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Friday, 2 February 2018

Rihanna defies religious group’s warning to stay away from Senegal
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

New Bible app creates online community for progressive Christians
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Faith groups, nonprofits team up to help homeless around Super Bowl
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Christian legal expert defends Sharia law
(Eno Adeogun, Premier)

Whiteman Prayer Breakfast concerns religious freedom group
(Associated Press)

Constitutional Studies visiting fellow, Daniel Mark, discusses threats to religious freedom
(Alexandra Muck, The Observer)

Iowa: Religious freedom or legal discrimination? Lawmakers discuss controversial bill
(Cynthia Fodor, KCCI 8)

Muslim minister in UK leads charge for religious freedom
(Ines San Martin, Crux)

Updated Justice Department manual requires US Attorneys to designate religious liberty coordinators
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Justice Department announces religious liberty update to U.S. Attorneys' Manual and directs the designation of religious liberty point of contact for all U.S. Attorneys' offices
(Department of Justice)

Secretary-General's remarks at ceremony marking the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust [as delivered]
(Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General)

Nigerian Air Force complicit in massacre of Christian villagers, says Amnesty
(World Watch Monitor)

Thursday, 1 February 2018

Religion, parental disputes and the rule of law
(Religion, law and the constitution blog (University of Manchester))

Polish Senate debates Holocaust bill that has angered Israel
(Associated Press)

Polish Senate backs controversial Holocaust speech law
(Monika Scislowska, Religion News Service)

Saudi Arabia uses aggression abroad to calm clerics at home
(Bruce Riedel, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

As Australian Muslim women we don't have to be told what we can wear
(Lydia Shelly, The Guardian)

How Muslim women use fashion to exert political influence
(Elizabeth Bucar, The Atlantic)

Antisemitic incidents in UK at all-time high
(Nadia Khomami, The Guardian)

'A bit of you is always on duty': the vicars struggling with stress
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Holy Envy: What this Catholic learned about missionary work from Mormons
(Brian Grim, Faith Counts)

Religious leaders praise and criticize President Trump's First State of the Union speech
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

What would Jesus say? European Catholics grapple with Lord’s Prayer translations
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)

Iran sentences American art dealer, wife to prison
(Jon Gambrell, Religion News Service)

List of ‘Jews’ gets Republican candidate a slap from Twitter users
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

Faith bodies must affirm opposition to nuclear war
(Chuck Currie, Religion News Service)

5 years of Francis: Prominent pope watchers debate his legacy
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Pope’s briefing system under scrutiny after Chile gaffe
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

Faith leaders mark 50th anniversary of Memphis sanitation workers’ deaths
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

What’s behind America’s promotion of religious liberty abroad
(Gene Zubovich, Religion News Service)

Why I kept my questions for the Rev. James Martin to myself
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)

Why God and Ben Franklin pick the Pats
(Joshua Hammerman, Religion News Service)

Ga. bill could let high school coaches pray w/students
(Michael F. Haverluck, One News Now)

Najib mulls change to conversion law
(The Straits Times)

Register Islamic marriages under civil law, sharia review says
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

South Carolina bill would require schools to display 'In God We Trust' posters
(Emilie Ikeda, Fox News)

Kyrgyzstan: Burial blocked with violence "resolved peacefully"?
(Forum 18 News Service)

Putin to congratulate Patriarch Kirill on anniversary of his enthronement on Thursday
(Interfax-Religion)

Twelve held in south Kazakhstan for extremism propaganda on social media
(Interfax-Religion)

On anniversary of his enthronement patriarch urges not to stop helping residents of the Donbass
(TASS, Russia Religion News)

Anti-Semitic incidents in Britain hit record high for second consecutive year
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Bill to ban circumcision introduced in Iceland’s parliament
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Jehovah's Witness note-taking challenged at EU's top court
(Deutsche Welle)

Indian cardinal urges upholding freedom of religion guarantees
(Anto Akkara, Catholic News Service)

City that denied mosque reaches deal to let it be built
(Associated Press)

Morality push may outlaw sex outside marriage in Indonesia
(Stephen Wright, Associated Press)

Man who drove van into Muslims in London convicted of murder
(Jill Lawless, Associated Press)

This church has survived a fire that started back in 1962
(Owen Amos, BBC News)

Seven years after the ‘Arab Spring,’ Tunisia is leading another revolution — on women’s rights
(Mona Eltahawy, The Washington Post)

The plan to repatriate Rohingya refugees leads to fears of new dangers
(Victoria Milko, The Washington Post)

Senior Ofsted official backs headteacher over hijab ban for under eights
(Richard Adams, The Guardian)

