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Wednesday, 25 October 2017

Cutting shrinking pies: The Baltimore Sun bravely looks into liberal pews seeking signs of life
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

We need to address questions of gender in assisted dying
(Rachael Wong, The Conversation)

This week in Christian history: A major battle, influential treaty, and 'great disappointment'
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

U.S. Pulls Military Assistance to Myanmar Over Rohingya Abuses
(Martin de Bourmont, Foreign Policy)

US declaration of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Myanmar on way
(Matthew Pennington, Religion News Service)

Will anyone protect the Rohingya?
(Vincent A. Auger, The Conversation)

It's now illegal to evangelize in Nepal
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Students take defiant action after Atheists demand school take down Christian flag
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Christians face increased persecution in Vietnam
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)

Interfaith religious leaders fight extremism through dialogue in Rabat 'Peace Caravan'
(Morocco World News)

Egyptian women speak out amid global focus on sexual harassment
(Shahira Amin, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Egypt prepares for return of IS fighters' children
(Amr Mostafa, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Christianity is banned in Saudi Arabia. Will promised reforms make a difference?
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Are days numbered for Jerusalem's Greek Orthodox patriarch?
(Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Mideast church leaders look to U.S., but want voice in own destiny
(Bob Fraze, Catholic News Service)

Parliamentarians unanimous on promoting culture of tolerance
(Daily Times)

Iraqi Christian politicians denounce church's intervention in politics
(Saad Salloum, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Iraq's Christians ponder future in wake of Kurdish independence vote
(Omar Sattar, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

A modern mosque without minarets stirs controversy in Tehran
(Saeed Kamali Dehghan, The Guardian)

Turkey’s other Hagia Sophia – in Trabzon
(Caroline Eden, The Guardian)

Quebec softens face-covering ban amid criticism it targets Muslims
(Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian)

Quebec justice minister says face-covering ban 'protects display of religious beliefs'
(CBC News)

Inspired by Martin Luther King Jr, a new civil rights leader takes center stage
(Oliver Laughland, The Guardian)

Jane Flint: ‘Having an atheist chaplain is about patient choice’
(Hélène Mulholland, The Guardian)

Beyond Halloween: Witches, devils, trials and executions
(Thomas Reese, Religion News Service)

Can empathy be learned? Science offers some clues
(Rosalie Chan, Religion News Service)

Attorney General Porrino announces state lawsuit charging Mahwah Township Council with excluding orthodox Jews
(Press Release, Office of the Attorney General (New Jersey))

Lawsuit: New Jersey town illegally targeted Orthodox Jews
(Associated Press)

New Jersey sues township over attempts to exclude orthodox Jews
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

What has Islam given to mankind?
(Mamdouh Al-shikh (author), Nick James (editor), Prof Mahomed M. Hussein (translator))

EVENT, 25 October 2017: Afghan First Lady Rula Ghani on women as peacemakers
(United States Institute of Peace: Middle East and Africa Center)

Tuesday, 24 October 2017

Egypt’s authoritarian regime plays to conservative mainstream in wave of LGBTQ arrests
(Hendrik Kraetzschmar and Barbara Zollner, The Conversation)

Across Myanmar, denial of ethnic cleansing and loathing of Rohingya
(Hannah Beech, The New York Times)

Context, context, context: Financial media outlet flunks basics in millenials flock to astrology story
(Mark Kellner, GetReligion)

Why millennials are ditching religion for witchcraft and astrology
(Kari Paul, Market Watch)

Views on religion and social issues
(Pew Research Center)

Tribes seek reparations over destroyed Oregon site
(Steven Dubois, Associated Press)

Maryland governor wants to fight ruling against monument
(Brian Witte, Associated Press)

Saudi crown prince promises 'a more moderate Islam'
(Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN)

Court rejects Orthodox Church's appeal, delays Jerusalem land sale
(Udi Shaham, The Jerusalem Post)

The Church and the Republic
(Richard Reinsch, Law and Liberty)

Central African Republic: where government writ only runs in the capital
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)

Church in Kenya accuses NGO of giving girls contraception without parents’ consent
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Kenyan church leaders plead again for responsible leadership in their country
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

The ancient origins of Diwali, India’s biggest holiday
(Becky Little, History)

Religious ministry organises event today to celebrate Diwali
(Sehrish Wasif, The Express Tribune)

Rohingya in a humanity-defying crisis (Response to: Religion and the persecution of Rohingya Muslims)
(Mazhun Idris, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

