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Wednesday, 18 September 2019

AP Explains: A look at Judaism’s place in Israeli politics
(Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press)

Russian Orthodox Church initiates probe into possible infringement of rights of people prosecuted after Moscow summer riots
(Interfax-Religion)

Priests' letter in support of protesters is political declaration - Russian Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)

Tuesday, 17 September 2019

Interfaith group KAICIID on a mission to replace hate rhetoric with tolerance
(Arab News)

Interfaith leaders step up to protect the world’s ‘sacred’ rainforests
(Justin Catanoso, Mongabay)

Interfaith group urges congressman to skip Texas rally for India’s prime minister
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

Religion has ‘valuable role’ in forming culture of peace, says U.N. nuncio
(Catholic News Service)

Russia to retaliate against U.S. defense of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Znak, Russia Religion News)

“It is not the Church that turns into the State…on the contrary, the State turns into the Church” (Russian history)
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

Disputes loom as émigré church leader switches loyalty to Moscow
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)

Synod for the Amazon about more than married priests
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)

They left to join ISIS. Now Europe is leaving their citizens to die in Iraq
(Pilar Cebrian, Foreign Policy)

UN mission accuses accountability for Myanmar ‘genocide’
(Grant Peck, Associated Press)

Opinion: Why Myanmar’s persecuted ethnic groups must stand united against the military
(Yasmin Ullah, The Washington Post)

Public designation due to involvement in gross violations of human rights of Vladimir Yermolayev and Stepan Tkach, officials of the Investigative Committee in the Russian Federation
(U.S. Department of State)

State Department sanctions two Russians for persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

India says expects to gain control over Pakistan Kashmir one day
(ReutersNews Service, Cyprus Mail)

Cardinal Pell submits appeal to Australian High Court
(Catholic News Agency)

Cardinal Pell appeals abuse convictions to Australian High Court
(Catholic News Service)

Cardinal Marx says German 'synod' will proceed despite Vatican objections
(Ed Condon, Catholic News Agency)

In Russia, a Hindu guru alleges smear campaign by Orthodox Christian activist
(Aleesha Matharu, The Wire)

Seventeen clandestine ISIL cells uncovered in Russia in 2019
(Interfax-Religion)

Russia: Mosque demolished, church to follow?
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

USCIRF report documents how China’s surveillance state threatens religious freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Monday, 16 September 2019

Israel’s election campaign has been a religious war of words
(Sam Sok and Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

BBC asks: What is the future of religion? Does organized religion have a future?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Israel condemns defacing of monument to Holocaust victims in Ukraine's Nikolaev Region, demands perpetrators be punished
(Interfax-Religion)

Three Jehovah's Witnesses on trial in Sverdlovsk oblast
(Yaromir Romanov, Znak)

Panelists examine ‘human costs, moral implications’ of migration crisis
(Mark Zimmermann, Catholic News Service)

Argentine president heads to famed shrine seeking a political miracle
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Malaysia’s 2 top opposition Malay parties forge alliance
(Associated Press)

Israel faces potential deadlock in a closely contested vote
(Aron Heller, Associated Press)

European Court says marriage annulment by Greek court violates couple's rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Church thanks Mali government for formal recognition
(Newsroom, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

53 religious communities in Vietnam commemorating victims of acts of violence
(RNS Press Release Service, Religion News Service)

Oppressed by the regime, Catholics in Lộc Hưng pray for religious freedom
(P. Vũ – Cần Giờ DCCT, AsiaNews.it)

Jharkhand, Hindu radicals devastate a Jesuit college. 'Completley destroyed'
(AsiaNews.it)

India's citizenship question and the never-ending Assam imbroglio
(Sanjoy Hazarika, Al Jazeera)

India: Assam, the first mass detention center for "illegal" citizens is under construction
(AsiaNews.it)

India: National Register of Citizens: All there is to know about citizenship test
(Hindustan Times, YouTube)

In Depth - NRC (National Register of Citizens)
(Rajya Sabha TV, YouTube)

USCIRF statement on Indian government’s “religious test” for Muslims in Assam
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Bulgaria and Indonesia expand bilateral exchanges
(novinite.com)

Pakistan arrests 3 over attack on temple, Hindu homes
(Associated Press)

Pakistan to open border crossing for India Sikhs in November
(Associated Press)

Pope’s Message for Community of Sant’Egidio’s 33rd International Prayer Meeting for “Peace Without Borders” (Madrid, September 15-17, 2019)
(Zenit:The World Seen from Rome)

Pakistan: Sindh, Hindu principal accused of blasphemy. Revolt against the minority
(AsiaNews.it)

Remember your politicians in prayer, pope says
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)

Beyond the US, the Top Five countries for beefs with the Pope (Nigeria, Poland, Italy, Argentina, Vatican City)
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Saturday, 14 September 2019

