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Wednesday, 26 December 2018

Gaza's Christians blocked from travel to Bethlehem
(Ahmed el-Komi, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Israel concerned over American exit of Syria
(Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Netanyahu’s policy drives away young American Jews
(Akiva Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Church’s political role sparks debate among Iraqi Christians
(Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Iraqi curriculum incites violence towards religious minorities
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Iraq's Christian ask, where shall we reunite?
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Iraqi archbishop voices gratitude to Trump for aid to Nineveh Plains
(Elise Harris and John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Christmas without Christians in IS-liberated Mosul
(Saad Salloum, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Jesus was more like Asia Bibi or Christians in China, not illegal migrants: Priest
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Indonesia: 90,000 soldiers to guard Christians in 50,000 churches for Christmas services
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

India: 10 years after riots, innocent Christians still suffer, wait for justice
(Will Gerhard, The Christian Post)

Lahu Christians ask Wa army to re-open churches
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Pathway to church legalization minimal in Egypt
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Egypt delivers blow to religious freedom with blasphemy conviction
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Asia Bibi to celebrate Christmas in hiding in Pakistan
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Police increase security for Pakistani Christians in preparations for Christmas
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Major political leader in Pakistan recognizes contributions of Christians
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)

Algerian Christians rejoice at charge dismissal
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Boko Haram kill two people near Chibok
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Bishop in Kenya reminds Catholics that Christmas is a season to give
(Doreen Ajiambo, Religion News Service)

Updates on Autumn Rain Covenant Church in Sichuan
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Hong Kong Christians in solidarity with persecuted Chinese Christians
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Battle of the bulge: Thailand strives to bring monk obesity crisis under control
(Hannah Ellis-Petersen, The Guardian)

Pope’s Christmas wish: World fraternity despite differences
(Frances D'Emilio, Religion News Service)

This Christmas, may the church extend the gift of love to the LGBTIQ+ community
(Brad Chilcott, The Guardian)

Australia: The Religious Freedom Review Report recommendations regarding sex discrimination
(Merryn Lynch and Josephine Heesh, Mondaq)

‘Dakwah’ a rally cry for Islamisation, Sarawak Christian group insists
(Julia Chan, Malay Mail)

Ukraine’s leader orders Orthodox Church to change its name
(Associated Press)

Change of Ukrainian Orthodox Church's name fraught with 'bloody conflicts' - Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religion)

Ukrainian parliamentary opposition to go to Constitutional Court, Prosecutor General's Office over church renaming bill
(Interfax-Religion)

Ukrainian parliament defies Moscow church on its name
(RISU, Russia Religion News)

Azerbaijan: Six years already, nearly six months more
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Pentecostal minister convicted on charge of psychological harm
(Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News)

One Jehovah's Witness' criminal case drags on for a year and a half
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Religion News Service)

Russian president comments on Ukrainian church situation
(Credo Press, Russia Religion News)

Nicaraguan bishop criticizes arrest of journalists
(Catholic News Agency)

Santa gets pushed out as China’s leaders emphasize tradition
(Erika Kinetz, Associated Press)

Ugandan Christians live in fear of minority Muslims on quest for conversions
(Tonny Onyulo, The Washington Times)

Biblical city of Bethlehem boasts largest Christmas in years
(Isabel Debre, Associated Press)

Thanks to Tampa’s St. Lawrence Church, the first new Catholic church in Cuba in 60 years is complete
(Paul Guzzo, Tampa Bay Times)

Indonesian Muslims protest China’s detention of Uighurs
(Associated Press)

Holy See and Vietnam agree to a resident nuncio in Hanoi 'in the near future'
(Asia News)

Vatican and Vietnam agree to upgrade relations
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Open letter from USCIRF Vice Chair Gayle Manchin to Mohammad Ali Taheri
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Can Uzbekistan become a model secular, Muslim-majority state?
(Edward Rupert, Moveefy)

Vatican secretary of state celebrates Christmas in Baghdad
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)

Monday, 24 December 2018

Faithful few: can Gaza’s Christian community survive?
(Donald Macintyre, The Guardian)

Christians and Jews pay for 'proxy prayers' in Jerusalem
(Oliver Holmes, The Guardian)

Netanyahu claims he's building unlikely allies to prevent future Holocausts
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

The Guardian view on Catholic abuse: repent and confess
(Editorial, The Guardian)

