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Friday, 28 February 2020

On being Jean Vanier
(Father Raymond J. de Souza, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)

The sinner and the sin
(Brett Fawcett, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)

Don't let Jean Vanier (or other heroes) off the hook
(Marlena Proper Graves, Christianity Today)

How to build a better world: Jean Vanier on love, humility and the path to peace (re-posted from June 2015)
(David Briggs, The ARDA - Ahead of the Trend)

Thursday, 27 February 2020

Jehovah's Witnesses in south Russia face delays of trial while in custody
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Russia: More Jehovah's Witnesses tortured this month
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

Turkey: Marriages down, divorces up in 2019
(Tuba Şahin, Anadolu Agency)

Wednesday, 26 February 2020

A Russian Jehovah’s Witness to be extradited from Belarus to Russia?
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

Jehovah's Witness in occupied Ukrainian territory penalized by Russians
(Krym.Realii, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Jehovah's Witness in Belarus threatened with transfer to Russia
(Belorusskii partisan, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Russia lends Egypt $25 billion for Dabaa nuclear power plant
(Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Ultra-Orthodox shifting stance on children learning math, English
(Danny Zaken, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Palestinian Authority seeks Israeli left's support to challenge US peace plan
(Ahmad Melhem, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Evangelical Christians in Brazil resolve to ‘bring Jesus’ to carnival revelers
(Dom Phillips, The Guardian)

Explaining Pope’s soft touch on survival of Middle Eastern Christianity
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Tajikistan: Five-year jail term for conscientious objector?
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte and Turkish Ambassador Sekizkök: Terrorism has no religion!
(novinite.com)

Canadian bill to allow medical suicide even if death not 'reasonably foreseeable'
(Catholic News Agency)

A hospice in British Columbia has been cut off from provincial funding for its decision to not provide medically assisted death
(Peter Stockland, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)

Live and let die
(Peter Stockland, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)

Tuesday, 25 February 2020

Articles of interest - 24 February 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Religious news from around the web Feb. 24, 2020
(World Religion News)

The 2019 Kuala Lumpur Summit: A strategic realignment in the Muslim world?
(Prashant Waikar and Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Several Nazi propaganda books removed from Amazon after backlash
(Mathilde Frot, Jewish News)

Farewell, ‘Flexible’ Fudge: The position of unregistered religious marriages returns to square one
(Russell Sandberg, Guest Post, Law & Religion UK)

More than just Al-Aqsa: The changing ways Muslims explore Israel
(Shakir Rimzy, The Jerusalem Post)

Hard-line Iranian students threaten to destroy Jewish sites
(Marcy Oster, The Jerusalem Post)

A new type of peace in the Middle East (from peace between leaders to peace between peoples)
(Ksenia Svetlova, The Jerusalem Post)

Christian, Muslim leaders in Nigeria commit themselves to peace
(Lucie Starr, La Croix International)

Asia Bibi to seek political asylum in France
(Clarie Lesegretain, La Croix International)

Mexico's Catholic bishops respond to killings of women
(La Croix International staff (with Catholic News Service), La Croix International)

USCIRF mourns the passing of Patriarch Thích Quảng Độ
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Canada opens door to expanding assisted dying
(BBC News)

Iranian clerics keep shrines open, even as virus spreads
(Aya Batrawy, Associated Press)

Pakistani woman accused of blasphemy seeks asylum in France
(Associated Press)

Vietnam dissident Buddhist monk Thich Quang Do dies at 91
(Associated Press)

Turkmenistan: Conscientious objector jailed after second conviction
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Brazilian church commission examines mining’s impact on local communities
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

China temporarily closes places of worship in effort to contain COVID-19
(Michael Sainsbury, Catholic News Service)

Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad reach ceasefire agreement
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

Supreme Court sends back case against Puerto Rican archdiocese
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)

Hamas, Fatah trade blame for holdup on Gaza meeting
(Entsar Abu Jahal, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Egypt may find Gaza more appealing without Haniyeh
(Ahmed Fouad, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Netanyahu’s defense minister gets him into trouble
(Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Egypt’s opposition parties want to amend elections law to keep Muslim Brotherhood out
(Amr Mostafa, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Qatar brings on Republican lawmakers for new GOP push
(Aaron Schaffer, Al-Monitor)

Turkey-backed forces accused of cutting water to Syrian Kurdish-run region
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Blue and White stumbles as Israeli race nears finish
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Can Ankara’s sudden change of heart on NATO save the day in Idlib?
(Metin Gurcan, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Asia Bibi, Pakistani accused of blasphemy, yearns to return home
(The Guardian)

