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Monday, 8 January 2018

Can you rehab the beliefs of a radical terrorist?
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Politics of religion can create Hafiz Saeeds among Hindus: Prakash Ambedkar
(The Times of India)

US to Pakistan: You condone religious violations
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

U.S. top court turns away challenge to Mississippi LGBT law
(Lawrence Hurley, Reuters)

Christian group files complaint over Illinois law requiring pregnancy centers to make abortion referrals
(Jardine Malado, The Christian Times)

Labor has 'no plans' to change law allowing religious schools to fire gay teachers
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)

Pakistan stands for religious freedom, rights of minorities: PM
(Pakistan Observer)

Freedom From Religion Foundation to broadcast new, weekly talk show
(Shelley K. Mesch, Wisconsin State Journal)

Should religious leaders use social media?
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Texas mall installs Ten Commandments monument
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Hard-line cleric blames social media for fueling Iran protests, unrest
(Jon Gambrell, Religion News Service)

Keen Islamic prayer activists bring a new dawn to Gaza
(Fares Akram, Religion News Service)

“Three Billboards” wins best religion film
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

A floating podcast: Are evangelicals more confused than usual, these days? #REALLY
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Salaam Shalom: Muslim and Jewish women start a movement to thwart religious bigotry
(Sheryl Olitzky, Religion News Service)

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

Pope on Epiphany: Don’t make money, career your whole life
(Frances D'Emilio, Religion News Service)

The nones — and nuns — are all right in Greta Gerwig’s ‘Lady Bird’
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Charlie Hebdo changed the way the French say ‘liberté, égalité, fraternité’
(Elizabeth Benjamin, The Conversation)

Tales of the religious and the secular
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

Muslim Americans face challenges when confronting leader's misconduct
(Alisa Chang, NPR)

Sunday, 7 January 2018

Ecclesiastical court judgments – 2017
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Saturday, 6 January 2018

Islamic State in Sinai declares war on Hamas in gruesome execution video
(Dov Lieber, Times of Israel)

Friday, 5 January 2018

The origin of new year’s resolutions
(A.L., The Economist Explains)

Brides who arrive late
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

The Charity Commission and the Annual Return 2018
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Pope on 2018: Forget life’s ‘useless baggage’
(Frances D'Emilio, Religion News Service)

Religious marriage of same-sex couples
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Wrapping up 2017: The Atlantic looks at big religion themes in Trump's foreign policy
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

President Thomas S. Monson, 16th prophet of the LDS Church, dies after a lifetime spent going 'to the rescue'
(Tad Walch, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)

A life spent 'on the Lord's errand': President Thomas S. Monson dies at age 90
(Gerry Avant, LDS Church News)

The death of a Prophet
(McKay Coppins, The Atlantic)

Mormon leader Thomas Monson dies aged 90
(Associated Press in Salt Lake City, The Guardian)

Church president was familiar face to generations of Mormons
(Brady McCombs, Associated Press)

USCCB president mourns death of the Mormons’ president, Thomas Monson
(Catholic News Service)

US bishops extend sympathy at death of Mormon Church president
(Catholic News Agency)

What CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, TIME, NPR and others are writing about President Thomas S. Monson
(Herb Scribner, Deseret News U.S. & World)

Duck, duck, goose: Three different approaches to covering Mormon church president's death
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Mormons after Monson: What comes next?
(Benjamin Park, Religion News Service)

For Mormons, succession drama is against their religion
(Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times)

Mormons and change: The Mormon faith builds bridges while staying true to its self
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Iran and the European Union: The Case for Democracy
(Paulo Casaca, Sharnoff's Global Views)

State Department names the world's worst violators of religious freedom
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Designations Under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998
(Heather Nauert, Department Spokesperson, Press Statement: United States Department of State)

Dishonor Roll: State Department lists countries of particular concern for violating religious freedom
(Faith McDonnell, The Christian Post)

US State Department names "Countries of Particular Concern"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

U.S. places Pakistan on watch list for religious freedom violations
(Reuters)

US places Pakistan on a special watch list for religious freedom violations
(The Economic Times)

NUS apologises after omitting Judaism from religion survey for second time in six months
(May Bulman, The Independent)

Religious freedom historian John Ragosta on “religious freedom”
(Frederick Clarkson, Religion Dispatches)

Love & the Law: C. G. Weeramantry’s view of Catholic global justice
(William George, Commonweal)

