Human Rights, Intercultural Dialogue and Religion: Challenges and Perspectives”
((Conference 22-23 May 2018), Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil)

U.S. religious freedom ambassador: World at ‘critical moment’ for religious minorities
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)

APPLICATIONS DUE 31 March 2018: Advanced Program on Religion and the Rule of Law (held in Oxford)
((EVENT, 22 July – 10 August 2018))

Pope presides over Good Friday amid security, controversy
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

Friday, 30 March 2018

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

India Supreme Court orders protection for inter-religious marriages
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

SC bats for harassed couples, orders safe houses for protection against khap vigilantes
(Harish V Nair, India Today)

Good Friday holiday reinstated in Christian-majority Indian state after protests
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)

India: Telangana Christians ‘terrified’ after Palm Sunday attack
(World Watch Monitor)

Christian colleges increasingly facing division over LGBT issues
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

Twitter restricts pro-life advertisements again, backtracks amid media scrutiny
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)

'Like being raped': three claims of coerced exorcism in the UK
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Vatican scrambles after pope appears to deny existence of hell
(Angela Giuffrida, The Guardian)

Vatican to hold exorcist training course after 'rise in possessions'
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Bureaucracy makes church top-heavy
(Rev Peter C. Bellenes, Keith Porteous Wood, Syd Caplan, The Guardian)

Antisemitism matters: Jews are the canary in the coalmine
(Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian)

Teaching union criticises Ofsted chief over hijab ban for young girls
(Richard Adams, The Guardian)

Turkey’s Churches publish landmark book of common Christian doctrine
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)

Why is Jesus' baptism site crammed with explosives?
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

We should stop saying there are no atheists in foxholes
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

The ',bible' domain should not be controlled by American Bible Society
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

Mormon church issues new guideline on how to deal with abuse for both women and children
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Christians applaud Walmart for banning 'Cosmopolitan' magazine at checkout lines
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Rights group urges US attention to Vietnam's 'red flags' groups
(Radio Free Asia)

Charlottesville mayor says social media fed hatred and violence at 2017 rally
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Devotees reenact Good Friday crucifixions in Philippines
(Aaron Favila, Religion News Service)

‘In the spirit of Holy Week’: Fox’s Laura Ingraham apologizes to David Hogg
(Doug Stanglin, Religion News Service)

Hindus chant to ‘purify’ former Nazi concentration camps
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)

The meaning against France's march against anti-semitism
(Rachel Donadio, The Atlantic)

Pope faces indigenous Canadians' anger over refusal to apologize for past abuse
(Leyland Cecco, The Guardian)

Yoga with Modi: Indian PM stars in cartoon video of poses
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)

Thursday, 29 March 2018

Bath Abbey pews: costs
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Pope will not apologize for abuse in Canada's indigenous schools
(The Guardian)

Who will we crucify this Easter? Same as always: those who defy power and privilege
(Brad Chilcott and Anthony Castle, The Guardian)

MPs condemn Leave.EU tweet on Labour antisemitism
(Anne Perkins, The Guardian)

Good Friday in Indonesia's Catholic enclave, Larantuka – in pictures
(Anthony McKee, The Guardian)

Religious freedom review: Margaret Court claims anti-gay marriage voices silenced
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)

Faith groups condemn citizenship question on US census
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Quebec mosque shooting suspect changes mind, pleads guilty
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)

Pope on Holy Thursday urges priests to be close to sinners
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

How might Easter be reinterpreted in light of climate change?
(Brandon Ambrosino, Religion News Service)

Of pastors and presidents
(Mark Silk, Religion News Service)

Passover should make us uncomfortable
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

Conservative Jewish leaders stepping down
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Pope washes the feet of inmates, reveals he has cataracts
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

Deakin University study shows young Australians have positive view of religion and accept religious diversity
(Geelong Advertiser)

The wrong way for Germany to debate Islam
(Jochen Bittner, The New York Times)

A new plan to create an 'Islam of France'
(Karina Piser, The Atlantic)

Desperate mom seeks refuge in Manhattan church to avoid deportation
(Edgar Sandoval, New York Daily News)

Stormy issue of pornography, Trump and his firm evangelical support grips some of US media
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Uzbekistan: Will authorities pardon tortured, jailed Shia Muslim?
(Forum 18 News Service)

Jews caught in violation of anti-evangelism law
(Moscow City News Agency, Russia Religion News)

Pentecostals harassed by authorities in Kazakhstan
(Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News)

Macron attends funeral of slain Holocaust survivor and vows to fight anti-Semitism
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Mormons want to save the planet — it’s part of their theology — but many shy away from being called environmentalists
(Emma Penrod, The Salt Lake Tribune)

How will France deal with rising anti-Semitism?
(Elizabeth Bryant, Deutsche Welle)

Spreading religious tolerance in Burkina Faso
(Bram Posthumus, Deutsche Welle)

Disagreement on music fees threatens to quiet German churches
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Pope calls leaders to service, repeats opposition to death penalty
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Area around Jesus’ baptism site being cleared of land mines
(Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press)

Israel to restrict entry of Gaza Christians for Easter
(Associated Press)

Kansas bill lets agencies deny adoptions to LGBT couples
(Associated Press)

Lawsuit seeking removal of LGBT pride flag from Congressional offices dismissed
(Jason Ruiz, Long Beach Post)

Establishment Clause challenge to rainbow flags is dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Church's challenge to zoning denial is rejected
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Permanent injunction issued in contraceptive mandate case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

California lawmakers: Faith practices can be punished as fraud
(Standard Newswire)

Wednesday, 28 March 2018

Obama HHS abortion mandate suffers massive defeat, can’t force Catholic employers to fund abortions
(Life Site News)

A 'duty to hate Britain'
(Dogulas Murray, Gatestone Institute)

The Grand Chamber, universal civil jurisdiction for torture and Naït-Liman v. Switzerland
(Corina Heri, Strasbourg Observers)

75% of Filipinos consider religion very important
(Helen Flores, The Philippine Star)

Delhi High Court: Marriages under Special Marriage Act not governed by personal laws
(Soibam Rocky Singhnew, The Hindu)

Animal protection or religious freedom?
(Sibilla Bondolfi, Swiss Info)

In Mexico, Adventist Church help believers affected by religious intolerance
(Libna Stevens, Inter-American Division News)

Teacher who tried to build 'army of children' jailed
(BBC News)

Pope Francis criticizes Belarus' rules for Catholic priests
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Bolton and Pompeo might unleash Trump on ‘radical Islam’
(Nahal Toosi, Politico)

How Islamism drives Muslims to convert
(Mustafa Akyol, The New York Times)

Anti-Semitic bullying of Jewish schoolgirl causes outrage in Germany
(Daniel Heinrich, Deutsche Welle)

Polish prelate cautions Poles, Hungarians on nationalism, xenophobia
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)

Ten Commandments still popular in America, regardless of religious affiliation
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Ten Commandments Constitutional Amendment will be on the November ballot in Alabama
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

DC Circuit hears oral arguments in bus ad case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Court halts embargo of Puerto Rico Catholic church accounts
(Danica Coto, Associated Press)

Puerto Rico Supreme Court stays seizure of Catholic Church assets in teacher pension dispute
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Teen organizes nationwide school ‘walkout’ to protest abortion
(Mark Hodges, Life Site News)

Thomas More Law Center offers free legal assistance to student organized pro-life walk outs
(Press Release, Thomas More Law Center)

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