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Friday, 5 August 2016

Illinois governor surprises GOP with action on birth control, abortions
(Ivan Moreno, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Mugshots showing Muslim women without hijabs were ‘a form of public shaming,’ protester claims
(Cleve R. Wootsen Jr., The Washington Post)

Unlawfully detained for months, Sudan church leaders finally in court
(World Watch Monitor)

‘We have no voice’: Christians in Jordan 2 years after fleeing N. Iraq
(Abigail Frymann Rouch, World Watch Monitor)

Papal blast on kids and gender? The New York Times can't wait to dump on it
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Catholic nuns under siege in Syria appeal for help
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

Do ordination vows matter? A crucial hole in RNS report on United Methodist dispute
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Gambia: J-22 and religion - let there be light
(Momodou Sabally, All Africa)

Americans would rather talk politics than religion if forced to commit a social faux pas
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)

What the Supreme Court's ruling means for transgender bathrooms in schools
(Kelsey Harkness, The Daily Signal)

Fighting for free speech on America's campuses
(Cecilia Capuzzi Simon, The New York Times)

Pastoralists fleeing Boko Haram face new challenges in Cameroon
(Mark Moritz and Mouadjamou Ahmadou, The Conversation)

Catholics in India protest church demolition
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Training prepares church for terrorism, shootings and other disasters
(Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Turkey’s purge marks endgame in Islamist civil war
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)

Fethullah Gulen’s race to the top is over
(Selim Koru, Huseyin Rasit Yilmaz, Foreign Policy)

God and the Olympics
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

Clifford D. May appointed to USCIRF
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Journalist appointed to USCIRF
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Thursday, 4 August 2016

Notre Dame's deal with the devil
(William Dempsey, First Things)

There's no such thing as an ex-Catholic
(J.D. Flynn, First Things)

The ‘Splainer: Who is St. Sebastian and why do athletes claim him?
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

Islam is (also) a religion of peace
(Zachary D. Kaufman, Foreign Policy)

Human rights campaigner Shami Chakrabarti appointed to House of Lords amid controversy
(Natasha Holcroft-Emmess and Adam Wagner, RightsInfo)

Pope Francis suggests the way to beat secularism is by ‘out-loving’ it
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Pope Francis refuses to play the game of Islamic radicals
(Austen Ivereigh, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

British pro-lifer ordered to pay huge fine to sex-selective abortionists caught on video
(Steve Weatherbe, LifeSite News)

Egypt military says killed leader of Islamic State in Sinai
(Reporting by Mostafa Hashem; Writing by Lin Noueihed; Editing by Robin Pomeroy, Reuters)

Foreign monasteries at Bodh Gaya under scanner
(Anil Kumar Ojha, Hindustan Times)

Dame Lowell Goddard resigns as Chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Russian interior ministry confirms raid on Jehovah's Witnesses
(Russia Religion News)

Muslim missionaries expelled from Russia
(Russia Religion News)

Religion Watch: Volume 31. No. 10
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)

Republicans, Democrats and the stakes for religious freedom
(Charles C. Haynes, Newseum Religious Freedom Center: Inside the First Amendment)

Star Wars-themed 'Jedi' religion poses a major problem for atheists in Australia, and here's their warning
(Billy Hallowell, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)

Abortion, religious freedom and family top Knights’ priorities
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Trinity Health settles church pension suit for $75M
(Jacklyn Wille, Bloomberg BNA)

Settlement reached in two ERISA church plan cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Inside the Roy Moore memos: Comparing gays to Nazis
(Drew Kiser, The Advocate)

Roy Moore's internal court memos disclosed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Judge orders halt to Douglas County’s newest voucher program
(John Aguilar, The Denver Post)

Colorado trial court says injunction covers modified school choice program
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ruskin church in legal fight over rights to its worship space
(Samuel Howard, Tampa Bay Times)

Suit seeks control of church building taken over by rival pastor
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Judge tosses Slovakian painter's sex discrimination suit vs Morton HS District, laments law can't apply
(Jonathan Bilyk, Cook County Record)

District Court holds Title VII does not cover sexual orientation discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Supreme Court grants emergency order to block transgender male student in Virginia from using boys' restroom
(David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times)

Supreme Court temporarily stays 4th Circuit's ruling on Title IX and transgender rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Hindu groups oppose entry of Islamic finance in India
(Maaz Hussain, Voice of America)

Oberlin professor on paid leave for anti-Semitic remarks
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