Pompeo calls for Idlib cease-fire
(Laura Rozen, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Why is holding early elections a nearly impossible task in Iraq?
(Omar Sattar, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Arabs need leadership role in Deir ez-Zor, says council chief
(Shelly Kittleson, Al-Monitor)

Monday, 24 February 2020

China’s ‘War on Terror’ uproots families, leaked data shows
(Dake Kang, Associated Press)

New Chinese regulations for religious groups took effect this month
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Azerbaijan, Jehovah’s Witnesses and “unapproved” religious literature
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

European Court finds that Azerbaijan violated rights of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Papal aides call on European bishops to welcome refugee families
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Black Catholics in Brazil struggle against racism in society and Church
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Religious groups in China step Into the coronavirus crisis
(Ian Johnson, The New York Times)

Australian state mulls nation's first gay 'conversion therapy' ban
(Beh Lih Yi, Reuters)

Dismissed civil servants continue fight to restore rights in Turkey
(Diego Cupolo, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Will Manbij fighters heed the call to return home?
(Rana al-Ahmde, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)

The United Nations Human Rights Committee unpacked
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Sunday, 23 February 2020

Iran struggles to regain control of post-Soleimani PMU
(Hassan Ali Ahmed, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Saturday, 22 February 2020

Former Israeli lawmaker arrested after escorting US congressmen on Temple Mount
(Marcy Oster, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Friday, 21 February 2020

EVENT, 21 February 2020: Is Christianity Shrinking or Shifting? Findings from the World Christian Encyclopedia, 3rd edition
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Persecuted Christians are not given much hope in 2020
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Pompeo: Religious Freedom Alliance will stop bad actors, advocate for persecuted
(Madison Hirneisen, Washington Times)

Tajikistan: Churches, mosque confiscated, no sign of promised kindergarten
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Thai court says anti-abortion laws unconstitutional
(Chayut Setboonsarng, Reuters)

Thousands light up joints during Hindu festival in Nepal
(Binaj Gurubacharya, Associated Press)

Controversial church at center of S Korean outbreak
(Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press)

Pope says revision of canon law section on crime, penalties is necessary
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)

Israel calls on Belgium to scrap parade over anti-Semitism
(Associated Press)

Jehovah's Witness loses first round of appeal against conviction
(Taiga.info, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Mizoram Assembly adopts resolution on religious freedom
(Outlook India)

Thursday, 20 February 2020

Ukraine marks Day of Heavenly Hundred heroes and beginning of Russian armed aggression
(Andrii Pravednyk, The Star Kenya)

Death on the Nile takes a digital turn
(Youssra el-Sharkawy, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

After years of impunity for mass atrocities, Nigeria faces a new wave of violence by a Daesh affiliated group
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

New solar park to ease Iraqi governorate's power shortage
(Joe Snell, Al-Monitor)

Jordan stands firm against Trump deal despite risks to ties
(Osama Al Sharif, Al-Monitor: Jordan Pulse)

More Israelis, Palestinians support the 'one-state' solution
(Ksenia Svetlova, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Is Abbas the key to Israeli annexation of West Bank lands?
(Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

United by hatred of Jews and immigrants, white supremacists are increasingly working together across borders
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Morocco’s balancing act on Israel and Palestine
(Sebastian Bouknight, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Israel confirms ultra-Orthodox draft figures were inflated
(Joseph Krauss, Associated Press)

Palestinian-Israeli agriculture exchange hits a snag
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

What a Russian-Turkish compromise on Idlib may look like
(Kirill Semenov, Al-Monitor)

Famine looms as Exodus like plague of locusts wreaks havoc across East Africa
(Will Maule, Christian Headlines)

“Yes, torture is used in China”: A Church of Almighty God refugee in Spain speaks out
(Ruth Ingram, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

It’s time for media to make religious persecution in China a campaign issue
(Wesley J. Smith, National Review)

Chinese churches 'must support' Communist leaders and gov't, new law says
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)

USCIRF releases new factsheet on China’s regulation of religious groups
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Will Jewish left-wing voters support the Joint List in March?
(Akiva Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Indonesia bill on family targets surrogacy, 'sexual deviations'
(Reuters)

Philippine bishops release additional guidelines to fight coronavirus
(Ryan Harms, Catholic News Service)

Three religious extremists detained in Kazan
(Interfax-Religion)

Putin calls to halt any religious discord
(Interfax-Religion)

Execution for a Facebook post? Why blasphemy is a capital offense in some Muslim countries
(Ahmet T. Kuru, The Washington Post)

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