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Thursday, 27 July 2017

Trump says America worships God, not Government; violates First Amendment
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Two-thirds of evangelicals think that Muslims don't belong in America
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Trump axing law in move to allow churches to support political candidates
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Trump’s evangelical advisors reportedly discussed transgender ban at White House meeting
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

7 problems with Trump's hastily-tweeted trans military ban
(Sunnivie Brydum, Religion Dispatches)

Holy Land bishop receives Niwano Peace Prize in Tokyo with call to confront extremism
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

North and South Korean church councils urge world to pray for reunification
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

ECHR confronts Russian anti-evangelism law
(Anastasia Kurilova, Viktor Khamraev, Pavel Korobov, Kommersant)

A movement with a theology: Churches take many paths to address Black Lives Matter
(Adelle M. Banks, Harvard Divinity School)

The patient body: The politics of healthcare sharing ministries
(Ann Neumann, Center for Religion and Media at NYU)

Dutch party distances itself from call by young leaders for circumcision ban
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Dresden church attacked with Molotov cocktails
(Darko Janjevic, Deutsche Welle)

U.S. Muslims see friendly neighbors, but a foe in White House
(Associated Press)

Statement says feminist group behind Mexico bishops bombing
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Catholic bishop in Central African Republic sheltering Muslims in cathedral
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

COA rules against mother who used religious exemption to not vaccinate child
(Olivia Covington, The Indiana Lawyer)

Court interprets vaccination provision in custody decree
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Catholic school teacher stripped of tenure may sue
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Feminist founder of 'liberal' mosque defies death threats and hopes to open one in Britain
(Kim Sengupta, The Independent)

Faith groups launch major push to stop GOP health care repeal
(Jack Jenkins and Addy Baird, ThinkProgress)

Alabama Senate candidate calls Islam 'false religion' then advocates religious union
(Daniel Gil, Arab America)

IICSA Child Migration – Statement
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Turkey's top religious official slams Gülenists for exploiting religion
(Hurriyet Daily News)

Siddaramaiah says no plea yet for separate religion status of Veerashaiva- Lingayat community
(Suraj Radhakrishnan, FirstPost)

Interfaith Solidarity with the victims of Bomb Blast at Kot Lakhpat Lahore
(Pakistan Christian Post)

In Jerusalem, an interfaith effort at addressing climate change
(Isabel Feinstein, The Jerusalem Post)

Mormon leader tells Black Leadership Summit that religious liberty means 'fairness for all'
(Scott Taylor, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)

Foundations that support faith are being marginalized in a secular world, Elder Cook tells Seymour Institute
(Sarah Jane Weaver, Deseret News Faith)

Michigan FGM case could test bounds of religious liberty
(Trevor Bach, Christian Science Monitor)

Baptist-backed ‘bathroom bill’ advances in Texas
(Bob Allen, Baptist News Global)

Pensacola has spent more than $130,000 to defend Bayview Park cross
(Jim Little, Pensacola News Journal)

CAIR loses San Diego schools partnership
(John Rossomando, The Algemeiner)

Richard Dawkins event cancelled over his 'abusive speech against Islam'
(Alison Flood, The Guardian)

How much discrimination do Muslims face in America?
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

School uniform policies need to accommodate students’ cultural practices
(Renae Barker, The Conversation)

Pakistani girl raped in ‘revenge’ for a rape her brother committed, police say. 29 relatives arrested
(Samantha Schmidt, The Washington Post)

Religion, 'honor' and Pakistan's 'revenge rape'
(Shamil Shams, Deutsche Welle)

Trump administration, intervening in major LGBT case, says job bias law does not cover sexual orientation
(Fred Barbash, The Washington Post)

Illegal to be gay - Scotland's history
(David MacNicol, BBC Scotland, BBC News)

This week: Dwayne Leslie, A Peaceful Coexistence
(Newseum Institute: 5 Minutes of Religious Freedom)

Heritage Lottery Fund Grants for Places of Worship Scheme: update
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Wednesday, 26 July 2017

Trump to nominate Sam Brownback as religious freedom ambassador
(John Hanna, Religion News Service)

Nigerian woman wins UN award for work re-integrating Boko Haram victims
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)

Letter from Africa: Freed Boko Haram 'wives' return to captors
(BBC News Africa)

U.S. Muslims Concerned About Their Place in Society, but Continue to Believe in the American Dream
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)

Muslim Americans worry about discrimination but profess faith in the American dream
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Venezuela on the verge of collapse: Economic, social, and political challenges
(Hudson Institute)

5 facts about the Dunkirk evacuation
(Joe Carter, Christian Headlines)

