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Wednesday, 21 April 2021

'Cyber-caliphate' linking Islamist network expanding globally with online recruitment, says religious freedom report
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Meet the Muslim activist who educates about the Shoah and Israel in Urdu
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)

Hundreds of Palestinians protest barriers in Jerusalem during Ramadan
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Legal Journal Number 6 (16): April (Spanish)
(Observatorio de Libertad Religiosa de América Latina y El Caribe)

U.S. report says Russia among 'worst violators' of religious freedom
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)

World reacts to death of Chad President Idriss Deby
(Al Jazeera)

US commission: Put India, Russia on religious freedom blacklist
(Joseph Stepansky, Al Jazeera)

Laws barring marriage through religious conversion run afoul of India’s foundational value of Secularism
(Indira Jaising, The Leaflet)

India should be a ‘Country of Particular Concern’ for religious freedom: U.S. Commission
(Sriram Lakshman, The Hindu)

Monday, 19 April 2021

Colombian social media star challenges censorship ruling
(ADF International)

Indonesian Muslims bay for Christian YouTuber's arrest
(Konradus Epa, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Violence and micro-sized religious minorities (Indonesia): A conversation with Jessica Soedirgo
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

UN rights office concerned at Indian illegal acts in IIOJ&K
(The News International)

Articles of interest - 19 April 2021
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Vietnamese missionary's labor of love
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Pope calls on Russia and Ukraine to seek reconciliation
(Associated Press)

Ukrainian Orthodox and Catholics rally the faithful
(Religiia v Ukraine, 16 April 2021, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Russia: Special bimonthly on freedom of religion or belief (01-15.04.2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Hong Kong's freedom fighters pay the price of bravery
(Gianni Criveller, Union of Catholic Asian News)

After Vatican said ‘God cannot bless sin,’ some LGBTQ people leave Catholic identity behind
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

Same-sex adoption, religious freedoms, and child-abuse petitions before NZ Parliament
(Daniela Maoate-Cox, Radio New Zealand)

Does Daniel Andrews have new bars on free speech coming?
(David Limbrick, Spectator Australia)

Sudan repeals Israel boycott law amid normalization efforts
(Samy Magdy, Associated Press)

Israel criticized for silencing call to prayer from Al-Aqsa Mosque
(Daoud Kuttab, Religion News Service)

Religious, political parties misused Islam to damage Pakistan: Imran
(Hamza Ameer, Punjab News Express)

Radical Islamist party frees 11 Pakistani police hostages
(Munir Ahmed and Babar Dogar, Associated Press)

Egypt: 3 militants involved in Christian’s slaying killed
(Samy Magdy, Associated Press)

Bangladesh court allows police to question Islamist leader
(Julhas Alam, Associated Press)

Delights of Ramadan disappear for Syrian refugees in Lebanon
(Mariam Fam and Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press)

Priest insists insurgency in Mozambique is based on economics, not religion
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Mozambique’s bishops speak out against violence in Cabo Delgado
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Police in Haiti fire tear gas at Catholic mass protesting abduction of priests, others
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Brazil’s new Jesus statue will surpass height of Rio’s iconic Christ the Redeemer
(Jeannie Law, The Christian Post)

Lebanon, a haven for Christianity, on the brink of collapse if world fails to act, experts warn
(Emily Wood, The Christian Post)

Saving the history of Soviet Jewry before it disappears
(Justinian Jampol and Edward B. Robin, Jewish Journal)

Muslims urged to embrace environmental side of Islam
(Beatrice Ekoko, Canada's National Observer)

Ponder this news question: What happens to Afghan religious minorities post-USA?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Ancient synagogue in Libya being turned into Islamic center, Jewish group says
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

China denies tearing down mosques, claims it's 'reconstructing' them for Muslims' safety
(Jon Jackson, Newsweek)

China: Special bimonthly newsletter freedom of religion (01.04 -15.04.2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Group urges UN to probe China for crimes against humanity
(Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press)

Residents of Xinjiang refrain from fasting during Ramadan despite ‘easing of restrictions’
(Shohret Hoshur and Joshua Lipes, Radio Free Asia)

Friday, 16 April 2021

Photos of the Week: Ramadan begins, Notre Dame fire anniversary
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Pakistan: Another Ahmadi mosque attacked
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

The emerging Jews of Colombia: Why are so many Christians in this South American country converting to Orthodox Judaism?
(Heidi Paster Harf, The Washington Post)

The most wonderful time of the year: Responsibilities as citizens (including taxes) are a cause for gratitude.
(James Christie, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)

Anglican, Episcopal leaders call for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines worldwide
(Egan Millard, Episcopal News Service)

Compassionate courage moves beyond ‘cancel culture’ to challenge systemic racism – but it’s hard work
(Pushpa Iyer, The Conversation)

Turkey's Christians face increasingly dangerous persecution
(Lela Gilbert, Newsweek Opinion)

