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Friday, 19 January 2018

Roger Severino discusses the HHS Division of Conscience and Religious Freedom
(Kelly McEvers, NPR)

ACLU comment on introduction of “conscience protections” for health care workers
(Press Release, American Civil Liberties Union)

ACLU distorts the purpose of a federal effort to protect religious liberty
(Margot Cleveland, National Review)

First do no harm: People, as well as politics, are crucial when covering medical conscience fights
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Trump Administration takes several actions supporting pro-life advocates
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

At ‘March for Life’ event Trump pushes for Congress to restrict abortions
(Gregory Korte, Religion News Service)

Anti-abortion Democrats navigate divide between March for Life and the Women’s March
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Trump touts year of anti-abortion policies in Rose Garden speech
(Dan Merica, CNN)

Opinion: Abortion rights go against the spirit of civil rights
(Michael Gerson, The Washington Post)

Donald Trump and the battering of civil religion
(John D. Carlson, Religion News Service)

Protestant, Muslim, Atheist, Jew: 4 leftist perspectives a year into Trump’s presidency
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Madeleine Buckley, Kimberly Winston, and Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Scant religious practice in trainee primary teachers, study finds
(Carl O'Brien, Irish Times)

In Xi we trust - Is China cracking down on Christianity?
(Wesley Rahn, Deutsche Welle)

Putin's Epiphany dip shown in media because it took place in public with many believers present - Peskov
(Interfax-Religion)

Baptism madness seizes Russians on Epiphany
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)

French Jewish group demands action following rash of anti-Semitic incidents
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Catholic schools in Ireland might lose right to choose their students
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

In wake of Trump furor, Vatican delivers show of solidarity for Africa
(John Allen and Claire Giangravé, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

The atheist’s case against abortion: respect for human rights
(Kelsey Hazzard, America Magazine)

Is this the beginning of the end for freedom of the press in the Philippines?
(Manuel Quezon III, The Washington Post)

'Not just about a cake shop': LGBT people battle bias in everyday routines
(Susan Miller, USA Today)

Religious buildings in Kazakhstan to be labeled 16+
(Jelena Rakocevic, Modern Diplomacy)

Khamosh calls for seminary reforms
(The Nation)

Interfaith group to contribute to Rakhine rebuilding
(Aung Kyaw Min, Myanmar Times)

Religious Liberty Sabbath highlights a core Adventist value
(Bettina Krause, Adventist News Network)

Leader McCarthy speaks at the opening of a new religious liberty division at HHS
(House Majority Leader)

Lawsuit claims university protects LGBT students by punishing religious ones
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)

An American Muslim preacher faces his own mortality
(Leila Fadel, NPR)

NPR does well-rounded profile on dying leader who symbolizes 'California Islam'
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Archives chronicle decades of Baha'i persecution in Iran
(Baha'i International Community)

Assisting suicide: leave to appeal granted in R (Conway)
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

New York Times learns that, yes, leaders in liberal black churches are mad at Donald Trump
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

More ChurchClarity.org thinking: Digging into campus covenant details might be a hoot
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Pence plan to target aid for Christians in Iraq sparks concern
(Rhys Dubin and Dan De Luce, Foreign Policy)

Women's campaigns flourish beyond Iran protests
(Sstefania D'Ignoti, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Why protests won’t change Iran’s foreign policy
(Hamidreza Azizi, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Why is Foreign Policy magazine grumpy about U.S. aid going to Christians in Iraq?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Forcing pro-life groups to promote abortion ' discriminatory,' 'unconstitutional', 'repugnant': conservatives to SCOTUS
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Christian persecution is already at an all-time high, North Korea retains top spot
(Eric Metxas and Stan Guthrie, The Christian Post)

Indonesian Christians fighting Trump deportations likened to Jews fleeing Nazis by federal judge
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Evangelical megachurch in China blown up by military police
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

Why no news coverage of Trump silence on China's destruction of evangelical megachurch?
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Women start filling up tanks at Gaza gas station
(Amjad Yaghi, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Israeli female pilot raises rabbis’ ire
(Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

IS families lose their homes in Syria’s Akhtarin
(Khaled al-Khateb, All Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Israeli nationalists' messiah complex
(Akiva Eldar, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Vladimir Putin takes icy plunge to mark Orthodox Epiphany
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)

Author of books on presidents’ faith says Trump misunderstands evangelicals
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Compulsory sex education and Article 9 ECHR: AR & LR v Switzerland
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Decision A.R. and L.R. v. Switzerland - Refusal to exempt primary school pupil from sex education did not breach Convention
(Press Release, European Court of Human Rights)

