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Monday, 10 October 2016

French Jews: The first victims in a France where everyone is now in the crosshairs
(James McAuley, The Washington Post)

Tajik, Turkmen presidents, Chechen Republic head included in list of most influential Muslims
(Interfax-Religion)

Death penalty: joint declaration by EU and Council of Europe
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

No U.S. president has ever visited a Sikh temple, so 20 congressmen want Obama to go
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)

Judge blocks kapparot pre-Yom Kippur chicken ritual in Irvine
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Jewish cemetery in New York State vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Independent presidential candidate names Jewish running mate
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Tampa approves fence around new JCC despite opposition
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Congressional report slams China on human rights, religious freedom
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

'To burkini or not to burkini' – A defence of the French & Bulgarian burqa ban
(Novinite Sofia News Agency)

In Uman, Jewish pilgrims bring chaos to Ukraine during high holidays
(Haaretz)

Religious comment does not invalidate civil protection order
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

California court issues TRO against kaporos practices
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

No religious exemption to immunization requirements for merely moral objections
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

First grade teacher's age discrimination suit dismissed under ministerial exception
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Coptic groups resort to private memorial of Maspero Massacre after request for silent protest is rejected
(Taha Sakr and Sarah El-Sheikh, Daily News Egypt)

Sunday, 9 October 2016

Asia Bibi 24-hour prayer rally to be held day before Christian mother of 5 faces death sentence appeal
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Law and religion round-up – 9th October
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Friday, 7 October 2016

Why this year's #BringYourBible to school day might be the most important ever
(Bob Eschliman, Charisma News)

Deep divides between, within parties on public debates about LGBT issues
(Rob Suls, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Support for death penalty in US at lowest level in four decades
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

127-year-old Colorado synagogue closes
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Rabbi in critical condition following assault in Ukraine
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Assessing the aftermath of postponed Palestinian elections
(Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Egyptian bill seeks gender equality for adultery
(Walaa Hussein, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

InterVarsity denies plan for gay marriage firings but maintains theological opposition
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Radical Islam witnesses in Bulgaria's Pazardzhik withdraw statements
(Novinite Sofia News Agency)

Royal Geographical Society to host photo show dedicated to Patriarch Kirill, Russian Orthodox Church in London
(Interfax-Religion)

Bulgarian Orthodox Church head in Plovdiv orders bells to peal in honour of PM, government
(Independent Balkan News Agency, The Sofia Globe)

When ‘religious freedom’ leaves children dead
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Moroccans vote as elections pit Islamists against liberals
(Deutsche Welle)

Since the beginning of the conflict in Syria its Christian population decreased in a million - Russian Foreign Ministry
(Interfax-Religion)

Karaulova university professor tells court how she started wearing dark body-covering clothes and studying Arabic
(Interfax-Religion)

FSB harasses Jehovah's Witnesses
(jw-russia.org, Russia Religion News)

Women gain place in organized secularism amidst divisions in their ranks
(Religion Watch, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)

Polish Jews to treat 12 senior pols to Shabbat dinner in Warsaw
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Axe-wielding man threatens Jews near synagogue in England
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Pakistani parliament passes landmark anti-'honor killing' bill
(Shamil Shams, Deutsche Welle)

New UN Secretary General could become key papal ally
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Nigerian bishop says rosary is key to beating Boko Haram
(Catholic News Agency)

The intersection between gender and religion in humanitarian responses to refugees (Response to Ethics and Responsibility: Thoughts on the UN General Assembly's summit for refugees and migrants)
(Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Georgia high school football coach criticized for overseeing baptism of players
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

In private meeting, Kentucky governor urges pastors to violate electioneering law
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Non-Orthodox movements file Kotel petition to Supreme Court
(Press Release, Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism)

Liberal Jewish groups take battle over Western Wall to High Court
(Y Net News)

Liberal Jewish groups ask Israel's high court to order egalitarian prayer space at Western Wall
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

NY archdiocese offers compensation to abuse victims
(AP, The Big Story)

New York Archdiocese creates new victim compensation fund
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Disclaimer requirement violates pregnancy center's free speech rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

'Racist' Gandhi statue banished from Ghana university campus
(Jason Burke, The Guardian)

Theological review of Crown Nominations Commission
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Pakistan Supreme Court to decide Christian mother's 'blasphemy' case this week
(Naeem Shakir, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)

