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Thursday, 27 October 2016

Church in Philippines responds to drug war with rehab centers
(Catholic News Agency)

On patrol with the Hindu vigilantes who would kill to protect India's cows
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)

Church official welcomes dialogue to end Kashmir violence
(Vatican Radio)

India debates replacing religious laws with one secular law for all
(National Secular Society)

India’s slow-brewing political storm is steadily gathering strength
(Indrajit Roy, The Conversation)

Caritas India to recruit transgender people
(Vatican Radio)

March for Life in India links abortion, environment
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Vandals rob church at site of Jesus’s transfiguration
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

IRS' tax exempt division getting new leader
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

New York religious property tax breaks soar heavenward
(Adrienne Sanders, Lower Hudson Journal News)

New York's tax exemptions for religious property are growing
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

State of Georgia demands pastor hand over his sermon notes and transcripts
(Press Release, First Liberty Institute)

Religious discrimination suit leads to demand for pastor’s sermons, notes
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Discovery demand for pastor's sermons generates controversy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

The Divide Over America’s Future: 1950 or 2050?
(Betsy Cooper, Daniel Cox, Rachel Lienesch, Robert P. Jones, PRRI)

New survey findings on religion and American culture and politics
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Century of genocides: end or continuity?
(Ján Figeľ, The European Post)

Commentary: Release every religious prisoner of conscience
(Thomas J. Reese and Daniel Mark, The Inquirer)

Man accused of ‘disrespecting religion’ at airport cleared of blasphemy charge
(Salam Al Amir, The National UAE)

Call for change in equality law following Ashers Bakery case
(Paul Keenan, The Irish Catholic)

Federal judge: Iowa churches safe from anti-bias law
(Lynde Langdon, World)

Georgia demands pastor’s sermons in discrimination fight
(Bonnie Pritchett, World)

Op-Ed: Keeping campuses safe for free speech
(Saree Makdisi, The Los Angeles Times)

Climate change will heat up West Africa's religious conflicts – and a whole lot more
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

EVENT, 25-27 October 2016: CCCU Legal and Public Policy Conference
(Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, Brigham Young University Conference Center)

Gay Muslims: This RNS feature offers one-sided coverage of a retreat in South Africa
(Jim Davis, GetReligion)

CONFERENCE CALL, 27 October 2016: Framing Religious Tolerance as National Security Issue in US-Pakistan Relations
(Lisa Curtis, Institute for Global Engagement)

Nadia Murad: One woman's fight against Islamic State
(Sabrina Pabst, Deutsche Welle)

Should yoga instructors have formal qualifications?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

After 50 years, Hare Krishna believers are no longer berobed white hippies who drum up donations in airports
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post | Acts of Faith)

Another sigh: Washington Post leaves theology out of big Mormon story containing theology
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Wednesday, 26 October 2016

Honor Code amnesty is just one part of BYU’s 23 steps for addressing sexual assault
(Jessica Miller, Matthew Piper, and Erin Alberty, The Salt Lake Tribune)

TV host's rape comments highlight problem of sexual violence in Tunisia
(Wesley Dockery, Brandon Conradis, Deutsche Welle)

AP turns anti-Catholic superstar Jack Chick into an all-purpose fundamentalist hero
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Liberty University students want to be Christians—not Republicans
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

US, Israel condemn new UNESCO resolution on Jerusalem
(Thomas Adamsom, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Father who lost Muslim son in Iraq berates Trump from mosque
(Ben Finley, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Words of caution on freedom of religion or belief
(Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of the British Humanist Association, The Huffington Post)

Kurdish women fight odds to broadcast on women's rights
(Manasi Gopalakrishnan, Deutsche Welle)

Pakistan: Peace in premises: Doors to justice reflect interfaith harmony
(Rana Tanveer, The Express Tribune)

The Art of the Qur’an – landmark exhibit shows holy book as text and work of art
(Vanessa H Larson, The Guardian)

Christians and Muslims work together on pioneering ethical finance plans
(Ekklesia)

Diversity is not a danger, but a treasure for the whole church, European Eastern Rite Catholic Bishops
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

EU slams Britain: ISIS Is committing genocide and you're doing nothing
(Harry Farley, Christian Today Society)

'Behead the unbelievers': The threats faced by Christian refugees in Germany
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today World)

Turkey's new maps are reclaiming the Ottoman Empire
(Nick Danforth, Foreign Policy)

Few Americans identify with more than one religion
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

One-in-five U.S. adults were raised in interfaith homes
(Pew Research Center Religion & Public Life)

Christianity once considered a ‘disease’, but now ‘tolerated’ in Cuba
(World Watch Monitor)

Christians and Muslims join forces In Pakistan to save nine-year-old boy from blasphemy charge
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Pleading the cause of Middle East Christians
(Ignatius Youssef III Younan, MercatorNet)

Christian parents warned 14-y-o daughter can be taken away for banning gender transition to be a boy
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

