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Wednesday, 23 August 2017

Federal judge rules Idaho prisoners must be allowed kosher meals
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Central African priests use Facebook to express outrage, appeal for help
(Catholic News Service)

Cross-burning victims to priest who was once a member of KKK: Apology is not enough
(Associated Press)

Iraqi Christians still need America’s help, former congressman says
(Catholic News Agency)

9th Circuit rules against high school football coach in dispute over on-field prayer
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Fired pastor's contract suit dismissed under ministerial exception and excessive entanglement doctrines
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Why are Jewish celebrities silent about Charlottesville?
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

Rabbis to forgo annual High Holy Days call with president over Charlottesville remarks
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

‘Blood and Faith’: A new book links white nationalists to Christianity
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

Gottschalk: a ninth-century heretic, dissenter, and religious outlaw
(Matthew Bryan Gillis, OUPblog Religion)

Are Turkey’s schools dropping evolution and teaching jihad?
(Selin Girit, BBC News Istanbul)

Brexit and the courts: Britain cannot escape the long arm of European law
(The Economist)

The Canadian far right
(E.M., The Economist Explains)

Charlottesville covers Confederate statues with black shroud
(Sarah Rankin and Steve Helber, Associated Press Top News)

Pope's planned visit to Myanmar risks stoking religious tensions
(Saw Nang and Mike Ives, The New York Times)

Will CRISPR (gene-editing) fears fade with familiarity?
(Patricia Stapleton, The Conversation)

The UK and the CJEU after Brexit
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

York Minister Bells to ring again
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Nearly 2 lakh Lingayats descend on Belagavi seeking separate religion tag
(The Hindu)

Another conviction under Indonesia's dangerous blasphemy law
(Andreas Harsono, Human Rights Watch)

US State Department slams Israeli stagnation on religious freedom reform
(Amanda Borschel-Dan, The Times of Israel)

Scouts use this school for free, but Bible club must pay: What might be strange about that?
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Bible-based club fights Pike Township classroom fees, claims discrimination
(Arika Herron, Indy Star)

The road to hate: For six young men, Charlottesville is only the beginning
(Terrence McCoy, The Washington Post)

Remembering Ireland’s Daniel O’Connell
(John Bruton, Fair Observer)

White nationalism: What are the crucial faith facts about this movement?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

In nitty-gritty of journalism, the difference between a 'devil worshiper' and a 'known devil worshiper'
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Hardwired Global files multi-faith brief to ensure Supreme Court continues historic US policy to provide refuge to persecuted groups
(Press Release, Hardwired)

Jeff Flake’s gamble
(McKay Collins, The Atlantic)

The rights of parents in educating their children
(Grégor Puppinck, Acton Institute: Transatlantic Blog)

Italy lurches to the right as migrant tolerance wears thin
(Tom Kington, The Times)

Europe faces growing threat from terrorists posing as migrants
(Bel Trew, Tom Kington, The Times)

We wanted to kill hundreds, admits Barcelona jihadist
(Graham Keeley, The Times)

Triple talaq verdict: 3 of 5 on bench say govt cannot interfere with religious laws
(Dhananjay Mahapatral, The Times of India)

Tuesday, 22 August 2017

Shariat and Muslim Personal Law: All your questions answered (re talaq)
(Adrija Roychowdhury, The Indian Express)

With court's OK, Chile relaxes one of the world's strictest abortion bans
(Colin Dwyer, NPR International)

This is the church where Robert E. Lee declared himself a sinner. Should it keep his name?
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post: Acts of Faith)

Is advocating suicide a crime under the First Amendment?
(Susan Stefan, OUPblog Religion)

Orthodox Church of Albania celebrates last 25 years with Archbishop Anastasios after rejection of atheistic State
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Azerbaijan: Torture unpunished; compensation for imprisonment
(Forum 18 News Service)

Wearing of clothes of 'destructive ideological movements' in Kazakhstan may be punishable by nearly $700 fine – bill
(Interfax-Religion)

Kazakhstan planning to ban wearing clothing of 'destructive ideological movements'
(Interfax-Religion)

Putin to discuss bilateral agenda, Syria, Ukraine with Vatican secretary of state – Kremlin
(Interfax-Religion)

Important diplomatic visit in Russia by Catholic official
(Andrei Yashlavsky, Moskovskii Komsomolets)

Indian foreign minister: Priest kidnapped in Yemen could be freed soon
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Chilean bishops say new abortion bill ‘offends the conscience’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Nicolas Maduro asks Pope Francis to help avert US invasion
(Deutsche Welle)

The richness of well wasted time
(Carl Hildebrand, Convivium)

