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Saturday, 27 May 2017

EVENT 27-29 May 2017: The Kokkinakis Papers: Taking Stock of 25 years of ECHR Jurisprudence on Freedom of Religion or Belief
(Convenors: W. Cole Durham, Jr., Jeroen Temperman,T. Jeremy Gunn, Department of Legal Studies, Central European University)

Friday, 26 May 2017

Ramadan begins tonight--Trump issues greetings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

German Protestant Kirchentag opens to call for renewal of global order
(World Council of Churches)

Tens of thousands visit Protestant congress in Berlin
(Deutsche Welle)

WCC moderator calls for foreign policy rethink to promote “peace with justice”
(World Council of Churches)

A battle for hearts and minds: How the non-violent can fight violence against religion
(Paul Strand, CBN News)

Fears for imprisoned Algerian Christian as Ramadan begins
(World Watch Monitor)

Church leader among dead in Central African Republic
(World Watch Monitor)

Egypt Coptic Christians killed in bus attack
(BBC News)

Attack on bus carrying Christians in Egypt may negatively impact resumption of flights between Russia, Egypt - source
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian Orthodox Church mourns victims of terror attack against Copts in Egypt
(Interfax-Religion)

Gunmen kill 35 Egyptian Christians in Ascension Day bus attack
(World Watch Monitor)

World Council of Churches condemns attack in Egypt on Coptic Christians
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Pope Francis calls Egypt attack on Christians, killing 28, “barbaric”
(Associated Press)

Indonesia’s social and political fabric stretched as bombs hit Jakarta
(World Watch Monitor)

Putin to visit Russian cultural spiritual center after talks with Macron - Kremlin
(Interfax-Religion)

Unknown individuals wreak havoc on church of Moscow Patriarchate in western Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)

Sunnis, Shias and America: Why Trump’s pro-Sunni tilt worries human-rights campaigners
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Why Reinhold Niebuhr still haunts American politics
(Christianity Today)

Estonian Jewry celebrates revival 75 years after Nazis declared it extinct
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The Islamization of Kashmir's separatist movement
(Shamil Shams, Deutsche Welle)

As major cities crack down on panhandling, people of faith wrestle with their consciences
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion News Service)

100 Christians detained, 10 years after Eritrea put Patriarch under house arrest
(World Watch Monitor)

Arrests made after attack on Catholic prayer hall in south India
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

After years of cramped spaces, Ukrainian Catholics bless chapel in Odessa
(Mariana Karapinka, Catholic News Service)

Church leaders urge calm in Venezuela, Brazil
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

One pleads guilty to voter fraud in attempt to get approval for townhouses for Hasidic Jews
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pakistan: 3 months in prison for eating, drinking in public during Ramadan, $250 for providing food
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)

Real estate developer pleads guilty in White Plains federal court to conspiracy to corrupt the electoral process in Bloomingburg
(Press Release, U.S. Department of Justice)

New York developer pleaded guilty in voter-fraud conspiracy
(Joseph De Avila and Corinne Ramey, Wall Street Journal)

Muslim man sues Little Caesars, claiming 'halal' was a lie in Dearborn
(Ann Zaniewski, Detroit Free Press)

Suit charges Dearborn pizza store with serving pepperoni as halal
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

3rd Circuit clarifies burden of proof for preliminary injunction in 1st Amendment cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Bayonne Muslims file federal lawsuit against city after mosque plan voted down
(Corey McDonald, The Jersey Journal)

Suit challenges zoning denial for mosque
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Burma: Interfaith prisoners of conscience Pwint Phyu Latt & Zaw Zaw Latt released
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Iran: Release Maryam Naghash Zargaran
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Can they dig it? Big-time journalists balk at multiple views of Grand Canyon's origins
(Mark Kellner, GetReligion)

Political chaos in Libya makes it a haven for radical terrorist groups
(Natasha Ezrow, The Conversation)

Trump says the IRS regulates churches too much. Here’s why he’s wrong
(Philip Hackney, The Conversation)

Muslim Imam consoles Jewish woman — and melts the heart of mourning Manchester
(Daniel J. Solomon, Forward)

Indonesian president threatens to ‘clobber’ those who threaten pluralism
(Ed Davies, Religion News Service)

Islamic terrorists have no knowledge of religion, says Zahid
(Muzliza Mustafa, The Malaysian Insight)

Indonesian Embassy in Vatican holds interfaith dialogue
(The Jakarta Post)

Indonesia: National mosque imam calls for interfaith dialogue, tolerance
(Max Walden, Asian Correspondent)

San Diego Unified School District sued over Islamic indoctrination
(Linda Bentley, Sonoran News)

Former Catholic priest does euthanasia (in numbing detail) recorded by the New York Times
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Fighting for your knife: law, religion and Parmesan in multicultural Italy
(Marco Antonsich, The Conversation)