Iowa bill requiring school districts to offer Bible elective advances
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC blog))

What’s behind America’s promotion of religious liberty abroad
(Gene Zubovich, The Conversation)

Why interfaith programming matters at religious schools like BYU
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)

Transcript: Interview with Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev
(The Economist)

The blind spots of identity (and liberal) politics
(Michael Wear, The Gospel Coalition)

Myanmar: Dozens buried in mass graves confirmed by AP
(Foster Klug, Associated Press)

Ghana sisters blending style, tradition for Muslim women
(Jordi Perdigo, Associated Press)

Argentine Supreme Court strikes down mandatory religion classes in public schools
(Sergio Giuliano, Oxford Human Rights Hub)

Advertising and public morals: Sekmadienis
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Religious communities call on government to remove abortion attestation requirement
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Intersection)

Federal Court refuses injunction on Canada Summer Jobs
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Intersection)

EVENT, 1 February 2018: Chairman of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom to speak at Notre Dame
(Jen Smith, Notre Dame News)

EVENT, 1 February 2018: Globetrotting for interfaith harmony: 3 1/2 years as the United States' Special Representative for Religion and Global Affairs
(Wheatley Institution - Brigham Young University)

France: Leading Islamic scholar in custody amid rape claims
(Associated Press)

Islam scholar Tariq Ramadan charged with suspected rape
(Angela Charlton, Religion News Service)

Trump talks religious liberty, taxes, immigration during State of the Union. Here's why it matters to American families
(Kelsey Dallas and Lois M. Collins, Deseret News InDepth)

A chance for Hope, star of the State of the Union
(Emilie Kao and Jared Eckert, Religion News Service)

Booker: Trump used religion in State of the Union address to divide
(Julia Manchester, The Hill)

Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Sexual assault: What about the church’s silence?
(Beth Moore, Religion News Service)

European court questions Russian discrimination in anti-evangelism law
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

What the New York Times gets wrong about conscience
(David French, National Review)

Macron issues stark warning to Turkey as incursion against Kurds in Syria deepens
(Gareth Browne, The National)

Banishment of villagers for following different religion unconstitutional: Manipur HC
(Ashok K.M, LiveLaw.in)

PM's push for triple talaq ahead of budget session, "for Muslim women": 10 facts
(NDTV)

Hope triple talaq Bill will be law soon, President tells Parliament
(PTI, The Hindu)

Triple talaq is an excuse, Modi government wants to target Shariat: Owaisi
(Zee News)

CAFO stinks, but not a substantial burden
(Karla Chaffee and Evan Seeman, RLUIPA-Defense)

"We want a local bishop" say Ethiopian Anglicans
(Anglican Communion News Service)

What lessons can be learned from Singapore's religious regulatory framework?
(HA Hellyer, The National)

Irish abortion referendum: Debate rages after vote announced
(BBC News)

Secular schools in Israel integrate religious content into science and tech lessons
(Yarden Zur, Haaretz)

Religious leaders say they'll challenge 'fascist' summer jobs form on charter grounds
(Kathleen Harris, CBC News)

Is Taiwan about to lose another diplomatic ally?
(Shannon Tiezzi, The Diplomat)

Strains increase between Venezuelan church leaders, president
(Cody Weddle, Catholic News Service)

Ontario doctors who object to treatment on moral or religious grounds must give referral: court
(Paola Loriggio, The Star)

Michigan district makes changes after religious complaints
(Associated Press)

‘Satanic’ group signs up for trash program
(Associated Press)

McKinney ISD hears from Muslims, 'conservative parents' after teachers' anti-gay and anti-Islamic tweets
(Nanette Light, Dallas News)

New Harvard research says U.S. Christianity is not shrinking, but growing stronger
(Glenn T. Stanton, The Federalist)

British Parliament refuses to offer kosher food for 'ethical' reasons
(Eytan Halon, The Jerusalem Post)

Proposed abortion law would lift threat of jail
(Ellen Coyne, The Times)

Clergy gather to bless one of the only U.S. clinics performing late-term abortions
(Julie Zauzmer, GetReligion)

What!? About that Washington Post religion story on clergy gathering to bless late-term abortion clinic
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Lincoln bishop to lift excommunication ban on 5 women
(Associated Press)

South Korean bishop hopes Winter Olympics are stepping stone to peace
(Catholic News Service)

Bishops warn against power of ‘fake news’ in Nigeria
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Egypt issues suspended sentence to 19 over church attack
(Associated Press)

Town accused of targeting Jews settles lawsuit over boundary
(Associated Press)

Intervention rejected in contraceptive mandate case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

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