The spirit of Christmas doesn’t have to be Christian
(Julian Baggini, The Guardian)

Natalie Portman disagrees with Israel's "racist" nation-state law
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

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

New documentary chronicles a grass roots Catholic ‘magisterium’
(Michael McKinley, Religion News Service)

Lone street guitarist shares Christmas spirit in Nairobi
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Friday, 21 December 2018

India’s Supreme Court threatens hereditary priests at ancient Jagannath temple
(Priyadarshini Sen, Religion News Service)

Over 500 priests accused of sexual abuse were withheld by the Catholic church
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Hark! the heresy — poll finds most contentious lines in popular Christmas carols
(Tim Wyatt, Church Times)

US genocide law triggers mixed feelings among Iraqis
(Saad Salloum, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

For survivor of attack on Christians in Nigeria, a lonely Christmas
(Morning Star News)

300 Hindu radicals terrorize Christian children at Sunday School, threaten to beat them
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Christians of Kom al-Raheb wait 17 years for church
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Pakistan's Christmas face uneasy Christmas holiday
(Olivia Miller)

Indonesia uses anti-terror law to detain suspects ahead of Christmas
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

UN troops in CAR under scrutiny for abandoning civilians to Muslim terror group
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

‘Prepare for divine justice’, pope warns clerical child abusers
(Associated Press in Vatican City, Religion News Service)

Lay off my God already!
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism)

Pope to priestly sex abusers: Turn yourselves in
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

In Israel, Christians embrace a simple, spiritual Christmas
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Thursday, 20 December 2018

Indonesian Muslims remove the cross from deceased Catholic's tomb
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Celebrate the winter solstice to reclaim the festive spirit
(Gillian Monks, The Guardian)

U.S. sports apparel under investigation for being made by Muslims in Chinese internment camps
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

Second underground Chinese bishop replaced by government-backed bishop
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Chinese city bans public Christmas decorations in continued crackdown on Christianity
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

China blasts US media reports of forced work at Muslim camp
(Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press)

How religious celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, and the holidays
(WRN Editorial Staff, World Religion News)

Religious leaders in Congo urge the country to go to the polls to replace Kabila
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

God loves Christopher Hitchens anyway
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism)

Hindu radicals terrorize Christian children attending Sunday school in southern India
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Hindu extremists threaten children at Sunday school in southern India
(Morning Star News)

India’s conviction of a mass killer falls short of justice
(Simran Jeet Singh, RNS Column: Articles of Faith)

Eritreans in refugee camps fear being sent home
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Pakistani Christians face an uneasy Christmas in the wake of Asia Bibi’s release
(Naila Inayat, Religion News Service)

Yemeni mom overcomes travel ban to finally hold dying son
(Julie Watson and Paul Elias, Religion News Service)

Native artisans fight to survive in ‘the town of the Nativities’
(Irving Cabrera Torres, Religion News Service)

Orthodox believers rally to protest Ukraine parliament vote
(Associated Press)

Public Prosecutor charges police officer with murder of two Copts in Minya
(Mada Masr)

Last member of former Yaran ends prison term, persecution continues
(Bahá’í World News Service)

Open letter from USCIRF Vice Chair Gayle Manchin to Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Spike in arrests of Christians in Iran especially severe this Christmas season, sources say
(Morning Star News)

Pakistan education religious bias claimed
(Kamran Chaudhry, UCA News)

Ruddock Report response (part 3)
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Response to Ruddock Report- Dr Alex Deagon guest blog
(Law and Religion Australia)

Repeal of Canada’s blasphemy law applauded by national secularist organization
(Press Release, The Canadian Secular Alliance)

Canada repeals blasphemous libel section of criminal code
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Wednesday, 19 December 2018

Human rights court rules against Greece in Sharia law case
(Elena Becatoros, Religion News Service)

Electric scooters: Israel’s two-wheeled solution to traffic and Sabbath
(Wall Street Journal Video)

Christian, Muslim leaders join Jordan’s king for Christmas celebration
(Dale Gavlak, Catholic News Service)

US congressional panel assails China for ‘severe religious freedom violations’ for detaining Christians and closing churches
(Robert Delaney, South China Morning Post)

Australia’s religious freedom review
(Alex Deagon, Asia & the Pacific Policy Society)

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