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Tuesday, 7 February 2017

Dismissing a minister of religion: Celestial Church of Christ
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Challenges and opportunities for dialog between Iran and the Arab world
(Hossein Kebriaeizadeh, Iran Review)

Indonesia – Al Azhar seek to promote interfaith dialogue for world peace
(Antara News)

Thaipusam 2017 date – Hindu Festival dedicated to Lord Muruga in 2017
(Abhilash Rajendran, Hindu Blog)

9th Circuit Court of Appeals hears arguments over restoring Trump's travel ban case
(Los Angeles Times)

Trump travel ban faces biggest legal test yet
(Eric Tucker and Sudhin Thanawala, KSL)

More primary source material on travel ban challenge — briefs are in; oral arguments on February 7
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Trump’s executive order on immigration is both legal and constitutional
(Hans von Spakovsky, The Daily Signal)

Why Trump’s refugee order is unconstitutional
(Ilya Somin, The Washington Post: The Volokh Conspiracy)

Tracking Trump’s travel ban through the legal maze (video)
(The Wall Street Journal)

What the Ninth Circuit is saying about Trump travel ban
(Ross Todd, The National Law Journal)

Trump’s loose talk about Muslims gets weaponized in court against travel ban
(Fred Barbash and Derek Hawkins, The Washington Post)

Trump travel ban makes America less safe: Ex-top security, state officials
(Andrea Mitchell, Richie Duchon, NBC News)

State Dept. reverses visa revocations, allows barred travelers to enter U.S.
(Robert Barnes, Matt Zapotosky, and Abby Phillip, The Washington Post)

The mote in a stranger’s eye: Closing its doors to refugees is unlikely to make America safer
(The Economist)

How to be an American: Syrian refugees find a home in Trump country
(Robert Samuels, The Washington Post)

Prof. Michael McConnell on Judge Neil Gorsuch (with whom McConnell served on the Tenth Circuit for some years) and executive power
(Eugene Volokh, The Washington Post: The Volokh Conspiracy)

The Neil Gorsuch nomination: does a Protestant seat matter?
(William Watkins, The Beacon)

The Gorsuch nomination: What’s next
(Michael Gerhardt, SCOTUSblog)

It’s time to restore free speech to American churches
(Jim Campbell, The Daily Signal)

Stunning court decision approves Passover punishment
(Edwin Black, Huffington Post)

French Jewish leader: Kippa ban idea incompatible with Jewish values
(Tamara Zieve, Jerusalem Post)

Burma's yet incomplete democratic transition
(Ján Figel’ and Benedict Rogers, The Wall Street Journal)

FJCR president surprised with accusations against Sochi rabbi, but hopes for positive outcome
(Interfax-Religion)

British mosques open doors for tea and interfaith engagement
(Carol Kuruvilla, The Huffington Post)

Case of Yoga evangelism not dead yet
(Dozhd, Russia Religion News)

Local authorities view Jews as revolutionary
(Russia Religion News)

Political conflict involves Muslims in Crimea
(RISU, Russia Religion News)

Christian Solidarity Worldwide: “UN actively blocking civil society”
(Press Release, Christian Solidarity Worldwide)

From Rome to Russia: Moscow's Byzantine myth
(Iver B. Neumann, Foreign Affairs, Review Essay)

African Church must ‘promote peace, forgiveness and reconciliation’
(World Watch Monitor)

Holy See signs agreement with Democratic Republic of Congo
(Catholic News Agency, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Poll: 7 in 10 democrats believe Christianity is as violent as Islam
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Florida bill purports to protect religious expression in schools
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Anti-Islamophobia: A nuanced portrayal of Syrian refugees in the heart of red-state America
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Bern calls for new office to debate questions of religion
(The Local)

What's ressentiment got to do with It
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

Life restarts in the east of Mosul
(Jérémy André, Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, La Croix International)

4th Circuit: No Title VII claim where employee failed to follow leave procedures
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Tax Court reverses educational property tax exemption
(Olivia Covington, The Indiana Lawyer)

Bible-based daycare denied property tax exemption
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Jewish ex-con gets 30 years for torching Florida mosque
(Andrew Tobin, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Religious conservatives upset Trump is upholding order to protect LGBTQ workers
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Is a border fence a absolute essential along the India–Myanmar border?
(Pradeep Singh Chhonkar, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)

Indonesian Catholics denounce death penalty
(Katharina R. Lestari, UCA News)

'Un-Christian values' to blame for decline in marriages in the Philippines
(Joe Torres, UCA News)

Christian rights lawyers tortured in China
(UCA News)

Audi: The car for the unhappy woman
(Dennis Prager, National Review)

Bosnian religious leaders preach solidarity against nationalism
(Eleanor Rose, Balkan Insight)

Violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state could amount to crimes against humanity – UN special adviser
(UN News Centre)

LDS Church creating new BYU Pathway Worldwide education program
(Scott Taylor and Tad Walch, Deseret News)

Syrian government brutally killed 13,000 in 4 years, according to amnesty international report
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

Arina Grossu to testify before Washington State Legislature in support of religious freedom
(Family Research Council)

Senate bill would move women's health funding away from Planned Parenthood
(Catholic News Agency)

This proposed law would protect doctors who object to abortion
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

Little Sisters of the Poor respond to draft of Trump religious freedom executive order
(Kelsey Harkness, The Daily Signal)

What you need to know about Donald Trump and religious liberty
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)

German, Polish leaders highlight ties, points of contention
(Monika Scislowska, Associated Press- The Big Story)

UN: Number of Burundian refugees to reach 500,000 this year
(Associated Press- The Big Story)

Amnesty: Up to 13,000 hanged in Syria's 'slaughterhouse'
(Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press- The Big Story)

Graft, threats as Somalia faces historic presidential vote
(Abdi Guled, Associated Press- The Big Story)

DeVos confirmed as Education secretary as Pence breaks tie
(Maria Danilova, Associated Press- The Big Story)

'Horrible picture': Dutch woman restrained by family while being euthanized
(Celeste McGovern, National Catholic Register)

Don't move US embassy to Jerusalem, bishops ask Secretary of State
(Catholic News Agency)

Vatican debated whether to invite China to organ meeting
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press- The Big Story)

Museum of the Bible makes Forbes' top 100 list of nonprofits in the US
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)

Nationwide protests to hit Planned Parenthood facilities Saturday
(Leondardo Blair, The Christian Post)

Monday, 6 February 2017

Interfaith harmony, every day
(Aiko Sumichan, Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace)

'Unite in religious harmony'
(Loshana K Shagar, The Star Online)

Claims female genital mutilation can have evolutionary benefits are unproven and potentially damaging
(Alison Macfarlane, The Conversation)

Week ending Feb 5: Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court, Trump order on religious freedom
(Religious Freedom Review)

Celebrating religious freedom and the common good
(Religious Freedom Institute)

RFI announces $1.6 million grant
(Press Release, Religious Freedom Institute)

Why the Gulf Cooperation Council has been silent on Trump's 'Muslim ban'
(Giorgio Cafiero, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

Saudi Arabia intensifies actions against human rights advocates
(Paper Chase, Jurist Twenty)

Afghanistan's civilian casualties hit record high in 2016
(Patricia Gossman, Human Rights Watch)

Current geopolitics a recipe for war
(Todd Royal, Geopolitical Monitor)

Venezuela sheds its democratic facade
(Alexander Brockwehl, Freedom House)

America's true religion
(Rabbi Allen S. Maller, Eurasia Review)

It's national marriage week- campaign to promote marriage and its success
(Sheila Weber, Christian News Wire)

Senate Chaplain Barry Black, Adventist pastor, keynotes U.S. National Prayer Breakfast
(Mark Kellner, Adventist News Network)

Religion Watch, January 2017, Volume 32 No. 4
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)

Myanmar Buddhist monk blocked from giving sermon after Muslim lawyer’s murder
(AFP, Indian Express)

Russian Church representative becomes advisor to State Duma speaker
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian permanent envoy to OSCE says Kosovo authorities enables attacks on churches
(Interfax-Religion)

Poll: Best and Worst ECtHR Judgment of 2016
(Stijn Smet, Strasbourg Observers)

Domingo publishes book on God and the secular legal system
(Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University)

Advocates urge Trump to name religious freedom ambassador
(J.C. Derrick, World)

Kazakhstan: Criminal cases for meeting, criticising Muslim Board
(Forum 18 News Service)

Survey reveals weakening of influence of Russian religious organizations
(Nezavisimaia Gazeta, Russia Religion News)

Study of Jehovah's Witnesses' teaching illegal in Uzbekistan
(Khakim Azizov, Podrobno.uz)

Boy Scouts push trans button: So in which pulpits and pews are people celebrating?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Is religious freedom good for growth? A panel discussion (Podcast)
(Research On Religion)

Five myths about anti-Semitism
(Yair Rosenberg, The Washington Post)

Marine Le Pen: French Jews should sacrifice yarmulke in struggle against radical Islam
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

N.Y. Archdiocese sets five-year, $100 million goal for Catholic Charities
(Christie L. Chicoine, Catholic News Service)

IRS electioneering ban issue generates substantial coverage, reactions
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Religion in European politics: Catholicism still emerges in Europe’s political races, but at the margins
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

It’s discontent, not religion, that draws people to al-Shabaab
(Charles Villa-Vicencio, The Conversation)

“A shameful day”
(Charles C. Haynes, Religious Freedom Center)

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