Symposium: Combating terrorist financing through corporate liability under the Alien Tort Statute
(Michael Barr, SCOTUSblog)

How can the Catholic Church promote peace in the Holy Land?
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Pro-life groups praise new Missouri bill curbing abortion
(Catholic News Agency)

These Chicago Catholics have a game plan for evangelization
(Perry West, Catholic News Agency)

Families of Iran's prisoners beg Congress to advocate for their release
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

Muslims in the U.S. face increased discrimination, Pew report says
(Kelly Mcevers and Leila Fadel, NPR)

When Jewish parents decide not to circumcise
(Zoe Greenberg, The New York Times)

Iran wary as Iraqi Kurds vie for independence
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

“Why I risked my life to convert to Zoroastrianism”
(Corinne Redfern, Stylist)

Young, Female, and Pro-Trump How white evangelical millennials are defying political predictions
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today | Women)

Why a postwar legal debate over the impact of private sex still matters today
(Kim McGuire, The Conversation)

U.S. ramps up pressure on North Korea
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)

Israel bars five US Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders backing boycott effort
(Associated Press, The Guardian)

Muslim feminist plans to open liberal mosque in Britain
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Turkey's Erdogan says Israel damaging Jerusalem's 'Islamic character'
(Tuvan Gumrukcu and Ece Toksabay, Reuters)

Erdoğan: Israel is harming Jerusalem’s Islamic character
(Peter Beaumont, The Guardian)

Jehovah’s Witnesses criticised over handling of child abuse case
(Alice Ross, The Guardian)

Face veils and respect for British culture
(Letters, The Guardian)

No Jesus and no Christmas cards could soon be a reality in Australian school campuses under new proposals
(Stephanie Velez, Christian Today)

Lawsuit filed over rainbow flag outside CA lawmakers offices
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

PETA critizes NAG Panchami Hindu festival
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Italy's drought is so bad they turned off the Vatican fountains
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Evangelical pastors are showing their support for Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner during Russia probe investigation
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Rouhani: US House bill repetition of past sanctions
(Al Monitor Staff, Al Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Women gain foothold at Iran's seminaries
(Mahmoud Pargoo, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Netanyahu's scandals run deep
(Ben Caspit, translated by Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Evangelical leaders rally around Kushner amid Russia probe
(Jill Colvin, Religion News Service)

Is the Catholic Church a capsizing ship?
(Chris Lowney, Religion News Service)

Clergy march in a ‘funeral procession’ to protest health care repeal
(Madeleine Buckley, Religion News Service)

A philosopher argues why no one has the right to refuse services to LGBT people
(Mark R. Reiff, Religion News Service)

Vatican Cardinal Pell faces Australian court on sex charges
(Kristen Gelineau, Religion News Service)

Wave of distressing news underscores intersection of issues for American and Israeli Jews
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Open letter from USCIRF Commissioner John Ruskay to Bagir Kazikhanov
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Where even God doesn't help: The Washington Post chronicles the despair of rural poor
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Slaves of Isis: the long walk of the Yazidi women
(Cathy Otten, The Guardian)

A litmus test: Supreme Court must interpret Constitution in a manner that ensures right to privacy
(Faizan Mustafa, The Indian Express)

Prominent national religious rabbis applaud stance against gay adoption
(Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post)

American Muslims growing more liberal, survey shows
(Daniel Burke, CNN)

Russian human rights commissioner ready to take up Jehovah's Witnesses' cases
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Keep political campaigns out of the churches
(Los Angeles Times)

The morality tale of health care reform
(Marie Griffith, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)

Why Ram Nath Kovind does not have to be a rubber stamp of NDA
(Faizan Mustafa and Yogesh Pratap Singh, Hindustan Times)

There is no divide between Islam and American culture
(Reza Aslan, Foreign Policy)

Canada strips citizenship of ex-Nazi for a fourth time
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

ADL condemns sermons by California imams that called for destruction of Jews
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Russia could assume role in resolving conflict around Temple Mount in Jerusalem - Palestinian ambassador
(Interfax-Religion)

Israeli ambassador to Russia hopes Moscow to support security measures on Jerusalem's Temple Mount
(Interfax-Religion)

Amid Temple Mount clashes, Jewish activists dream of rebuilt temple
(Sam Kestenbaum, Forward)

The Christian example of the Temple Mount conflict
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

Israel commits to preserve full access to holy places in Jerusalem - ambassador to Russia
(Interfax-Religion)

Al-Aqsa protests unite Jerusalemites
(Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Vatican: Jerusalem needs “internationally guaranteed” special status
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

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