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Tuesday, 1 November 2016

Trinity Western University v. The Law Society of British Columbia
(the Judgment, Court of Appeal for British Columbia)

The Cross, deemed illegal by IS, returns to Iraq’s Nineveh Plain
(World Watch Monitor)

Residents of largest Christian town in Iraq pick up pieces after being freed from ISIS
(Andre Mitchell, Christian Today)

UMC high court affirms Bishop's decision overruling LGBT resolution to defy church rules on homosexuality
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Reformation exhibit highlights art as teaching tool and propaganda
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Listening to Muslim women on sharia divorce could change it for the better
(Shaista Gohir, The Guardian)

Christian children ‘singled out for bullying’ in Egyptian classrooms
(World Watch Monitor)

Sudan's war on Christians: school with 1,000 pupils closed after raid
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Hospice chaplain reflects on life, death and the ‘strength of the human soul’
(NPR)

The new evangelical moral minority
(Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker)

Palestinian lawyer fights for women, one divorce at a time
(Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Practical matters will outweigh puritanism for evangelical Rio mayor
(Paolo Prada, Reuters)

UK Muslim women ‘used as political footballs in sharia court debate’
(Frances Perraudin, The Guardian)

Pressure mounts on South Korean president over her spiritual ‘puppetmaster’
(Elise Hu, NPR)

Netanyahu seeks to soothe settlers as storm clouds loom
(Agence France-Presse)

The sad state of Pittsburgh’s closed houses of worship
(Peter Smith, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Abortion by prescription now rivals surgery for U.S. women
(Jilian Mincer, Reuters)

Mississippi asks court to uphold law affecting LGBT rights
(Emily Wagster Pettus, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

The new Evangelical moral minority
(Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker)

Trump presents dilemma for evangelical women, once reliable GOP voters
(Sarah McCammon, NPR)

Evangelicals consider whether God really cares how they vote
(Tom Gjelton, NPR)

Joy as Nigerian high schools reopen two years after Boko Haram terror
(Moussa Maiduguri, France 24 Observers)

World entering state of lawlessness predicted by Apostle Paul - head of Russia's Constitutional Court
(Interfax-Religion)

Michel Aoun rises to Lebanese presidency, ending power vacuum
(Thanassis Cambanis, The New York Times)

Dutch anti-Islam crusader Geert Wilders boycotts hate-speech trial
(Jason Thomson, Christian Science Monitor)

Scientists don’t have to choose between faith and reason
(Stephen M. Barr, National Review)

Malawi churches back abortion bill
(George Mhango, Deutsche Welle)

Made whole by many hands (Religion in Colombia: Negotiating the FARC peace processes)
(James Patton, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

In Germany, Syrians find mosques too conservative
(Joseph Nasr, Religion News Service)

Religion in Colombia: Negotiating the FARC peace processes
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Baptist minister in Oklahoma urges No vote on SQ 790
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Smithsonian gets curator of American religious history
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Judge calls for additional safeguards in NYPD surveillance rules
(Press Release, American Civil Liberties Union)

Appeals Court agrees to grant full bench review of Rowan County prayer case
(Press Release, American Civil Liberties Union)

$1.7 million settlement with DOJ and CAIR-MI
(Karla Chaffee, Evan Seeman, John Peloso and Dwight Merriam, RLUIPA Defense)

Washington Post offers a rather simple story about complex Indonesian debates on sex
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

For some, yellow butterflies symbolise hope in the midst of Colombia’s uncertainty
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))

Expect some religion-friendly reforms from Theresa May and her gifted advisers
(Francis Davis, Catholic Herald)

PPP always promotes interfaith harmony: Bilawal
(Samaa)

Birth control, faith-based partnerships and transgender bathrooms: Reflecting on Obama's religious freedom legacy
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News | InDepth)

The media shutdown in Turkey continues – and silences the Kurdish voice
(Clemence Scalbert-Yucel, The Conversation)

Trinity Western University Law School wins legal battle in B.C. court
(Mike Laanela and Farrah Merali, CBC News | British Columbia)

B.C. court rules in favour of Trinity Western University's law school
(Wendy Stueck, The Globe and Mail)

On Capitol Hill, Brian Grim speaks on Religion’s economic role
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Judge wants greater restrictions in settlement of NYPD Muslim surveillance suit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Judge rejects settlement over surveillance of Muslims by New York Police Department
(Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman, The New York Times)

Sharia councils – another view
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Over 100 Muslim women tell Shariah inquiries why their voices must be prioritised
(Muslim Women's Network UK)

For EU's religious freedom envoy (Ján Figeľ), Middle East is key arena
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)

Sharia councils examined by Committee
(Commons Select Committee, Parliament.uk)

Why Christianity’s holiest shrine is guarded by two Muslim families
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)

Consistory court judgments – October
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

