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Tuesday, 21 June 2016

Ancient Tunisian Jewish community faces uncertain future
(Elizabeth Bryant, Religion News Service)

Slovakia’s leader said Islam has ‘no place’ in his country. Now he’s taking a leadership role in the E.U.
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)

Coalition won't rule out letting religious objectors discriminate against gay weddings
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)

Bangladesh police shoot dead militant behind killing of bloggers, gay rights activists
(Ruma Paul, Reuters)

Anti-Muslim incidents at US mosques surged last year
(Matt Rocheleau, The Boston Globe)

Smithsonian to host 1st major US Quran exhibition
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

FBI reversed initial decision to redact ISIS mentions from Orlando 911 transcript
(Matt Zapotosky and Mark Berman, The Washington Post)

Where major religious groups stand on abortion
(David Masci, Pew Research Center)

After Taliban music ban, songbook teaches Afghan children to sing again
(Magda Mis, Thomson Reuters Foundation)

Suicide bombing at Syria's Christian massacre memorial kills 3
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Monday, 20 June 2016

Hate is mobile
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

What future for Europe? An open letter of CEC to churches and partner organisations
(Conference of European Churches)

If religious liberty does not mean exemptions, what might it mean? The Founders’ constitutionalism of the inalienable rights of religious liberty
(Vincent Phillip Muñoz, Notre Dame Law Review / SSRN)

Who lost Christian Europe? Hint: Not Pope Francis
(William Doino Jr., First Things)

Brexit, Britain’s immigration fight
(Ted R. Bromund, Newsday: Opinion)

World Refugee Day - 20 June
(The United Nations)

World Refugee Day a reminder to turn away from indifference
(Fr. Cedric Prakash S.J., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

World Refugee Day marked as a record 65 million people displaced
(Voice of America)

Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees on World Refugee Day 2016
(Filippo Grandi, UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency)

World Refugee Day: which images make you stop and think?
(Sam Tarling, The Telegraph)

Global forced displacement hits record high
(UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency)

Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2015
(UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency)

World Refugee Day: “Have No Fear” – Churches call for intensified efforts
(World Watch Monitor)

God’s forgotten children
(Claus Grue, World Council of Churches)

Number of refugees soars to record 65 million with 24 people displaced every minute
(Vasudevan Sridharan, International Business Times UK)

Statement by the President on World Refugee Day (2016)
(Barack Obama, The White House - Office of the Press Secretary)

Stories of Success: World Refugee Day 2016
(Kevin Griffis, HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, US Department of Health & Human Services)

World refugee day: 65 million people affected – largest since World War II
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Adrift: The invisible African diaspora
(reported by Abdulaziz Osman and Nicolas Pinault, edited by Pete Cobus, Voice of America)

With its caliphate faltering, Islamic State rushes to indoctrinate children
(Sirwan Kajjo, Noor Zahid, Rikkar Hissein, Voice of America)

Christian man killed by Muslim after debate on religion
(Chiqui Guyjoco, The Christian Times)

Objective, critical and pluralistic? Religious Education in non-faith schools
(Guest Post by David Pollock, Law & Religion UK)

Will Muslims lose their freedom of religion without hudud?
(Syed Jaymal Zahid, Malay Mail Online)

Church overwhelmed by angry calls for wishing Muslims a 'blessed Ramadan'
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

9 questions for the first-ever Institute for Religious Liberty executive director
(Colleen Weinkam, WCPO)

Pope says 'martyrdom, not 'genocide', is the best word
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Homosexuality and “hate speech”
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Air Force veteran dragged from flag-folding ceremony for speech referencing ‘God’
(Bradford Richardson, The Washington Times)

Building mosques in America: Religious freedom for Muslims divides American Baptists
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

World Orthodox leaders meet despite Russia's absence
(Derek Gatopoulos and Demetris Nellas, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Iraqi Christians ignite controversy by fasting with Muslims during Ramadan
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Human Rights Watch Letter Re: Moldova Draft Law No. 184 (Draft Law on Amending and Completing the Code of Administrative Offences and the Law on the Rights of a Child)
(Human Rights Watch)

WCC strongly condemns terror attack targeting Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II
(World Council of Churches)

Paper calls out anti-Semitic harassment of journalists
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood faces a dilemma: Religion or politics?
(Khalil al-Anani, The Washington Post)

Norwegian pastor’s pilgrimage is long country trek for refugees
(Marcelo Schneider, World Council of Churches)

Bahrain's century-old mosques tell stories from distant past
(Mohammad Al-Enizi, Kuwait News Agency)

Twitter forbids threats. But it isn’t stopping every anti-Semitic Trump fan
(Evan Siegfried, The Washington Post)

Syrian refugees must not be sent back to Turkey, human rights campaigners warn
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Israeli mayor ordered to remove offensive 'modesty signs' once and for all
(Judy Maltz, Haaretz)

