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Wednesday, 26 April 2017

Yogi Effect: UP Administration flouts Supreme Court orders at Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya
(Arshad Afzaal Khan, The Wire)

The plot thickens with the Supreme Court order on Ayodhya: Has Modi thrown Advani under the bus?
(Manoj Mitta, Scroll.in Opinion)

The improbable rise and blasphemous fall of a Christian politician in Indonesia
(Krithika Varagur, Foreign Policy)

5 facts about the death penalty
(David Masci, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Study finds gender imbalance in children born to Indo-Canadian women
(Karen Howlett, The Globe and Mail)

Toronto Globe and Mail misses it on religious roots of sex-selective abortions
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

A court-martial for a Bible verse
(S. Simcha Goldman, Wall Street Journal)

Philosopher who fought for God wins Templeton Prize
(Bob Mimms, The Tribune)

Templeton prize winner: Alvin Plantinga, who proved God’s not dead in academia
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)

1,500-year-old Torah recovered from Turkish smugglers
(Jerusalem Post)

Turkey detains 800 people over suspected links to US-based cleric
(Reuters, Jerusalem Post)

Teacher under investigation after student mentions ‘interfaith dialogue’ during Children’s Day celebrations
(Turkey Purge)

2 of every 3 NYC subway hate crimes this year have targeted Jews, police say
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Jews with most education are least religious, study finds
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Differing perspectives on pew replacement
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

First same-sex conjugal visit approved by Israel Prison Service
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Marine Le Pen: Ban halal and all ritual slaughter
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

In Israel, Muslim women can serve on religious courts, but not Jews
(Naomi Zeveloff, Forward)

Victims of German anti-gay law finally get their day in the Bundestag
(Jefferson Chase, Deutsche Welle)

Is the Russian Orthodox Church serving God or Putin?
(Caroline Schmitt, Deutsche Welle)

Bishops in India meet with government official about anti-Christian harassment
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Francis goes to Egypt: But nothing is ‘strictly religious’ now
(Massimo Faggioli, Commonweal)

Pope to Egypt to mend ties with Islam but conservatives wary
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)

Berkley Forum: Rising tide of religious freedom abuses abroad
(Thomas Reese, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Does religion kill democracy?
(Steven Pittz, Library of Law and Liberty)

Indiana religion in schools bill heads to governor
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

China bans 'extreme' Islamic baby names among Xinjiang's Uyghurs
(RFA, Xin Lin)

China bans religious names for Muslim babies in Xinjiang
(Benjamin Haas, The Guardian)

China bans ‘Muhammad’ and ‘Jihad’ as baby names in heavily Muslim region
(Javier C. Hernández, The New York Times)

China bans Islamic names for Uighur children
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

DOJ asks court for more time to consider religious exemption to Obamacare contraception coverage
(Nikita Biryukov, NBC News)

Trump administration to defend contraception mandate required under Affordable Care Act
(Paige Winfield Cunningham, Star Tribune)

Trump Justice Department wants further extension in remanded contraceptive mandate cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Indiana bill protects prayer for students
(Press Release, Liberty Counsel)

Indiana legislature passes law protecting student religious expression in schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Suit takes aim at Indiana religious-affiliated charter schools
(Dave Stafford, The Indiana Lawyer)

Suit says Indiana Charter School Act violates Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Angry debate in Egypt over reforms in Islam against radicals
(Hamza Hendawi, Lee Keath, and Mariam Fam, Associated Press)

Tuesday, 25 April 2017

How a nation reconciles after genocide killed nearly a million people
(Megan Specia, The New York Times)

Session six in the Jehovah's Witnesses case
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witnesses lose appeal against justice ministry's suspension
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)

After ban, Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia harassed by police during religious services
(Jason Le Miere, Newsweek)

Jehovah's Witnesses had foes before Putin
(Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View)

Russia: Wave of violence against Jehovah's Witnesses
(Interview with Yaroslav Sivulsky, Portal-Credo.ru via Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Could China, U.S. relations improve religious freedoms?
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

Dangers of porn: NY parish tackles what many churches are ignoring
(Michael Gryboski, Christian Post)

Caitlin Jenner: harder to come out as a Republican than transgender
(Michael Gryboski, Christian Post)

Venezuelan church leaders ask for prayers as dozens are killed in ongoing political crisis
(Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post)

Republicans in Congress push Trump for religious liberty executive order
(Eliza Collins, Religion News Service)

Wearing a Hijab, a young Muslim boxer enters the ring
(Laurel Wamsley, NPR)

