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Saturday, 24 September 2016

Finalists for The Global Business & Interfaith Peace Award 2016
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation (Vimeo))

Launching Leaders Testimonials
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation (Vimeo))

Egypt’s foreign minister affirms ‘solid and stable’ relationship with Israel
(Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Brexit prompts some Jewish Britons to reconcile with German roots
(Tim Bellon, Religion News Service)

Pope offers comfort to friends and relatives of Nice attack victims
(Steve Scherer, Religion News Service)

John Howard and the myths of the 2004 marriage amendments
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Religious Freedom: The basis for human rights . . . and the survival of Christians in the Middle East
(Ignatius Joseph III Younan, Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)

Hungary: Two years after ruling by ECtHR Church Law remains unaltered
(Statement of FOREF Europe at the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting 2016, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

Sufi sect of Islam draws 'spiritual vagabonds' in New York
(Adela Suliman, The New York Times)

Prominent theologian says secularism, not religion, is set to decline
(Billy Hallowell, Deseret News | Faith)

Polish lawmakers push on with near-total ban on abortion
(Agence France-Presse)

Writers and reconcilers (Where have all the Catholic intellectuals gone?)
(James T. Keane, America: The National Catholic Review)

RLUIPA case of the year? Minnesota municipality uses RLUIPA’s safe harbor provision to avoid liability
(Karla Chaffee, Evan Seeman, Dwight Merriam and John Peloso, RLUIPA Defense)

France: What is hidden behind the "burkini ban"
(Guy Millière, Gatestone Institute)

Friday, 23 September 2016

At the “Moral Imperative” table, ecumenical organizations help hone priorities
(World Council of Churches)

Refusing to stand: Can America's civil religion tolerate dissent?
(John Stackhouse, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

WCC holds discussion on religious freedom literacy and diplomacy
(World Council of Churches)

Interfaith leaders committed to peace at Assisi summit
(Vatican Radio)

Religious leaders of many faiths talk peace in Assisi
(World Council of Churches)

Meet the first children to return to Fallujah after ISIS
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Wilders asks for dismissal of hate speech case
(Toby Sterling, Reuters)

Priest kidnapped in Mexico adds to worries after 2 killed
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Jordan polls: Muslim Brotherhood and women make gains
(BBC)

Boko Haram insurgency threatens future of Lake Chad Basin
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)

Boko Haram rages in Nigeria, but the world's eyes are elsewhere
(Dionne Searcey, The New York Times)

Turkey’s battle with Muslim cleric careens through U.S. classrooms
(Ianthe Jeanne Dugan and Douglas Belkin, The Wall Street Journal)

Iraqi Catholic church in U.S. torn by immigration efforts
(Ian Lovett, The Wall Street Journal)

Politicians stand in way of Orthodox unification in Ukraine - head of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)

Once opposed to maternal health, Islamic scholars become champions
(Natalie Jacewicz, National Public Radio)

Muslim structures are being threatened with demolition in Burma’s Arakan state
(Feliz Solomon, Time)

Lebanese Christian leader’s Muslim fiancee causes stir
(Joseph A. Kechichian, Gulf News)

The Charity Commission and safeguarding: Bristol Community Church Trust
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Routine harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses reported
(Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Poland's lawmakers open debate on divisive anti-abortion law
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Poland ponders abortion ban backed by pro-Church party
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

BJC’s Walker: Oklahoma State Question 790 a “dangerous road” for religious institutions
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Religious scholar among recipients of National Medals of Arts and Humanities
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Gay student sues school after he couldn't bring boy to homecoming
(Emma Margolin, NBC News)

Gay student sues Catholic high school that barred his bringing same-sex date to homecoming
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Fire department can exclude employee's religious messages from e-mail system
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

China tightens grip on religion
(World Watch Monitor)

EVENT: 23 September 2016: Freedom for Faith Melbourne Conference
(Freedom for Faith)

Thursday, 22 September 2016

IHEU urges Samoa not to establish an official religion
(Elizabeth O'Casey, International Humanist and Ethical Union)

Excommunicating Saudis? A New Fracture Emerges in Islam
(Yaroslav Trofimov, The Wall Street Journal)

Georgia State student refused to remove Muslim veil in class
(Ariella Phillips, Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Vietnam allows first Catholic university since communist takeover
(Thomas D. Williams, Breitbart)

Evangelicals in Italy back school head who bans Catholic mass
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)

Christian calligraphers lose lawsuit to suspend Phoenix discrimination law over same-sex wedding invitations
(Jardine Malado, The Christian Times)

Middle East Strategy Task Force: religion, identity, and countering violent extremism report
(Geneive Abdo and Nathan Brown, Atlantic Council)

Why most people leave religion? They just ‘stop believing’
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

In Tibet, religious freedom comes with Chinese characteristics
(South China Morning Post)