Two U.S. states – Massachusetts and Michigan – still ban blasphemy
(Allan Turner, Houston Chronicle)

Tennessee newspaper lifts ban on word 'Christian'
(Bill Hoffman, Newsmax)

Egyptian Christian convert declares return to Islam after 2 years in prison
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Turkey's Diyanet says Gülenists exploited Islamic teachings to cover illegal activities
(Mehmet Çelik, Daily Sabah)

Gülen movement is fake Mahdi, says Turkey’s Religious Directorate head
(Hurriyet Daily News)

Turkey’s Kurds excluded from post-coup national unity
(Mahmut Bozarslan trans. Sibel Utku Bila, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Abadi moves to demilitarize Iraq's cities
(Adnan Abu Zeed trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Roundup of religious liberty news in the 2016 presidential campaign
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Religious dress at work – Where does EU law now stand?
(David Whincup, The National Law Review)

Indonesian court rejects radical cleric's appeal
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Why Americans are wary of using technology to ‘enhance’ humans
(Cary Funk, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

'Christianity is China's future,' Chinese best-selling author predicts
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

The politics of religion in China
(Marcy A. Kuo, The Diplomat)

Report: 9 citizens of Trinidad sought to join IS group
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Chelyabinsk court sentences 4 Hizb ut-Tahrir participants to 8 years' imprisonment
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian Church considers words of Constantinople official about Ukraine's canonical status a journalistic fiction
(Interfax-Religion)

Boko Haram in Nigeria: Split emerges over leadership
(BBC News)

Families of murdered Nigerian pastors mourn their loss
(World Watch Monitor)

Nigeria: prosecutions 'unlikely' for troops behind mass Shia killings
(Kabir Adamu, Deutsche Welle)

Spain: Franciscan friar assaulted in 'Christianophobic' attack
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Christian flag removed after Atheist complaint is back legally at Tenn. school board meetings
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

The Middle East conflict on campus
(Linda K. Wertheimer, The New York Times)

How Israel’s Modern-Orthodox Jews came out of the closet
(Shmuel Rosner, The New York Times)

'Burkini-only day' at French waterpark criticised
(BBC News)

2 men arrested for alleged involvement in Bangladesh attack
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Aid dropped by crane reaches 75,000 Syrians on Jordan border
(Karin Laub, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

French mayor attacks plans for 'burkini' pool party
(Kim Willsher, The Guardian)

Charity director charged with funneling tens of millions to Hamas
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

World Vision ‘shocked’ by allegations its Gaza operative funneled money to Hamas
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Supreme Court temporarily blocks order on transgender bathroom use
(Ariane de Vogue, CNN)

100+ pastors tell Ohio schools to ignore transgender bathroom mandate
(Courtney Day, USA Today)

German court overturns far-right politician’s Holocaust denial conviction
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

US citizen killed, Israeli among injured in London stabbing attack
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

German university denies accusations that course promoted anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

In Israel, the war of the Jews over pluralism and religious extremism is escalating
(Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, Haaretz)

Chicago archdiocese’s legal battle continues with fired gay employee
(Lisa Bourne, Lifesite)

Black Lives Matter supporter starts North Texas police prayer tour
(FOX 4 News)

French Muslim military recruits denied because of hijabs
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

Anti-Islam campaigners fear Australia will be declared a 'Muslim nation' if people tick 'no religion' box in the Census instead of 'Christian'
(Louise Cheer, Daily Mail)

Danish Muslim group offers to bury French priest killer
(Agence France-Presse)

Methodist pastor in Kansas placed on leave after coming out as a lesbian
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Indian Supreme Court rules compensation for worst-ever anti-Christian violence ‘not enough’
(World Watch Monitor)

Iraq's Sinjar Yazidis: Bringing IS slavers to justice
(Frank Gardner, BBC News)

VP Kalla says 'radicalism not only about religion'
(Jakarta Globe)

Argument: Erdogan's purge is a sectarian war
(Edward Luttwak, Foreign Policy)

Turkish court issues arrest warrant for Muslim cleric
(Suzan Fraser and Elena Becatoros, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Erdoğan: FETÖ exploits religion, uses weapons for own hidden agenda
(Daily Sabah)

Perspective: Fewer and fewer Americans vote with religion in mind
(Katherine Ozment, Boston Globe)

Parents, religious groups fear bias in ‘interfaith’ school subject
(Mayuri Mei Lin, Malay Mail Online)

Notre Dame’s deal with the devil
(William Dempsey, First Things)

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