‘Atlantic’ journalist shows how to get religion right
(Charles C. Camosy, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Freedom of religion ensured as the foundation for all other liberties
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

EVENT, 1 November 2016: Can the Politics of Religious Freedom Stop at the Water’s Edge?: Faith, Freedom, and Foreign Policy in the Next Administration
(Lisa Curtis, Thomas Farr, Judd Birdsall, The Review of Faith & International Affairs (on the DC Campus of Pepperdine University))

Monday, 31 October 2016

The high cost of popular evangelical Jen Hatmaker’s gay marriage comments
(Katelyn Beaty, The Washington Post | Acts of Faith)

Interim report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief: Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance
(Heiner Bielefeldt, Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Religion or Belief, United Nations General Assembly)

UN rights expert highlights hidden breaches of freedom of religion in new report
(Final Report by Heiner Bielfeldt, UN Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
(Report of Ahmed Shaheed, United Nations General Assembly)

As UN receives latest human rights report, persecution of dual nationals continues
(Iran News Update)

My name is Khan: Inter-religious marriages still draw questions and incredulity in India
(Radha Khan, Scroll.in)

2 women unite to take 'honor' out of killing in Pakistan
(Kathy Gannon, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

More than half a million people sign petition to save Christian mother Asia Bibi from death sentence
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Cert denied in ministerial exception case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Christians gather near Mosul for 100 hours of prayer and worship
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Germany marks 500 years since Protestant Reformation
(Deutsche Welle)

Russia to counter efforts of incitement of inter-ethnic, inter-faith hatred - Putin
(Interfax-Religion)

The public and private faith of Hillary Clinton
(Daniel Burke, CNN)

Rakhine in Myanmar's Sittwe tell of renewed attacks
(Katie Arnold, Al Jazeera)

Euthanasia tyranny expands in Canada
(Will Johnston, Mercator Net)

'My life is a nightmare': Windsor man, 27, wants legally assisted death
(Lisa Xing, CBC News | Windsor)

Deciding on assisted death in context of mental illness highly complex, experts say
(CBC News | Health)

Jehovah's Witnesses in Kalmykia lose Kingdom Hall
(Kalmykia OnLine, Russia Religion News)

Parents slam BBC TV series about transgender children delaying puberty for sex change
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Legalizing pot hurts kids and the poor, California bishops say
(Catholic News Agency)

Police swoop on Paris migrant camp after Calais Jungle clearout
(Johnny Cotton and Emmanuel Jarry, Reuters)

Prayers for the last time at the Calais Jungle’s makeshift church
(Harley Tamplin, Metro)

Human rights lawyers blocked from entering Calais Jungle during demolition under State of Emergency ban
(May Bulman, Independent)

Young Calais migrants pray in 'Jungle' church before demolition
(Reporting by Noemie Olive and Alex Fraser; Editing by Ingrid Melander and Alison Williams, Reuters)

Is Yemen headed for partition?
(Bruce Riedel, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

The pope tried to convince skeptical US Catholics that climate change is real. Here’s why he failed.
(David Roberts, Vox)

Jeffrey Dudgeon: Churches won’t be forced to comply
(News Letter)

Houses burned, churches destroyed, and it's still not safe for Christians to return to Qaraqosh after ISIS
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Sinjar still gripped by fear a year after liberation from Isis
(Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian)

Russian Jews condemn naming a school in Sarajevo after an anti-Semite
(Interfax-Religion)

Supreme Court takes up school bathroom rules for transgender students
(Robert Barnes and Moriah Balingit, The Washington Post)

Louisiana Supreme Court says no mandatory reporting of abuse discovered in confessional
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Preliminary injunction against transgender student access to restrooms is denied
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Dutch anti-Islam MP Wilders goes on trial for hate speech
(Jan Hennop, Agence France-Presse)

As Brazil veers right, evangelical bishop elected Rio mayor
(Paulo Prada, Reuters)

Yemen rebels deny their missile targeted holy city of Mecca
(Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Descendants of Jewish refugees seek German citizenship after Brexit vote
(Kate Connolly, The Guardian)

Hundreds attack Hindu homes, temples in Bangladesh
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Diwali fireworks choke Delhi, angering Indians
(BBC)

After 500 years of schism, will the rift of the Reformation finally be healed?
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

How Colorado’s faith leaders minister in a divided election season
(Jenn Fields, The Denver Post)

Country-specific, thematic issues dominate meeting, as Third Committee takes up five texts on children’s rights, other aspects of social development
(United Nations General Assembly, Relief Web)

Baha’i accuse Iran of campaign to “destroy” their religion
(The Tower)

Iran's justice minister calls for fewer executions and changes to death penalty laws
(Alexandra Sims, Independent)

Breaking years of silence, key Taliban envoy pushes for peace talks
(Mujib Mashal, The New York Times)

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