Russia: Fines, vandalism follow Jehovah's Witness liquidation
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

Church of Scotland votes on same-sex marriage: updated and corrected
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

4th Circuit upholds decision halting revised executive order
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Utah: Mormon wards to host Ramadan meals for Muslim neighbors
(Bob Mims, The Salt Lake Tribune)

Thursday, 25 May 2017

G7 must address famine, say world churches and church aid groups
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Newsflash: Church of Scotland votes on same-sex marriage
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Putin presents icon to Sretensky Monastery church
(Interfax-Religion)

Unity of Russian nation should be preserved – Putin
(Interfax-Religion)

Lutheran songs: a musical gift for all Christians
(Chiara Bertoglio, MercatorNet)

‘Because she was immoral’: Christian school defends decision to deny pregnant teen graduation ‘walk’
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Female genital mutilation protected by the Constitution? These lawyers say so.
(Daniel J. Solomon, Forward)

Chileans stand up for abortion rights
(Sophia Boddenberg, Deutsche Welle)

Stronger religious freedoms in Texas could boost Catholic foster care
(Catholic News Agency)

Dolan presses White House on relief for persecuted Christians
(John Allen, Inés San Martín and Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Antimicrobial resistance and faith-linked healthcare providers
(Berkley Forum, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Faith in a glass of water (Responding to Antimicrobial resistance and faith-linked healthcare providers)
(Susan Barnett, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Telling the story (Responding to Antimicrobial resistance and faith-linked healthcare providers)
(Jonathan Trapp, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

New Jersey township’s recently enacted ordinances alleged to violate RLUIPA
(Diana Neeves, RLUIPA Defense)

Manchester by the Sea (a post-Christian film) and the decline of the working class
(John O. McGinnis, Library of Law and Liberty)

Federal appeals court largely maintains freeze of Trump’s travel ban
(Ann E. Marimow and Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)

Travel ban remains on hold following 4th Circuit ruling
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

4th Circuit en banc upholds preliminary injunction against Trump's second travel ban executive order
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Parents sue San Diego school district over "anti-Islamophobia" campaign
(Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund)

Suit challenges school district's anti-Islamophobia program
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Prof gave 'F' to student because she's Muslim, lawsuit alleges
(Tom Haydon, NJ Advance Media)

Muslim student sues claiming grade was result of religious discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Orthodox Jewish paramedic sues NY hospital over its no-skirts policy
(Josefin Dolsten, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Lucille Roberts’ ban on working out in skirts is not religious discrimination, says judge
(Chris Morran, Consumerist)

Long skirts, Title II vs. Title VII
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

The New York Times flies the flag for ‘open’ marriage
(Nicole M. King, MercatorNet)

On abortion: If we trust women, we should listen to them
(Philippa Taylor, MercatorNet)

Contesting the re-primitivism of the West (a review of John M. Rist, What is Truth? From the Academy to the Vatican)
(Graham McAleer, Library of Law and Liberty)

Obama in Berlin for landmark church assembly
(Astrid Prange, Deutsche Welle)

After the atrocity, the investigation: The hunt is on for the Manchester bomber’s accomplices
(The Economist)

Down but not out: How Islamic State clings on in Libya
(The Economist)

Public consultation for 133rd Bishop of London
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Parish Music Guidance: Ministers and organists
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Kansas governor Sam Brownback rumored to be a pick for U.S. Religious Freedom Ambassador
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

Six questions on Ramadan answered
(Mohammad Hassan Khalil, Religion News Service)

Wednesday, 24 May 2017

In asking Trump to be peacemaker, Pope Francis' meeting is not all smiles
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

China’s population may be smaller than official data suggests
(Shannon Roberts, MercatorNet)

The Economist’s free market ideology fails vulnerable women
(Michael Cook, MercatorNet)

Is religious liberty in the West an historical accident?
(Bugra Kalkan, Istanbul Network for Liberty)

Religious liberty debate: People 'in the middle' need to speak up, panelists say
(Peter Feuerherd, National Catholic Reporter)

Asking Gandhi tough questions
(Sarah Azaransky, OUPblog)

Azerbaijanis fined and detained for selling religious books
(World Watch Monitor)

Jakarta’s Christian ex-governor drops blasphemy appeal ‘for sake of the people’
(World Watch Monitor)

Blasphemy law has no place in a 'tolerant nation' like Indonesia, say UN experts
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Ukraine: Donbas militants 'sentence' 63-year-old Ukrainian religious scholar on insane charges
(Halya Coynash, Human Rights in Ukraine)

Religious Freedom and Muslim Terrorism: A Rights-Based Approach
(Augusto Zimmermann, Quadrant Magazine LX (10) October 2016, 63-68)

Teacher fired for giving student a Bible is back in classroom
(Steve Novak, Lehigh Valley Live)

2 Texas men get 3 years in prison for beating Sikh man and cutting off his hair
(Veronica, Los Angeles Times)

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