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Wednesday, 31 May 2017

LDS Church will return tithing donated by man who defrauded 5,400 victims
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)

Orthodox Christians in Europe more likely to believe than practice their religion
(Ariana Monique Salazar, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Religious freedom or bigotry? Supreme Court mulls high-stakes gay wedding cake case
(Steve Kurtz, Fox News)

School thumbs nose at required religious accommodation
(Bob Unruh, WND)

Kazakhstan: Law on religious clothing in the works
(Aktan Rysaliev, Eurasianet)

Cairo to continue targeting ISIS in Libya following attacks on Christians
(Reuters)

Kyrgyzstan: Religious censorship, sharing faiths ban?
(Forum 18 News Service)

Tajikistan bans tobacco, alcohol advertising
(Interfax-Religion)

Tomsk Jehovah's Witnesses found guilty of violating suspension order
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witness guilty of illegal evangelism
(Dostup, Russia Religion News)

Harsh measure against Jehovah's Witness unjustified
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witness gets high court to explain law on sacred scriptures
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)

In Germany, you can get blessed by a new robot priest
(Cara Giaimo, Atlas Obscura)

For two evangelical Christians, Manuel Noriega became the ultimate jailhouse convert
(Derek Hawkins, The Washington Post)

Why the US Military wants fewer generic Christians
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)

Kidnapped Filipino priest pleads for help in video
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Battling AMR at the community level (Responding to Antimicrobial resistance and faith-linked healthcare providers)
(Wilma Z. Mui, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

NJ mosque construction will proceed after $3.25 million settlement ends dispute
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

A New Jersey mosque wins in a religious-discrimination lawsuit—over parking lots
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

A New Jersey town denied Muslims a mosque. Now it must pay them $3.25 million
(Katie Mettler, The Washington Post)

Justice Department and Bernards Township (NJ) settle lawsuit over alleged RLUIPA violations
(U.S. Department of Justice)

Settlements reached in New Jersey mosque zoning cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

EVENT, 31 May 2017: A Conversation with Cardinal Peter Turkson: Vatican perspectives on care for creation, economic injustice, the refugee crisis, and peace
(Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, Georgetown University)

EVENT 31 May – 2 June, 2017: VIII Simposio Internacional de Derecho Concordatario – La Financiación de la Libertad Religiosa
(Universidade da Coruña)

CLE Re-Broadcast, 31 May 2017: Serving on Non-Profit Boards: What Lawyers Need to Know
(Bruce Moyer, Counsel for Government Relations, Federal Bar Association)

Tuesday, 30 May 2017

Ominous signs of an Asian hub for Islamic State in the Philippines
(Tom Allard, Reuters)

Three men stood up to anti-Muslim attack. Two paid with their lives
(Daniel Victor, The New York Times)

Chabad opens in Laos, its 92nd country
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

No gays from Chechnya have made requests for state protection – Moskalkova
(Interfax-Religion)

No conflicts between Orthodox Christians, Muslims happened in Kyrgyzstan in past 150 years - bishop
(Interfax-Religion)

We agree with Putin to jointly monitor situation surrounding gays in Chechnya - Macron
(Interfax-Religion)

Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate demands return of all property seized from it, halt of attempts to create state Church in Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian Orthodox Spiritual and Cultural Center combines Russian traditions, Paris architecture – Putin
(Interfax-Religion)

Ahead of vote, Jewish groups urge European Parliament to adopt antisemitism definition
(Tamara Zieve, Jerusalem Post)

Lutheran World Federation, deeply troubled at Venezuela situation, calls for inclusive society
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

'The Body and the Blood' follows exodus of Christians in the Middle East
(National Public Radio)

Imams in U.S. take on the anti-vaccine movement during Ramadan
(Lena H. Sun, The Washington Post)

Robert D. Rubin on judicial review & the religious right (podcast)
(Research on Religion)

Resurgent anti-Semitism takes hold in Hungary under Viktor Orbán
(Lili Bayer and Larry Cohler-Esses, Forward)

South African student, principal apologize for anti-Semitic taunts during Holocaust play
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Pence to speak at Christian pro-Israel group’s annual summit
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Bangladesh's Lady Justice pits Islamists against secularists
(Arafatul Islam, Deutsche Welle)

Could Balkan nations become the new hotbeds of Islamist extremism?
(Deutsche Welle)

Turkish court acquits defendants in Berlin 'honor killing'
(Deutsche Welle)

Pope Francis won’t go to South Sudan; proposed trip too dangerous
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Hungary signs accord with archbishop to support Iraqi clinic
(Associated Press)

Christian children detained in India, state claims they are Hindu under the law
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Christianity does not play a significant role in Australian politics, but cultural conservatism does
(Geoffrey Robinson, The Conversation)

