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Wednesday, 8 November 2017

Organization launches annual "Friend or Foe Christmas" campaign
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Suit challenges Quebec's new anti-niqab law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

CCLA and NCCM launch legal challenge against Quebec’s Bill 62
(Canadian Civil Liberties Association)

6th Circuit dismisses challenge to Michigan procedures for vaccination exemption
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

When Americans tried – and failed – to reunite Christianity
(David Mislin, The Conversation)

At BYU, speaker says religious right's ties to Republican party spurred secularization
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)

Commission met religious leaders on 100th anniversary of Bolshevik revolution
(Georgi Gotev, Euractiv.com)

US to give $500,000 to any NGO that promotes religious freedom in India
(Hindustan Times)

Bar Ilan University takes on Nationality Law
(Gil Ronen, Arutz Sheva)

Raskin wants tougher law on campus religious discrimination
(Angela Jacob and Gabriela Martinez, US News & World Report)

Two groups challenging Quebec law on religious neutrality
(RDNewsNow)

Judge to consider forcing FEMA’s hand on aid to Harvey-damaged churches
(Gabrielle Banks, Chron)

People of faith should raise their voices to defend religious liberty, says Elder Quentin L. Cook
(Sarah Jane Weaver, Deseret News Faith)

UK bulk spying challenge in European Court of Human Rights
(Natasha Lomas, Techcrunch)

Is begging a human right?
(Julia Crawford, Swissinfo.ch)

Putting faith in focus — and finding middle ground
(Mark Hicks, The Detroit News)

In New York Times, a bizarre story about a fake wedding (yes, there are holy ghosts)
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Militant Buddhism is on the march in South-East Asia – where did it come from?
(Peter Lehr, The Conversation)

Hope for Indigenous Supreme Court justice swells as appointment recommendations loom
(Sean Fine, The Globe and Mail)

Driving ISIS out of Iraq isn't enough, contend survivors
(Persecution)

Eritrea forces Christian schools to close, all schools now public and secular
(Persecution)

Christians in northern Iraq caught between Kurdish and Iraqi forces
(Persecution)

Lives in limbo – Iraqi Christians’ long wait for asylum in Lebanon
(World Watch Monitor)

Karachi university holds conference to promote tolerance and counter extremism in Pakistan
(Persecution)

Christians in Nepal petition government to remove anti-conversion law
(International Christian Concern)

Securing the vote: How 'paper' can protect US elections from foreign invaders
(Warren Richey, Christian Science Monitor)

Duterte's zero-tolerance drug policy has resulted in almost 4,000 deaths
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

New book sheds light on conspiracy theories surrounding Pope John Paul I's death
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

For Scientology, history repeats itself in Hungary
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

Refugees can fill the skills gap
(Vasantha Gnanadoss, Church Times)

Take the beliefs of the non-religious seriously
(Lois Lee, Church Times)

In places of worship scarred by bullets, long memories and shared pain
(Julie Bosman and Richard Fausset, The New York Times)

Wedgwood Baptist flashback: A clock started ticking on a new era of attacks on religious believers
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Bishops call for national ‘repentance’ after Texas shooting
(Hattie Williams, Church Times)

Prayer shaming and the church shooting
(John Stonestreet, The Christian Post)

Texas law requires unborn child of shooting victim be counted
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

What American Christians in Wittenberg were thinking on the 500th anniversary of the Reformation
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)

China deports hundreds of South Korean Christians for helping persecuted North Koreans
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Light breaking through the darkness in Nicaragua
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

Polygamist sect could lose its grip on tiny Utah community in landmark vote
(Joanna Walters, The Guardian)

The costume institute takes on Catholicism
(Vanessa Friedman, The New York Times)

What to do when racists try to hijack your religion
(Sigal Samuel, The Atlantic)

There are more black Catholics in the US than members of the AME church
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Trump’s white evangelical strategy backfires in Virginia
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

Notre Dame, in about face, will continue contraceptive coverage under accommodation rules
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Notre Dame to keep third-party contraceptive coverage
(Brian Roewe, National Catholic Reporter)

Why Notre Dame reversed course on contraception
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Notre Dame employees keeping free birth control coverage
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)

Religious Practice around the World: Photos of the week 10/27-11/02
(Shane Epping, Religion News Service)

Tuesday, 7 November 2017

Oxford University places Tariq Ramadan on leave amid rape claims
(Richard Adams and Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian)

Tariq Ramadan takes leave from Oxford amid rape allegations
(The Associated Press, Religion News)

