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Thursday, 9 March 2017

Former officers fight to keep Israel’s military friendly to women and gays
(Andrew Tobin, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

According to Muslim prophecy ISIL terrorists should be ruined by inner contradictions - Tatarstan mufti
(Interfax-Religion)

Over 80 countries have experienced manifestations of terrorism disguised as religion - Metropolitan Hilarion
(Interfax-Religion)

Pentecostal pastor expelled from Russia for alleged evangelism
(Mikhail Shubin, Otkrytaia Rossiia)

Government opposition to protestants in eastern Russia
(Religiia i pravo, Russia Religion News)

ISPU will announce results of American Muslim poll at Newseum
(Newseum Institute: Religious Freedom Center)

‘Cultural’ practices continue to force girls out of school: Time to act decisively
(Relebohile Moletsane, Brookings)

The constitutional frontiers of international economic law
(Stephan Schill, EJIL:Talk!)

UK church leaders: Pharmacists could be forced to dispense lethal drugs
(Simon Caldwell, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Episcopalians differ on Church’s activism and mixing faith and politics
(David Paulsen, Episcopal News Service)

South Dakota bill would shield child-placement agencies with religious objections
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Wyoming judge who refused to perform same-sex marriage reprimanded in court
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines.com)

Associated Press story on Wyoming judge is fair enough, but about that 'anti-gay' headline ...
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

South Dakota governor mum on religious adoption protections
(Hannah Weikel, Associated Press)

Illinois: Rauner opens up on religion in launching hate-crimes plan
(Michael Sneed, Chicago Sun Times)

Mother Divine, leader of religious sect, has died
(6 ABC)

Protestant and Orthodox churches announce campaign to welcome refugees
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

6 US states challenge Trump's revised travel ban
(Ken Schwartz, VOA News)

Hawaii launches first attack against new Trump travel ban
(Kavitha Surana, Foreign Policy)

Portugal: Church planting does not stop the decrease of evangelical churches
(Evangelical Focus)

Under the Shogun’s Sword
(Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)

All the chatter about *Silence*
(Margaret Harper McCarthy, Crisis Magazine: A Voice for the Faithful Catholic Laity)

Atheist missionaries are spreading humanist ideals in the Philippines
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

China kicks out Korean missionaries in 'unprecedented' numbers
(Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, Christianity Today)

Indonesia jails leaders of "deviant sect" for blasphemy
(Reuters)

Zakir Naik breaches Penal Code, interfaith body says
(Malay Mail Online)

'Muting mosque' bill derided as an attack on religious freedom
(SBS.com.au)

New study finds neurological relationship between religiosity and epilepsy
(News Medical Life Sciences)

ACLU loses effort to charge Kim Davis $231K in legal fees
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Religion in schools update: Florida, Kentucky, Indiana
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC blog))

Is biology truth or homophobic?
(Chelsen Vicari, Juicy Ecumenism: The Institute on Religion & Democracy's Blog)

Putting genies back into bottles: Sex before marriage
(Katrina Fernandez, Aleteia)

Welcome
(Frank Cranmer and David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Newsflash: Philip North withdraws acceptance of nomination
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Statement from Philip North on withdrawal of acceptance of nomination to See of Sheffield
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Archbishop of York Statement on Bishop Philip North
(David Pocklington)

Assisted Dying: Lords Debate
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

WCC gravely concerned over Israel’s travel ban
(World Council of Churches)

Venezuela’s opposition leader asks: Where is the Vatican?
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

EVENT, 9 March 2017: The Social Vision of Leo XIII in the Twenty-First Century
(Delivered by Russell Hittinger, The 2017 First Things Lecture in Washington DC)

At the Vatican, Sister Simone Campbell blasts ‘male power’
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

Pope Francis signals openness to ordaining married men
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Rules of thumb for processing the latest papal bombshell
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

EVENT, 9-10 March 2017: Religious Critiques of Law
(Herbert and Elinor Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics, Pepperdine University School of Law)

Zimbabwe: Bill to outlaw child marriages in motion
(Fairai Machivenyika, The Herald - Zimbabwe)

EVENT, 9 March 2017: Purifying the land of the pure: a history of Pakistan's religious minorities
(Hudson Institute)

Wednesday, 8 March 2017

Pope Francis calls for end to “mediocrity, banality and superficiality” in liturgical music
(Diane Montagna, Aleteia)

Far-right activist decision to be re-examined by CPS
(BBC News)

9 things you should know about International Women's Day
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)

