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Friday, 17 March 2017

More than 100 Christian leader oppose Trump's cuts to foreign aid
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)

Church of Scotland accused of 'Nationalist opinions' over independence referendum
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)

No 'biblical worldview' for US Millennials – and most support same-sex marriage
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Royal commission reveals scale of child sexual abuse in Anglican church
(Christopher Knaus, The Guardian)

Australian Anglican bishop who testified about child sex abuse quits
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Anglican Church in Australia 'deeply ashamed' about child abuse
(Andy Walton, Christian Today)

Irish critics on abortion and gay marriage
(Christian News Wire)

Myanmar monk Wirathu, dubbed 'face of Buddhist terror', gagged by authorities
(Lindsay Murdoch, Myanmar)

Are Copts at risk because of their Sisi support?
(Bård Kårtveit, The New Arab)

Foreign office training in religion labelled inadequate by senior government defence advisor
(Abigail Frymann Rouch, The Tablet)

Triple talaq: 1 million Muslim women sign RSS-backed petition against the practice
(Siddhartha Rai, India Today)

EVENT, 17 March 2017: State and Local Government Conference
(BYU Law Government & Politics Legal Society, Utah Valley Convention Center)

Why some Chinese-Americans agree with Trump’s ‘Muslim travel ban’
(Abdillahi, Kasmaal)

Thursday, 16 March 2017

Religious conflict is spreading like a dangerous cancer throughout the Middle East
(Press Release, Hardwired Global)

Zarif gives Netanyahu lesson in Jewish scripture
(Arash Karami, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Author maintains that Muslims have influenced America for centuries
(Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service)

Employment and Social Issues
(Conference of European Churches)

Defending a Foundational Freedom
(Dr. Andrew P.W. Bennett, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)

Symposium on Religious Freedom as a Fundamental Freedom (Précis, Video, and Paper Download)
(Douglas Farrow and Thomas Farr, Cardus Law Research Programs)

Freedom of Conscience and Religion: A Casualty of the Autonomy Doctrine
(Douglas Farrow, Cardus Law Research Programs)

Religious Freedom and the Common Good: The Importance of Religious Actors and Ideas in Public Life (scroll down)
(Thomas F. Farr, Cardus Law Research Programs)

Philippine church leaders call for positive peace talks
(Joe Torres, UCA News)

Two South Korean pastors arrested in China for smuggling persecuted North Koreans
(Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post)

Becket names “Lion of the Law” Leonard Leo 2017 Canterbury Medal
(Melinda Skea, Becket Law)

How a church transforms immigrants and immigrants transform a church
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)

Right to citizenship means one humanity, reflects WCC general secretary
(World Council of Churches)

In Lebanon, refugees face hardship - but find hope
(Marcelo Schneider, World Council of Churches)

IGE announces its 2017-18 Center for Women, Faith & Leadership Fellows
(Institute for Global Engagement)

A leftist and a conservative join forces to defend free speech
(Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic)

How a Christian movement is growing rapidly in the midst of religious decline
(Brad Christerson and Richard Flory, The Conversation)

Islam and Christianity: finding the common ground
(Loyola Ranarison, World Council of Churches)

Russia’s Ministry of Justice moves to ban Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia
(Jehovah's Witnesses Newsroom)

Russia: Justice Ministry seeks complete Jehovah's Witness ban
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

Pakistan will delete 'blasphemous' social media
(UCA News)

Blasphemy charges in Muslim Indonesia. No big surprise. But Denmark? That's news – or should be
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

The centre holds: Geert Wilders’s anti-immigration party does worse than expected in the Dutch election
(The Economist)

Belgium rejects visa applications of Turkish imams
(Hürriyet Daily News)

Fake slurs: Turkey hurls “Nazi” allegations to boost its president’s support
(The Economist)

Turkey plans to ban TV dating shows
(The Guardian)

Europe headed for 'Religion Wars' despite Wilders' stumble, Turkish minister says
(Ebe Toksabay and Tuvan Gumrukcu, Reuters)

French laïcité and the terrorist attacks
(Guest editorial by Pierre-Henri Prélot, Law & Religion UK (reposted from the ICLARS Newsletter))

India, Brexit and the legacy of empire in Africa
(Letters, The Guardian)

Christians react to 'I am Michael' film for former gay activist-turned-pastor
(Jeannie Law, Christian Post)

Of Islam and the public square: the role of the classroom
(Zahra Moeini Meybodi and Allison Kanner, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

Jerusalem: Church of the Holy Sepulchre being restored
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Second thoughts on assisted suicide: Canadian doctors balk
(John Stonestreet, Christian Headlines)

Study: 95 percent of faith-driven consumers unlikely to see Beauty and the Beast remake due to gay character
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Planned Parenthood CEO: It's obscene and insulting to ban abortions
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

Nigeria's bishops call on government to defend human rights
(Catholic News Agency)

Self-immolations on the rise among Iraqi Kurdish women
(Laurene Daycard, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Newcastle bishop resigns, saying he was threatened after revealing abuse by clergy
(The Guardian)

