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Friday, 30 November 2018

USCIRF statement on release of new policy update on religious freedom in North Korea
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

AKP eyes Alevi voters – again and to no avail
(Aykan Erdemir, Foundation for Defense of Democracies)

South Korea frees 58 conscientious objectors in wake of landmark ruling
(Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times)

Towards a more comprehensive interfaith dialogue
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

The embattled Ecumenical Patriarch caught between Russia and Turkey
(Aykan Erdemir and John Lechner, Providence)

Uzbekistan: Military raids Baptists, Church ordered closed
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Erasmus: A storm brews over the formation of a new church in Ukraine
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Moscow blames Constantinople for continuing warfare in Ukraine
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

Russian politicians try to change the mind of Constantinople
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Russian security personnel used against Jehovah's Witnesses in occupied Crimea
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Erdoğan’s interests converge with Putin in Moldova’s Gagauzia
(Aykan Erdemir and John Lechner, The Turkey Analyst)

Anti-Semitic crimes rise by 60% in Canada
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Salvadoran human rights office pushes courts to prosecute saint’s killer
(Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service)

Congress approves measure to combat crimes targeting religious minorities in Iraq and Syria
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Turkey-Israel relations: flourishing trade but little trust
(Aykan Erdemir, The Brief)

Government amendments to religious schools bill
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

ALP Bill on religious schools and students
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Christians denied vote in Indian state election
(Saji Thomas, UCA News)

Hundreds of Christians denied vote in state elections in India
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Indian archbishop among Christians with papers turned away at polls
(Catholic News Service)

Prabowo touts Indonesia as moderate Muslim country
(Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, The Jakarta Post)

Indonesia’s Widodo plays the Islamic card
(John McBeth, East Asia Forum)

A cleric for all seasons: Indonesia’s president picks a Muslim scholar as his running mate
(The Economist)

With Indonesia’s ‘heresy app’, religious harmony hasn’t a prayer
(Resty Woro Yuniar, South China Morning Post)

Russian Orthodox cleric in Kyiv accused of 'inciting hatred'
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)

Latter-day Saint leaders discuss religious intolerance at Baghdad conference
(Newsroom)

The ongoing threat of fundamentalism
(Paul Collins, La Croix International)

Unprecedented numbers of migrants and refugees means new religious freedom challenges, say scholars
(Bettina Krause, Adventist News Network)

Iran’s shift of tactics endangers Israel
(Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Legal discrimination in Israel spreads to utilities, local governance
(Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor)

John Chau was ‘listening to God’s voice,’ would not want his body recovered
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Egypt church attack deemed a misdemeanor
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

China enforces new restrictions on religious freedom in education institutions
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Pastor and five evangelists arrested for preaching in Uganda
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Terrorists again target Syrian Christians in Idlib
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Christian leader calls for prayer for Nepal amid tightening restrictions
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Four Christians escaped ethnic Wa militia in northern Myanmar
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Boko Haram kidnapped 15 girls from Niger
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Ukraine-Russia tensions spark historic religious rift
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

President: Ukrainian Orthodox church will get independence
(Associated Press)

Russian cleric: Ukraine raid on home ‘political’
(Associated Press)

Indian woman who braved temple protest arrested for 'exposed thigh'
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)

Death of missionary sparks debate over mission work
(Emily McFarlan Miller and Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

‘Slaughtered like animals, burned to death’: pastors tell Nigerian President Buhari of massacres
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Should Japanese government pay for Shinto royal rites?
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Japan prince stirs controversy by suggesting state should not fund elaborate religious accession ceremony
(Julian Ryall, The Telegraph)

Japanese prince wants royals to fund Shinto rite, not public
(Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press)

Jewish Americans sue Airbnb over plan to remove listings in West Bank settlements
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Thursday, 29 November 2018

GlobalPlus: Can the Catholic Church change?
(Sergio Rubin, The ARDA: Association of Religion Data Archives)

China: Religious terms online might lead to surveillance and arrest
(Gu Qi, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

