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Friday, 24 November 2017

The poisonous dispute over Indian film Padmavati mustn’t spill over into the UK
(Sunny Malik, The Guardian)

Iraq and Philippines Christians join Red Wednesday religious freedom solidarity display
(World Watch Monitor)

Russian Patriarch and UK archbishop call for greater support for persecuted Christians
(World Watch Monitor)

Detroit preacher on way to Sainthood
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Atlanta fire chief claims he was fired for being a Christian
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

You should talk about religion during Thanksgiving
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

The ’Splainer: Who are you calling a Puritan?
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

Religion scholars turn activist in the shadow of Trump
(Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service)

Luther, Luther, Luther: He didn’t reform Christianity as much as this guy (Zwingli) did
(Jim West, Religion News Service)

Let’s celebrate the Pilgrims (the Puritans not so much)
(Mark Silk, RNS: Spiritual Politics)

The secret Jewish history of “Alice’s Restaurant”
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS: Martini Judaism)

What the first Thanksgiving dinner actually looked like
(Julie Lesnik, Religion News Service)

Pope decries fomenting fear of migrants for political gain
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)

200 killed in Egypt mosque attack
(Ashraf Sweilam and Brian Rohan, Religion News Service)

Mass celebrated to honor 1887 Thibodaux Massacre victims
(Associated Press)

Thursday, 23 November 2017

Counting down a meaningful advent
(Anne Johns, The Guardian)

Wednesday, 22 November 2017

Panel challenges Quebec’s “religious neutrality” law
(Qudus Abusaleh, The Manitoban)

Gay teacher sacked from Rockingham school over Facebook post
(Phoebe Wearne, PerthNow)

Conservative S Carolina diocese to petition US Supreme Court
(Associated Press)

Concert blast shows Central African Republic religious rift
(Pauline Bax, Bloomberg)

Headscarf ban for on-duty police is discrimination: Dutch human rights council
(Daily Sabah)

New York Hasidim challenge Constitution in bid to forge the first ultra-Orthodox town in America
(Debra Nussbaum Cohen, Haaretz)

Fighting gay rights and abortion with the First Amendment
(Jeremy W. Peters, The New York Times)

Discriminating on religious grounds
(Mariosa Vella Cardona, Times of Malta)

Morocco goes digital to counter radical Islam online
(Tom Heneghan, National Catholic Reporter)

Opinion: British law must recognise Muslim marriage ceremonies
(Bilal Hassam, The Guardian)

Religious radicalism in CIS countries threatens Central Asian security - Patrushev
(Interfax-Religion)

West's atheization worse than what happened in USSR - Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religion)

In possible nod to Israel, top Saudi officials visit Paris synagogue
(Yaakov Katz, The Jerusalem Post)

French Jewry in state of alarm following terrorist killing of Jewish owners of travel agency
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Why did this Muslim majority country [Kosovo] put a Jewish congressman on a stamp?
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Contraceptive mandate battle still on: States fight religious exemptions
(Carol Zimmerman, Catholic News Service)

Mexican, American bishops offer moral guidelines for NAFTA talks
(Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service)

Philippines to extradite priest accused of molesting US boys
(Associated Press)

Miami archbishop on TPS decision: Use Trump’s disruption to achieve immigration reform
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Appeals court blocks deportation of Sikh man who fears torture by extremist Indian religious group
(India West)

9th Circuit: Religious sect's attempt to extort land and recruit may create basis for asylum
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Another court enjoins Trump's transgender military ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Court refuses to dismiss constitutional challenges to city's civil rights law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Engaging religious and worldview diversity: a snapshot of promising practices
(Interfaith Youth Core)

Podcast: Religious freedom and the law
(Thomas Berg and Leith Anderson, National Association of Evangelicals)

Does no one in the Church of England dare oppose top cleric? Britain's Independent suggests so
(Mark Kellner, GetReligion)

Poll: Majority of LGBTQ Americans report harassment, violence based on identity
(Joe Neel, NPR)

Let Irish GPs give out abortion pills, advises UK clinic service
(Ellen Coyne, The Times)

Garda claims colleagues bullied him over ethnicity and religion
(Irish Examiner)

Government to introduce bill making mufti Islamic jurists option for Muslims
(Theo Ioannou, Greek Reporter)

Where did it all go so wrong? Violence based on religion is not what Bangladesh is about
(Nur E Emroz Alam Tonoy, Dhaka Tribune)

In London visit, Hatch meets with Prime Minister Theresa May, MI5, religious leaders
(Utahpolicy.com)

