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Thursday, 1 August 2019

Australia proposes new laws to keep extremists in prison
(Rod McGuirk, Associated Press)

Ultranationalist Myanmar monk group declared illegal by top Buddhist organization
(Radio Free Asia)

Myanmar body outlaws ultra-nationalist Buddhist organization
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

CALL FOR PAPERS: Deadline 1 August 2019: Blasphemy and Violence. Interdependencies since 1760.
(Liberas( Ghent, Belgium) in conjunction with the School of History, Religion and Philosophy at Oxford Brookes University (Oxford, United Kingdom) and the Leibniz Institute of European History (Mainz, Germany), Liberaal Archief Liberas)

5 years on, Yazidis still live with IS massacre, enslavement
(Ali Abdul-Hassan and Hadi Mizban, Associated Press)

Canada rights groups may appeal judge's decision not to stay ban on religious clothing
(Moira Warburton, KDAL)

Wednesday, 31 July 2019

Samoa's 'third gender' delicately balances sex and religion
(Jonathan Barrett, Reuters)

Forthcoming JCPC challenge to same-sex marriage prohibition in Bermuda
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Russia: Protestants face difficulties over place of meeting
(Mediazona, Russia Religion News)

After two months in prison cell, four Jehovah's Witnesses get two more
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Religious sisters at forefront of fight against human trafficking, slavery
(Beth Griffin, Catholic News Service)

Throne & altar: ‘Liberty in the things of God’
(Francis Oakley, Commonweal)

Canadian court says West Bank wines cannot be labeled "Products of Israel"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Is Iraq set to follow Iran and curb religious freedom?
(Nina Shea, Real Clear Politics)

USCIRF Vice Chair Nadine Maenza calls for release of imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Lebanon festival drops popular band after Christian pressure
(Zeina Karam, Associated Press)

Kazakhstan: nine years' jail for online discussion group?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Federal Court orders removal of ‘Product of Israel’ labels from West Bank wines
(Sean Fine, The Globe and Mail)

Religion is being misused in Pakistan to hunt for political power and electoral hegemony
(Mehr Tarar, Gulf News)

Sign of the times: China's capital orders Arabic, Muslim symbols taken down
(Huizhong Wu, Reuters)

Monday, 29 July 2019

Grouse goes global: NRC process discriminatory and deviation from India’s track record, say UN agencies
(Rabi Banerjee, The Week)

Secularism: Yesterday, today and tomorrow – analysis
(Rajkumar Singh, Eurasia Review)

Jehovah's Witness' property taken to cover fine
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

In slums of Buenos Aires, separation of church and state is a sham
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

UN envoy calls for truce in Libyan war for Muslim holiday
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)

Right-wing alliance, Arab bloc formed ahead of Israeli vote
(Associated Press)

Nigerian court bars Shiite group as terrorists
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

FG finally obtains court order to declare Shiites as terrorist group in Nigeria
(Wale Akinola, Legit)

Celebrating new religious freedom law, Bolivian evangelicals push for more
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Religion News Service)

Religion and refugee integration in Turkey, Uganda, and Colombia
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Religion and the protection and integration of Syrian refugees in Turkey (Responding to: Religion and refugee integration in Turkey, Uganda, and Colombia)
(Stephanie J. Nawyn, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Helping the hosts: In Uganda religious groups connect support for local communities with refugee response (Responding to: Religion and refugee integration in Turkey, Uganda, and Colombia)
(Tessa Coggio, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Faith and displacement: The role of refugee churches in Uganda (Responding to: Religion and refugee integration in Turkey, Uganda, and Colombia)
(Karen Lauterbach, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Pope to nations: Act fast to stop more migrant deaths at sea
(Associated Press)

Saturday, 27 July 2019

Waytha Moorthy: Orang Asli must be given freedom to choose their own religion, not forced into social norms
(Yiswaree Palansamy, Malay Mail)

No court can stop us from practising our religion, says IMN
(The Cable)

UP police arrests 4 for uploading hate song 'Jo Na Bole Jai Shri Ram' after it went viral
(Aishwarya Dharni, Scoop Whoop)

A brave soldier in the fight for minority rights in Bangladesh
(Janet Levy, American Thinker)

India: Basava Dharma is an independent religion: Siddaramaiah
(Jagadish Angadi, Deccan Herald)

AP Interview: Indonesia leader to speed reform in final term
(Stephen WRight and Karin Laub, Associated Press)

Friday, 26 July 2019

Demolitions in East Jerusalem set a 'dangerous precedent,' says World Council of Churches head
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Crimea: Prisoner sent to Russia, more awaiting trial
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Court of Appeal recognized illegal the Ukrainian state’s attempt to rename the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)

Ukrainian Orthodox Church hopes Zelensky's anti-raiding decree will affect religious sphere
(Interfax-Religion)

Dispute arises over how "Orthodox" Russia is
(Credo Press, Russia Religion News)

U.S.A. sides with new Ukrainian church
(RISU, Russia Religion News)