Artist behind 'beware of Jews' sign apologises for causing offence
(Jamie Grierson, The Guardian)

Turkish politicians slam EU court's headscarf ruling
(zhangrui, CCTV.com English)

Reaction mixed to EU ruling on religious symbols in workplace
(Simon Caldwell • Catholic News Service, Catholic Philly)

EU rules on headscarves at work: pragmatic call, or an open door for the right?
(Gretel Kauffman, The Christian Science Monitor)

Top EU court’s hijab ban draws ire from politicians, international NGOs
(Abdillahi, Kasmaal)

An EU Court okays headscarf bans in the workplace
(Ruby Mellen, Foreign Policy)

The hijab ruling is a ban on Muslim women
(Iman Amrani, The Guardian)

Church of England attacks 'troubling' European court ruling which says employers can ban workers from wearing Christian crosses
(Olivia Rudgard, The Telegraph)

Documents support fears of Muslim surveillance by Obama-era program
(Spencer Ackerman, The Guardian)

Canadian church group denied entry to US over fears they would 'steal' jobs
(Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian)

Reza Aslan and the risks of making religion relatable
(Sigal Samuel, The Atlantic)

Interfaith solidarity in wake of swastika attack
(Robert Goldblum, Jewish Week)

“Three-parent babies” in UK from 2018?
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Zarif gives Netanyahu lesson in Jewish scripture
(Arash Karami, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Catholic bishop gives shelter to migrants in rare voice of support in Hungary
(Thomson Reuters Foundation)

Church leaders in India back indigenous people protesting land law changes
(Jatindra Dash, Thomson Reuters Foundation)

Alito: US’s dedication to religious liberty being tested
(David Porter, The Washington Post Religion)

Federal judge temporarily halts revised immigration executive order on religious liberty grounds
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC blog))

Ruling makes defending religious liberty costly
(Bob Kellogg, OneNewsNow.com)

Religious freedom efforts: Next front opens in battle on gay marriage
(Emily Cadei, Newsweek)

Newaz's Holi message: 'Islam gives people freedom to choose their religion'
(Dawn)

Wednesday, 15 March 2017

Urgent Commons question on CJEU rulings in Achbita and Bougnaoui
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Employers can ban symbols if rules apply to everyone
(Dylan Brethour, Rights Info: Human Rights News, Views & Info)

Ukrainian Mufti sharply criticizes the EU Court decision to ban hijab at work
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Myanmar approves diplomatic ties with Vatican
(UCA News)

How online hate infiltrates social media and politics
(Adam G. Klein, The Conversation)

Young Muslims want to participate in politics – but prejudice and Islamophobia may be stopping them
(Peter Hopkins and Robin Finlay, The Conversation)

Russia needs Orthodox monarchy – Crimean head
(Interfax-Religion)

16,000 Voices – Kiwis say no to euthanasia
(Jane Silloway Smith, Mercator Net)

The assisted suicide project will never end
(Paul Russell, Mercator Net)

The Conservative tradition of welcoming refugees
(Gene Zubovich, Religion & Politics Fit for Polite Company)

IGE and ICLRS Expand Religion and Rule of Law Training Program in Myanmar
(Institute for Global Engagement)

Officials warn of global religious extremism threat to China
(Gerry Shih, Associated Press: The Big Story)

Defunding Planned Parenthood would lead to thousands more births, CBO says
(Sandhya Somashekhar, The Washington Post)

Maryland court hears 1st of several challenges to travel ban
(Ben Nuckols and Gene Johnson, Associated Press: The Big Story)

States aiming to block Trump travel ban from taking effect
(Chris Grygiel, Associated Press: The Big Story)

IGE welcomes two new board members: Keith Wright and Daniel Philpott
(Institute for Global Engagement)

UK citizens should have EU rights post-Brexit, says Chief EU Negotiator
(Jem Collins, Rights Info: Human Rights News, Views & Info)

In Trump presidency, nearly 2,500 refugees have entered U.S. from six travel-restricted countries
(Jynnah Radford and Phillip Connor, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Dutch election: voters go to the polls in the Netherlands – live
(Alexandra Topping, The Guardian)

The real Hamas: Sorry, folks!
(Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute)

South Sudan: Samaritan's Purse 'thankful to God' for release of kidnapped aid workers
(CBN News)

Women and children being raped and slaughtered as South Sudan conflict worsens famine threatening millions
(Lizzie Dearden, Independent)

Rape, incest and damage: but who is the real victim?
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)

Populists and Autocrats: The Dual Threat to Global Democracy
(Freedom in the World 2017, Freedom House)

Safe passage - an integral component of the responsibility to protect
(Alex Bellamy, Transconflict)

Stability in the time of change
(Rakesh Sood, The Hindu)

ECJ headscarf ruling and its consequences
(Nina Niebergall, Deutsche Welle)

Disinheriting your children? Ilott again
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

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