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Wednesday, 19 December 2018

Tajikistan: Killed prisoners denied Muslim funerals
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Kremlin to look at every individual case where members of religious groups face criminal prosecution
(Interfax-Religion)

Official American support for new Ukrainian church
(RISU, Russia Religion News)

Poroshenko advises radicals against seizing Moscow Patriarchate's churches
(Interfax-Religion)

Ukrainian Security Service wants to question Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra's vicar
(Interfax-Religion)

Ukrainian politicians are pushing their people to ruin - Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religion)

Jehovah's Witnesses' property case before European court
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Russia presents to European Court comments on appeal of "Glazov and others v. RF"
((Jehovah's WItnesses in Russia), Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Pace of haredi Orthodox integration into Israeli life slowing down
(Sam Sokol, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Why Bangladesh's mainstream parties rely on Islamists
(Ali Riaz, Deutsche Welle)

Bangaldesh: Do we need a ministry for religious minorities?
(Farzana Mahmood, Dhaka Tribune)

Catholic Christmas carols not in danger in Quebec, specialist says
(Philippe Vaillancourt, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Church optimistic about this weekend’s elections in Congo
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

The new threat to Iraq's Christians
(Benedict Kiely, Real Clear Politics)

Aceh cancels New Year parties
(Ryan Dagur, UCA News)

Judgment of Burlya and Others v. Ukraine: Local authorities held accountable for violating Convention rights of Roma residents in pogrom
(Tess Herwegh, Strasbourg Observers)

'This is community consensus': Yogyakarta villagers destroy cross on public cemetery
(Bambang Muryanto, The Jakarta Post)

Gov't react to destroyed Christian cross symbol in Yogyakarta
(Vindry Florentin, Tempo.co)

Groups warn Indonesia app 'risks worsening' religious intolerance
(Aisyah Llewellyn, Al Jazeera)

Waiting until you can’t (How a Minya archdiocese's 17-year long attempt to license a church was capped by violence)
(Hadeer El-Mahdawy, Mada)

Chinese city bans Christmas displays amid religious crackdown
(Tiffany May, The New York Times)

Does Putin know what's happening to Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia?
(Polygraph.info)

Iraq’s post-ISIS campaign of revenge
(Ben Taub, The New Yorker)

Opinion: Lessons in bigotry. The Meghalaya high court judge’s judgment was legally flawed and historically misleading. It violates the provisions of the citizenship law and makes a case for India as a country of, and for, Hindus
(Faizan Mustafa, The Indian Express)

In Israel, a grassroots effort to find peace
(Sara Toth Stub, US News & World Report)

Interfaith youth camp can promote better understanding, says minister
(Naw Betty Han, Myanmar Times)

From immigration to interfaith dialogue, coming trips showcase papal priorities
(Elise Harris, Angelus)

Ukraine Orthodox leaders approve break with Russian church
(Yuras Karmanau and Efrem Lukatsky, Associated Press)

Special Report: Myanmar's moves could mean the Rohingya never go home
(Poppy McPherson, Simon Lewis, ThuThu Aung, Shoon Naing, and Zeba Siddiqui, Reuters)

Cuba eliminates gay marriage language from new constitution
(Michael Weissenstein and Andrea Rodriguez, Associated Press)

Yes, retailers exploit Christmas, but their decorations still evoke religious spirit
(Joshua Newton, The Conversation)

Opinion: China got rid of one of the most oppressive practices of the Mao era. Now it’s coming back.
(Editorial Board, The Washington Post)

Genocide: 70 years on, three reasons why the UN Convention is still failing
(Rachael Burns, The Conversation)

The most commonly read book in the Philippines? Survey says: the Bible
(Catholic News Agency)

Armenian Apostolic Church appoints first-ever representative in Rome
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)

US official speaks out against possible Turkish offensive in Syria
(Jasper Mortimer, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Iran's energized conservatives move to unite ahead of upcoming polls
(Robollah Faghihi, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Syrian writer gives voice to victims of war
(Charlie Faulkner, Al-Monitor)

Iraqi Kurdistan struggles to end violence against women
(Fazel Hawramy, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

How Israel's right wing won battle against Haifa deputy mayor
(Adnan Abu Amer, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

World's first Christian airline is set to launch, will provide churches, missionaries with easier travel
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)

Iranian refugees converting to Christianity in Turkey
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Pope accepts resignation of LA bishop accused of misconduct
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

Crackdown on Sichuan church continues, members closely monitored by police
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Major Guangzhou house church shut down by authorities
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Pakistani Christians remember those lost in last year's church bombing
(ICC's Pakistan Correspondent, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Disappeared Iranian Christian found in prison
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Christian brothers sentenced to death under Pakistan's blasphemy laws
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