CCCU's new membership standards allow pro-gay marriage schools to have non-voting status
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Buddhist Pho Minh Temple opens in Anderson
(Christopher Stephens, The Associated Press)

Indonesia’s top court weighs ban on sex outside marriage
(Jon Emont, The Washington Post)

Georgia demands pastor surrender sermons after filing federal religious discrimination claim
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Hungarian authorities allocate funding for restoration of Russian church in Budapest
(Interfax-Religion)

Israeli prosecutors charge 13 people for mocking Palestinian baby's death
(Jeffrey Heller and Raissa Kasolosky, Reuters)

French prisons to stop segregating Islamist inmates
(Noemie Bisserbe, The Wall Street Journal)

Lawsuit by Muslim woman from St. Louis County claims employment discrimination
(Robert Patrick, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Muslim businessman accuses yacht club of discrimination
(Dave Collins, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Law to cut sex-selective abortions in Armenia 'putting lives at risk'
(The Guardian)

Hungarian authorities allocate funding for restoration of Russian church in Budapest
(Interfax-Religion)

Iranian diplomat: Conflicts between Sunnis, Shiites provoked from outside
(Interfax-Religion)

Religious discrimination in annexed Crimea
(RISU, Russia Religion News)

Faith-based investor group calls for drugmakers to be transparent on pricing
(Peter Loftus, Wall Street Journal)

NY village, town to pay $2.9M to settle discrimination lawsuit against Hasidim
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Muslims pray at Israel airport synagogue after mistaking it for mosque
(Lilly Maier, Forward)

Nigerian Middle Belt state: 800+ Christians killed, 800+ injured, 100+ churches destroyed
(World Watch Monitor)

Are baptisms by high school football coaches becoming a “trend”?
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Juras a zealot, not qualified for state’s high court
(Cara Wilder, Bozeman Daily Chronicle)

Candidate's religious views become issue in Montana Supreme Court race
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

ACLU files complaint against Catholic health system for denying care to pregnant woman with brain tumor
(Press Release, American Civil Liberties Union)

Complaint filed against Catholic hospitals over refusal to perform sterilizations
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Brooklyn yeshiva settles with sexual assault accusers for $2.1M
(Susan Edelman, New York Post)

Report: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish school promised $2.1 million to quiet allegations it protected a child molester
(Nathan Tempey, The Gothamist)

Settlements revealed in abuse cases against Jewish school
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

'Gay cake' row: born-again Christian bakers lose court appeal
(Henry McDonald, The Guardian)

Northern Ireland appeals court upholds anti-gay discrimination finding against bakery
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Antiabortion activists face headwinds with Clinton leading and Trump stumbling on women’s issues
(Sandhya Somashekhar and Katie Zezima, The Washington Post)

Ireland's conservative abortion laws could be liberalised
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)

On abortion, last Trump-Hillary debate was no contest, saith the Washington Post
(Jim Davis, GetReligion)

New York Times magazine profile turns former Wheaton College professor into a heroine
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Swiss Christian nursing home must allow assisted suicide
(Simon Caldwell, Catholic Herald)

Opinion: We have a right to die with dignity. The medical profession has a duty to assist
(Anton van Niekerk, The Conversation)

XXist Regular Sobor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA develops church strategy
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

India's Modi wades into political battle over Muslim divorce law
(Rupam Jain, Reuters)

Can’t allow lives of Muslim women to be ruined by triple talaq: PM Modi
(Indian Express)

Hindutva debate: Is seeking votes in name of religion a corrupt practice, asks Supreme Court
(First Post India)

Will not examine Hindutva or religion at this stage: Supreme Court
(Bhadra Sinha, Hindustan Times)

20 Chinese Christians beaten and couple imprisoned for hanging cross in home
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Legal advice from the Church of England: PCCs, highways and post offices
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

CALL FOR PAPERS, Deadline 26 October 2016: 'Law as Religion, Religion as Law', The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
(Barak Center for Interdisciplinary Resarch, the Hebrew University)

EVENT, 26-27 October 2016: “The Politicisation of Freedom of Religion or Belief for Better and Worse”
(Lysebu Hotel and Conference Centre, Oslo, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights)

EVENT, 23-26 October 2016: The Third International Conference of Uyghur Studies History, Culture, and Society
(Central Asia Program, George Washington University)

Suit challenges Utah's "anti-gay school laws"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Equality Utah and NCLR announce major lawsuit challenging Utah’s anti-LGBT curriculum laws on behalf of public school students, parents, and teachers
(Press Release, National Center for Lesbian Rights)

Islamic State in Africa tries to lure members from al-Shabaab
(Heidi Vogt, The Wall Street Journal (paywall))

Tuesday, 25 October 2016

Catholic U leader says Francis is the pope the times require
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

12 killed in attack ‘by Al-Shabaab gunmen targeting Kenyan Christians’
(Abigail Frymann Rouch, World Watch Monitor)

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