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Monday, 2 January 2017

In year of anti-Muslim vitriol, brands promote inclusion
(Sapna Maheshwari, The New York Times)

Extremist website insists armed march against Jewish people in Montana will go ahead
(Rachael Revesz, The Independent)

Church of Scientology slams A&E for yanking KKK docuseries while promoting Leah Remini’s show
(Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety)

Pope says terrorism casts bloodstain over world, condemns Istanbul attack
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)

Islamic State claims credit for nightclub attack in Turkey
(John Bacon, USA Today)

Myanmar: Video prompts investigation into police brutality against Rohingya
(Donie O'Sullivan, CNN)

Islamic group calls for death of son of murdered Pakistani politician after he criticized blasphemy law
(Saeed Shah, Wall Street Journal)

Religious freedom, transgender issues and abortion – overruling the US Health Department
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Benefits association, diocese file suit over HHS transgender regulation
(Catholic News Service, Catholic Review)

Another challenge filed to HHS rule on transgender and pregnancy termination discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Islamic society wins 'landmark ruling' in long battle for new mosque
(Kathleen O'Brien, NJ Advance Media)

New Jersey mosque wins zoning challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ex-chief rabbi to plead guilty in NIS 10m. fraud case — report
(Times of Israel)

Israeli former chief rabbi reaches plea deal in bribery case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

'Divorce' between Norwegian church, state rewards religious minorities
(Sputnik News)

Church of Norway formally separated from the state today
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

US Jewish Museum posts sign reminding Americans of religious freedom
(Breaking Israel News)

Indian court bans politicians from using religion, caste to win votes
(Rupam Jain, Suchitra Mohanty, Tom Lasseter, and Robert Birsel, Reuters)

Federal judge says NJ town discriminated against Muslims trying to build mosque
(Sergio Bichao, New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio)

These are the new battlegrounds for LGBT rights under Trump
(Sunnivie Brydum, Religion Dispatches)

India: Elections a secular exercise, illegal to seek votes in the name of religion
(Bhaddra Sinha, Hindustan Times)

Ugandan Jews sees signs of acceptance in Christian-dominated country
(Rodney Muhumuza, Houston Chronicle)

Children 'at risk' in Christian fundamentalist schools in the UK, warns government watchdog
(Siobhan Fenton, The Independent)

Texas judge blocks transgender policy
(Mihir Zaveri, Houston Chronicle)

Should religion be separated from politics in Kashmir?
(Ashiq Hussain Bhat, Pakistan Today)

Local Englishman calls for legalisation of Humanist Weddings
(Shaun Reynolds, Coventry Observer)

Indiana lawmaker seeks to address Sharia law concerns
(Madeline Buckley, The Indianapolis Star)

Norway ends 500 year old Lutheran church partnership, 'biggest change since the reformation'
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Chinese Christian woman sentenced to 3 years in prison for holding Bible study
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Islamic State claims responsibility for Istanbul attack
(Ahmed Aboulenein and Giles Elgood, Reuters)

Islamic State claims Istanbul attack, gunman remains at large
(Ahmed Tolba and Daren Butler, Reuters)

Yazidi woman escapes Islamic State in Mosul as Iraqi forces advance
(Bushra Shakhshir, Isabel Coles, and Gareth Jones, Reuters)

Girl 'suicide bomber' aged 10 brings new year Islamist terror to Nigeria
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Christian woman stabbed by Afghan migrant 'for reading from the Bible'
(Charlene Mason, Christian Today)

Merkel says Islamist terrorism is biggest test for Germany
(Joseph Nasr, Religion News Service)

Sunday, 1 January 2017

Secular Education Network appeals bible battle to UN committee
(Craig Hoyle, Stuff: Education)

For George Soros, Ireland abortion fight may be first step against Catholic countries
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)

The new nationalism
(Mark Movsesian, Library of Law and Liberty)

Counter Extremism Bill could lead to investigations into people 'miles away' from terrorism
(Shaun Connolly, Independent)

Istanbul nightclub Santa attack kills at least 35, wounds 40
(Middle East Eye)

Top Ten Religious Liberty and Church-State Developments of 2016
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Security doctrine of religion (English translation of the Russia)
(Roman Lunkin, NG-RELIGION)

A tragic necessity? The Reformation approaches 500
(Thomas Albert Howard, OUPblog Religion)

16 striking findings from 2016
(Abigail Geiger, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Saturday, 31 December 2016

Court strikes down harmful transgender mandate
(Melinda Skea, Becket Law)

Franciscan Alliance, Inc. v. Burwell
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Bigot-Baiting (from August 2016)
(R.R. Reno, First Things)