Two years of persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kemerovo
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Rwanda church seeks agreement with state on contraception, abortion
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)

Canadian court orders reconsideration of election date that conflicts with Jewish holiday
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

USCIRF statement on introduction of House Resolution 512 on blasphemy
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

USCIRF Vice Chair Nadine Maenza calls for release of Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Muslim activists continue to push against Quebec secularism law
(Religion News Service)

Japan holds ritual to build shrines for Naruhito ceremonies
(Associated Press)

Court orders Elections Canada to review moving voting day over religious worries
(The Canadian Press)

China: Asylum Seekers from The Church of Almighty God (CAG)
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

Thursday, 25 July 2019

Without school, a ‘lost generation’ of Rohingya refugee children face uncertain future
(Rubayat Jesmin, The Conversation)

Wednesday, 24 July 2019

Why Shiite Muslim protesters and Nigeria’s security forces keep clashing
(Danielle Paquette, The Washington Post)

Lebanese police to probe rock band for 'insulting religion': lawyer
(Reuters)

Atheists cheer resolution to combat international blasphemy laws
(Jonathan MS Pearce, Patheos Blog: A Tippling Philosopher)

Singapore to update law on religious harmony to address spread of hate speech, identity politics
(Tham Yuen-C, Straits Times)

Singapore’s religious harmony law to be updated: Shanmugam
(Kevin Kwang, Channel News Asia)

What the Pew report got wrong about religious restrictions in Israel
(Avi Shafran, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The latest blast to blasphemy laws: H.R. 512
(The Humanist)

Religion section editor of Dagestani newspaper charged with financing terrorism
(Interfax-Religion)

Trump administration honors imam for saving 262 Christians during terror attack
(William Z. Nardi, National Review)

Canadian court orders review of federal election date that falls on Jewish holiday
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Clergy speak out against tribal tensions in eastern Nigeria
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Australian Parliament to ban extremists from coming home
(Rod McGuirk, Associated Press)

3 Sunni Muslims imprisoned for firebombing Australian mosque
(Associated Press)

Indian celebrities protest attacks on dissent, minorities
(Ashok Sharma, Associated Press)

Spies, harassment, death threats: The Catholic Church in Nicaragua says it’s being targeted by the government
(Mary Beth Sheridan, The Washington Post)

In Muslim-majority Blitar, villagers maintain interfaith harmony brick by brick
(Asip Hasani, The Jakarta Post)

Tuesday, 23 July 2019

Kyrgyzstan: A taste of secularism in religious schools
(Munara Borombaeva, Institute for War & Peace Reporting)

‘Never again’ requires promoting religious freedom for all
(Melissa Langsam Braunstein, The Federalist)

Turkmenistan: Conscientious objector jailed for four years
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Do persecuted Christians receive too much attention at the expense of others? Inside the international effort to protect religious freedom
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)

Another minority religion under threat in Russia: Who is afraid of Sri Prakash?
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

Iraq could be Francis’s shot at ‘most important papal trip of all time’
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Opponents of Quebec's Bill 21 seek to appeal decision that maintained religious symbols law
(National Post)

Monday, 22 July 2019

From DC to Mecca, should ‘human dignity’ be the new ‘religious freedom’?
(Jayson Casper, Christianity Today)

Are Christians really the most persecuted religious group in the world?
(Hemant Mehta, Patheos Blog: Friendly Atheist)

Barrister Suman sued for making ‘derogatory remarks on Hindu religion’
(The Daily Star)

Russia, Belarus and Orthodoxy: Why Vladimir Putin took an atheist to an ancient monastery
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Russian security chief sees foreign threat to youth
(Credo Press, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witnesses survey recent weeks of intensified repression
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Africa needs courageous Catholics to tackle its challenges, speakers say
(Bronwen Dachs, Catholic News Service)

No executions, but 70 killings over blasphemy law, says rights activist
(Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service)

Putting church above children: The Vatican fails to comply with a UN treaty
(Paul Moses, Commonweal)

Pope urges concrete measures to protect Syrian civilians
(Associated Press)

Transgender discrimination law in Australia- uncertainties
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Kazakhstan: 104 administrative prosecutions in January-June 2019 - list
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Press conference on July 22 of 2019 given by The Church of Almighty God, a religious group persecuted in China
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

Saturday, 20 July 2019

Abolish the Priesthood: To save the Church, Catholics must detach themselves from the clerical hierarchy—and take the faith back into their own hands
(James Carroll, The Atlantic)

EVENTS, Summer 2019: Lumen Christi Summer Seminars
(Varioius Locations)

Economic growth slowed by dramatic global decline in religious freedom
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Russia: Baptist service broken up by court officials
(Invictory, Russia Religion News)

More details about Baptists' problems in southern Russia
(Russia Religion News)

Friday, 19 July 2019

Pence blasts Venezuela, Nicaragua for crackdowns on Church leaders
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Canadian Muslim group declines invitation to attend US summit on religious freedom
(Middle East Eye)

Africa: International Religious Freedom Award Winners
(All Africa)

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