3 explanations of religious freedom
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)

Living a different answer — Father Deacon Andrew Bennett, director of Cardus Law, celebrates Christmas with hundreds of Millennials who respond to old holiday questions with a new zeal for Truth
(Andrew Bennett, Convivium)

What's the cultural challenge the Church faces in 2018?
(Jim Denison, The Christian Post)

The Church has 'fundamentally failed' on religious freedom, Frank Wolf says
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Americans, Christians & Jerusalem
(Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism: The Institute on Religion & Democracy's Blog)

Thursday, 18 January 2018

Russian Orthodox priests consecrate all oceans on Epiphany eve
(Interfax Religion)

The United Nations’ shameful treatment of persecuted Christians
(Alexander W. Titus, Providence: A Journal of Christianity & American Foreign Policy)

The Christian baker religious freedom case isn't the only one before the Supreme Court
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

The dangerous Supreme Court case nobody is talking about (NIFLA v. Becerra has huge implications for free speech, religious freedom, and the pro-life cause)
(David French, National Review)

National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra (Broad support against forcing pro-life centers to advertise for abortion)
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

ACLJ at Supreme Court defending pro-life peech and pro-life pregnancy centers from being forced to promote abortion
(Geoffrey Surtess, ACLJ)

Orthodox organizations file briefs in religious liberty case (NFLA v. Becerra)
(Rafael Hoffman, Hamodia)

Alabama is one step closer to eliminating marriage licenses
(Scott Slayton, Christian Headlines)

In Israel, a rabbinical plan to hide Africans facing deportation
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

More Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jews buck tradition and head for the army, higher ed
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Will religious instability destroy Bangladesh
(Doug Bandow, The National Interest)

Christian ministries aim to influence every college campus with the gospel
(Meg Bucher, Christian Headlines)

Pakistani humanist denied UK asylum after failing to identify Plato
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

England's cathedrals face financial crisis as running costs soar
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

The Guardian view on prayer: the heart of a heartless world
(Editorial, The Guardian)

Philosophical failing in denial of Pakistani humanist’s asylum claim
(Letters, The Guardian)

New ECHR Case-Law Factsheets
(Antoine Buyse, ECHR Blog)

UK Parliament hears ‘squeeze’ of persecution of Christians ‘as dangerous as violence’
(World Watch Monitor)

Two reports show fewer incidents of Muslim extremism in 2017
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

New LDS presidency talks growth, LGBTQ, & women at press conference
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

For first time, Pope Francis marries couple in flight
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Wing and a prayer: pope marries couple on plane over Chile
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Trump admin will protect health workers who refuse services on religious grounds
(Alison Kodjak, NPR)

Why would a Bible translation use the word 'Palestine'?
(Michael Brown, The Christian Post)

Trump protecting medical providers who oppose abortion
(Ricado Alonzo-Zaldivar, Religion News Service)

Trump administration is planning expanded religious and moral exemptions for doctors
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Trump's plan to shield employers from doing things against their religion
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

New office will help medical providers deny treatment on religious grounds
(Jessica Glenza, The Guardian)

Iranian Christian convert leaders 1,500 Muslims to Christ in Sweden
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Global rights group says Malaysia sliding towards conservative Islam
(Free Malaysia Today)

Former UK boxing champ charged with encouraging extremism
(Associated Press)

More difficulties for Protestants in use of meeting places
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

Cash given to fight anti-Semitism in universities
(Belfast Telegraph)

German parliament creates anti-Semitism commissioner post
(Deutsche Welle)

Rhode Island high school principal retires over racist slurs
(Associated Press)

Tap and donate: Paris church now takes contactless cards
(Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press)

Bishop skips Arkansas anti-abortion rally; cites executions
(Kelly P. Kissel, Associated Press)

Racism and abortion have plenty in common
(Dr. Mark Creech, The Christian Post)

Roe v. Roe: Women hurt by abortion speak out against it
(Dr. Jerry Newcombe, Christian Headlines)

Where are mainline Protestants on abortion?
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)

As church/state tensions mount in Congo, Vatican trip in limbo
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Trump to let health practitioners skip procedures on religious grounds
(Stephanie Armour and Louise Radnofsky, The Wall Street Journal)

Judge OKs $29M deal to end class action vs Ascension Health over Wheaton Franciscan pension claims
(Jonathan Bilyk, Cook County Record)

"Church plan" class action settled
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Appeals court sides with NJ Transit on arresting preachers on platform
(Bobby Allyn, WHYY News)

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