Palestinian rioters attack Israeli soldiers, worshippers at Joseph’s Tomb
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Women ask NYC Parks Department not to cut female-only swimming hours
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Study shows how Jewish vote could play crucial role in key states
(Penny Schwartz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

How this 14-year-old Syrian refugee is fighting to end child marriage
(Brenda Stoter, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Court prolongs until mid December arrest of MSU student accused of attempt to join ISIL
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian chapel consecrated at a Syrian airbase
(Interfax-Religion)

Signs of religion 'more visible' in French workplaces
(The Local)

Muslim rebels murder 6 Christians in door-to-door raid in Central African Republic
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Egypt's Coptic church criticized over el-Sissi rallies at UN
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Key facts about the world’s refugees
(Phillip Connor and Jens Manuel Krogstad, Pew Research Center)

Why North Carolina judges can still refuse to perform same-sex marriages
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Rescued Yazidi sex slaves will face no stigma, leader says
(Lin Taylor, Reuters)

EU court moves to keep Hamas, LTTE off terrorism list
(Ori Lewis, Jan Strupczewski, Mark Trevelyan, Reuters)

Signs of panic and rebellion in the heart of Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate
(Loveday Morris and Mustafa Salim, The Washington Post)

Anti-Defamation League steps up efforts to combat anti-Semitism online
(NPR)

New Jersey Muslim leaders gather in Elizabeth to condemn recent bombings
(Caitlin Dickson, NJ.com)

Judge dismisses challenge to N. Carolina gay-marriage law
(Gary D. Robertson, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

New York bombing suspect was flagged by customs officials at least twice
(Ellen Nakashima, Matt Zapotosky, Sari Horwitz and Mark Berman, The Washington Post)

Religious voters may lean Republican, but feel conflicted about the candidates
(Marisa Penaloza and Tom Gjelten, NPR)

Russian chapel consecrated at a Syrian airbase
(Interfax-Religion)

Headless Sarawak non-Islamic affairs unit sparks anxiety among Christians
(Sulok Tawie, Malay Mail Online)

Indonesia’s new campaign to end female genital mutilation
(Reuters, Malay Mail Online)

Cabinet gives Clean Ganga Mission power to fine polluters
(The Hindu)

Critics of anti-evangelism law propose interpretations
(Olga Nikitina, Kommersant, Russia Religion News)

Calvin’s questions: A response to Jonathan Sheehan
(Constance M. Furey, The Immanent Frame)

Teaching Calvin in California
(Jonathan Sheehan, The New York Times)

State Department to run 2 sessions on combating anti-Semitism in Europe
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Why Moscow's most iconic church used to be a swimming pool
(Marius Mortsiefer, Kerstin Pelzer / als, Deutsche Welle)

German Catholic Church raises 80 million euros in migrant aid in first half of 2016
(Deutsche Welle)

In Cameroon, a Catholic movement fueled women’s lib
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Catholics, Muslims, & Nativism: Religious liberty or religious bigotry?
(John Gehring, Commonweal)

Faith-based recovery home loses challenges to fire code enforcement
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Massachusetts Supreme Court upholds rulings in landlord's assault on Muslim tenant
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Chaplains commend VA on revised religious liberty policy
(Press Release, Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty)

VA updates guidelines on religious exercise at its facilities
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

More ‘nones’ than you think, but many won’t show up on Election Day
(Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

WATCH LIVE: Islamophobia in Focus: Muslims and the Media, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
(Engy Abdelkader, John L. Esposito, Arsalan Iftikhar, Dalia Mogahed, Ayman Mohyeldin, Roland Schatz, Newseum)

Can terrorists act in the name of religion, or do they follow ‘political’ ideologies, alone?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

How the Asia-Pacific can lead the way on migrants and refugees
(Travers McLeod, Peter Hughes, Sriprapha Petcharamesree, Steven Wong, and Tri Nuke Pudjiastuti, The Conversation)

Argument: The New York Bomber was not a lone wolf
(Matthew Levitt, Foreign Policy)

EVENT, 22 September 2016: Measuring faith: Quantifying and examining religion's contributions to American society
(Co-Sponsored by the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

EVENT, 22 September 2016: Islamophobia in Focus: Muslims & the Media
(Newseum Institute: Religious Freedom Center)

Rising funeral costs: parliament, media and other reaction
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Veterans Affairs Department updates religious liberty policy
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Why Iraq's Yazidis are upset over new film depicting IS massacres
(Saad Salloum trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Wednesday, 21 September 2016

Why I was wrong about Christianity
(Tom Holland, New Statesman)

I used to be a human being
(Andrew Sullivan, NY Magazine select/all)

Why the church can rescue us from our smartphones
(Russell Moore, The Washington Post | Acts of Faith)

Orthodox believers of New York send a container with humanitarian aid to Donbass
(Interfax-Religion)

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