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Friday, 7 April 2017

Governor signs massive school voucher expansion into law
(Howard Fischer, Arizona Capitol Times)

Maha govt to initiate debate on need of anti-conversion law
(Outlook India)

Hindus to seek Bhagavad-Gita monuments if Ten Commandments bill becomes law
(Andrew W. Griffin, Red Dirt Report)

LGBT worker ruling could boost push for Nebraska protections
(Jullia Shumway, Associated Press)

Maryland bishops join fight against human trafficking
(Catholic News Agency)

Montana governor rejects bill banning Shariah law in courts
(Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press)

Bishops of Paraguay call for peace after riots, fire at Congress building
(Catholic News Agency)

In Aleppo, Christians find protection in the world's prayers
(María Ximena Rondón, Catholic News Agency)

Alpha Research: No radicalization ascertained among Bulgarian Muslims
(Novinite Sofia News Agency)

With 20-week abortion ban, Iowa set to join national trend
(Catholic News Agency)

Pope Francis: Stop using the word 'illegal' as a synonym for 'immigrant'
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

The 'nuclear option' and the grace of God
(Jim Denison, Christian Headlines)

Third day of Jehovah's Witnesses case
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Religion and inequality: what the Secularists are missing
(Eric Metaxas,Roberto Rivera, Christian Headlines)

Nigeria: Boko Haram has killed at least 500 priests
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

NC church bans Boy Scouts due to transgender policy
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

How Christianity shaped the experience and memories of World War I
(Jonathan Ebel, Real Clear Religion)

Muslim prof.'s lawsuit against Christian student dismissed by Florida judge
(Samuel Smith, Christian Post)

Pope dismisses priest who stole $300K from bishop, hospital
(Michael Casey, Associated Press, Newser)

Israel builds ties to Christinas while Arabs remain AWOL
(Ray Hanania, Eurasia Review)

Moscow Patriarchate says predominantly ethnic Russian regions should be truly Russian – OpEd
(Paul Goble, Eurasia Review)

Bishops of Paraguay call for peace after riots
(Catholic News Agency, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Congo’s bishops: Catholics in east face new wave of violence
(Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Syrian bishops, other Catholic leaders protest U.S. missile strike
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Missile strike in Syria: 4 Biblical imperatives
(Jim Denison, Christian Headlines)

Is reformation of Islam a viable possibility? -Analysis
(Dr. Mohamed Chatatou, Eurasia Review)

British DJ sentenced to year in Tunisian jail for Muslim call to prayer remix
(Nadia Khomami, The Guardian)

The Guardian view on religious broadcasting: imagination and commitment needed
(The Guardian)

Senate confirms Gorsuch 54-45 to fill Scalia vacancy: Gorsuch's SCOTUS vote could soon prove decisive on many cases
(Marcia Coyle and Tony Mauro, The National Law Journal)

Welcome to the fire hose: What awaits Gorsuch at the Supreme Court
(Tony Mauro, The National Law Journal)

Religious voices raised over Syria bombing by U.S.
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

No 1st Amendment bar to deciding Catholic college's student expulsion
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Top Vatican and US church officials back new gay-friendly book
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Russia: Police harassment as Supreme Court considers ban
(Forum 18 News Service)

Church entitled to damages following denial of special use permit
(Derek Valentine, RLUIPA Defense)

The Souls of China by Ian Johnson – the resurgence of religion after Mao
(Julia Lovell, The Guardian)

Christian parents battle against 100-year-old German home school ban
(Premier)

Missouri: House OKs legislation to protect alternatives-to-abortion agencies
(Jennifer Brinker, St. Louis Review)

UVU symposium tackles religious liberty and exemptions
(Braley Dodson, Daily Herald)

US missiles destroy the airbase of the warplane of Khan Shaykhun
(Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)

'If they kill even one Hindu, we will kill 100!' Meet Yogi Adityanath, the fire-breathing Hindu nationalist monk who’s leading India’s largest state on a warpath against Muslims.
(James Crabtree, Foreign Policy)

33 persons were executed in al-Mayadin desert in the largest execution operation carried out by the “Islamic State” organization in 2017
(Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)

ISIS kills 33 execution-style in Syria; 22 people in Iraq attack
(Euan McKirdy, CNN)

Bishop of Sheffield Announced
(The Diocese of Sheffield)

New Bishop of Sheffield Announced
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Bishop of Sheffield: Peter Wilcox
(Press Release, Gov.UK)

Lady Hale on indirect discrimination: Essop and Naeem
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

US airstrikes on Syria: what we know so far
(Nadia Khomami and Jamie Grierson, The Guardian)