Take higher ground, don’t fall into trap of race, religious polarisation, Kit Siang urges Pakatan
(Azril Annuar, Malay Mail)

UN Chief launches effort to protect religious places, worshippers
(Voice of America)

In push for race and religion, Malaysian opposition formalizes pact
(Reuters)

Israel's French community: Right-wing, religious and insular
(Marie Niggli, Middle East Eye)

Children of Iran’s “unofficial” religious minorities ordered to keep quiet
(Iran Press Watch)

Russia: Protestants face public opposition to building
(Valentin Bulavko, chita.ru)

African religious leaders to South Sudan: ‘End the violence’
(Fredrick Nzwili, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Brazil’s right wing government says it’s ‘monitoring’ – not spying on – Amazon synod
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Religion Photos of the Week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Canada: Trudeau may intervene in religious symbol ban
(Yeni Şafak English)

Pope Francis talks candidly about Catholic Church on trip to 3 African countries
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

China tightens restrictions on religious publications
(Bitter Winter)

Friday, 13 September 2019

USCIRF statement on travel ban for Russian religious freedom violators
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Joint Statement by Religions for Peace Myanmar and Bangladesh
(Mary Grace Donohoe, Religions for Peace)

UN plan tackles killing sprees at holy sites
(Yeni Şafak English)

Tunisia: The Islamist who would be president
(Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor)

Experts warn that religious freedom around the world is worsening
(Elena Pavlovska, New Europe)

A proposed split in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church stokes ethnic, religious tensions
(Endalk, Global Voices)

Brownback: Christianity’s future in Middle East has reached defining moment
(Josephine von Dohlen, Catholic News Service)

Imam Velitov, convicted for justification of terrorism, leaves colony in Astrakhan
(Interfax-Religion)

Church demands government action after attack on Catholic school in India
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Indian bishop says Church needs ‘to clean our own house’ on Dalit rights
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Religious interactions in Modern India: Threads enmeshed yet distinct
(Annie Kunnath, The Telegraph)

South African bishops: Government must protect women, girls from murder
(Bronwen Dachs, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Canadian court says assisted suicide law is unconstitutionally restrictive
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ten myths about sexual abuse in the Catholic Church
(Thomas G. Plante, MercatorNet (reprinted from Psychology Today))

New cardinals: The men are the message
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)

Breaking byle of religious extremism
(Muhammad Faizal Bin Abdul Rahman, RSIS Commentary (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

A humanitarian crime: chasing the roots of the Venezuelan collapse
(Jorge Jraissati, MercatorNet)

Religions for Peace advances interreligious alliance between Myanmar and Indonesia to respond to regional challenges
(Mary Grace Donohoe, Religions for Peace)

A Quebec court has invalidated parts of the medical aid in dying laws
(Stephanie Marin, The Canadian Press)

RFI President joins civil society leaders in asking the Pakistani Government to free couple sentenced to death for blasphemy
(Thomas Farr; SSEA, Islam Action Team, Refigious Freedom Institute)

Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation urges EU to designate Pakistan as religious freedom violator
(The New Indian Express)

New admission by diocese could cost Australian Church millions in claims
(Michael Sainsbury, Catholic News Service)

Pope’s favorite rabbi: Commitment to peace the answer to language of hate
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

‘Reaffirm the sanctity’ of religious sites, says Guterres, launching new plan to ‘counter hate and violence’
(The European Sting)

Thursday, 12 September 2019

The Hashemite Kingdom's multiple futures
(Margaret Dene, Foreign Policy Research Center)

Belarus: New possible fines for unapproved worship
(Olga Glace, Forum 18 News Service)

Common moral, ethical values of all religions in Russia ensure state stability of country - Putin
(Interfax-Religion)

Ukrainian court freezes "Kiev Patriarchate" liquidation
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian president praises supportive Muslims
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

Russia forces religious organizations to provide security
(Rossiiskia Gazeta, Russia Religion News)

‘Steering’ is the elephant in the euthanasia room
(NIck Goiran, MercatorNet)

A new collection on secularism
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)

Helping the Yazidis and ending religious persecuion
(Baroness Emma Nicholson, The Blogger Baroness)

Conference in Paris explores theme of peace from diverse perspectives
(Conference of European Churches)

A Powerful Vision for Interfaith Cooperation: The Interfaith Rainforest Initiative
(Parliament Blog, Parliament of the World's Religions)

Cameroon’s cardinal optimistic about president’s planned ‘national dialogue’
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Vatican U.N. nuncio laments ‘cycle of violence’ surrounding 9/11 attacks
(Catholic News Service)

Wednesday, 11 September 2019

Between God and Caesar: The Christian origins of religious freedom
(Andrew E. Harrod, MercatorNet)

Religion Photos of the Week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

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