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Wednesday, 13 September 2017

Will Trump direct FEMA to fund churches hit by hurricanes?
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Faith key to rebounding from refugee status, apostle says
(Mormon Newsroom)

The new cost of doing business: Toeing the line on politically correct beliefs
(Emilie Kao and Laura Cermak, Religion News Service)

Why religion is not going away and science will not destroy it
(Peter Harrison, edited by Sam Haselby, Aeon)

‘Neo-Protestant’ challenge seen in France’s political upheaval
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)

Israeli court annuls law exempting religious from military
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)

When Muslims come to the Jewish-Christian Table
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

Reforming Catholic liturgy should be like updating software
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: American Catholic)

Who cares for the pastor’s spouse?
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)

Scientologists board up Clearwater storefronts ahead of Hurricane Irma
(WRN Editorial Staff, World Religion News)

Balancing mission, aesthetics and heritage of parish churches – further considerations
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Archdiocese of Santa Fe releases names of accused priests
(Russell Contreras, Religion News Services)

Free speech and vilification in the marriage law postal survey
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

‘Lessons in hate’ taught in Saudi Arabian schools
(Editorial, La Croix International)

Polish bishops oppose government on German war reparations
(Delphine Allaire, La Croix International)

Pope Francis moves to develop a more decentralized church
(Nicolas Senèze, La Croix International)

Ultra-Orthodox lawmaker resigns after attending gay wedding
(Associated Press)

Belgian order defies pope, insists on allowing euthanasia
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Tunisian women’s rights plan rattles Muslim traditionalists
(Bouazza Ben Bouazza, Associated Press)

As Rohingya flee violence, Myanmar’s Suu Kyi skips UN meet
(Julhas Alam, Associated Press)

Gay couple denied baby via surrogate challenges Utah law
(Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press)

Caste, India's apartheid
(Father Myron Pereira SJ,, La Croix International)

EVENT, 13 September 2017: Freedom of religion and conscience: Restoring civility, protecting pluralism, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
(Brookings Institution)

Jihadist support for Rohingya puts Pakistan and China on the spot – Analysis
(James M. Dorsey, Eurasia Review)

Bannon and Feinstein remind us that anti-Catholic bigotry is a bipartisan problem
(Bill McCormick, S.J., America: The Jesuit Review)

Fears of anti-Catholic bias rise on both left and right
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Elder Holland speaks at Windsor Conference on Mormon refugee experience
(R Scott Lloyd, Deseret News Faith)

Tuesday, 12 September 2017

LDS reaches major milestone in Philippines
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

Nazi Yom Kippur demo in Gothenburg, Sweden, a godsend to PC-Swedes
(Ilya Meyer, Jerusalem Post)

Haredi, religious MKs up in arms over court's conscription order
(Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post)

Bulgarian Tourism Minister: 'Bulgarian-Russian relations in the sphere of tourism were very successful this year'
(Novinite Sofia News Agency)

Tajikistan: Id al-Adha restrictions, haj returnee celebrations banned
(Forum 18 News Service)

Religion and climate change: The Dalai Lama’s planet
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Child marriage and religion in the United States
(Ashley Belanger, Teen Vogue)

By the numbers: 10 surprising demographic facts about U.S. Jews
(Laura E. Adkins, Forward)

Neo-Nazis plan to march near Swedish synagogue on Yom Kippur
(Josefin Dolsten, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

British Muslims twice as likely to espouse anti-Semitic views, survey suggests
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Israel’s Supreme Court strikes down law increasing number of draft exemptions for yeshiva students
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

UN ambassadors encouraged to follow example of Archbishop Romero
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Defying Vatican, Belgian religious brothers will continue to offer euthanasia
(Catholic News Agency)

Report: Priest kidnapped in Yemen in 2016 has been released
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Pope Francis meets with Indian priest kidnapped by Islamic militants in Yemen
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Abducted Indian priest rescued in Yemen after 18 months
(The Associated Press, The Associated Press Religion)

Indian state of Kerala rejoices release of Catholic priest Tom Uzhunnalil held in Yemen
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Justice Dept announces settlement of mosque denial lawsuit in PA
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Jockeying in travel ban litigation continues in Supreme Court
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Trump administration returns to the Supreme Court, gets temporary stay on travel ban refugee ruling
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

Hawaii responds in latest travel-ban dispute
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

