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Monday, 16 October 2017

Austria turns sharply to the right in an election shaped by immigration
(Griff Witte and Luisa Beck, The Washington Post)

Secularism vis-à-vis religions By Justice KT Thomas
(Justice KT Thomas, LiveLaw.in)

Muslim public holidays in Germany? Interior minister’s proposal met with furious backlash
(RT)

Why removing ‘H’ from BHU and ‘M’ from AMU is an unworkable idea
(Faizan Mustafa, Hindustan Times)

EVENT, 16 October 2017: Church and State: How Separate Should They Be?
(Newseum: Religious Freedom Center)

EVENT, 16 October 2017: Fall Religious Freedom Center Open House
(Newseum: Religious Freedom Center)

Melissa Rogers: Contraception coverage exemption policy should seek ‘win-win’ solution
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Saturday, 14 October 2017

Johor Sultan orders religious office to cut ties with Jakim
(Straits Times)

Kenyan presidential candidates are using religion like never before
(David G. McAfee, Patheos, Friendly Atheist)

Satanic Temple speaker lays out religious equality arguments
(Sean Dolan, Herald Journal News)

Court upholds mock Nativity
(Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune)

Atheists lose on House Chaplain lawsuit – OpEd
(William Donohue, Eurasia Review)

Before Pope Francis’ Visit, Suu Kyi govt holds prayers for peace
(John Zaw and Michael Sainsbury, Eurasia Review)

Indian court chooses clean air over fireworks for a festival
(Hari Kumar and Kai Schultz, The New York Times)

New Delhi reacts to Diwali fireworks ban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Remarks by President Trump at the 2017 Values Voter Summit
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)

Trump addresses Values Voter Summit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

House of Representatives ban on secular invocations is Constitutional
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Court rejects challenges to policies protecting Muslim women booking photos
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ecclesiastical abstention requires dismissal of suit over student's forced withdrawal from high school
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Christian State leader Kalinin charged with extremism
(Interfax-Religion)

Poland to partially compensate for property looted under Nazis and communists, official says
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Mosque plan sparks concern over risk of tensions with Jewish community
(Ben Welch, The Jewish Chronicle)

Could Germany soon have a Muslim holiday?
(Volker Wagener, Deutsche Welle)

Vatican court convicts ex-hospital head over luxury housing scandal
(Deutsche Welle)

Catholics say diplomacy with North Korea, Iran needed to keep peace
(Catholic News Service)

Archbishop calls attacks on Mother Teresa by Hindu leader “disrespectful”
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Friday, 13 October 2017

U.S. resettles fewer refugees, even as global number of displaced people grows
(Phillip Connor, Pew Research Center)

Pew: US followed global trend on refugees until now
(Sarah Eekhoff Zylastra, Christianity Today)

Moderate religious groups can guide followers on inclusive practices: Shanmugam
(Toh Ee Ming, Today Online)

Trump, unlikely religious favorite, hails Christian values
(Jonathan Lemire and Ken Thomas, Associated Press)

Ottawa let Catholic Church off the hook for millions in residential school compensation
(Paul Barnsley, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network)

Freedom of religion is 'vital' for Uzbekistan reforms, says UN expert
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Gender and Greek Orthodoxy: A row over transgender rights erupts between Greece’s politicians and its clerics
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Russian parliament looking for new law restricting religious groups
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Moscow patriarch finally gets into fray over controversial movie
(RBK, Russia Religion News)

The Left’s new plan to gut religious liberty protections
(Margot Cleveland, National Review)

Dutch rabbi quits centrist party for leader’s alleged ‘exclusion of Muslims’
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Italian priest kidnapped in Nigeria
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Vatican: Canada did not seek extradition for diplomat with porn charges
(Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service)

Bishop pleads for peace as Yemen crisis worsens
(Catholic News Service)

Togo bishop condemns ‘indiscriminate brutality’ by security forces
(Catholic News Service)

Denver bishop says, “To migrate is a destiny, not a choice”
(Shannon Levitt, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Ending Syria’s war may be easier than rebuilding Christian/Muslim trust
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom joining Berkley Center’s Religious Freedom Research Project
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Why the U.S. should care about the decline of religious freedom around the world
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Pope's death penalty views may mean new approach to criminal justice
(JD Flynn, Catholic News Agency)

'Miracle of the sun' broke darkness of Portugal's atheist regimes
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

Pope Francis offers prayer for victims of California wildfires
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

Professor targets Trump nominee for religious beliefs
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

A Christian group was banned from participating in Oxford college student fair
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

FEMA is withholding disaster relief aid from religious organizations so churches took legal action
(Bonnie Pritchett, Christian Headlines)