China's Hebei bans Christmas to 'maintain stability'
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Christian mother in Uganda abused for conversion
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Charges filed against Egyptian officer who killed 2 Christians
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Amnesty International calls out Nigerian government for incompetency
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Christian pastor in Sri Lanka abducted and tortured by unknown assailants
(Olivia Miller, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Community missing among Egypt's Christian converts
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

The Parliament of the World’s Religions is the closest thing we have to an International Interfaith Movement
(Gene Zubovich, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)

Interfaith Christmas dinner in Malaysia calls for tolerance and understanding
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Inquiry into LGBTIQ hate crime could improve how police and communities respond
(Andy Kaladelfos, Bianca Fileborn, Lisa Featherstone, Shileene Robinson, Yorick Smaal, The Conversation)

Tuesday, 18 December 2018

Nicaragua needs ‘courageous’ bishops to resolve political crisis
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Indian Christians from Telangana endure three attacks in five days
(Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Iranians 'disillusioned with Islam' are fleeing country, converting to Christianity
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)

Chinese authorities close third house church in months
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)

Transnational religion, local impact: Exploring religious soft power around the world
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Positive branding and soft power: The promotion of Sufism in the war on terror (Responding to: Transnational religion, local impact: Exploring religious soft power around the world)
(Alix Philippon, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

How Mauritania exports religion to Saudi Arabia—and not just the other way around (Responding to: Transnational religion, local impact: Exploring religious soft power around the world)
(Michael Farquhar and Alexander Thurston, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Religious soft power in the South Caucasus: The influence of Iran and Turkey (Responding to: Transnational religion, local impact: Exploring religious soft power around the world)
(Ansgar Jödicke, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

New religion-control law changes little in Vietnam after 1 year
(World Watch Monitor)

Pope Francis celebrates 82nd birthday with cake with children from the Vatican's health clinic
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Brazilian president’s win leaves him in debt to evangelical bloc
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Religion News Service)

Airbnb issues conflicting statements on boycott of Jewish-owned properties in the West Bank
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Embracing the work of Christmas
(Chuck Currie, Religion News Service)

Two Pakistani Christian brothers sentenced to death for blasphemy
(World Watch Monitor)

Putin decries prosecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia
(Associated Press)

Russian president questions persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Putin promises to talk with head of Supreme Court about Jehovah's Witnesses
(BBC Russian Service, Russia Religion News)

Kremlin: Situation with Jehovah’s Witnesses requires additional analysis
(TASS Russian News Agency)

China's pre-Christmas Church crackdown raises alarm
(BBC News)

Appeal to the Indian government: protect Christians at Christmas
(Asia News)

Tajikistan: Arrest not pardon follows "repentance"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Religion, Ukraine and Russia: In post-Soviet lands, theology and politics are hard to disentangle
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Religion will be on Ukraine’s ballot
(Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg)

Ukraine's Opposition Bloc demands Poroshenko declassify text of agreement with Bartholomew
(Interfax-Religion)

Poroshenko Bloc suggests creating working group to draft church bills
(Interfax-Religion)

Poroshenko offers freedom of church choice
(Credo Press, Russia Religion News)

Group of Initsiativniki Baptists held accountable on Yarovaya Law
(Evropeisko-Aziatskie Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Further fall-out from Putin's remarks about Jehovah's Witnesses
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

Islamist threat lingers in Philippines despite Marawi victory
(Sandra Petersmann, Deutsche Welle)

Vandalized church a ‘shock’ to local Christians in northeastern India
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Pope to politicians: Unacceptable to blame migrants for evil
(Associated Press)

In long-awaited response to Ruddock review, the government pushes hard on religious freedom
(Anja Hilkemeijer, The Conversation)

The Ruddock Report has landed! (Part 1)
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Ruddock Report summary and responses (Part 2)
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Persecuted Chinese pastor issues a 'Declaration of Faithful Disobedience'
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)

Calls for inquiry into UN peacekeepers’ role in massacres in Central African Republic
(World Watch Monitor)

Suicides follow India’s anti-immigrant drive targeting Muslims
(Vishal Arora, Religion News Service)

Canada: How top court weighed in on freedom of religion in 2018
(The Lawyer's Daily)

Canada reverses abortion rights proviso to summer jobs program
(John Longhurst, Religion News Service)

Monday, 17 December 2018

The future of Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Ukraine’s autocephaly: In the vortex of global change (Responding to: The future of Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine)
(Jerry Pankhurst, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Divided by common faith: From the battlefield to the altar (Responding to: The future of Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine)
(Catherine Wanner, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Whose conflict? Whose unification? (Responding to: The future of Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine)
(Kristina Stoeckl, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

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