Now it's liberal states clashing with the Federal Government over religious freedom
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Protecting religious freedoms is a matter of balance, says head of Turnbull’s inquiry
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)

Marriage equality no vote reflects religion not ethnicity, says Tim Soutphommasane
(Katharine Murphy, The Guardian)

Philip Ruddock to examine if Australian law protects religious freedom
(Gareth Hutchens, The Guardian)

Pope to meet with Myanmar military chief, Rohingya Muslims
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Church closures in Egypt: 'We were silent when it was one, now it's four'
(Sonia Farid, Al Arabiya)

EVENT, 22 November 2017: The Religion of No Religion: Are the ‘Nones’ Religious, Spiritual or Neither?
(Speaker: Linda Woodhead MBE FAcSS, Vincent Strudwick Lecture, Kellogg College, Oxford)

Tuesday, 21 November 2017

If, somehow, a story about deadly church shootings can be heartwarming, this is the one
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Two Texas churches, linked by tragedy amid the pews
(Manny Fernandez, The New York Times)

Muslims and Jews should be fighting hate together
(David Feldman, The Jewish Chronicle)

Federal judge says Trump administration can’t stop funding sex-reassignment surgeries for military members
(Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post)

Danish Jehovah's Witness kept in jail another time
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Russian government resisting European court
(Sergei Chugunov, Religiia i Pravo)

Patriarch Kirill tells Anglican leader about Ukraine's religious freedom violations
(Interfax-Religion)

Silencing the voices of faith
(Donald Wuerl, Real Clear Religion)

Birth control battle continues for famous nuns
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)

Vatican, China exchange art amid stall in hard diplomacy
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Vietnam archdiocese marks World Day of the Poor with a meal
(Catholic News Service)

Before Bangladesh trip, pope calls for interreligious dialogue
(Catholic News Service)

Gutting Johnson Amendment could send “dark-money politics” to houses of worship
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to intervene in travel-ban dispute
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

US asks Supreme Court for full stay pending appeal of injunction against 3rd travel ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Court strikes abortion buffer zone law
(Press Release, Liberty Counsel)

Court strikes down health clinic buffer zone
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Christian couple rejected as adoptive parents, due to religious beliefs
(Press Release, The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms)

Canadian Christian couple sues over Alberta's policy on adoptions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Canada issues first Hanukkah postage stamp
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Atheists file suit against NJ County after government money used to promote religious ceremonies
(Press Release, American Atheists)

Public shelter's "Blessing of the Animals" challenged in court
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

First Liberty asks U.S. Supreme Court to review case of woman ordered by police to stop praying in her home
(Press Release, First Liberty)

Cert. petition filed in suit over police investigation interference with prayer
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Thomas More Law Center files federal lawsuit to stop city’s silencing of pro-life prayer and counseling
(Press Release, Thomas More Law Center)

Pro-life group sues over city's enforcement of sign ordinance
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

It's too soon to celebrate Australia's vote for LGBT freedom
(Ryan Thoreson, CNN)

Here we go again: The question of Roy Moore's solid 'evangelical' support just won't go away
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Equal Civil Partnerships: Implications of Strasbourg’s latest ruling for Steinfeld and Keidan – Helen Fenwick & Andy Hayward
(Guest Contributor, UK Human Rights Blog)

Should Catholic confessionals be confidential?
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

Amazing discoveries in new treasure trove of Holocaust documents
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Climate change deniers have "perverse attitudes" says Pope Francis
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Indigenous tribe in Indonesia is forced to convert to Islam while their home is destroyed
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

Pope Francis shouldn’t risk going to Myanmar
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)

Closing doors: Small religious colleges struggle for survival
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion News Service)

Cyprus, Egypt, Greece pledge closer cooperation on migration
(Menelaos Hadjicostis, Associated Press Middle East)

Why evangelicals might vote for Roy Moore anyway
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Robert Mugabe resigns as Zimbabwe’s president after 37 years
(Christopher Torchia and Farai Mutsaka, Associated Press Top News)

Could Zimbabwe be on brink of a transformative ‘Catholic moment’?
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Catholic leaders in Zimbabwe prepare for a post-Mugabe future
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Piety and the president: The impact of religion on Robert Mugabe
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

U.S. bishops release Thanksgiving message advocating for migrants and refugees
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

November 12-18: National Bible Week
(National Bible Association)

Can teens study the Bible on non-sectarian terms? This project says ... yes they can
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Georgetown panel promotes John Courtney Murray’s legacy of pluralism, religious freedom
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

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