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Monday, 26 March 2018

When the faithful vote from fear: The Church faces Italy’s anti-immigrant movement
(Paul Moses, Commonweal)

Another #ChurchToo: The Chicago Tribune investigates Bill Hybels in 6,000 words
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Holocaust memorial again defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti
(Associated Press)

UK Jewish groups accuse Labour of tolerating anti-Semitism
(Associated Press)

Greek bishop faces re-trial over remarks against gays
(Associated Press)

Faith healing parents convicted in daughter's death
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Parents convicted of manslaughter in pneumonia death of girl
(Associated Press)

May parents cane their children? Tlapak and Wetjen
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Court allows prayer at Temple Mount gates
(Mordechai Sones, Arutz Sheva)

Israeli court says Jews have right to pray at Temple Mount gates
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

European Court upholds Germany's removal of children from religious sect parents
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

New White House memorandum on military service by transgender persons
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

USCIRF study reveals numerous passages in Saudi textbooks inciting violence and intolerance
(USCIRF, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF))

Clerical abuse of spiritual power and authority: Penalty
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Law and religion round-up – 25th March
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Anti-sex trafficking organization hail Congress for passing bill stopping tech giants from enabling traffickers
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)

'March for our Lives': Thousands of students mark new 'revolution' to end school shootings
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

March for our Lives rallies draw more than 2 million people
(Jim Denison, The Christian Post)

Hundreds to take part in prayer vigils at abortion clinics this Good Friday
(TC Public Relations, Christian Headlines)

Pakistani Christian embroiled in a ‘fabricated’ blasphemy case acquitted by the court
(Madeeha Bakhsh, Christians in Pakistan)

As Palm Sunday approaches, Egyptian Christians still face a deadly enemy one year after church bombings
(Christian Today staff writer, Christian Today)

Philippine city offers hope and peace after the war
(Asia News)

The tragedy of religious freedom
(Patrick Hornbeck, Religion Dispatches)

Alabama residents to vote on Ten Commandments amendment after proposal approved by lawmakers
(Heather Clark, Christian News)

Turkey increases pressure on Christians with Andrew Brunson indictment
(Turkish MInute)

No Holy Week observance in war-torn Philippine city
(Joe Torres, UCANews)

Jewish leaders accuse Jeremy Corbyn of 'siding with antisemites'
(Heather Stewart and Kevin Rawlinson, The Guardian)

Corbyn’s ‘regret’ over an antisemitic mural doesn’t go remotely far enough
(Matthew d'Ancona, The Guardian)

Boko Haram kept one Dapchi girl who refused to deny her Christianity
(Ruth Maclean, The Guardian)

Op-ed: Gay clergy will live in torment until the Catholic church drops this hypocritical oath
(Kevin McKenna, The Guardian)

Jehovah's Witnesses accused of silencing victims of child abuse
(Sarah Marsh, The Guardian)

MPs demand action over Jehovah’s Witness abuse allegations
(Sarah Marsh, The Guardian)

India: police leave Catholic hospital separated from power supply after attack
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)

Egyptian mob celebrates blocking application for new church
(World Watch Monitor)

Mormons reconcile gender identity and sexual orientation at conference
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Vatican battles progressive female elements during conferences
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

When adoption agencies can turn away gay prospective parents, what happens to the kids?
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion News Service)

Protesters, fans turn out for Rev. James Martin’s talk in Chicago
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Willow Creek pastor Bill Hybels denies claims of inappropriate behavior
(RNS staff, Religion News Service)

Archbishop Oscar Romero was gunned down inside his own church 38 years ago. Soon he’ll become El Salvador’s first saint
(Michael E. Lee, Religion News Service)

White evangelicals are not the (only) problem
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

Young Catholics call for an authentic, empowering church
(Thomas Reese, RNS: Signs of the Times)

The kid who didn’t attend the march because of his bar mitzvah
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS: Martini Judaism)

Religious photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Urged by their youth, faith groups flocked to the March for Our Lives
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

On Palm Sunday, the pope urges youth to raise their voices
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)

EVENT, 26 March 2018: Journey into Europe: Islam, Immigration, and Identity (A Conversation with Akbar Ahmed)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

EVENT, 26 March 2018: Contemporary Antisemitism as an Attack on American Liberalism and Democracy
(Dr. Charles Asher Small, Executive Director, ISGAP, Jewish Museum of Florida, Miami Beach)

Sister Jean’s friends celebrate Loyola’s run to the March Madness Final Four
(Maggie Hendricks, Religion News Service)

Trump moves to ban most transgender people from serving in military
(John Bowden and Avery Anapol, The Hill)

Sunday, 25 March 2018

NYC to pay Muslim women forced to remove hijabs for mugshots
(BBC News)

EVENT, 25 March 2018: Faiths in Tune - 7th London Interfaith Music Festival at the British Museum