Air Force punishes colonel who refused to condone same-sex marriage
(Bonnie Pritchett, Christian Headlines)

Trump administration announces it will withdraw from UNESCO due to 'anti-Israel bias'
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Why transgender activism will fail: Biological differences are real
(Michael Brown, The Christian Post)

Former LGBTQ Christians share their journey to freedom in Jesus and heterosexuality in new documentary
(Rachel Howard, The Christian Post)

Doctors describe dangers of puberty blockers used on children that LGBT activists don't tell
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

California church, congregants open doors to orange County widfire evacuees
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

I never became straight. Perhaps that was never God's goal.
(Rachel Gilson, Christianity Today)

Suicide, mental illness, and the church
(Ed Stetzer, Christianity Today)

A Roman Catholic appreciation of justification by faith
(Nancy Enright, Christianity Today)

Why female theologians take flak in the public square
(Leah Payne, Christianity Today)

The significance of Lecrae leaving white evangelicalism
(CT Editors, Christianity Today)

6 things Trump's religious liberty memo does (and doesn't) do
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)

Study: Anti-Christian bias hasn't grown. It's just gotten richer.
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)

The cynic's guide to sin
(Derek Rishmawy, Christianity Today)

Christians returning to former IS-occupied Karamles, Iraq ‘increasing day to day’
(World Watch Monitor)

Hungary’s response to urgent need to help persecuted Christians ‘stay in their homelands’
(World Watch Monitor)

The Spanish ex-monk on a 56-year mission to build his own cathedral
(Sam Jones, The Guardian)

Blessing robots: Is a technological reformation coming?
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Census questions on ethnicity and gender
(Randhir Singh Bains, Paul Brownsey, The Guardian)

Anglicare faces internal ructions over Sydney diocese $1m no campaign donation
(Michael McGowan, The Guardian)

Islamic school's gender segregation is unlawful, court of appeal rules
(The Guardian)

Kenya’s presidential race takes pages from the Bible
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

People of faith aren’t exempt from loving their neighbor
(Jennifer Butler, Religion News Service)

An antidote to Christian anti-intellectualism
(Jonathan Merritt, Religion News Service)

Christians outnumber Muslim refugees to US in last 15 years
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

County will ask Supreme Court to review prayer ruling
(Associated Press)

Center for Congregational Song launches as antidote to ’worship wars’
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

EVENT, 13 October 2017: Symposium on Families and Religion, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
(Brigham Young University)

Thursday, 12 October 2017

Islamic intolerance rising in pre-election Malaysia
(Nile Bowie, Asia Times)

Party cadres told to avoid religion, superstition
(Straits Times)

Fewer Catholics in Ireland as rising numbers reject religion
(Deborah McAleese, The Times)

Lehigh County will appeal ruling that cross on county seal is unconstitutional
(Tom Shortell, The Morning Call)

Bossier schools: Our kids can lead prayers at school events
(Nick Wooten, Shreveport Times)

Deal to lease Harrisburg city hall space falls apart over church-and-state questions
(Wallace McKelvey, Penn Live)

UN expert tells Uzbekistan religions 'not a threat'
(Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty)

Uzbekistan: Torture and impunity for torturers continues
(Forum 18 News Service)

Answer to Marawi extremism seen as more than just religion
(Jack Board, Channel NewsAsia)

Moderates in Malaysia welcome Malay Rulers' call for religious tolerance
(Straits Times)

Why is Pakistan against its Ahmadi community?
(Shamil Shams, Deutsche Welle)

Egyptian Coptic priest killed in Cairo attack
(Menna Zaki, Associated Press)

Find ways to keep migrant families together, Vatican official says
(Carol Glatz, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Catholic group will accept Scouts’ decision to allow girls to join
(Catholic News Service)

Bishop says decline of faith in West hurts Nigerian church
(Catholic News Service)

In Lebanon, Catholics can’t afford the Church’s culture wars
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

EVENT, 10-12 October: International Conference — Exiting Violence: the role of religion. From Texts to theories
(Foundation Bruno Kessler, ResetDOC, Berkley Center (Georgetown University), Trento, Italy)

EVENT, 10-12 October 2017: International Conference "Exiting Violence: The Role of Religion. From Texts to Theories"
(Trento, Italy, Centro per le Scienze Religiose (ISR) of the Fondazione Bruno Kessler in collaboration with Reset Dialogues on Civilizations and the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University)

Is Latin America ready to accept more resettled refugees?
(Marcia Vera Espinoza, The Conversation)

How a growing Christian movement is seeking to change America
(Brad Christerson and Richard Flory, The Conversation)

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