New Zealand: Up to three years in prison for hate speech under reforms
(Marc Daalder, Newsroom)

Ramona’s World: The Quiet Christianity of Beverly Cleary’s Beloved Books
(Rebekah Curtis, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)

Abortion, Vaccines, and Moral Imagination
(Mark Perkins, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)

Vatican holds criminal trial for man accused of shoplifting
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Forced Islamization in Congo’s eastern provinces worries Catholic bishops
(Fredrick Nzwili, Catholic News Service)

In Yemen, antisemitism is rampant even though few Jews actually live there
(David Ian Klein, Forward)

Where Islam and reason meet
(Mustafa Akyol, The Wall Street Journal)

Jehovah's Witness faces longest prison term
(OVD.Info, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Kazakhstan: Targeting ethnic Dungan Koran teachers
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Istanbul Convention - Symbol of cultural division of Europe
(Sofia News Agency)

Legal critiques of WWWR: A reply to Napel & Hill QC
(Nigel Biggar, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Despite China's vast religious and political repression, 2022 Olympic boycott still unlikely
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Argument: Yes, the atrocities in Xinjiang constitute a genocide
(Peter Mattis, Foreign Policy)

Wednesday, 14 April 2021

Court orders residents of Sredneuralsky Convent to leave its premises
(Interfax-Religion)

Detention of Jehovah's Witnesses enters a new region
(Yaroslavl Moskovskii Komsomolets, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Russian opposition leader Navalny sues prison officials to obtain a Quran
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Putin foe Navalny says he sues prison for withholding Quran
(Daria Litvinova, Associated Press)

Navalny sues Russian prison for withholding Quran
(Lexi Lonas, The Hill)

Official claims that Russian church agitates in Estonia for Kremlin goals
(Credo.Press, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Jehovah's Witnesses cell busted in Russia's Tula
(Interfax-Religion)

Russia: Flagship Protestant colleges stripped of right to offer higher education
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

China's communist regime is detaining Christians in mobile brainwashing camps: report
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

A small victory for Christians in communist Laos
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Christians decry Myanmar military's search of churches
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Pope Francis and Mario Draghi could become a powerful duo in shaping Europe’s future
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)

New book explores how Desmond Tutu’s Christian mysticism helped unite a nation
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

As policies shift, Protestants and other faith groups join Catholics in helping immigrants at the border
(Jack Jenkins and Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

Muslims open Ramadan with social distanced prayers, vaccines
(Niniek Karmini, Religion News Service)

Haitian archbishop demands release of abducted Catholics
(Catholic News Agency)

Abducted priest freed in Nigeria
(International Christian Concern)

USCIRF alarmed by deteriorating religious freedom conditions & security in Nigeria
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Christian leaders in Nigeria allege Islamization attempt after recent judicial appointments
(Catholic News Agency)

Democratic Republic of the Congo: bishops warn of threat of Islamism
(Aid to the Church in Need)

Catholic bishops in DR Congo worried by killings, forced conversions in east
(Jude Atemanke, Catholic News Agency)

Turkey tightens COVID-19 restrictions as Ramadan holy month begins
(Diego Cupolo, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Israel is now situated in the new Middle East
(Emily Schrader, The Jerusalem Post)

New ultra-Orthodox residents make Israel's Dimona nervous
(Danny Zaken, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Will waqf expansion strengthen Jordan’s control of Jerusalem holy sites?
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Jordan Pulse)

Dubai restaurants to stop screening dining areas during Ramadan fast
(Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

New archaeological discovery in St. Hilarion Monastery
(Ahmad Abu Amer, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Turkey’s Christians face increasingly dangerous persecution – analyst
(Ahval)

Weekly highlight #151: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Religious engagement on covid-19 and global finance, celebration seasons
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

IMF/World Bank/G20 Spring meetings: Religious perspectives and voices
(Katherine Marshall, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

Pakistan interior minister recommends ban on Islamist party
(Munir Ahmed and Babar Dogar, Associated Press)

Hans Küng and the global ethic (plus multiple responses)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Top Vatican diplomat says decline of the West not irreversible
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Influx of migrants contributing to emergence of hotbeds of interfaith tensions in Crimea - Patrushev
(Interfax-Religion)

Monday, 12 April 2021

Dubai parts with curtain covers for restaurants in Ramadan
(Associated Press)

Muslims navigate restrictions in the second pandemic Ramadan
(Mariam Fam, Kathy Gannon and Bassem Mroue, Associated Press)

When clean energy is powered by dirty labor: Most solar panels come from China, and using them to fuel a clean energy transition risks reliance on Uyghur slave labor in Xinjiang.
(Elisabeth Braw, Foreign Policy)

Letter from the Secretary General, Prof. Azza Karam, on faith-inspired changemaking masterclass
(Azza Karam, Religions for Peace)

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