Pakistan makes 'honour killings' punishable by mandatory prison time
(Jon Boone, The Guardian)

Pakistan's lawmakers toughen penalty for 'honor' killings
(Kathy Gannon, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Hindu son can divorce wife if she tries to separate him from aged parents
(Krishnadas Rajagopal, The Hindu)

India Ministry of Law and Justice opposes triple talaq, polygamy among Muslims
(The Hindu)

Centre opposes triple talaq in Supreme Court, says 'practice not essential part of religion'
(The Times of India)

5 years since Maspero, Egypt’s Copts denied permit to remember 27 dead
(World Watch Monitor)

The curious case of the educated joining ISIS
(Dina al-Shibeeb, Al Arabiya)

EVENT, 7 October 2016: International Protection of Religious Freedom
(Brett Scharffs, David Saperstein, Ján Figel, Thomas Farr, International Center for Law and Religion Studies and Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute)

LIVE STREAM, 7 October 2016: International Protection of Religious Freedom
(The Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University)

China seeks tighter grip in wake of a religious revival
(Ian Johnson, The New York Times)

Shared religious beliefs in marriage important to some, but not all, married Americans
(David Masci, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Thursday, 6 October 2016

Is religious freedom in China really about to get worse?
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Report on Regent Law School Symposium on Enumerated and Unenumerated Rights
(Barry W. Bussey: Intersection, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)

Tourist in Myanmar jailed for pulling plug on Buddhist sermon
(The Guardian)

A sleepy tourist unplugged a loudspeaker playing religious music in Burma — now he’s headed to prison
(Peter Holley, The Washington Post)

Does "religious freedom" deserve scare quotes?
(Sunnivie Brydum, Religion Dispatches)

Iraqi leader outlines plans for Iraq after the Islamic State
(Mustafa Naser trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

The BBC must improve its religious affairs coverage
(Hussein Kesvani, Open Democracy)

UN Syria envoy warns Aleppo could be 'destroyed' this year
(Jamey Keaten and Philip Issa, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Why secular Israelis love an ultra-Orthodox minister
(Mazal Mualem trans. Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Women may immerse in mikvah without attendant under new Israeli regulation
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Canadian university suspends tenured professor over anti-Semitic posts
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Limiting religion in public space is dangerous, Geneva Jewish leader warns
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

After floods, black, white Baptist groups agree to work together
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

A new Quran attempts to bridge divide between Christians and Muslims
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

FBI: Minnesota mall attacker newly interested in Islam
(Amy Forliti, ABC News)

New California law to protect bullying of Sikh and Muslim students
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Bring your Bible to school day celebrates religious freedom
(Rachel del Guidice, The Daily Signal)

10 hurt in bomb attack near Istanbul police station
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

The Politics of US: Muslim refugees and national security
(The Christian Science Monitor)

Al-Shabab claims killing of 6 Christians in NE Kenya raid
(World Watch Monitor)

Christian leaders gather hundreds of faithful in Jerusalem to pray for peace
(Andre Mitchell, Christian Today)

Exclusive: Why are there so few Christian refugees from Syria in the UK?
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Christian official in Jordan steps down after just a day in office due to link in own sister's killing
(Andre Mitchell, Christian Today)

Faith-based organizations can help solve problems of forced migration, say experts at UN
(World Council of Churches)

Vatican: No reasons can justify or excuse terrorism
(Statement by H.E. Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Vatican Radio)

Iraq’s Sunni minority: The day after
(The Economist)

Azerbaijan: 34 fines for "illegal" religious meeting
(Forum 18 News Service)

Vacant Sees
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Archives of CEC history available for study
(World Council of Churches)

Grand Imam calls for collaboration against violence and poverty
(World Council of Churches)

Al-Azhar: navigating the difficult centre
(World Council of Churches)

U.S. admits record number of Muslim refugees in 2016
(Phillip Connor, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Suit over high school assignment on Islam moves forward
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Missionary to Russia loses anti-evangelism appeal
(Diana Chandler, Baptist Press)

Conviction of Baptist missionary in Russia upheld on appeal
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Appellate court rules hospital did not discriminate in firing worker for refusing flu shot
(Michael Booth, New Jersey Law Journal)

Favoring religious over non-religious objections is not religious discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

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