Saturday, 24 March 2018

Goodbye to the Religious Affairs Bureau: religions are now under the direct control of the Party
(Wang Zhicheng, Asia News)

Faith by the Numbers: The Socio-economic Impact of Religion in the U.S.
(Brian Grim / Religious Freedom & Business Foundation, Faith Counts)

More than academic: Religious freedom is economic
(Brian Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Friday, 23 March 2018

ECHR endorses German courts’ decisions to take Twelve Tribes Church children into care because of caning
(Press Release, European Court of Human Rights)

Friday Five: Sister Jean's rising celebrity, Bill Hybels' #ChurchToo accusers, Pence's bunny and more
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Sir Roger Bannister's "miracle" on the track
(Arthur Remillard, Sightings: Religion in Public Life (University of Chicago Divinity School))

EVENT, 23 March 2018: ISIS's genocide of Christians – A step toward itscaliphate: The past, present, and future of Christians in the Middle East
(9:00 am - 12:00 noon, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC)

European court upholds German move to take kids from sect
(David Rising, Associated Press)

Same-sex marriage and C of E clergy: Pemberton v Inwood
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Women and Religious Freedom: Synergies and Opportunities
(Report, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF))

Russian Jews hope there won't be precedents of extremism and hostility at FIFA World Cup
(Interfax-Religion)

Turkmenistan: Jailings of conscientious objectors resume
(Forum 18 News Service)

Prosecutor challenges alienation of Jehovah's Witnesses' property
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

6 facts about Catholic and Protestant influence in Germany
(Kathleen Schuster, Deutsche Welle)

Cardinal Tong says opposing Vatican-China deal is 'unreasonable'
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

China expert says Vatican deal on bishops might really happen
(Barb Fraze, Catholic News Service)

Cross removal 'kingpin' gets key China post
(UCANews)

State Administration for Religious Affairs absorbed into United Front Work in China
(Sarah Zheng and Zhou Xin, South China Morning Post)

China’s Communist Party overhaul includes religious affairs control
(Catholic News Service)

New York Cardinal says Democratic party has ‘slammed the door’ on Catholics
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Polish archbishop condemns government stance on refugees
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)

Jewish candidate for Muslim party breaks barriers in Tunisia
(Bouazza Ben Bouazza, Associated Press)

Protests erupt in Poland over plan to tighten abortion law
(Monika Scislowska, Associated Press)

Alabama legislature approves ballot issue on Ten Commandments
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

4 nations sign statement on combating online hate speech
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

More than 70% of blasphemy cases spring up from Punjab recent report says
(Madeeha Bakhsh, Christians in Pakistan)

Christian leaders and civil society groups have had enough with the abuses of the blasphemy law
(Kamran Chaudhry, Asia News)

Pakistan Christian escapes death for ‘clearly fabricated’ blasphemy
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)

Rabbi defends against zoning charges citing religious obligation of hospitality
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Federal appeals court upholds public school's 'Christmas Spectacular'
(Mark Walsh, Education Week)

7th Circuit: School's Christmas pageant does not violate Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Thomas More Society continues to defend the rights of sidewalk counselors
(Press Release, Thomas More Society)

Labour party leader in antisemitism row after backing artist behind 'offensive' mural
(Heather Stewart, Catholic News Agency)

Religious Freedom in Focus, volume 74 – March 2018
(Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice)

Where 'no religion' is default, a look at Europe's young Catholic minority
(Catholic News Agency)

Infographic: Generation groups and religion
(Robert David Sullivan, America Magazine)

Death penalty for drug dealers? Catholic group responds to federal memo
(Maggie Maslak, Catholic News Agency)

Abortion protester cleared of disorderly conduct charge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Cardinal Dolan says Democrats have abandoned Catholics
(Catholic News Agency)

Video: The end of white Christian America: A conversation with E.J. Dionne and Robert P. Jones
(Harvard Divinity School)

Evangelical church angers a gay couple: In Knoxville, this is still a news story
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Hebrew prophet's tomb in Iraq saved from collapse
(Judit Neurink, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Re-Jew-venating Civilization
(Rabbi Michael Shevack, World Religion News)

Immigration, families, and Jesus: Do we want a decent society?
(John Stonestreet and Roberto Rivera, The Christian Post)

What was the 'crime' of Jesus that got him crucified?
(Dr. Jerry Newcombe, Christian Headlines)

SPRING SYMPOSIUM: 23 March 2018: "Religious Freedom and the Common Good"
(Sponsored by the University of St. Thomas Law Journal, Co-Sponsored by Baylor University, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN)

EVENT, 23 March 2018: Religious Freedom in Danish asylum centers – between the law and the reality
(Briefing by Kareem Padraig A. McDonald, Moderator Jennifer Bryson, Religious Freedom Institute)

Religious freedom in Danish asylum centres
(Kareem Padraig A. McDonald, Religious Freedom Institute)

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