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Thursday, 12 October 2017

Michigan helped make Donald Trump president. Is it ready to elect the nation's first Muslim governor?
(Mark Z. Barabak, The Los Angeles Times)

Pune law students draft bill to protect inter-caste, inter-religion marriages
(Ananya Barua, Hindustan Times)

Mississippi’s ‘Religious Freedom Law’ takes effect; already facing challenges
(WSAV.com)

Church-state experts voice concern about new religious-liberty guidelines
(Bob Allen, Baptist News Global)

Ali Hasanov: Biased PACE documents force Azerbaijan to reconsider relations with Council of Europe
(Trend News Agency)

Wednesday, 11 October 2017

Consultation on quinquennial inspection of churches
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Metropolitan Hilarion accuses the United States of the lack of democracy
(Interfax-Religion)

Another suit challenges expanded contraceptive mandate religious exemptions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Episodes of harassment against Jehovah's Witnesses accelerating
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Belgium freezes aid for Palestinian schools over honor for terrorist
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Jewish prisoners in Michigan sue for kosher meals
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Workers' rights in Germany: Not everyone can go on strike
(Carla Bleiker, Deutsche Welle)

Latest Trump administration action on religious freedom shrinks the distance between church and state
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)

Critics: Trump’s religious exemption on birth control ignores science
(Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Religion News Service)

Review of the U.S. Government’s role in protecting international religious freedom
(Subcommittee on National Security, U.S. House of Representatives)

House holds hearings on international religious freedom
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

USCIRF Vice Chairwoman Kristina Arriaga testifies before the House Oversight Committee
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

South Korean Catholics pray for Olympics as tensions build in North
(Alastair Wanklyn, Catholic News Service)

Pope Francis: Death penalty is contrary to the Gospel
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

ACLU free speech case challenges law aimed at anti-Israel boycotts
(Press Release, American Civil Liberties Union)

Pastor's wife sues over Kansas Israel anti-boycott law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Court will not enjoin medical marijuana limits in suit by minister
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Alien Tort Statute case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Supreme Court divided over Mideast terrorism financing
(Richard Wolf, USA Today)

Supreme Court dismisses one travel ban case as moot
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

In victory for Trump, Supreme Court dismisses travel ban case
(Gregory Korte and Richard Wolf, USA Today)

Vermont Supreme Court: Grant for church repairs is likely OK
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

“Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression” (Temperman & Koltay, eds.)
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law and Religion)

Child labor soars in Syria's liberated areas
(Khaled al-Khateb, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)

How Sinai tribes are helping Cairo fight IS
(George Mikhail, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Egypt moves toward criminalizing child marriage
(Shahira Amin, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

'Gender is sacred': Greek Orthodox Church in fury over new sex change law
(Natalie Chigariro, Christian Today)

Living without the Gods: Is Britain done with religion?
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Pope Francis to meet Buddhist monks, military and Aung San Suu Kyi in visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh
(James Macintyre, Mission Network News)

Before pope's visit, Suu Kyi govt holds prayers for peace
(John Zaw, Mandalay, & Michael Sainsbury, UCA News)

The Venerable W review – the poisonous monk behind Myanmar's anti-Muslim vendetta
(Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian)

How DEC funds help fleeing Rohingya people
(Letters, The Guardian)

New flood of Rohingya Muslims fleeing ethnic cleansing
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

Asian and African Buddhists and Hindus are opening up to the gospel
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)

Three weeks after Hurricane Maria, most of Puerto Rico still without power
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

Study reveals pornography's effect on marriages
(Leah Hickman, Christian Headlines)

U.S. to fund restoration of Israel's ancient Solomon Pools
(Veronica Neffinger, The Guardian)

Few in Hollywood speaking out about Harvey Weinstein scandal
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell weighs in on anthem controversy, urges players to 'honor our flag'
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

The age of the benevolent capitalist is gone
(Sam McKinstrey, The Guardian)

Hawaii pregnancy centers go to court over law requiring abortion advertising
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

Satanist wins case saying abortion law violates her religious beliefs
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Is Harry Potter becoming a new religion?
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Souls and the guns of America
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

Taking away the parsonage allowance is religious discrimination
(Christ Butler, Religion News Service)

