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Tuesday, 17 May 2016

ISIS declares 'state of emergency' after losing ground to US-backed Kurdish korces
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Norway bill would allow kids to change official gender online without surgery, hormone treatment
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Anti-Semitism charges stir the calm waters of bucolic Oxford
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Chicago public schools to punish employees, students, who use wrong transgender terms
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Sheldon Adelson appeals to Republican Jewish leaders to support Trump
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Sheriff sued by Atheists over Jesus 'He Is Risen' Facebook post warns he'll fight back in countersuit
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

The UN, religion and the 2016 race
(Shai Franklin, The Hill)

York Minster criticised for allowing Buddhist meditation
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Iraq violence: Blasts in Baghdad kill dozens
(BBC News)

White House adds gender and religious diversity to advisory board
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Five anti-Muslim protesters and 400 peace supporters meet at New York rally
(Adam Gabbatt, The Guardian)

Is the problem really religious freedom?
(Robert Joustra, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)

Jehovah's Witnesses devise way to visit banned website
(Russia Religion News)

Methodist supporters of Israel-related divestment regroup after setback
(Emily McFarlan Miller and Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service)

Parishioners to leave closed church after 11-year protest
(Denise Lavoie, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Argument: What ISIS women want--Western women who join the Islamic State aren’t victims who've been groomed or seduced by men. They’re committed jihadis in their own right.
(Simon Cottee, Foreign Policy)

Catholic Tiffany & Co. executive says she was discriminated against, fired for allegedly saying Jews killed Jesus
(Victoria Bekiempis, New York Daily News)

Suit against jeweler says employee was fired for saying that Jews killed Jesus
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Shearith Israel loses bid for control of Touro Synagogue
(Richard Perez-Pena, The New York Times)

Court places control of historic Touro Synagogue in hands of Newport, Rhode Island congregation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Albany diocese seeks reversal of unconstitutional abortion insurance mandates
(Press Release, Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany)

Religious organizations challenge NY regulator's required abortion coverage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Are reporters missing a surprising religion ghost when covering news about North Korea?
(Ira Rifkin, Get Religion (blog))

Human rights and Christian Ministries
(Barry W. Bussey: Intersection, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)

Why Australia legalising same-sex marriage makes good business sense
(Mark Humphery-Jenner, The Conversation)

Religion in U.S. Foreign Policy: Implications for Asia. Insights from Robert W. Hefner
(Mercy A. Kuo, The Diplomat)

In French interview, pope talks about religious freedom, abuse crisis
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)

Pope Francis: States should be secular, but protect religious freedom
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Cuban political prisoner honored for upholding religious freedom
(Suzette Gutierrez Cachila, The Christian Times)

“Excruciatingly different” Mississippi religious lib law specifies beliefs
(Stephanie Russell-Kraft, Religion Dispatches)

Phones – crucial to survival for refugees on the perilous route to Europe
(Marie Gillespie, The Conversation)

Organised religion must join the fight against homophobia
(Andrew Fagan and Alan Msosa, The Conversation)

Growing pro-life movement presents a challenge to defenders of abortion rights
(Graeme Hayes, Pam Lowe, and Sarah-Jane Page, The Conversation)

5 states so far looking to fight Obama's transgender bathroom edict
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

600,000 refugees will go where? Kenya plans to shut down camps, including world's largest
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Over 300 Christians assaulted by Muslims at refugee camps in Germany, report reveals
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Boko Haram may be sending fighters to Islamic State in Libya: U.S. officials
(Ulf Laessing, Reuters)

Iran arrests eight for 'un-Islamic' Instagram modelling
(BBC News)

Elderly Buddhist monk hacked to death in Bangladesh
(Al Jazeera)

With interfaith Sunday schools, parents don't have to choose one religion
(Rami Ayyub, NPR)

Biden, Boehner stress common good at Notre Dame
(Mark Zimmermann, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Monday, 16 May 2016

ADL leader: massacre of Armenians was ‘unequivocally genocide’
(Travis Andersen, Boston Globe)

Catholic campuses give culture wars a different twist
(Jessica Mendoza, The Christian Science Monitor)

China’s ancient Buddhist grottoes face a new threat — tourists
(Simon Denyer, The Washington Post)

Dreaming of Independence, Iraqi Kurds Reach out to Jews and Israel for support
(Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz)

Egypt's next national security threat: all the single ladies?
(Rami Galal, trans. Mike Nahum, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

York Minster brings in Zen Buddhism, quietly
(Andrew Bingham, The Telegraph)

China nursery schools ban religion after video of girl reciting Quran surfaces
(Lorraine Caballero, Christian Daily)

The real meaning of transgender bathrooms
(Russell Moore, Religion News Service)

Should Christians be opposed to Human Rights?
(Mark Fowler, Religion and Ethics (ABC Australia))

