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Friday, 26 January 2018

Growing anger in Israel over refugee deportation
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Responding to the global refugee crisis in 2018
(Lindsay Steele, Mission Network News)

Despite persecution, Pakistan’s Church is growing and maturing
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)

Christians in China working out of faith
(Lindsay Steele, Mission Network News)

Sudanese refugees facing arrest in Egypt
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

Children from the red light district finding hope for the future
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

A turning point for religious freedom and the medical profession
(John Stonestreet and Roberto Rivera, The Christian Post)

The truth about religious freedom in China
(Eric Metaxas, G. Shane Morris, The Christian Post)

Senate to take initial vote on bill banning abortions after 20 weeks
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

China's faith-friendly facade: What they don't want you to know
(Eric Metaxas, G. Shane Morris, Christian Headlines)

Paul Nehlen, Paul Ryan's Wisconsin primary challenger, is an anti-semitic clown
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Why some Catholic defend the kidnapping of a Jewish boy
(Anna Momigliano, The Atlantic)

The strange cases of anti-Islam politicians turned Muslims
(David A. Graham, The Atlantic)

Pope Francis compares fake news to snake in Garden of Eden
(Associated Press, The Guardian)

Iowa University Christian student group reinstated by Federal judge
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Judge sides with faith-based group in case against University of Iowa
(Vanessa Miller, Cedar Rapids Gazette)

Judge orders University of Iowa to reinstate Christian group
(Alex Swoyer, The Washington Times)

Far-right German politician converts to Islam
(Kate Connolly, The Guardian)

Thanks, L’Oréal, but I’m growing weary of this hijab fetish
(Nesrine Malik, The Guardian)

Holocaust memorial service pays tribute to victims of genocides
(Caroline Davies, The Guardian)

Quebec community rallies for mosque attack hero: 'He sacrificed his legs for us'
(Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian)

Syria church leader condemns Turkey’s ‘unjustified aggression’
(World Watch Monitor)

Iran protests saw people ‘turn their backs on political Islam’
(World Watch Monitor)

Do Christians really ‘thrive’ in Israel?
(World Watch Monitor)

Evangelical churches in Turkmenistan want official registration
(World Watch Monitor)

Guns now allowed in Virginia churches
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Sundance film festival proves no discrimination toward Christian in Hollywood
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Virginia Senate passes bill to allow guns in churches
(Alan Suderman, Religion News Service)

Kenyan nuns take over hospitals after protracted battle with American priest
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Judge: KFC franchisee cannot advertise chicken as halal
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Pope Francis’ blind spot on sexual abuse
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)

3 lessons from a pastor up close to the Kentucky school shooting
(Richie Clendenen, Religion News Service)

Florida legislators favor ‘In God We Trust’ motto in schools
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Trump’s first-year report card: How’d he do on issues important to evangelicals?
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

EVENT, 26 January 2018: Symposium on “Christian Legal Thought: Materials and Cases”
(St. John’s University School of Law)

Brian Grim to speak on faith's power at Davos
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Thursday, 25 January 2018

Who thinks Muslim leaders should condemn terrorism?
(Youssef Chouhoud, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU))

Are white evangelicals sacrificing the future in search of the past?
(Daniel Cox, FiveThirtyEight)

During Hawaii missile alert, Honolulu Catholic bishop led a penance rite
(Susan Hogan, The Washington Post)

'This is not a drill': The Washington Post pays attention after nuclear threat interrupts the Mass
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Opinion: How many botched cases would it take to end euthanasia of the vulnerable?
(Charles Lane, The Washington Post)

Patriarch Kirill alarmed by spread of cryptocurrencies
(Interfax-Religion)

Russia without future if it follows Europe's example in issues of religion - Deputy Speaker Tolstoy
(Interfax-Religion)

Cooperation with secular universities makes Islamic education 'fundamental' - Putin
(Interfax-Religion)

Bulgaria's PM: If there is a referendum, it must be written - "For" or "Against" domestic violence of women and children in Bulgaria
(novinite.com)

'Threat of fake news' is focus of Pope Francis 2018 World Communications Day message
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Perhaps Mormons are the most politically malleable
(Justin Dyer, Deseret News Opinion)

Rohingya, religion, response: Part One
(Kelsey Ritchie, The Baines Report)

Rohingya, religion, response: Part Two
(Kelsey Ritchie, The Baines Report)

UK Chief Rabbi steps in on dispute over religious burials in London
(Tamara Zieve, The Jerusalem Post)