EVENT, 11 October 2017: "Live!" Interview Series with Mohammed Amin MBE. Live broadcast at 3:30 pm (Brussels time).
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints-European Union Office)

EVENT, 11 October 2017 @ 3:30 pm Brussels time: Live!" Interview Series event with Mohammed Amin MBE.
(European Union Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

EVENT, 11 October 2017: From Mosul to brain science to tech: Creating peace in a volent world
(United States Institute of Peace: Applied Conflict Transformation Center)

“Christianity and Natural Law” (Doe, ed.)
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)

Tuesday, 10 October 2017

AG Ferguson sues to block Trump rules eroding contraception access
(Press Release, Washington State Attorney General)

As some Middle East Christians struggle to stay, others make hard choice to go
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Bishop in Gabon says more must be done to fight witch doctors performing human sacrifice
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Church and State and the NFL
(Lance Morrow, National Review)

Churches merge, close: 'We no longer live in Christendom. We really have to accept that it's a thing of the past'
(Jonathan M Pitts, Baltimore Sun)

Free Exercise objections to forced hospital admission on Sabbath are dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Freeing faith
(Jerusalem Post)

Germany's Cardinal Marx rebukes Christian parties for agreeing refugee cap
(Anli Serfontein, Ecumenical News)

Kazakhstan: More restrictions to Parliament in December?
(Forum 18 News Service)

New paper: “On the Uses of anti-Christian Identity Politics”
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law and Religion)

New paper: “The Two Separations”
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law and Religion)

Oxford University college ban on Christian group at freshers' fair stirs backlash
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Suit challenges scope of religious exemption from vaccination requirement
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Supreme Court dismisses “expired” travel ban case
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Three Supreme Court cases Jews are watching closely
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Turkmenistan: Compulsory re-registration, continuing state obstructionism
(Forum 18 News Service)

Vatican Bank begins civil action over investments in Malta in sign of tackling “past abuses”
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Women and Religious Freedom: Synergies and Opportunities
(Nazila Ghanea, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Selected Blasphemy Cases (Respecting Rights? Measuring the World’s Blasphemy Laws)
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Women and Religious Freedom
(Daniel Mark, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)

Study up: A Reformation anniversary reading list
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

International law and religion symposium delegates speak at BYU
(Alexa Reimschussel, The Daily Universe)

Religious beliefs alone don't motivate people to political action, study finds
(Phys.org)

India: Does woman lose religious identity post inter-religious marriage? SC to study
(The Economic Times)

Religious freedom another casualty of Southeast Asia’s regressive turn
(Max Walden, Asian Correspondent)

Melvyn Bragg says kids should read the King James Bible. But is it too graphic?
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)

The Bible is full of horrors – that’s why it should be required reading for today’s children
(K B Edwards adn M J C Warren, The Conversation)

This is why serious journalism is helpful when reporting on objections to immunizing a child
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

White House permanently lifts Sudan sanctions
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

US to lift Sudan sanctions despite human rights concerns
(World Watch Monitor)

Why America has lifted sanctions on Sudan
(The Economist Explains)

Parsi woman’s case of religious identity before Constitution bench
(The Indian Express)

ISIS progresses toward mass genocide of Christians and Yezidis
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)

Death toll climbs to 15, missing person reports soar as Northern California fires continue to rage
(Sonali Kohli and Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times)

'Armageddon'-like California wildfires kill 11; hundreds missing as churches shelter victims
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Wealth creation within global cultural perspectives
(Lausanne Movement)

How did haircuts and nail polish become part of Iran's Shiite mourning rituals?
(Saeid Jafari, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Pope Francis to call astronauts aboard the Space Station
(Catholic News Agency)

Pope praises 'beautiful, complex' diversity of Catholic Churches in India
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

Thousands of Christians 'take a knee' on National Mall to repent for racial injustice
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Church leaders join appeal for desperate Rohingya refugees
(Christian Today staff writer, Christian Today)

Prayer is more popular than Facebook and Twitter for people making hard decisions
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)

British Museum and BBC team up to explore belief through objects
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Anglican rector criticises $1m donation to no campaign from Sydney diocese
(Michael Slezak and Paul Karp, The Guardian)

Australian Catholic Church facing 'biggest crisis' in its history, Brisbane Archbishop says
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)

Australian bishops meet in Rome as Church reels from recent crisis
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

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