40,000 copies of Holy Qur'an distributed among Arabic schools, Imams, others in NBR
(Alhagie Babou Jallow, Daily Observer)

Syrian regime faces tough resistance from rebels in Aleppo’s outskirts
(Khaled al-Khateb, translated by Sami-Joe Abboud, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)

How Israel’s president is shifting his country’s worldview
(Mazal Mualem, translated by Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Who in Israel decides who must enlist in the army?
(Akiva Eldar, translated by Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Will Iraqi government-PMU disputes spiral into armed clashes?
(Hamdi Malik, translated by Mohammad Khalil, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Why region should prepare for long Saudi-Iranian confrontation
(Saeid Jafari, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Will Riyadh’s new DC ambassador draw US deeper into Yemen war?
(Bruce Riedel, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

Can Sisi protect Egypt's endangered Christians?
(Albaraa Abdullah, translated by Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Ghana prison system partners with ministry for holistic care
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

Democrats threaten government shutdown in effort to keep funding Planned Parenthood
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Australian bishops: Assisted suicide is the opposite of health care
(Catholic News Agency)

University meets harsh criticism for Plan B in vending machine
(Catholic News Agency)

Fifty years ago, Colorado became the first state to legalize abortion
(Catholic News Agency)

Le Pen is a far-right Holocaust revisionist. Macron isn’t. Hard choice?
(Hadley Freeman, The Guardian)

Trump tries to mend relationship with Jewish community after past slights
(David Smith, The Guardian)

Displaced Iraqi Christians open sweet factory in Erbil
(World Watch Monitor)

Military adds Humanism, Druid, Reform Judaism, 200+ to recognized religion list
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Canadian Copts ponder the future of their faith back in Egypt
(Shenaz Kermalli, Religion News Service)

United Methodists to hold special session on LGBTQ inclusion in 2019
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust, 2017
(Donald J. Trump, Facebook)

Statement by President Donald J. Trump on Armenian Remembrance Day 2017
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)

How a Montana county became a stage for the national debate over refugees
(Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times)

Presidential proclamations on Yom HaShoah and Meds Yeghern
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Raw Jew-hatred, New York style
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

Watch this stunning illustration of religious peacemaking from Tribeca Film Festival
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Column: On Faith & Culture)

UN expert follows churches in urging halt to rising hostility on Korean Peninsula
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Austrian sale of looted Jewish-owned painting called ‘continuation of Nazism’
(Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post)

Kazakhstan: Fined for Easter worship
(Forum 18 News Service)

The church’s surprising public contribution
(David Gushee, RNS Column: Christians, Conflict & Change)

Trump vows to combat Holocaust denial, anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The hypocrisy of ritual slaughter bans
(Eliyahu Federman, Forward)

Germany's Evangelical Church offers 'long overdue' apology for Namibia genocide
(Wolfgang Dick, Deutsche Welle)

University meets harsh criticism for Plan B in vending machine
(Catholic News Agency, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Florida interfaith coalition united against hate crimes
(Tom Tracy, Catholic News Service)

Spokesman: Tight security is ‘new normal’ as pope heads to Egypt
(Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service)

America’s real first freedom? Secular government
(Michael De Dora and Nick Little, Religion News Service)

School district seeks dismissal of West Virginia Bible class lawsuit
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Istanbul prosecutor rules against trying Muslim televangelist who said ‘chess is more sinful than gambling’
(Hürriyet Daily News)

Istanbul district municipality denies ‘demolition decision’ for cemevi
(Hürriyet Daily News)

Israel appoints first female judge to Muslim religious court
(Judy Maltz, Haaretz)

Israel appoints first woman as judge on Muslim religious court
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Is violence following accusations of blasphemy becoming a familiar phenomenon in Pakistan?
(Khusro Tariq Published, The Express Tribune)

Pakistan paper surveys mob violence following blasphemy accusations
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Muslim teen wins right to box competitively in hijab
(Post Bulletin)

Female teenage boxer gets religious dress accommodation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Court says disaffiliated church's property belongs to local congregation, not PCUSA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Public prosecutor seeks 3.5 years in prison to Moscow mosque imam charged with terrorism justification
(Interfax-Religion)

EU should wait for reports on persecution of gays in Chechnya to be confirmed before condemning – Lavrov
(Interfax-Religion)

Special services have no info on persecution complaints from sexual minorities in Chechnya – Kremlin
(Interfax-Religion)

Chechen mufti meets with Syrian president in Damascus – Kadyrov
(Interfax-Religion)

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