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Thursday, 21 September 2017

Uman State Council MP 'taxes a tribute' on trade points for Hassids - Ukraine Security Service
(Interfax-Religion)

Foreign Jehovah's Witness kept in custody in Orel
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

ACLU challenges Michigan's religious-freedom adoption rule
(Brian Grosh, Courthouse News Service)

Federal lawsuit challenges Michigan’s religious exemption for adoption agencies
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Michigan tolerates faith-based adoption agencies, the ACLU sues
(Margot Cleveland, National Review)

Muslims in the EU: Feeling at home despite discrimination
(Carla Bleiker, Deutsche Welle)

Russian pastor flees religious persecution to seek asylum in Germany
(Anastasia Magazova, Deutsche Welle)

Grattan on Friday: Same-sex marriage ballot captures attention of a public alienated from politicians
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)

Same-sex marriage: Abbott blasts ACT education minister over Brindabella Christian School
(Stefanie Balogh, The Australian)

Remains of over 300 individuals given burial in Michigan
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Filipino protesters slam martial law, killings under Duterte
(Jim Gomez and Teresa Cerojano, Associated Press)

Diocese names board to oversee clergy sex abuse allegations
(Joe Mandak, Associated Press)

U.S. Senate committee advances bill to aid Christians in Iraq
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

Burundi bishops call for national dialogue to avert renewed civil war
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Myanmar Cardinal calls on international community not to abandon Aung San Suu Kyi
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Yonkers wins below: Appeal pending
(Karla Chaffee, RLUIPA Defense)

Finally, Christians, Muslims and even traditionalists can agree on something
(Inemesit Udodiong, Pulse.ng)

What does the law require? Accommodating employee's religious practices and beliefs
(Dan Eaton, The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Uniform Civil Code: Drawing the line between religion and law
(Lalita Nijhawan, The Times of India)

Shariah and rules that govern religious practices in other faiths are not to be feared, spiritual leaders say
(Alison Crawford, CBC News)

Melbourne Sikh boy wins right to wear turban at Christian school
(SBS.com.au)

Calcutta High Court: Can’t hinder religious freedom on assumptions
(Deccan Chronicle)

Missouri: Courts must grapple with Satanic Temple's religious stance
(David Rosman, Columbia Missourian)

Iran: Mahvash Sabet, religious prisoner of conscience, released
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF))

Air Force chaplain comments raise debate on religious freedom vs. personal faith
(Dianna Cahn, Stars and Stripes)

See inside a Berlin synagogue's first Rosh Hashanah after World War II
(Olivia B. Waxman, Time)

Georgia: Constitutional changes to impose impermissible freedom restrictions?
(Mariam Gavtadze, Forum 18 News Service)

EVENT, 21 September 2017: An Academic Symposium — Legal, social, and ethical implications of the Supreme Court's Carter decisions
(LexisNexis and Christian Legal Fellowship, Sandman Signature Hotel, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada)

Wednesday, 20 September 2017

A church's long-dead founder and the KKK – New York Times article raises a question of relevance
(Mark Kellner, GetReligion)

God and Man at the CIA? Foreign Policy drags director's faith into analysis piece
(Mark Kellner, GetReligion)

I’m a T-shirt maker with gay customers and gay employees. I still was sued
(Blaine Adamson, The Dailiy Signal)

Switzerland: St Gallen backs 'burqa ban' proposal
(The Local CH)

Former Texas Chief Justice challenges his old court in new gay-rights petition
(Marcia Coyle, The National Law Journal: Supreme Court Brief)

Dozens of countries sign nuclear weapons ban treaty
(World Council of Churches)

Bloc Leader Martine Ouellet suggests Jagmeet Singh is too religious for Quebec
(Althia Raj, Huffpost CA)

Leader of Christian State Kalinin may be prosecuted for fomenting hostility - police source
(Interfax-Religion)

Signing of nuclear weapons ban treaty at UN hailed by World Council of Churches
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Imprisoned Jehovah's Witness set free after 8-day detention
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witnesses believe court decision is provoking violence
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Killing of Paris Jewish woman was anti-Semitic hate crime
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Abusive landlord gets prison reprieve for High Holidays
(Josh Nathan-Kazis, Forward)

Rabbi to lead NYC’s annual Muslim Day Parade
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Hummus unites Jews and Muslims in Argentina
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

What this iconic Rosh Hashanah prayer means in Trump’s America
(Danya Ruttenberg, Forward)