Pro-lifers turn to ECHR to stop gender-based abortion in Great Britain
(Dave Andrusko, National Right to Life News Today)

Israeli court tells city to remove religiously inspired signs directing women to wear modest clothes
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

The Forward won’t publish anything about Donald Trump for 24 hours
(Jane Eisner, The Forward)

Hundreds drown out Westboro Baptist Church's protest at Orlando funeral
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)

Face the Nation transcripts June 19, 2016: Trump, Lynch, LaPierre, Feinstein
(CBS News)

Donald Trump on profiling of Muslims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Indian court sentences 24 for roles in 2002 Gujarat religious riots
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Suit seeks to have Archbishop Sheen's remains moved to Illinois
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

What you should know about being LGBT and Muslim, from a leading LGBT Muslim group
(Janell Ross, The Washington Post)

Islamists attack Radiohead fans at Turkish release party
(Gul Tuysuz and Merieme Arif, CNN)

Pakistani man charged with blasphemy over shoes with Hindu symbol
(Asad Hashim, Reuters)

Iran 'foils plot by Sunni militants to bomb Tehran'
(BBC News)

Church of England aims to agree to disagree over homosexuality
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)

FBI questions member of mosque attended by Orlando gunman
(Bernie Woodall and Ben Gruber, Reuters)

Friday essay: The Qur’an, the Bible and homosexuality in Islam
(Christopher van der Krogt, The Conversation)

Portraying Krishna in X-Men: Apocalypse
(William Elison, OUPblog Religion)

Better together: A new strategy in the fight for international religious freedom
(Dwayne Leslie, Director of Legislative Affairs, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, The Huffington Post)

EVENT, 20 June 2016: Transatlantic Perspectives on Religion and Foreign Policy
(Berkley Center (US) and the Cambridge Institute on Religion & International Studies (UK), Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Egypt sentences 6 people to death, including 2 Al Jazeera journalists
(Euan McKirdy, CNN)

Turkish riot police block gay pride march in Istanbul
(Voice of America)

Indian court jails 11 Hindus for life over massacre in Gujarat
(Daily Times)

Religious leaders reexamine words after Orlando gay club massacre
(Letitia Stein, Reuters)

Sunday, 19 June 2016

ACLU blames Christians for Orlando gay nightclub shooting
(Suzette Gutierrez Cachila, The Christian Times)

Law and religion round-up – 19th June
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

EVENT, 16-19 June 2016: Freedom of Religion or Belief in Situations of Crisis: Why Can't We Get Along? Tallinn, Estonia
(The University of Tartu Faulty of Law and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies and)

Saturday, 18 June 2016

Ugandan President Museveni: 'This is our continent, not yours'
(Interview conducted by Susanne Koelbl and Jan Puhl, Spiegel Online International)

Religious freedom sets people free to do good, an under-told story
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

Global Agenda Council on the Role of Faith
(World Economic Forum)

Canada legalises physician-assisted dying
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Friday, 17 June 2016

ECtHR - R.D. v. France, no 34648/14, 16 June 2016 (Asylum Case)
(European Database of Asylum Law)

Istanbul authorities ban transgender and gay pride marches
(The Guardian)

Belgian Jewish student ‘gassed’ with deodorant by classmates in showers, says mom
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Swastika posters left in north London playground 4 consecutive days
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Pitting Islam versus Islamism in wake of Orlando shootings
(Kokab Farshori, Voice of America)

Facebook bans gay magazine critical of Islam
(Chris Tomlinson, Breitbart News)

From Vietnam to South Korea: Muhammad Ali and conscientious objectors today
(Ashfaq Khalfan, The Diplomat)

Study: Large number of Turks in Germany put Islam above the law
(Danial Pelz / dc, Deutsche Welle)

Church of England accused of discrimination over lesbian wedding refusal
(Aaron James, Premier)

Swiss Missionary kidnapped in Mali is alive
(Hannah Tooley, Premier)

Detroit-area mohel/doctor refused entry into Canada to perform a bris
(Stacy Gittleman, Detroit Jewish News)

Canada denies entry to U.S. mohel
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Subcommittee Hearing: The global religious freedom crisis and its challenge to U.S. foreign policy
(Foreign Affairs Committee, House.gov)

House holds hearings on global religious freedom
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Suit between Indian tribes challenges building site for history center
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

What does it mean to be French?
(Yves Mamou, Gatestone Institute)

Caddo Nation fears destruction of Caddo burial and sacred sites
(Press Release, Caddo Nation)

Caddo, Delaware tribes fighting Wichita development
(Stephen Martin, Non Doc)

Boko Haram murder 24 at village funeral – mostly women
(Ruth Maclean, The Guardian)

Faith takes a center stage at International Festival of Business, Liverpool
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

UN Syria panel: IS committing genocide against Yazidis
(Jamey Keaten, Associated Press)

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