China: Demolition of temples impacts livelihood of local people (video)
(Shen Xiang, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

The CCP and the “fear of the mosque”
(Marco Respinti, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

Companies lose money due to the ban of "halal" labels
(Ma Xiagu, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

Chinese Christians not allowed to worship with foreigners
(Jiang Tao, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

Underground priest: "Catholicism in China is facing calamity"
(Feng Gang, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

El Al caves to ultra-Orthodox threats, retracts blame for flight fiasco
(Danny Zaken, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Cease-fire agreement sends tremors through Israeli Knesset
(Enstar Abu Jahal, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

American evangelicals give $58K to save persecuted Muslim family; US still denies asylum
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Why Iran is also a strategic asset for Israel
(Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Largest Latino evangelical group mobilizing to help migrant caravan, Samuel Rodriguez says
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

India, home of the world's tallest statue, announces plan to build a taller one
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)

The lesson from this missionary’s death? Leave the Sentinelese alone
(Ajay Saini, The Guardian)

Liberal senators dig in as divisions over LGBT students widen
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)

'I live in the 21st century, not the 10th': the first female judge in a sharia court – podcast
(The Guardian)

Pope Francis chuckles as boy climbs on stage and interrupts speech – video
(The Guardian)

What happens to your life after you accidentally kill someone?
(David Peters, The Guardian)

Turkey refuses entry to N. American Christian evangelist
(Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)

Persecution of minority Christian women ‘hidden, complex, and interwoven with “everyday” discrimination’
(Olivia Jackson and Elizabeth Lane Miller, World Watch Monitor)

Syrian Armenian refugees avoid Turkey
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

KRG responds to land dispute claims
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Church in Philippines seeking to educate community on human rights
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Turkey issues re-entry ban on Western evangelist
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Algerian court closes another church
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Extremists in India attempt to burn pastor alive
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Suspected Al-Shabaab attack in Kenya lead to kidnap of foreigner
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Chinese Christians write open letter calling for religious freedom
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Pastor brutally beaten for leading open air worship services in India
(ICC's India Representative, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Christians speak out against Trump after children tear-gassed at U.S.-Mexico border
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Congress amps up pressure to free Americans jailed in Egypt
(Jack Detsch, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Wednesday, 28 November 2018

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

70 years of the World Council of Churches
(World Council of Churches)

Witnesses may take oath on Eagle feathers in two more Canadian provinces
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Eagle feather at Lethbridge court will help all 'be honest' their own way, co-ordinator says
(Rachel Ward, CBC News)

Buddhist monks to consider whether Dalai Lama should reincarnate
(Megan Clark and VIshal Arora, Religion News Service)

Pakistan's Prime Minister offends Christians claiming "Jesus has no mention in human history"
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Mosul's destruction haunts the Nineveh plains
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Tens of thousands in India demand rebuilding of Hindu temple
(Biswajeet Banerjee, Religion News Service)

John Allen Chau: Do missionaries help or harm?
(Toby Luckhurst, BBC News)

John Chau and the dangers of missionary work
(Scott Hildreth, Religion News Service)

Missions: Is it love or colonization?
(Kaitlin Curtice, Religion News Service)

Indian authorities trying to recover the body of US missionary
(Jim Denison, Christian Headlines: Denison Forum)

Narrow coalition avoids opposition’s religion and state trap
(Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post)

Looking for life-and-death updates on Asia Bibi? You need to turn to European media
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

In remote parts of Uganda, a fight to stop preachers from discouraging medical care
(Religion News Service)

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest Israeli military draft
(Associated Press)

Rise of anti-Semitic attacks prompts call for more police action
(Dan Jervis-Bardy, The Canberra Times)

Turkey’s appeals court rules Alevi minority’s cem houses are places of worship
(Ahval News)

ISIS may be gone, but Iraq’s Yazidis are still suffering
(Sam Mednick, Foreign Policy)

USCIRF calls for release of Iranian prisoner of conscience Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

USCIRF statement on tomorrow’s hearing of Russian prisoner of conscience Ivan Matsitsky
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

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