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Friday, 23 November 2018

The Judge review – thoughtful study of the first female sharia judge
(Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian)

How we are turning politics into religion - again
(David Quinn, MercatorNet)

US-Israeli man jailed for 10 years over bomb hoax calls
(Oliver Holmes, The Guardian)

Two pastors among seven killed by Islamist militants in eastern DRC
(World Watch Monitor)

Egypt bus attack survivors ask ‘how could this happen again?’
(World Watch Monitor)

The Vatican disrupts U.S. bishops' vote on proposals for sex abuse
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Pope taps experts, US cardinal to help prep for abuse summit
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

CAR: Two priests among dozens massacred as Islamic militants raid church compound
(World Watch Monitor)

Thursday, 22 November 2018

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

Bulgaria considers controversial restrictions on church activity
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)

Bulgaria revises draft law on religions after objections from faith groups
(The Sofia Globe)

No vote yet on law restricting religious freedom in Bulgaria
(Ken Camp, Baptist Standard)

Is the university a safe space for rational argument?
(Roger Scruton, MercatorNet)

Jews and Muslims unite in global Mitzvah day activities
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

Pursuing global understanding, reconciliation, and change at the 2018 Parliament of the World's Religions
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Toronto: The seventh meeting of a Parliament of the World’s Religions (Responding to: Pursuing global understanding, reconciliation, and change at the 2018 Parliament of the World's Religions)
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

The promise of inclusion, the power of love (Responding to: Pursuing global understanding, reconciliation, and change at the 2018 Parliament of the World's Religions)
(Leo Lefebure, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Thoughts on an interfaith gathering (Responding to: Pursuing global understanding, reconciliation, and change at the 2018 Parliament of the World's Religions)
(Nan Kathy Lin, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Buddhist and Christian dialogue on the environment through film (Responding to: Pursuing global understanding, reconciliation, and change at the 2018 Parliament of the World's Religions)
(Teng-Kuan Ng, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Religion, Pluralism, and Reconciling Difference
(W. Cole Durham, Jr. and Donlu D. Thayer, eds., Routledge ICLARS Series on Law and Religion)

Islam and soft power: The varieties of Muslim faith become a vital form of diplomacy
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Wednesday, 21 November 2018

Women's human rights: From progress to transformation, an intersectional response to Martha Nussbaum
(Shreya Atrey, Human Rights Quarterly)

Tribal movement in India joins Hindu radicals to persecute Christians
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Father Wei honored in Chinese church three years after his death
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Christians report extortion threats in Ankawa, Iraq
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Four pastors in Uttar Pradesh assaulted and framed by village radicals
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Christians in the U.K. called to pray for persecuted Christians in Nigeria
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Sinicization program turning less submissive and more into worship in China
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Criminal blasphemy in Pakistan: Asia Bibi
(Neil Addison, Guest Post, Law & Religion UK)

The Lessons of the Asia Bibi Case
(Nina Shea, National Review)

Pakistan to lead global campaign against defamation of religions
(The Nation)

European Muslims' support for Asia Bibi falls short
(Shamil Shams, Deutsche Welle)

Amid Asia Bibi drama, ‘Under Caesar’s Sword’ worth revisiting
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

High caste Hindus force church to close in Western Nepal
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

350 Christians homes illegally seized in Iraq
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Wave of persecution in Jharkhand state sees Christians targeted on multiple fronts
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

African clergy press pharmaceutical companies to close gap on child-HIV drugs
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Christian children face the dark realities of persecution
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

On Christ the King Sunday, Christians pledge allegiance to the Prince of Peace
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)

Pope could be visiting China as early as 2019
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Missing in (news) action? Seeking coverage of missing underground bishop in China
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Underground bishop in China reported missing
(Catholic News Agency)

Iranian intelligence intercepts Christians
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Top Aussie wedding magazine forced out of business for not featuring gay couples
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Australian PM accuses Muslim leaders of denying threat
(Rod McGuirk, Associated Press)

Australia: Companies ‘need protection’ under new religion laws
(Joe Kelly, The Australian)

Australian wedding magazine forced to shut down after Christian owners refuse to feature gay couples
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Religious freedom lost as White magazine shuts
(Joe Kelly, The Australian)

4 Finns held in Malaysia for distributing religious material
(Associated Press)

Rights group: Christian religious freedoms decline in Egypt
(Associated Press)

Egypt and Amal Fathy: one woman’s story highlights national wave of repression and sexual violence
(Scott Lucas and Giovanni Piazzese, The Conversation)