Coptic Christians: Islamic State's 'favorite prey'
(Samuel Tadros, The New York Times)

Twisting Ramadan: Some big newsrooms failed to note timing of attack on Copts in Egypt (updated)
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

As Taiwan debates gay marriage, advocates eye influence abroad
(Ralph Jennings, The Christian Science Monitor)

Taiwan and gay marriage: Can journalists face the fact that there are two sides to the story?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

The rising homegrown terror threat on the right
(Arie Perliger, The Conversation)

Freedom of Belief: Countering Religious Violence
(Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, U.S. House of Representatives)

Aleppo after the fall
(Robert F. Worth, The New York Times)

New York Times Magazine tells dramatic story of Aleppo, minus all that tricky religion stuff
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Reformation is ‘GPS’ for next 500 years, says S. African Anglican leader in Luther’s town
((Archbishop Thabo Makgoba), World Council of Churches)

South African archbishop preaches for a world of one humanity at Reformation ceremony
(Anli Serfontein, Ecumenical News)

Message of reconciliation, truth and justice highlighted at German protestant gathering
(Rev. Mary-Anne Plaatjies-van Huffel, World Council of Churches)

A non-believer's day at the Protestant Kirchentag congress in Wittenberg
(Jefferson Chase, Deutsche Welle)

White House acts to roll back birth-control mandate for religious employers
(Robert Pear, The New York Times)

Rule under review to modify contraceptive coverage mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Muslim scholars are target of Taliban
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Taliban target: Scholars of Islam
(Mujib Mashal and Jawad Sukhanyar, The New York Times)

What gun control and refugee admissions policies have in common
(Jamres R. Rogers, Library of Law and Liberty)

Monday, 29 May 2017

Once rare, cremation is becoming the new norm
(Peter Smith, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

May 28: Donald Trump’s tour of world religions, wave of religious freedom legislation in Texas
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)

Law and religion round-up – 28th May
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

The Emperor of Japan, Prince Philip and the ‘a’ word
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Lavrov offers condolences to Egypt on terrorist attack on Coptic Christians
(Interfax-Religion)

Kyrgyz president promises to help build new Orthodox churches in republic
(Interfax-Religion)

Patriarch Kirill thanks Kyrgyz mufti for kind attitude towards Orthodox believers
(Interfax-Religion)

Indiana court rules that religious freedom law is not a free pass for tax evasion
(Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes)

Faith, secularism and freedom: A pastor and a secularist publisher stand together for freedom
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Petition of the day (including A Woman’s Friend Pregnancy Resource Clinic v. Becerra)
(Aurora Barnes, SCOTUSblog)

Orthodox church leadership sitting on information about tsar's bones
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)

Arab League not to take special measures to protect Christians in its member countries
(Interfax-Religion)

Severe treatment of foreign Jehovah's Witness in heart of Russia
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Wave of vandalism against Jehovah's Witnesses continues
(Russia Religion News)

Eight-year-old Jehovah's Witness chided for singing songs for classmates
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Supreme Court turns down local Jehovah's Witnesses' appeal
(RAPSI, Russia Religion News)

Long waits for visas a problem for Mormon missionaries entering the U.S.
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)

Jehovah Witnesses file appeal against court judgment outlawing organization in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)

Danish citizen arrested in connection with raid on Jehovah's Witnesses
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Salvation Army appeals local court decision to high court
(Elena Mukhametshina, Vedomosti)

In Jefferson's Shadow: Can Catholic theology thrive at a public university?
(Nichole M. Flores, American Magazine)

Lithuanian Jewish leader sorry for insulting Russian-speaking Jews
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Canadian premier Trudeau meets Pope Francis at the Vatican
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Archdiocese tells workers to ask ICE agents for warrants
(Associated Press)

Bishop commends Ghana’s plan to hand back management of mission schools
(Damian Avevor, Catholic News Service)

Mourning in Manchester, religious and secular traditions meet and meld
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)

Congressional commission holds hearings on countering religious violence
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Palestinian judge bans divorce during Ramadan
(Al Jazeera)

No Ramadan divorces in Palestinian territories
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Rex Tillerson declines to host Ramadan event at State Department, breaking 18 years of tradition
(Reuters)

Saturday, 27 May 2017

CAIR calls on Trump to denounce growing bigotry after two people stabbed to death in Oregon while defending Muslim train passengers
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)

High Court bid to stop nuns owning maternity hospital
(Eilish O'Regan, Independent.ie)

African court rules Kenya violates forest people's land rights
(Katy Migiro, All Africa)

Take steps to prevent and report arson this Ramadan season
(MuslimAdvocates.org)

Statement from President Donald J. Trump on Ramadan
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)

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