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Monday, 11 December 2017

More challenges to FEMA's policy on disaster aid to religious facilities
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Protesters oppose return of disputed art in Catalonia
(Manu Fernandez, Associated Press)

Catalonia braced for violence as judge orders seizure of disputed religious artefacts
(Hannah Strange, The Telegraph)

Fight over religious artifacts becomes part of the Catalonian independence battle
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Judge rules transgender people can enlist in military, denying Trump bid to delay deadline
(Spencer S. Hsu and Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post)

Man wearing pipe bomb in custody after ‘attempted terrorist attack’ in N.Y. subway, police say
(Mark Berman, Lindsey Bever, Amy B. Wang, and Devlin Barrett, The Washington Post)

American Jews and charitable giving: An enduring tradition
(Hanna Shaul Bar Nissim, The Conversation)

Franklin Graham isn't preaching in England for another nine months, but already he's getting trashed
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

In a rare court challenge to its abortion ban, Brazil grapples with its own version of Roe vs. Wade
(Jill Langlois, Los Angeles Times)

A mostly Christian city in the Philippines lays out the welcome mat for displaced Muslims
(Ralph Jennings, Los Angeles Times)

Why faith actors are essential to promoting religious tolerance: a guest blog from Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))

The pope’s Myanmar plight recalls church struggles with rotten regimes of the past
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Former GetReligionista explains: Why voting for the 'lesser of two evils' is still evil
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Religion is as much about social glue as staying true
(Zakir Hussain, The Straits Times)

After decades of suppression, Baha'is celebrate publicly in Baghdad
(Saad Salloum, Al-Monitor)

Call to anti-Lingayat religion campaigners to shed differences
(The Hindu)

M.B. Patil attempts to show Lingayat was separate religion
(The Hindu)

South Africa: Efforts to curb commercialisation of religion
(Tania Page, AlJazerra)

Respecting religious diversity
(Jan Figel, The Nation)

Two Florida synagogues sue FEMA over hurricane disaster aid
(Gwen Filosa, Miami Herald)

In sign of gently warming ties, Bahraini delegation visits Israel
(Times of Israel)

Ghost of Justice Scalia looms as Supreme Court debates religion and civil rights law
(David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times)

How best to help women caught between different kinds of family law
(Erasmus, The Economist)

Masterpiece Cakeshop waiting game: Are the bakers of all 'offensive' cakes created equal?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Liberated and angry: Months of fighting drove the Islamic State from the Philippine city of Marawi but left behind distrust and destruction
(Emily Rauhala, The Washington Post)

No restriction on abortion in first 12 weeks, say TDs
(Stephen O'Brien, The Times)

SNP backs call for civil partnership to go straight
(Jason Allardyce and John Boothman, The Times)

EVENT, 11-13 December 2017: The Fourth Assembly of the Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies - "Global Peace and the Fear of Islam: Roadblocks on the road to Radicalism," Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
(Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies)

What will Trump’s declaration on Jerusalem mean to Palestinians?
(Maha Nassar, The Conversation)

Hey Lexington Herald-Leader: This one phrase makes me question your impartiality on Kim Davis
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

The National Post delivers intriguing story on Quebec and the Catholicism it loves to hate
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Ban the niqab, keep the cross?
(Graeme Hamilton, National Post)

From postal survey to parliament: how Australia legalised same-sex marriage
(Amy Maguire, The Conversation)

Female chief priest and her two attackers dead in Tokyo Shinto shrine stabbings
(The Japan Times)

One of the best things churches can do for people with mental illness
(Amy Simpson, The Christian Post)

UN works to send home Libya's stranded migrants
(Onize Ohikere, Christian Headlines)

Pro-lifers bid goodbye to a year of political disappointments
(Evan Wilt, Christian Headlines)

Occult groups in Nigeria kill, kidnap Christian
(Morning Star News Nigeria)

Police investigate terrorist attack in NYC which injured 3
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Over 10,000 people attend Franklin Graham rally in Vietnam
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Report: Iraq is 'fully liberated' from ISIS control
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

Anti-Muslim train attack leaves Canadians wondering: why did just one man help?
(Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian)

Christmas celebrations fuel huge public demand for new carols
(Catherine Pepinster, The Guardian)

Mohsin Hamid: 'If you want to see what tribalism will do to the west, look at Pakistan'
(Sune Engel Rasmussen, The Guardian)

Who’s going to learn the Lord’s Prayer again?
(Barbara Ellen, The Guardian)

Prince George, a small boy yet also a symbol in the public conversation
(The Guardian)

The Reckoning, part 1: David Marr on the road to the child sexual abuse commission – podcast
(David Marr, Miles Martignoni, and Melissa Davey, The Guardian)

