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Friday, 16 June 2017

Pay attention to this Muslim memoirist (Haroon Moghul) – He's the future of America
(Raphael Magarik, Haaretz (Paywall))

Islamic State claims responsibility for Jerusalem attack
(Haaretz)

Muslim groups in Germany at odds over planned anti-terrorism march
(Kate Connolly, The Guardian)

Aged four and scarred for life: the children who survived Indonesian church attack
(World Watch Monitor)

Eritrea arrests another 22 Christians
(World Watch Monitor)

How political is your pastor? Very, a new study shows
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Study: Pastors are more partisan than their congregations
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Kenyan faith leaders urge better treatment for children with HIV
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

India court affirms priests’ right to property despite poverty oath
(Rina Chandran, Religion News Service)

ADL: Southern Baptists did the right thing in condemning the ‘alt-right’
(David Sandmel, Religion News Service)

Clearwater City Council again thwarts Scientology land deal
(Tracey McManus, TampaBay.com)

New study: Islamophobia common in Catholic media
(Jordan Denari Duffner, Religion Dispatches)

Christian teacher killed, another abducted along with Muslim in northeastern Kenya
(Morning Star News)

British Lib Dem leader quits, says can’t lead party and be a Christian
(Kate Holton and Michael Holden, Religion News Service)

Tim Farron is so wrong – Christianity and progressive politics do go together
(Peter Ormerod, The Guardian)

Liberals, logic and sin: Tim Farron’s resignation raises questions about the line between public policy and private belief
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Federal government files brief in travel-ban litigation
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

President Trump comments on his actions, goals for religious liberty
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Trump: 'With God's help, we can achieve a free Cuba'
(SF Gate)

UK political leader’s resignation heralds a new age of intolerance
(Austen Ivereigh, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Dearborn native to become first hijabi Air Force judge advocate
(Zahraa Farhat, The Arab American News)

Law grad makes history with U.S. Air Force JAG
(Kirsten M. Winek, The University of Toledo)

Air Force JAG commissions first hijabi lawyer
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

FLDS church leader Lyle Jeffs in jail a year after fleeing federal custody
(Larry D. Curtis and D.J. Bolerjack, KUTV)

Fugitive FLDS leader arrested
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Thursday, 15 June 2017

Iraqi Christians targeted for deportation face 'death sentence' in Iraq, lawyers say
(Amanda Holpuch, The Guardian)

Lyle Jeffs, polygamist accused of fraud, arrested after nearly a year on the run
(Camila Domonoske, NPR)

Turkey's Erdogan calls for Qatar row to be resolved by end of Ramadan
(Reuters)

Tunisia’s poor population face death by terrorists
(Ahmed Nadhif, translated by Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor)

Hamas crisis could present an opportunity for Israel
(Ben Caspit, translated Sandy Bloom, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Influence-rich Saudis blow through Sunni unity
(Bruce Riedel, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

Southern Baptists update Bible's language on gender
(Tom Gjelten, NPR)

A media firestorm elevates a false narrative of Southern Baptist racism
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)

Southern Baptist convention votes to condemn white supremacy
(Nathan Rott, NPR)

Gospel catches fire in Miao minority group
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)

Cambodia: building bridges to end spiritual poverty
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

HR 390: Critical step to help victims of ISIS
(Ruth K'lama, Mission Network News)

Vatican group meets to discuss situation of migrants around the world
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

US bishops stress compassion, clarity in immigration panel
(Joe Slama, Catholic News Agency)

US bishops vote to make religious freedom committee permanent
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

Will Trump's tax reforms reduce giving to churches?
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)

Catholic church says sexual abuse by clergy still unresolved with 25 new cases: annual report
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

The Guardian view on Lib Dem leadership: scrutinise Brexit
(Editorial, The Guardian)

Vietnamese pastor punished for ‘reports’ to US diplomats; Catholic blogger to be expelled to France
(World Watch Monitor)

Fugitive polygamous sect leader arrested in South Dakota
(Barbara Goldberg, Religion News Service)

How Priests can battle the porn epidemic
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Over half of Canadians say religion is harmful, while Ontario school rules students can skip religion classes
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

In dramatic turnabout, Southern Baptists condemn white supremacy
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Cutting the US Institute of Peace is shortsighted and immoral
(John C. Dorhauer, Traci Blackmon and James Moos, Religion News Service)

Does Judaism = liberalism?
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS: Martini Judaism)