Charleston murderer Dylann Roof can’t fire his Jewish and Indian attorneys, court rules
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof asks to fire Jewish, Indian attorneys
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Can Egypt’s Al-Azhar fight extremism through 'e-fatwas'?
(Ahmed Fouad, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

5 things Christians should know about the Jewish New Year
(Danika Delello, Christian Headlines)

High Holy Days message from President Donald J. Trump
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)

After Harvey criticism, Joel Osteen opens church to Jews for High Holy Days
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Services)

In Belarus, some Jews don’t mind a dictator
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

'WhatsApp blasphemy' and the plight of Pakistani Christians
(Sattar Khan, Deutsche Welle)

#NewNationalism: Turkey takes its nationalism with a dose of Islam
(Fanny Facsar, Deutsche Welle)

Contractor dismissed due to views on same sex marriage
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

L.A. County to investigate public school system's enrollment of Catholic school students
(Anna M. Phillips, The Los Angeles Times)

German government adopts international anti-Semitism definition
(Jefferson Chase, Deutsche Welle)

Bangladesh cardinal praises government response to Rohingya crisis, calls on Myanmar to take them back
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

D.C. summit to highlight hardships facing Middle East Christians
(James Martone, Catholic News Service)

Trump’s UN address reflects tensions of Catholic social teaching
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Kenya bishops defend Supreme Court, as protests continue against annulled election
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Bad faith? The confused debates over religion’s role in politics
(Commonweal)

Michigan sued after gay couples are rejected for adoption
(Ed White, Associated Press)

Michigan Civil Rights Commission stymied in effort to issue interpretive opinion on law's coverage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Judge orders Michigan city to accept farmer’s market vendor
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Lawsuit challenges adoption agencies' refusal to place children with same-sex couples
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Civil Rights Commission tables request to include LGBT community in anti-discrimination law
(Lauren Gibbons, M Live)

US, UK top 5 consumers of ISIS propaganda, report warns; terror group's decline 'grossly overstated'
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

7 U.S. Senators write Netanyahu over Jewish pluralism in Israel
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Suits against Kim Davis move ahead
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Putin congratulates Jews on Jewish New Year
(Interfax-Religion)

Putin expects that Jewish community will promote religious tolerance in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)

Reading the Bible through neuroscience
(Sigal Samuel, The Atlantic)

Korea exhibit at Vatican shares history, peace through art
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Togo's bishops call for peace while reform goes to public vote
(Catholic News Agency)

US Senate committee advances bill to aid Christians in Iraq
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

Black, Jewish and avoiding the synagogue on the high holy days
(Leah Donnella, NPR)

Hurricane Maria strikes Caribbean Islands struggling to recover from previous storms
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

Churches must not be excluded from FEMA relief, senators declare in bill tackling 'discrimination'
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Nearly 220 dead in devastating Mexico earthquake; Donald Trump, Pope Francis call for God's help
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Religious researcher claims rapture begins on Saturday
(Ryan Duncan, Christian Headlines)

5 Wheaton college students facing felony charges over hazing incident
(Ryan Duncan, Christian Headlines)

California school board decides students will not be permitted to opt out of transgender lessons
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

Legalising assisted dying would be a failure of collective human memory and imagination
(Margaret Somerville, The Guardian)

Caravan of Love takes its peace message to Indian families touched by hate
(Huizhong Wu, The Guardian)

We're at the end of white Christian America. What will that mean?
(Jason Wilson, The Guardian)

Film starring Pope Francis as himself gets first screening at Vatican
(Dalya Alberge, The Guardian)

Nigeria: calm returns to Jos after eruption of violence that threatened the nation
(World Watch Monitor)

The apotheosis of the religious right
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

College football players face felonies in attack on teammate
(Don Babwin, The Chicago Tribune)

Welcome to the Jewish Inquisition!
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

Scandals in the Catholic Church: Bad news and good news
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: American Catholic)

Choristers and canon law
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Dean of Exeter appointed
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Swedish neo-Nazis plan march near synagogue on Yom Kippur: Is scant advance coverage a good thing?
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Cake is his 'art.' So can he deny one to a gay couple?
(Adam Liptak, The New York Times)

In Supreme Court case of baker refusing to make same-sex wedding case, THIS is the question
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Persecution of Rohingya minority takes a bloody turn
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)

The world knew ahead of time the Rohingya were facing genocide
(Kate Cronin-Furman, Foreign Policy)

Report claims DOJ was divided over whether to file amicus brief in Masterpiece Cakeshop
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Masterpiece Cakeshop: Meet the Christian legal group behind the high-profile court case
(Daniel Bennett, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)

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