German theologians call for precise protocols for future 'retired popes'
(Christa Pongratz-Lippitt, La Croix International)

Remarks to the Opening Session of the 2017 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
(Ambassador Michael Kozak, Head of US Delegation, US Mission to the OSCE)

16 years after 9/11, al-Qaeda is back
(Zack Beauchamp, Vox)

Listed Places of Worship Grants to 2020
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Nashville and Sodom
(Aaron Taylor, First Things)

Religion on the College Campus
(Mark Bauerlein, First Things Podcast)

Empathy Is Not Charity (a review of *Silence*)
(Patricia Snow, First Things)

Egyptian government acts to support religious minorities
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Is it impossible to be a British Muslim?
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Science is beating religion in Britain and Canada
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Bishops unfazed by surge among the non-religious in latest British Social Attitudes survey
(Madeleine Davies, Church Times)

Study shows majority of British Catholics now support abortion
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Bodie of 400 children at Catholic care home found buried in mass grave; abuse suspected
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks commemorated in Moscow
(Interfax-Religion)

Jehovah's Witnesses ask Supreme Court to reverse ruling declaring them extremists
(Interfax-Religion)

There would be no public schools without the Bible
(Jerry Newcombe, The Christian Post)

Is YouTube targeting Christians and conservatives with its advertising policy?
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

No compassion for the mentally ill: Canada's obsession with the 'right to die'
(Eric Metaxas, Roberto Rivera, Christian Headlines)

The dogma of Sens. Feinstein and Franken: No place for faith in public life
(Eric Metaxas, Roberto Rivera, Christian Headlines)

This baker's Supreme Court case could set tone of religious liberty in US
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

Palestinian refugees to return to Damascus camp after four years in the dark
(Tom Rollins, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Churches reject attempts to weaken Christian presence in Jerusalem
(Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Sabbath summit unites Israel's rival ultra-Orthodox parties
(Danny Zaken, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Don’t let the Islamic State slip the noose in Syria
(Maxim A. Suchkov, Al Monitor: Russia Pulse)

Egypt: Coptic churches ‘closed for security’ reopen
(World Watch Monitor)

Germany: The Rise of Islam
(Giulio Meotti, Gatestone Institute)

Pope asks ‘pro-life’ Trump to rethink young migrant decision
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Services)

Is America losing its religion of football?
(Martin E. Marty, RNS: Sightings)

Faith groups provide the bulk of disaster recovery, in coordination with FEMA
(Paul Singer, Religion News Services)

Catholic leaders decry Dems’ questioning of judicial pick
(Kevin Freking, Religion News Services)

Life in a fishbowl: Survey reveals pastors’ spouses experiences
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Services)

Christian parents pull son from Church of England school after it allows boys to dress as girls
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

INVITATION, 12 September 2017: Anti-sect Movements and Laicité: The French and Russian Orthodox Connection — A side-event at the OSCE/ ODIHR Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw -
(Patricia Duval, Willy Fautré, Olga Sibireva, Announced by Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Pope criticizes Trump's action on DACA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Monday, 11 September 2017

Scientologists mark 9/11 as a day to honor emergency responders, including volunteer ministers
(Linda Wieland, World Religion News)

Christian couple sues Church of England primary over transgender boy
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)

Florida now understands the Noah story
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

UN rights chief: Rohingya seemingly face ‘ethnic cleansing’
(Jamey Keaten, Associated Press International News)

Gender dysphoria and school uniform in primary-schools
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Law and religion round-up – 10th September
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Over 1,000 people gathered at Ground Zero to honor 16th anniversary of 9/11
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

The brutal, powerful 9/11 stories of Catholic priests
(Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency)

The prayer circle: Texans rebuild after Harvey as a practice of faith
(Kevin Sack, The New York Times)

Islamic society of Tampa Bay opened as an evacuation shelter
(Michel Martin, NPR)

Kenya elections: change is a constant theme
(Katey Hearth, Mission Network News)

Most Catholics now back abortion - poll
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)

Now Irma batters Florida: Churches provide shelter and care
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Lots of scientists believe in God. Why should that surprise us?
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

More women's colleges now accepting men who identify as women
(Leigh Jones, Christian Headlines)

Russia, sanctions, and the future of international law
(Lauri Mälksoo, OUPblog)

Trusting God in hard times: A 9/11 reflection
(Jim Denison, The Christian Post)

China greenlights revised rules expanding control over religions
(UCANews)

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