Boredom in the Court (sex, politics, and legal tedium)
(Méadhbh McIvor, Guest Post, Law & Religion UK)

Indonesia ruling lifts blasphemy prosecution threat to religious minorities
(Andreas Harsono, Human Rights Watch)

Indonesian court recognizes native religions in landmark ruling
(Tom Allard and Jessica Damiana, Reuters)

For the first time in Saudi Arabia, women authorized to issue fatwas
(Arab News)

Women will soon be issuing fatwas in Saudi Arabia. This isn’t as groundbreaking as you’d think.
(Richard A. Nielsen, The Washington Post)

An Iraqi town where Muslims, Jews, and Christians coexist, in theory
(Rod Nordland, The New York Times)

'Terrorist rehab' opens its doors in northern Syria
(Khaled al-Khateb, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Is the left eating itself on college campuses?
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)

Most who identify as 'spiritual but not religious' are religiously affiliated: PRRI poll
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Millennials and the church, part 2: What is your role in passing the baton?
(Danita Bye, The Christian Post)

Survey: 1 in 5 Jewish millennials believes Jesus is the Son of God
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Christian leaders respond to the deadliest church shooting in American history
(Debbie McDaniel, Christian Headlines)

Pastor whose 14-y-o daughter died in Texas church shooting: 'I don't understand, but I know my God does'
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Wycliffe Bible translators turns 75
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Living With Gods review – 40,000 years of religious art, and this is it?
(Jonathan Jones, The Guardian)

Bishops urge Church of England to divest from ExxonMobil over climate change
(Damian Carrington, The Guardian)

Church of England should lead on climate change by divesting from ExxonMobil
(Richard Coles and Olivia Graham, The Guardian)

Is the celibacy of Catholic priests coming to an end?
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)

Some Islamic schools in England still segregating children
(Sally Weale, The Guardian)

US announces funding to promote religious freedom in Sri Lanka
(Colombo Gazette)

Facial challenge to Chicago parking standard fails
(Karla Chaffee, RLUIPA-Defense)

Wealthy foundation aims to redefine religious freedom—and Christianity, too
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)

Misplaced faith: Examining evangelical voter support for Donald Trump
(William Grundy, World Religion News)

Russia: Muslim prisoner of conscience tortured
(Forum 18 News Service)

3 prominent British authors say Labour Party is ‘now closer to anti-Semitism’
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

European Court of Human Rights hears challenge to UK mass surveillance
(Ekklesia)

UPR side event: The denial of religious freedom in Pakistan
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

Casualties in religious attacks in Afghanistan rise steeply: U.N.
(Reuters)

For Afghan farmers, climate change is 'god's will'
(Masood Saifullah, Deutsche Welle)

Pope makes emotional plea against war
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Italian city welcomes 'Islamic Center' after banning mosque
(Fabio Poletti, Worldcrunch)

Kerala high scout orders police protection for interfaith couple wanting to get married
(Neethu Reghukumar, News 18.com)

When you attack a church, you attack God
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

Churches look to tighten security, even arm congregants, after Texas shooting
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Canada's Supreme Court hears arguments in ecclesiastical abstention case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Canada's high court to decide whether courts can hear church membership cases
(ReligiousLiberty.TV)

Constitutionally irrelevant. Does Islam have to be compatible with the German constitution, as the AfD is demanding? The question is pointless: the constitution requires nothing of the sort – from either Muslims or Christians.
(Dieter Grimm, Qantara.de)

How do you have faith after Sutherland Springs, Texas?
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

Billy Graham at 99: He kept the faith and (mostly) dropped the politics
(RNS Staff, Religion News Service)

Texas authorities: We won’t mention shooter’s name again
(Andrew Dalton, Religion News Service)

Texas churches weigh putting armed volunteers in the pews
(Matthew Choi, Religion News Service)

Local Christians, and some Muslims, surround a grieving town with love
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Pope Francis meets with Kofi Annan, other members of “The Elders”
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Panel looks at future of religious minorities victimized by IS militants
(Beth Griffin, Catholic News Service)

FEMA rethinking ban on disaster aid to church buildings
(David A. Lieb, Associated Press)

Christian-Muslim dialogue depends upon knowledge and trust
(Charles C. Camosy, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

How the Islamic State uses ‘virtual lessons’ to build loyalty
(André Gagné and Marc-André Argentino, The Conversation)

Trafficking expert tells Vatican summit, ‘Slavery was never abolished’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Most Americans support mandate for employer-covered contraception
(Daniel Cox, PhD and Molly Fisch-Friedman, PRRI)

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