U.S. to allow refugees from all countries under new rules
(Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today)

U.S. will announce new vetting rules that will allow refugees from all countries to enter
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Religious literacy can fix the faulty foundation beneath Trump’s Muslim ban
(Maha Elgenaidi, Religion News Service)

Justices strike second travel-ban case from docket
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

Protesters arrested at pipeline near chapel
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

China expert sees religious revival
(Will Wang, Yale News)

China now arresting families for praying at home
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Florida man pleads guilty to hate crime against mosque
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Rome’s rabbi gifts Talmud to Library of Congress
(Chris Mathews, Religion News Service)

Europe has a ‘Jewish’ soccer team problem
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Italian soccer cracks down after Anne Frank anti-Semitic jibes
(Aiden Pink, Forward)

Austria's Muslims are concerned after election results
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

In Turkey, teachers, parents concerned about religious nature of new curriculum
(Peter Kenyon, National Public Radio (NPR))

Church of Scientology opens new facility in Birmingham, UK
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

Muslim senatorial candidate Deedra Abboud faces Islamophobia
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

ADL goes to Silicon Valley to combat anti-Semitism
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

‘We got your back, Jack,’ conservative black clergy tell baker who refused gay couple
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

‘Forceful conversion has no place in Shariah’
(Pakistan Today)

Indonesia, Austria discuss efforts to strengthen resilience against radicalization at interfaith dialogue
(Jakarta Globe)

Interfaith dialogue 'needs to go beyond sharing of meals'
(K.C. Vijayan, Straits Times)

NJ court hears challenge to church repairs on State's dime
(Nick Rummell, Courthouse News Service)

Georgia governor’s aide warns GOP candidates not to ruin bid for Amazon
(Greg Bluestein, Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Are religious people more moral?
(Dimitris Xygalatas, The Conversation)

“English Nationalism” as a protected belief? Mr S T Uncles
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Monday, 23 October 2017

Lessons from Egypt on the role of women in fighting for democracy
(Anwar Mhajne, The Conversation)

Maybe there's a story here: Lutherans on left, right share some common decline issues
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Is this the 'fastest-growing Christian group in America,' and perhaps the world?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Former NPR CEO visits Jesusland! Returns with sobering media-bias truths for left and right
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Ukrainian government makes Russian-speaking people leave Ukraine when it adopts its language bills, Metropolitan Hilarion believes
(Interfax-Religion)

After a bloody week in Afghanistan, elected officials seek answers from Ghani
(Antonion Olivo and Sayed Salahuddin, The Washington Post)

October 22: Sports and religion, travel ban blocked for Muslim discrimination, and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)

Church and State in Nicaragua
(Ian Bateson, Foreign Affairs)

Rio Jews hold their first street festival and the mayor joins the party
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Venezuela's Catholic bishops deplore pro-government bias in elections
(Ecumenical News)

Austria, Christianity and Islam: The scope, and limits, of Austria’s Christian zeal
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Syria’s Christians driven to the edge
(Richard Spencer and Tel Tamer, The Times)

How the Muslim world lost the freedom to choose
(Kim Ghattas, Foreign Policy)

Cocaine kingpin wins damages over kosher prison food — then loses it in clawback
(Aiden Pink, Forward)

Publisher apologizes for nursing textbook that stereotypes Jews and others
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Court says prosecutors can't prove Turkey spies via DITIB
(Ben Knight, Deutsche Welle)

Haters, bigots and deviants: Name-calling increasingly plagues religious freedom debates
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)

British bishops lament “tragic consequences” of 50 years of legalized abortion
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Pupils who opt-out of religion to be taught other subjects
(Carl O'Brien, The Irish Times)

Holy Land Christians must work together, pope tells patriarch
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)

Philippine defense secretary declares the last of the pro-Islamic State group militants in Marawi city are finished
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Texas bishops criticize ACLU’s support for teen immigrant’s abortion
(Catholic News Service)

Donors pledge $228M in new funds for UN’s Rohingya appeal
(Jamey Keaten, Associated Press)

Religious factors in the Rohingya crisis: A Horrific State of Limbo (Response to: Religion and the persecution of Rohingya Muslims)
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Horrific ethnic cleansing creates humanitarian crisis in Myanmar
(Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post)

Ofsted wins school gender segregation appeal
(Jess Staufenberg, Schools Week)

Britain's Court of Appeal invalidates sex-segregated classes in co-ed faith schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

The Newseum is increasingly relevant, but can it survive?
(Sopan Deb, The New York Times)

Counting
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

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