Turkish outrage mounts as doctors point to neurotoxin in Idlib attack
(Amberin Zaman, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Following gas attack, Israel reassesses Syrian threat
(Ben Caspit, translated by Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Truck drives into crowds in central Stockholm killing three people
(David Crouch and Helena Bengtsson, The Guardian)

4 killed in Stockholm truck attack described as terrorism
(David Keyton and Jan M. Olsen, Newser)

Can new mosque boost tourism in Egypt resort town?
(Salwa Samir, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Jerusalem's Old City braces for massive Easter crowds
(Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

EVENT, 7 April 2017: Religious Freedom Center and Alliance Defending Freedom to hold moot court
(Newseum Institute: Religious Freedom Center)

EVENT, 7 April 2017: Tire scraps and religious liberty
(Newseum Institute: Religious Freedom Center)

European court says German church taxes do not violate religious freedom
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Proof of poison gas in Syria massacre could reshape war
(Amberin Zaman, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Thursday, 6 April 2017

The ECtHR and church tax: Klein v Germany
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Court ruling expands Civil Rights Act to include discrimination based on sexual orientation
(John Stonestreet, Roberto Rivera, Christian Headlines)

Ministry accuses Jehovah's Witnesses of causing harm to health
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Britain has led the way on human rights – Should we work with Saudi Arabia?
(Jem Collins, RightsInfo)

Iraqi minorities pen 'Baghdad Declaration for supporting religious freedom'
(Brian Kaylor, Word & Way)

FJCR conveyed matzo and juice for celebrating Passover in Donbass
(Interfax-Religion)

U.S: Russia's ban of Jehovah's Witnesses as 'extremist' shows that Moscow views all independent religions as a threat
(Jason Le Miere, Newsweek)

Russian Baptists support Jehovah's Witnesses
(Russia Religion News)

'The Islamic Jesus' seeks commonalities between Christianity, Judaism, Islam
(David Holahan, Christian Science Monitor)

Groups provide Passover assistance to Jewish needy in Israel, former Soviet Union
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Jewish groups join letter urging Congress to resist Trump bid to allow church politicking
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Germany's right-wing AfD is 'guarantor of Jewish life,' Petry says
(Kate Brady, Deutsche Welle)

Majorities of Americans concerned about violence against Jews, Muslims
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Catholics to open climate march with Mass, prayer, Capitol Hill visits
(Dennis Sadowski, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Religion in the education of foreign service officers (Responding to The future of religion and U.S. foreign policy under Trump)
(David Hollenbach, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Mississippi religious liberty law has day in court
(Bob Allen, Baptist News)

5th Circuit hears argument over controversial Mississippi law
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Hate crimes focal point of new DOJ task force
(Laura Jarrett, CNN)

DOJ gives new emphasis to combating religious hate crimes
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Objectors to assisted suicide lack standing to challenge Vermont law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Breaking news from Indy Star: Christian schools tout, um, Christian beliefs and behavior
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

To finally defeat Boko Haram, Nigeria’s leaders must change their ways
(James Hamill, The Conversation)

California senate passes 'sanctuary state' bill
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Why isn't the U.S. arming Assyrian Christians in the fight against ISIS?
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Nigeria: Boko Haram kidnaps 22 more girls
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

Xinjiang police search Uyghur homes for iIllegal items’
(Radio Free Asia)

Muslim births projected to outnumber Christian births globally by 2035
(Lauren Markoe, Christian Headlines)

Islam set to become world's largest religion by 2075, study suggests
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

A new civil rights ruling may create religious liberty problems
(Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency)

Discovery of 3,000 year old donkey dung validates Biblical account of King Solomon
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Gay clergyman passed over seven times for promotion to bishop
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

A transgender student won her battle. Now it's war
(Anemona Hartocollis, The New York Times)

Israel makes sense only from the perspective of Passover
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)

Unorthodox trans story in New York Times: Voices on both sides get to share their views
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

'I feel so guilty': Muslim women discuss removing their hijab at work – video
(Mona Mahmood, Jess Gormley, Dan Susman and Iman Amrani, The Guardian)

Jewish Labour members say Livingstone must go
(Letter, The Guardian)

The Ken Livingstone dispute in its cultural and historical context
(Letters, The Guardian)

Spiritual administration of Dagestan will carry out donor action to support the injured in the terror attack in Petersburg
(Interfax-Religion)

Believers from Ukraine will march along the Way of the Cross with prayer for peace in their country
(Interfax-Religion)

Evangelicals are now celebrating Jewish Passover
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

The Bible is in 87% of American households
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Survey: majority of Americans value Bible but are too busy to read it
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

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