In fear of deportation: five hours that can make or break a family's future
(Carey Dunne, The Guardian)

Nigeria: Government failure and the spread of Fulani herdsmen attacks in Adamawa state
(World Watch Monitor)

CAR Christians and Muslims risk crossing ‘red line’ to establish peace
(World Watch Monitor)

Mali: ‘Christians can simply be slaughtered’
(World Watch Monitor)

How are red lights in the UK and Christians connected?
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Texas pastors receiving gun training
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Ethiopian Jews are changing centuries of tradition
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

The world doesn't need religion for morality
(J. M., World Religion News)

Ex-priest gets life in prison for 1960 parishioner slaying
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)

Priest who used to be KKK member apologizes 40 years later
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)

Trump is losing (some) white evangelicals
(Mark Silk, RNS: Spiritual Politics)

Religious potos of the Week: 12/01 – 12/07
(Shane Epping, Religion News Service)

3 people arrested in firebomb attack on Swedish synagogue
(Jari Tanner, Religion News Service)

EVENT, 11 December 2017: Law, Human Rights, and Religion - Flashpoints, Centre for Conflict, Rights, and Justice, Nottingham Law School, England
(Nottingham Trent University)

World leaders congratulate Iraq on declaration of defeating ISIS
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)

Sunday, 10 December 2017

CALL FOR PAPERS, Due 10 December 2017: "Living together in diversity: Strategies from law and religion," Fifth ICLARS Conference, 10-12 September 2018, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
(International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)

Saturday, 9 December 2017

More Australian same sex marriage implications- the “monitum” and “rogue priests”
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Egypt's Coptic pope shuns US VP Mike Pence over Jerusalem
(Deutsche Welle)

American evangelist leads rare event in communist Vietnam
(Yves Dam Van, Religion News Service)

Judge supports Metro’s decision to ban Christmas-themed Catholic ads
(Martine Powers, The Washington Post)

DC transit authority's ban on religious ads upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Fourth Circuit struggles with Trump's tweets in weighing travel ban
(Lydia Wheeler, The Hill)

4th Circuit en banc and 9th Circuit hear arguments in challenge to third travel ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Friday, 8 December 2017

"Samurai Sword' attack at Tokyo shrine leaves 3 dead
(Scott Neuman, NPR)

#MeToo movement is stillborn in Turkey
(Pinar Tremblay, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Abortion could be deal-breaker in Alabama senate race for many torn GOP voters
(Jessica Taylor, NPR)

After a century, the largest Catholic church in North America is complete
(Sharon Samber, Religion News Service)

Amid a sex abuse crisis, a new conservative Christian vision for womanhood?
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS: On Faith & Culture)

Angry protests across Muslim world over Trump decision on Jerusalem
(Karen Laub and Ilan Ben Zion, Religion News Service)

Australian Parliament allows same-sex marriages
(Rod McGuirk, Religion News Service)

Bad Santa: how we turned Saint Nicholas into a symbol of greed
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)

Bahrain: UN experts welcome medical care for Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim but urge full respect for rights
(Rony Delucia, Miltech)

Brian Grim speaks at forum on peace in Muslim Societies, UAE
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

BYU to restrict Jerusalem Center travel after Trump decision
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)

Can Israel contain violence after Trump's proclamation?
(Shalomi Eldar, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Cheers, rage and shrugs after Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Christian school in Basra welcomes Muslim students
(Saad Salloum, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Coast MPs want law revised to punish schools for religious discrimination
(Samuel Kisika, The Star)

Court upholds FEMA policy denying disaster grants to religious facilities
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Evangelical Alabamans: Don’t vote for Moore, even if his Christian presuppositions are correct
(Kent Van Til, Religion News Service)

Father Roy Moore would be suspended
(Thomas Reese, Religion News Service)

Finally, a President who looks at Jerusalem logically
(Einat Wilf, The Atlantic)

First Jewish contestant for Miss Germany contrasts to rise in anti-semitism
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Founder of nation’s largest Christian music festival charged with child molestation
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

German law takes initiative in countering hate speech on social media
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)

How a group of California nuns challenged the Catholic Church
(Dane Winston, Religion News Service)

How Christmas is linked to Hanukkah
(A. James Rudin, Religion News Service)

In Alabama Senate race, African-American Christians may hold the key
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Jews, Christians and Muslims - at the roots of science
(Fabian Schmidt, Deutsche Welle)

Judge denies churches' emergency FEMA request
(Gabrielle Banks, My San Antonio)

Judge denies Texas churches’ aid request in FEMA lawsuit
(Associated Press)

Judge says Pomona zoning is discriminatory for dorm school
(Steve Lieberman, Lohud)

Lead us not into mistranslation: pope wants Lord's Prayer changed
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

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