Should New York City remove statues of its anti-Semitic Dutch governor?
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Chief Rabbinate challenges Supreme Court’s jurisdiction to rule on Western Wall egalitarian section
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

This fall, know your religious liberty rights in public schools
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Devil worshiper files lawsuit against Putnam City Schools
(Carla Hinton, News OK)

Suit says school personnel harassed children and family of devil-worship cult leader
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Women in small Muslim sect say they have had FGM in Canada
(Michele Henry and Jayme Poisson, Toronto Star)

Chile sect: German court jails fugitive doctor over child sex abuse
(BBC News)

Songs of Praise special on Princess Diana to suggest she had more of a Christian faith than was widely believed
(Hannah Furness, The Telegraph)

Polygamy support grows, despite court cases: Poll
(Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun)

Muslim 'triple talaq' divorce law 'unconstitutional', rules Supreme Court
(Suchitra Mohanty and Rupam Jain, Reuters)

India court bans Islamic instant divorce in huge win for women's rights
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)

Triple talaq: 5 judges, 3 views, 1 order, but why no clarity?
(Aviral Virk, The Quint)

India's Supreme Court invalidates triple talaq divorces for Muslims (with summary of individual Justice conclusions)
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

India’s top court: Instant divorce among Muslims unlawful
(Muneeza Naqvi, Associated Press)

Triple Talaq verdict: Deoband says 'stick to Shariat' for making any law
(Srawan Shukla, Daily News and Analysis)

Meet the triple talaq warriors
(NDTV)

Five Supreme Court judges who passed the verdict on triple talaq
(Hindustan Times)

Judgment: Shayara Bano versus Union of India and others
((On Triple Talaq), The Supreme Court of India)

SC declares instant triple talaq unconstitutional: Read the full judgment here
(Hindustan Times)

Kapil Sibal in court opposed ending triple talaq. His reaction to the ban
(Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy, NDTV)

PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi hail triple talaq verdict as empowerment
(The Quint)

Triple Talaq: What do Indian Muslim women really think? (Video)
(Rosheena Zehra, The Quint)

What is meaning of triple talaq? (a "totally unIslamic practice")
(Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, Quora)

Triple talaq verdict: BJP looks set to reap electoral gains, Congress in damage-control mode
(DJ Singh, Hindustan Times)

MKs censure Ministry of Interior's attack on religious-Zionist community
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)

Former congressman Wolf predicts small window to act (Seven Policy Recommendations for Northern Iraq)
(Religion News Service)

Statue of limitations (We bring present concerns and values to how we see history.)
(Raymond J. De Souza, Convivium)

InterVarsity, Charlottesville, and racial reconciliation
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)

Can faith leaders help America heal after Charlottesville?
(Stephen Henderson, 1A)

#NewNationalism: 'Turn India into a Hindu state'
(Fanny Facsar, Deutsche Welle)

Op-ed: Religion's global voice gains a hearing
(Frederick W. Axelgard, Deseret News)

Christian Solidarity Worldwide "deeply concerned" over proposed anti-conversion law in Nepal
(David Adams, Sight)

Jains around the world celebrate Paryushan
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Free-speech protests in Boston: How many points of view, on left and right, made it into news?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Supreme Court to hear appeal on opposite-sex civil partnerships
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Heterosexual couple take civil partnership case to Supreme Court
(BBC News)

York Minster bells to chime again next month after year's silence
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

In Barcelona, a heartening rejection of Islamophobia
(James McAuley, The Washington Post)

Barcelona attack: Thousands of Muslims march against Isis chanting ‘Not in my name’
(The Independent, Mint Press News)

Islamic State’s Twitter network is decimated, but other extremists face much less disruption
(Suraj Lakhani and Maura Conway, The Conversation)

Barcelona attack: Catalan city's Muslim community march against Isis chanting 'Not in my name'
(Caroline Mortimer, The Independent)

Pope Francis: prioritise migrants' dignity over national security
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Pope: Rights of migrants trump national security concerns
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

Associated Press repeats mantra: Gosh those 'evangelicals' are standing by their man Trump
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Trump's "alternative Christianity"
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

Jerry Lewis dies at 91 – "Religion is in the heart"
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

Why Christians can stay hopeful in this time of political darkness
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Column: On Faith & Culture)

Amid monument debate, statue of St. Junipero Serra defaced in L.A.
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Saint’s statue defaced amid Confederate monuments debate
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

If we're tearing down statues, let's be consistent
(Peter Heck, The Christian Post)

Brooklyn megachurch pastor explains why he left the president’s evangelical advisory board
(Chris Sagona, Religion News Service)

Moroccans shaken by links to extremist attacks in Europe
(Reda Zaireg, Associated Press)

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