Women’s rights are human rights: Everything you need to read from International Women’s Day
(Rights Info: Human Rights News, Views & Info)

Why International Women’s Day matters
(Kathleen Kuehnast, United States Institute of Peace)

International Women's Day: Be Bold for Change
(International Women's Day)

#BeBoldForChange for women in India
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

International Women's Day: What you need to know
(Sophie Tatum, CNN Politics)

‘Double suffering’ when women targeted not only for gender, but also religion
(Oiliva Jackson, World Watch Monitor)

Women in war, women in peace
(United States Institute of Peace)

Thinking about women and girls makes development work better for everyone
(Orlanda Ward and David Hudson, The Conversation)

Celebrating International Women Day: women in the changing world of peacekeeping
(Savrina Karim and Kyle Beardsley, OUPblog)

#InternationalWomensDay: 5 mighty women in the Old Testament
(Joseph Hartropp, Christian Today)

Nike's Pro Hijab: a great leap into modest sportswear, but they're not the first
(Shireen Ahmed, The Guardian)

America can't afford 'a day without a Christian woman'
(Melissa Barnhart, Christian Post)

Benham brothers: it's the first time in American history being Christian will cost something
(Jeannie Law, Christian Post)

Paint-throwing and dancing at India's Holi festival – in pictures
(The Guardian)

'We want action': call to return former Toledo synagogue to Jewish community
(Sam Jones, The Guardian)

Shut down but not silenced: Isis play Homegrown demands to be staged
(Lyn Gardner, The Guardian)

Salvation Army says entry into funeral business will help disadvantaged
(Elle Hunt, The Guardian)

The beauty of art can counter Islamophobia – but it won't be easy
(Jonathan Jones, The Guardian)

How to make Britain (really) great again- and America too
(Krish Kandiah, Christian Today)

Don't talk about Christina persecution, Sudan warns pastors
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

NAAGS offers hope for single, Christian, black women
(Charles Cooper, Christian News Wire)

Zimbabwe: Scare of typhoid on religion
(Tendayi Gudo, The Herald - Zimbabwe)

Algeria: don't prosecute a writer for insulting Islam
(All Africa)

The theatrical musical about assisted suicide
(Phil Cooke, Creating Influence that Inspires Change)

Why Iraq’s law on Popular Mobilization Units isn't all that popular
(Omar Sattar, translated by Mohammed Khalil, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

How a small-town street sign became center of latest Israeli-Palestinian dispute
(Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Religion Watch, March 2017, Volume 32 No. 5
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)

CSLR student organizes panel on Islamaphobia
(Patti Ghezzi, Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University)

Kazakhstan: Article 174 cases increase, Cancer sufferer tortured
(Forum 18 News Service)

Petition of the day (Welch v. Brown - religious counseling case)
(Kate Howard, SCOTUSblog)

Muezzin bill passes first reading in Knesset
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Minnesota diocese, facing abuse lawsuits, files for bankruptcy
(Catholic News Agency)

Cyprus’s religious leaders unite against violence to women
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Cardinal Bertello returns to Ghana to mark independence anniversary
(Damian Avevor, Catholic News Service)

Some Women’s March: The intersection of feminism, religious freedom, and the pro-life movement
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

A commission or a commandment? (Responding to Some Women’s March: The intersection of feminism, religious freedom, and the pro-life movement)
(Leah Farish, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Faith groups: New immigration order still anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

BJC: New Trump order removes troubling religious preference, but concerns remain
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

‘Honor killings’ nod in travel ban further inflames critics
(Erik Larson, Bloomberg)

Spiritual seekers reconstruct ancient Greek polytheism
(Juliet Muir, Religion News Service)

100 Senators call for action on Jewish community center bomb threats
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Judge denies tribe’s request to block Dakota Access pipeline
(Devin Henry, The Hill)

Court rejects RFRA challenge to Dakota Access Pipeline
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Feds, bishop announce reform plan to address child sex abuse
(Joe Mandak, Associated Press)

Pennsylvania Diocese reaches agreement with prosecutors on new child protection measures
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Revised settlement agreement reached in suits on NYPD surveillance of Muslims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Court decides to censure, not remove anti-gay marriage judge
(Bob Moen, Associated Press)

Wyoming Supreme Court censures judge who refused to perform same-sex marriages
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

'A Day Without a Woman' strike aims to raise awareness
(AlJazerra)

Beating back the caliphate: The Iraqi army is on the brink of defeating Islamic State
(The Economist)

SUDAN: Call for the release of Rev. Hassan Abduraheem and Mr. Abdumonem Abdumawla
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

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