Rome soccer team fined for fans’ anti-Semitic Anne Frank stickers
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

I visited the Rohingya refugee camps and here is what Bangladesh is doing right
(Sabrina Karim, The Conversation)

German far-right AfD politician resigns after converting to Islam
(Nik Martin, Deutsche Welle)

German nationalist politician converts to Islam, quits post
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)

EU court bars sexual orientation tests for asylum-seekers
(Deutsche Welle)

Memphis Diocese to close inner-city Catholic school network
(Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service)

Priests, nuns arrested for anti-Kabila protests in Congo
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

As US bishops defend immigrants, Italian prelates ready to do the same
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Sacred Torah scrolls stolen from Jewish synagogue in Hawaii
(Associated Press)

Schools in Yogyakarta overlook religious tolerance: Study
(Bambang Muryanto, The Jakarta Post)

French lawmakers banned from wearing religious symbols
(News 18.com)

Massachusetts: Medical Society opposes Conscience and Religious Freedom division
(Emily MIcucci, Worcester Business Journal)

I would like it if politics based on caste and religion did not exist, says RSS chief to Mumbai bizmen
(Hindustan Times)

Israeli journalist threatens to sue U.S. Embassy over sex separation during Pence visit to wall
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Journalist to sue Western Wall rabbi, U.S. Embassy over gender segregation during Pence visit
(Allison Kaplan Sommer, Haaretz)

Muslim man files discrimination suit over firing from YSU
(Cristen Manion, WFMJ News)

USCIRF welcomes confirmation of new Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF))

Suit claims university employee dismissed because of anti-Muslim discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

New Jersey middle school instructs students Islam is the “true faith” – Thomas More Law Center files federal lawsuit
(Press Release, Thomas More Law Center)

School district sued over Middle East geography curriculum
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Court rules GuideStar suit not covered by Lanham Act
(Press Release, Liberty Counsel)

Republication of SPLC hate group label did not violate Lanham Act
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Riots in Indian cities on eve of Hindu queen film release
(AFP)

The far-right AfD wants to ‘protect’ Germany from Islam. Now, one of its politicians has become a Muslim
(Rick Noack, The Washington Post)

What unites us?
(The Washington Post)

US Policy toward the Levant, Kurds and Turkey
(Joshua Landis, Syria Comment)

A Sustainable United States Policy for North Syria, the Kurds, Turkey and the Syrian Government
(Joshua Landis and Matthew Barber, Syria Comment)

EVENT, 25-26 January 2018: Religion and Innovation 2018,The Opening Conference
(Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento)

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 18-25 January 2018
(World Council of Churches)

Last remaining mysterious parts of the dead sea scrolls deciphered
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

Americans differ on participation of male, female transgender students in team sports
(Daniel Cox, Ph.D, Rob Griffin, Ph.D, and Robert P. Johes, Ph.D, PRRI)

Opinion: In three years, LGBT Americans have gone from triumph to backlash
(Alyssa Rosenberg, The Washington Post)

Wednesday, 24 January 2018

Government has issued more information on the CSJ Program
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Intersection)

CCCC’s Response To Government’s Supplementary Information on CSJ
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Intersection)

The Origins of the Reformation Bible
(Edmon L. Gallalgher and John D. Meade, OUPblog | Religion)

Kyrgyzstan: Church arson follows long-standing government failures
(Forum 18 News Service)

UN, OSCE, EU should react to harassment of canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Lavrov
(Interfax-Religion)

Strasbourg continues orthodox approach to Iranian Christian converts
(Darren Stevenson, Free Movement)

New attack on evangelicals in historical context
(Politsovet, Russia Religion News)

Russian presidential candidate may pray with American lawmakers
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witnesses again frustrated in court
(Telegraph, Russia Religion News)

Pakistani Islamism flourishes in America
(Sam Westrop, National Review)

French lawmakers banned from wearing religious symbols in Parliament
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Padmavat: Violence after India top court lifts ban on film
(BBC News)

German government tight-lipped on threat of Islamic extremism in the Balkans
(Nemanja Rujevic, Deutsche Welle)

Pope appeals for peace in Democratic Republic of Congo
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Peaceful Solidarity: Lessons from the greatest example of interfaith peace activism in our nation’s history
(Patrick Henry, Commonweal)

Three reasons why school vouchers are no friend of religious liberty
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Bill requiring public schools to post “In God We Trust” advances in Florida House
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

KFC franchisee loses fight to market chicken as Muslim-friendly
(Lorraine Bailey, Courthouse News Service)

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