Politics stymie religious reform in Egypt’s Coptic Church
(Georges Fahmi, Chatham House)

Egypt looks to remove religion from ID cards — but is it too little, too late?
(Shahira Amin, Al-Monitor)

Egyptian lawmaker faces uphill climb to remove religion from national ID cards
(Hemant Mehta, Friendly Atheist, Patheos blog)

Egyptian lawmaker wants to remove religion from ID cards
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Group suspends $1 million donation to Catholic Church for delaying action on sex abuse scandals
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Suicide bomber targets clerics in Afghan capital; 50 killed
(Rahim Faiez, Religion News Service)

Police warn Christians in Pakistan of potential terrorist attack
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Afghanistan suicide bomber kills scores of Muslim scholars
(Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian)

Tuesday, 20 November 2018

Laos district governor orders Christian families to leave village or face jail
(Barnabas Fund)

Pastor Brunson is free. But the West still needs a policy on Erdogan’s hostages
(Aykan Erdemir and Merve Tahiroglu, The Washington Post)

Counting bodies: How the UN report documents mass graves and victims of Daesh atrocities
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Unearthing Atrocities: Mass Graves in territory formerly controlled by ISIL
(Report, UNAMI/OHCHR)

‘The Judge’ film introduces groundbreaking female Shariah judge
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)

American missionary reportedly murdered by hostile tribe in India
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Millions of Palestinians no longer eligible for Saudi visas
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Saudi women mount ‘inside-out’ abaya protest
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)

Jewish history can be used as a weapon to fight antisemitism
(Hella Pick, The Guardian)

Israeli right storms Jerusalem mayoral race
(Akiva Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Tony Abbott’s lament that prayer needs a greater role ignores a history of Christian invasion
(Paul Daley, The Guardian)

Twitter CEO upsets Hindu nationalists during India visit
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)

Belief helps Gaza border residents hang on during rocket attacks
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Crackdown continues on Tajik mosques
(Institute for War & Peace Reporting)

Saudi school textbooks teach violence, anti-Semitism, ADL report says
(F. Brinley Bruton, NBC News)

What is Zionism?
(Zack Beauchamp, Vox)

Kyrgyzstan: Is Tengrism a Religion or a Point of View?
(Natalia Lee, Institute for War & Peace Reporting)

Bedouin council head: 'I support polygamy, religion above law'
(Arutz Sheva)

Refugee comics: personal stories of forced migration illustrated in a powerful new way
(Emma Parker, The Conversation)

Bahamas: PM says church and state must work together to curb social ills
(Deandrea Hamilton, Magnetic Media)

Putin calls Patriarch Kirill to wish him happy birthday
(Interfax-Religion)

NGOs express serious concerns about rights of defense violations in Russian Scientology case
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

Bishops in Sudan, South Sudan tell citizens only they can build peace
(Francis Njuguna, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Priest assaulted by Hindu nationalists in India
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Kenya’s president gives Church more control of religious schools
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Christian politician in Indonesia accused of blasphemy
(Konradus Epa, UCA News)

Indonesia: Christian politician accused of blasphemy
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Indonesia mosques spreading radicalism to government workers: Official
(The Jakarta Post)

Indonesia bans hard-line meeting by caliphate backers
(Konradus Epa, UCA News)

What’s behind Mali livestock herders joining jihadist groups
(Tor A Benjaminsen, The Conversation)

‘The right time to die’: Canada’s law allowing physician-assisted suicide faces criticism over restrictions
(Amanda Coletta, The Washington Post)

The preacher who laid the ground for violent jihadi ideology in Kenya
(Hassan Juma Ndzovu, The Conversation)

War between science and religion is far from inevitable
(David N Livingstone and John Hedley Brooke, The Conversation)

Maverick bishop meets with Ukrainian president
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

Monday, 19 November 2018

Leader of Krishna Consciousness punished for public chant
(Idel.Realii, Russia Religion News (Stetson University)

Bishop Chrysostomos warns of 'ugly developments' if gov't imposes church-state deal
(ekathimerini.com)

Brazil turns far-right. What role did religion play in Bolsonaro’s election?
(Filipe Domingues, America Magazine)

Right to dignified sanitation highlighted on World Toilet Day
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Local church being created is political organization - Metropolitan Onufry
(Interfax-Religion)

Greece: The Greek Orthodox Church faces a battle over secularisation
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Jehovah's Witnesses' homes searched in Crimea
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)

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