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Sunday, 8 May 2016

Historic Bosnian mosque reopens in move toward reconciliation
(Gordana Katana and Maja Zuvela, Reuters)

Beware of round 2 in debate over religious liberties of Tennessee counselors
(Jack McElroy, Knoxville News Sentinel)

Republicans in Congress 'working towards' hearing on federal anti-gay 'religious freedom' bill
(David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement)

Chief rabbi: 'Zionist-bashing on campus has gone unchallenged'
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Chicago schools allow transgender kids to use bathrooms based on 'gender identity'
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Indiana installs 'safe haven' baby boxes for mothers to abandon newborns
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Obama admin plans to fight for transgender rights in schools
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

EVENT, 8 May 2016: Address by Professor David Little at The Temple Church, London
(God vs. Caesar: Sir Edward Coke and the Struggles of his Times)

Saturday, 7 May 2016

500 Hindu radicals attack Christians with stones in church raid
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Group asks U.S. military university to cancel National Day of Prayer
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)

North Korea denies charges of killing pastor who assisted defectors in China
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Syrian war 'worse now than ever before,' Aleppo priest cries out in midst of suffering
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

The Arabs' real grievance against the Jews
(Fred Maroun, Gatestone Institute)

Turkey's Netherlands mega-mosque complete, Erdogan to preside over opening ceremony
(Virginia Hale, Breitbart News)

Writing on the “graffiti wall of death” – the role of an academic blog
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Friday, 6 May 2016

Inner peace? The Dalai Lama made a website for that
(Kevin Randall, The New York Times)

Britain’s MPs to discuss religious literacy in the media
(Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)

Presidential Proclamation -- National Day of Prayer, 2016
(Press Release, The White House)

How not to oppose the National Day of Prayer
(Andrew Aghapour, Religion Dispatches)

Algeria church ordered to stop worship
(Barnabas Fund)

Upon receiving Charlemagne Prize, Pontiff speaks of his dream for Europe
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)

BJC offers timely answers to questions about religious liberty
(Bob Allen, Baptist News Global)

Urth Caffe disputes lawsuit claiming it forced women out for 'appearing to be Muslim'
(Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register)

Lawsuit charges restaurant with discriminating against Muslim patrons
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Lawsuit challenges school's accommodation of transgender rights and DOE's rules
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

FFRF sues Congress for banning atheist from delivering House invocation
(Press Release, Freedom From Religion Foundation)

Congress sued for barring atheist from delivering invocation
(Bryna Godar, The Washington Post)

FFRF sues House chaplain over invocation requirements
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Azerbaijan authorities completely destroyed Shiite Seminary of Imam Zaman in Nardaran
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

$10M suit filed against Cornerstone Nashville church
(Holly Meyer, The Tennessean)

Megachurch sued in child sexual abuse case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pakistan's tribal councils in spotlight after brutal 'honor killing'
(Asad Hashim, Reuters)

In India, religion meets feminism
(Eloise Stark, The Diplomat)

Ján Figeľ to serve as EU Commission Envoy on Freedom of Religion
(Novinite)

Cardinal Parolin speaks at conference on religious freedom
(Vatican Radio)

Future story watch: Should a Muslim state gain a permanent UN Security Council seat?
(Ira Rifkin, Get Religion (blog))

Banned for beliefs: Washington Post tries to tackle the fracas at Marquette University
(Jim Davis, Get Religion (blog))

Lawsuit filed after transgender student gets locker room access in Palatine
(Duaa Eldeib and Dawn Rhodes, The Chicago Tribune)

When Europe loved Islam
(Marya Hannun and Sophie Spaan, Foreign Policy)

German politicians suggest taxing Muslims to fight radicalization
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)

Report: 1 in 6 hospital beds in U.S. is in a Catholic institution, restricting reproductive care
(Sandhya Somashekhar and Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)

Jordan’s Prince El Hassan bin Talal on Vatican visit
(Vatican Radio)

How social media is changing the church
(Bex Lewis, The Conversation)

Aiding refugees from religious oppression (opinion)
(Gus Bilirakis, The Washington Times)

Hamas says does not want war but will not allow Israeli incursions
((Reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi; editing by Ari Rabinovitch and Andrew Roche, Reuters)

Bangladesh professor under 24-hour armed guard after threats
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Chinese province orders religion out of school
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

A few miles from San Bernardino, a Muslim prom gueen reigns
(Jennifer Medina, The New York Times)

Debate erupts in California over curriculum on India’s history
(Jennifer Medina, The New York Times)