Law and religion round-up – 15th May
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

The UK, the EU and a British Bill of Rights
(European Union Committee, Parliament.uk)

Allowing religion based politics leads to minority repression
(The Daily Star)

Supreme Court sends ‘contraceptive mandate’ cases back to lower courts
(Richard Wolf, Religion News Service)

Supreme Court sends birth-control case brought by religious employers back to lower courts
(Jess Bravin and Louise Radnofsky, The Wall Street Journal)

Justices, seeking compromise, return contraception case to lower courts
(Adam Liptak, The New York Times)

Supreme Court "punts" on contraceptive mandate case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Supreme Court dodges major decision on Obamacare birth control
(Lawrence Hurley, Reuters)

Supreme Court sends Obamacare contraception case back to lower courts
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)

Little Sisters of the Poor respond to SCOTUS order
(The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, YouTube)

("Little Sisters") Symposium: Into the weeds
(Chad Flanders, SCOTUSblog)

("Little Sisters") Symposium: The return of Chief Justice Roberts
(Erin Morrow Hawley, SCOTUSblog)

Predicting how US and African Methodists will square off over homosexuality
(Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, Gleanings)

At United Methodist conference, media highlight LGBT issues yet again
(Jim Davis, Get Religion (blog))

Don’t blame Sykes-Picot for the Middle East’s mess
(Steven A. Cook, Amr T. Leheta, Foreign Policy)

In the Court: Church claim for state funding could open door to regulation (Missouri)
(Michael Peabody, ReligiousLiberty.tv)

Myanmar religious tolerance activists face police action
(AFP, Bangkok Post)

Opponents of religious exemption law launch media campaign
(Public News Service)

The Manchester terror drill – and why we must stop linking Arabic with fanatics
(Mairead Nic Craith, The Conversation)

To be recognized in the Orthodox global community UOC-KP is ready to renounce temporarily its Patriarchate status
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Hostile homecoming for Mexican Protestant after exile
(Jose Antonio Pastor, World Watch Monitor)

Greens promise to end religious exemptions to Sex Discrimination Act
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)

Another LGBT legal battle breaks out, this time Christians are on the offensive
(Casey Harper, The Libertarian Republic)

Searches and detentions held in Crimea under the pretext of fighting the extremists of ‘Hizb Ut-Tahrir’
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Archbishop Klyment: Crimeans return to churches of Kyiv Patriarchate
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Time to get tough on Tajikistan’s human rights crisis
(Steve Swerdlow and Philippe Dam, Human Rights Watch)

Michigan’s LGBT guidelines deserve an A
(Ryan Thoreson, Human Rights Watch)

Sudan rejects Iran's 'politicization' of Hajj
(Kuwait News Agency (KUNA))

Hindu teacher punished for 'anti-religion' remarks
(The Daily Star)

Sikh parade celebrates heritage and promotes equality
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Kumbh linked to Shankaracharya's efforts to revive Hindu religion
(The Times of India)

Church of England looks to help Yazidis gain recognition as an official religion
(Chiqui Guyjoco, The Christian Times)

BBC's religion boss: we need more coverage for Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs
(Laura Proto, Evening Standard)

Bangladesh: Extremism and shrinking space for dissent
(Saif Khalid, Al Jazeera)

Tajikistan Islamist leaders face life in prison
(Hashmat Moslih, Al Jazeera)

Iran, Azerbaijan 'Interfaith Dialogue' planned in Baku
(AhlulBayt News Agency)

Iran arrests female models for posing without hijabs
(Al Jazeera)

Rangoon ‘Peace Walk’ leaders charged for illegal assembly
(Su Myat Moon, The Irrawaddy)

Cuban artist who spent 22 years in prison for defying Castro regime receives Religious Freedom Award
(Leonardo Blair, Christian Post)

Against all hope: My 22 years In Castro’s Gulags
(Armando Valladares, Huffpost Religion)

Book review: 'Believers, Thinkers, and Founders' examines concept of God in government
(Mike Whitmer, Deseret News)

Rampant religious persecution against atheists: Robert P. George
(Robert P. George and Hannah Rosenthal, USA Today)

Trump hits back at British Prime Minister over Muslim ban.
(Jane Onyanga-Omara, Religion News Service)

World Vision president: Treat refugees as guests
(Timothy C. Morgan, Religion News Service)

Kazakhstan: Religious musical banned
(Forum 18 News Service)

Kazakhstan: Punished for worship meetings; UN appeals
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Supreme Court denies review in two religious rights cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

President Obama appoints Rev. Thomas Reese, S.J. and Dr. John Ruskay to USCIRF
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Obama appoints 2 USCIRF commissioners
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Head of the Civil Rights Division Vanita Gupta delivers remarks at Muslim Advocates annual gala
(Press Release, U.S. Department of Justice)

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