Keen Islamic prayer activists bring a new dawn to Gaza
(Fares Akram, Associated Press)

What does Indonesia’s new political landscape mean for the future of its economy?
(Edward Parker, The Diplomat)

WorldLink: Christian migrants in Israel
(Federica Sasso, Deutsche Welle)

Pope’s latest prayer video highlights religious persecution in Asia
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

International Religious Freedom Commission issues bi-partisan letter supporting Iranian protesters
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

If Iran protests successful it's much better for Mideast Christians, experts say
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)

Iranian protests and the church: Bread, freedom, and faith
(Eric Metaxas, Anne Morse, Christian Headlines)

Hard-line cleric says social media fed Iran protests, unrest
(Jon Gambrell, Associated Press)

Iran protests: Why this ancient nation holds Biblical significance
(Laura Lacey Johnson, Christian Headlines)

What no one is telling you about Iran
(Michael Brown, The Christian Post)

Was Trump right to praise the Iranian protesters?
(John Paluska, Christian Headlines)

2009 vs now: How Iran’s new protests compare to the past
(Lee Keath, Associated Press)

Nationalists demand prayers to Hindu deity at Catholic college in India
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Panel on Lingayat religion: HC orders notice to state, Centre
(Deccan Herald)

Politics of religion can become uncontrollable: BR Ambedkar's grandson
(NDTV)

Free speech murdered in Maldives
(Aaquib Khan, The Diplomat)

Pardon for ex-president in Peru muddies waters for pope’s trip
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Facing the challenges of the modern church in our century
(Dan Barnes, The Christian Post)

Mennonite church USA's largest conference leaves denomination over homosexuality
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Convention on gender violence draws backlash in Bulgaria
(novinite.com)

China moving to having largest Christian population; World Council of Churches sending delegation
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

The harm of internet Christianity
(Melissa Spoelstra, The Christian Post)

Sweden has failed its Jews, ambassador says
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Trashing megachurches
(Mark Tooley, The Christian Post)

Evangelical North Park University suspends campus pastor after officiating gay marriage
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

The cynical, perhaps sinister, side of Bitcoin
(Dr. Mark Hendrickson, The Christian Post)

Did far-right extremist violence really spike in 2017?
(William Parkin, Joshua D. Freilich, and Steven Chermak, The Conversation)

17 striking findings from 2017
(Abigail Geiger, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

RNS Best of 2017: Eugene Peterson backtracks on same-sex marriage
(Jonathan Merritt, Religion News Service)

Europe’s illiberal states: why Hungary and Poland are turning away from constitutional democracy
(Stephen I Pogany, The Conversation)

Another blow to the victims of religious persecution (A. v. Switzerland)
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Freemasons are blocking reform, says Police Federation leader
(Vikram Dodd, The Guardian)

Freemasons reject claims they blocked police reforms
(BBC News)

Georgia: Interfaith coalition backs hate crimes bill
(Michael Jacobs, Atlanta Jewish Times)

Will suggest review of all personal laws if uniform code not now: Law panel chief
(Shalini Nair, The Indian Express)

Christian bakers from Ashers Baking Company and their lengthy ‘gay cake’ legal row
(Ellen Whinnett, Herald Sun)

Ga. House speaker warns against election-year fights in Legislature
(Mark Niesse, Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Southern Miss baseball series canceled over 'religious freedom' law
(Melissa Egan, WLOX)

Yemen: Huthis sentence 52-year-old Baha'i prisoner of conscience to death
(Amnesty International UK)

Majority of refugees admitted into U.S. under Trump are Christian
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Planned Parenthood aborted over 320,000 babies last year
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Louisiana says students have right to pray, read Bible in public schools
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

President Trump receives 'Pro-life Person of the Year Award'
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

When a Muslim celebrating Christmas causes angst it’s no wonder we think we can’t win
(Tez Ilyas, The Guardian)

Faith, hope and charity in the age of Trump
(Letters, The Guardian)

Hindu radicals launch at least 23 attacks during 2017 Christmas season in India
(Christian Headlines)

Anti-sharia laws proliferate as Trump strikes hostile tone toward Muslims
(Ed Pilkington, The Guardian)

Do secularism and gender equality really go hand in hand?
(Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins, The Guardian)

Popular Indian parody site closes after death threats from Hindu nationalists
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)

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