LGBT community braces for impact of new counseling law
(Sheila Burke, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

African religious leaders work on preventing incitement to violence
(World Council of Churches)

WCC statement expresses shock at latest violence in Syria
(World Council of Churches)

Methodist General Conference to discuss LGBT issues — again
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

'Muslims - but not Islam - part of Germany,' says senior conservative lawmaker Kauder
(Deutsche Welle)

Senior Chinese religious advisor calls for promotion of Atheism in society
(Duncan Hewitt, International Business Times)

Defense bill contains stealth attack on LGBT rights
(Patricia Miller, Religion Dispatches)

Justice Department puts North Carolina on notice for anti-LGBT law
(Emery P. Dalesio and Gary D. Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor)

Hearing in the works for federal ‘religious freedom’ bill
(Chris Johnson, Washington Blade)

A test case for Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, a chance to do right
(Maria Kari, The Express Tribune)

Humanist groups file suit to remove Bayview Cross
(Will Isern, Pensacola News Journal)

Trump victory marks major defeat for Christian Right agenda
(David Gushee, RNS Column: Christians, Conflicts & Change)

Trump isn’t Hitler: It’s OK for a person of faith to vote for Trump
(Tobin Grant, RNS Column: Corner of Church and State)

Liberty University board member resigns over Trump endorsement
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Donald Trump ‘disavows’ David Duke’s remarks on ‘Jewish extremists’
(Maggie Haberman, The New York Times: First Draft May.5)

Indiana pastor can’t explain Trump’s appeal to evangelicals
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

EVENT, 6 May 2016: Fifteenth Building Bridges Seminar: Affirming the Unity of God Monotheism and its Complexities
(Asma Afsaruddin​, Richard Bauckham,​ ​Sajjad Rizvi,​ and ​Christoph​ ​Schwöbel, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Beyond blasphemy: Untouchability is what Pakistan should really be talking about
(Haroon Khalid, Scroll.in)

Thursday, 5 May 2016

Honor the Holocaust’s dead by caring for its remaining survivors
(Yechiel Eckstein, Miami Herald)

Yom Hashoah marked by Obama, Canadian Prime Minister
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ukraine: Kherson City council members oppress Muslim communities, later state
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

An open and safe place: Czech Brethren Diaconia steadfast in spite of hate messages
(World Council of Churches)

Statement by the President on Holocaust Remembrance Day
(Press Release, The White House)

Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Yom HaShoah
(Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau)

WCC general secretary: “Is religion able to bring hope to people of today?”
(World Council of Churches)

Today has been National Day of Prayer
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Today is National Day of Reason
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

On National Day of Reason, Humanists celebrate secular alternative to prayer
(Press Release, American Humanist Association)

Secularists sue House chaplain on National Day of Prayer
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

National Day of Prayer speakers decry moral decline
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Sudan under review for religious freedom violations at the U.N. today
(Olivia Summers, American Center for Law and Justice)

Atheist group accused of bullying public schools by opposing students' trip to Ken Ham's Creation Museum
(Jonah Hicap, Christian Today)

Pakistan: Christians protest plan to demolish four churches
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Iran religious persecution increasing despite nuclear deal, USCIRF reports
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

US ally Turkey has 'aided and embedded' ISIS, terror groups that kill Christians, activist says
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio pushing for Chick-fil-A boycott
(Kevin Porter, The Christian Post)

U.S. warns North Carolina that transgender bill violates civil rights laws
(Eric Lichtblau and Richard Fausset, The New York Times)

51 families sue over school's transgender bathroom policy
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)

Oxford City Council rescinds transgender restroom ordinance
(William Thornton, AL.com)

Transgender bathroom bills trigger strong responses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Former Facebook employees unmask 'trending news' blacklist of conservative media
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Facing an ugly truth about anti-Christian persecution
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Bangladesh Islamist leader set to hang for war crimes
(Agence France-Presse)

Will new Jewish effort force New York to change sex abuse laws at last?
(Jane Eisner, Jewish Daily Forward)

Anti-Semitic graffiti appears after Spanish village changes its name
(Raphael Minder, The New York Times)

Muslim women kicked out of California restaurant sue for discrimination
(Sam Levin, The Guardian)

Methodists are coming to Portland to talk homosexuality, reconciliation with Native Americans
(Melissa Binder, The Oregonian)

5 facts about prayer
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

French envoys bear surprising message from Mideast Christians
(Jean Aziz, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)

Arrests made in Pakistan 'honour killing' for elopement
(Shereena Qazi, Al Jazeera)

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