Catholic groups launch conversation about female deacons
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

British Christians wonder if there is room for them in politics
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)

Quebec bill targets religious and home schools
(Janice Arnold, Canadian Jewish News)

Israel: Separating religion and state
(Elazar Stern, Jerusalem Post)

Kazakhstan: Five years' jail for Islamic talks
(Forum 18 News Service)

Citizen's snitch trips up Pentecostal group
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)

Why we need to reject political assumptions based on religion
(Geoffrey A. Mitelman, The Wisdom Daily)

Mormon apostle at Oxford: Lessons learned from Watergate scandal
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)

Chosen freely, religion helps foster the conditions necessary for a strong and stable society, says Elder Andersen
(Sarah Jane Weaver, Deseret News Faith)

As Venezuela crisis spirals, Vatican affirms elections are lone solution
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Cameroon bishops: Bishop “did not commit suicide, he was brutally murdered”
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Why aren’t U.S. bishops more vocal on climate?
(Paul Moses, Commonweal)

Fired legislative staffer can move ahead with suit alleging use of state funds to promote church facility
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

President acts to keep immigration order alive
(Lyle Denniston Law News)

Trump extends effective date of travel ban to prevent case from becoming moot
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

6th Circuit en banc hears legislative prayer case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Court audio: Peter Bormuth v County of Jackson (Legislative prayer case)
(United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit)

Lawmakers, religious leaders pray for victims of congressional baseball shooting
(Madeleine Buckley, Religion News Service)

Democrats and Republicans unite in prayer after Alexandria shooting
(Danielle Christensen, Deseret News Faith)

Wednesday, 14 June 2017

For many of Iraq's Yazidis, going home is not an option
(Brenda Stoter, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)

First-generation Nepali Christian leaders in need of biblical training
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

For Christians in Egypt, building a new church can set off violence
(Jane Arraf, NPR)

Human trafficking a global trend
(Loide Jason, Newera)

Philosopher who supports legal abortion joins Vatican pro-life academy
(Catholic News Agency)

Bishops pray for Catholic Congressman shot at baseball practice
(Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency)

High school student forbidden from using name of Jesus in graduation speech
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Terrorism has changed. Blaming Islam is blinding us to the new reality
(Joumanah El Matrah, The Guardian)

Iraq Christians returning home face many hurdles
(World Watch Monitor)

Iraqi senior cleric shown calling for Christians to ‘convert, pay tax or be killed’
(World Watch Monitor)

US Holocaust memorial launches campaign to preserve documented Holocaust accounts
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Southern Baptists grapple with morality, white nationalism in the Trump age
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

The religious left needs a dose of political partisanship
(Mark Silk, RNS: Spiritual Politics)

USCIRF elects new Chair and Vice-Chairs
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

USCIRF elects Daniel Mark as Commission Chairman; Sandra Jolley and Kristina Arriaga as Vice Chairs
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Access for Northern Ireland women to free abortion in England: R (A and B)
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Russian Church Abroad calls to support its Bethany school for Arabian girls
(Interfax-Religion)

Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate remains one of the largest religious organizations in Ukraine - Culture Ministry
(Interfax-Religion)

Russia faces Ukraine's resistance in returning St. Alexander representation in Jerusalem
(Interfax-Religion)

Indictment of ultra-orthodox Jew shows threat to Israel's military conscription
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Role of Northern Irish party in UK government causes concern in Ireland
(Michael Kelly, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

A French Jew’s killing provides a test for the new Macron administration
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Anti-Semitic messages painted on Romanian synagogue
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Anti-Semitism lives on in Belarus, despite small number of Jews
(Deutsche Welle)

How German actor Lars Eidinger's new film unleashed a scandal in Russia
(Juri Rescheto, Deutsche Welle)

Germany presents racism action plan, invests millions into preventing extremism
(Kate Brady, Deutsche Welle)

White House confirms Jerry Falwell Jr. on education task force
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

Mexico still ‘most dangerous country to be a priest’
(World Watch Monitor)

Religion increasingly seen as doing more harm than good in Canada: Ipsos poll
(Rebecca Joseph, Global News)

Ontario Catholic high schools shouldn't press students to study religion: settlement
(Caroline Alphonso, The Globe and Mail)

Southern Baptists reconsider condemning 'alt-right' movement
(Rachel Zoll and Angie Wang, Associated Press)

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