Religion in the Age of Secularism
(Pablo Talavera, Pablo's Blog)

Remembering North Korea's Christian martyrs
(Stephen Evans, BBC News)

Dutch insurer defends circumcision coverage
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Vandals twist family’s Arizona menorah display into swastika
(Daniel J. Solomon, Forward)

Opinion: One year after the Cologne assaults - Stop apologizing for political Islam
(Shamil Shams, Deutsche Welle)

Top China leader says Catholics must act ‘independently’
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Benefits association, diocese file suit over HHS transgender regulation
(Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Christmas attacks confirm threats facing Christians in India
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

President Obama announces more key administration posts
(Office of the Press Secretary, The White House)

Obama appoints 4 to Holocaust Memorial Council
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Clergy who will speak at Trump inaugural announced
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Resident fights Ramapo law allowing schools without final approvals
(Steve Lieberman, Lower Hudson Journal News)

Suit challenges zoning approval for temporary Jewish school
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Readings 2016: On the fringes of International Law
(André Nollkaemper, EJIL Talk!)

The year in religion and politics
(Candice Norwood, The Atlantic)

The fate of religious freedom in the former USSR, 25 years after its collapse
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)

Five key findings on religion in the U.S.
(Frank Newport, Gallup)

Friday, 30 December 2016

Ecclesiastical court judgments 2016
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

In rare move, Spanish town reverses BDS resolution it passed this year
(JTA)

Secularism: Everyone wants to get rid of it
(Yves Mamou, Gatestone Institute)

Welsh outrage at reports of plan to pull out of European Court of Human Rights
(David Williamson, Wales Online)

Judge orders psychiatric exam for South Carolina church shooter
(Colleen Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Aid flotilla to help Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
(Rozanna Latiff, Religion News Service)

The Russian Church suggests fining for abusive language in public places
(Interfax-Religion)

Slouching towards secularism: Like other old institutions, England’s state religion uses artful adaptation
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Teaching the tradition of freedom to Israel's ultra-Orthodox
(Peter Berkowitz, Real Clear Politics)

In ‘red’ and ‘blue’ Israel, separate lives and divergent narratives
(Peter Baker, The New York Times)

Argentine court revives Jewish center bombing cover-up case against Fernandez
(Hugh Bronstein and Luc Cohen, Reuters)

Pentecostal church looks to white Britons to boost congregations
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Underage girls trapped in Pakistan bride exchanges
(Kathy Gannon, The Associated Press)

The children of Mosul talk about life under Islamic State. They saw things no child should see
(Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times)

Iraqi forces launch second phase of Mosul offensive against Islamic State
(Isabel Coles and Stephen Kalin, Reuters)

Hungary's Jobbik gets double rebuff for Hannukah greetings to Jews
(Marton Dunai, Reuters)

With the two-state solution a distant dream, Palestinians ask if it's time to push for a one-state solution
(Joshua Mitnick, Los Angeles Times)

Catholics in China should integrate into socialist society — senior party official
(Ben Blanchard and Michael Perry, Reuters)

8-year-old transgender boy barred from Cub Scouts
(Abbott Koloff, NorthJersey.com)

Catholic groups sue over Obama administration transgender requirement
(Sandhya Somasherhar, The Washington Post)

A lawmaker's solution for marriage debate: Remove the state
(Summer Ballentine, The Associated Press)

American Jews divided over strain in U.S.-Israel relations
(Adam Nagourney and Sharon Otterman, The New York Times)

Readings 2016: On politics and the ethics of love
(Jan Klabbers, EJIL Talk!)

Thursday, 29 December 2016

At Trump’s inauguration, Franklin Graham, Cardinal Dolan and four more clergy will pray
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)

Bulgaria denies registration to Church of Flying Spaghetti Monster (Pastafarian)
(Novinite Sofia News Agency)

Thomas Becket and religious freedom in the twelfth century — and in the 21st
(Kevin D. Williamson, National Review)

Muslim teen in NYC chases down assailant of Orthodox Jewish woman
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

2 menorahs vandalized in Brooklyn
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

New York cardinal to participate in Trump inauguration
(Rhina Guidos, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Politics may complicate sainthood for Pakistani martyr
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

How President Obama has protected our sacred land for future generations
(Russell Begaye, medium.com)

Obama designates new monuments including sacred Native American site
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Polygamous leader takes plea deal in food-stamp fraud case
(Brady McCombs, Associated Press)

Plea agreement reached in FLDS food stamp fraud prosecution
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

NYPD top cop James O’Neill says officers can wear turbans, beards for religious reasons under new rules
(Laura Dimon, Daily News)

Religious police officers in New York will be able to wear beards and turbans
(Ashley Southall, The New York Times)

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