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Monday, 12 November 2018

Globally and abroad, experts say religious freedom more than a ‘commodity’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Jews have own laws, can't decide on their divorce pleas: Mumbai court
(Rosy Sequeira, Times of India)

Indian court says Jewish divorce by mutual consent not permitted
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

How religious communities are responding to the refugee crisis
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Love God, Love neighbor: Channeling energy for refugee welcome (Responding to: How religious communities are responding to the refugee crisis)
(Allison Duvall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Jesuit Refugee Service responds to global challenges in refugee protection (Responding to: How religious communities are responding to the refugee crisis)
(Giulia McPherson, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Ukraine transfers noted church to Constantinople patriarch
(Associated Press)

Israel postpones decision on church lands bill
(Associated Press)

Canada apologizes for denying asylum to Jewish refugees of the MS St. Louis in 1939
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Turkey turns up heat on Saudis, shares recording of Khashoggi murder
(Ayla Jean Yackley, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

‘Israelization’ of ultra-Orthodox affects municipal elections
(Danny Zaken, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Morrison urges Muslim community to be more 'proactive' in tackling terrorism
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)

‘Next time we will not survive’ – Middle East Christian refugee
(World Watch Monitor)

Is schism possible in the Catholic Church?
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)

Jerusalem mayoral race exposes religious-secular rift
(Michelle Chabin, Religion News Service)

Does Mosul bomb signal ISIS return to Nineveh plains?
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

State run school in Vietnam building on Catholic churches property
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Church in China's Hunan province faces unrelenting harassment
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Kidnapped Nigerian priests freed by police
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Iranian clerics single out Evangelical Christianity
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Vatican instructs U.S. bishops to halt voting on sex abuse measures
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Saturday, 10 November 2018

Mass sentencing of upper Egypt ISIS cell
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Four Catholic priests abducted at gunpoint in Nigeria
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Chinese bishop kidnapped by police
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Prince Charles bypassing Jos ‘robbed Nigeria’s Christians of opportunity to create awareness about our travails’
(World Watch Monitor)

Saudi Arabia, Shi’ism and the illusion of reform
(Robert G. Rabil, Syria Comment)

The plight of the Druze hostages held by ISIS & the war on the Islamic State
(Talal el-Atrache, Syria Comment)

Religion Watch, November 2018, Volume 34 No. 1
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)

Friday, 9 November 2018

Lessons from history 100 years after the Armistice
(The Economist)

School bells ring again at Mosul's Christian school
(Adnan Abu Zeed, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Church and war: The Church of England plays a big role in acts of remembrance
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Framework accord between Benin and Holy See explained
(Lucie Sarr, La Croix International)

Pope, Assyrian patriarch jointly call for end of violence in Middle East
(Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Ethiopian bishops welcome election of nation’s first female president
(Catholic News Service)

Christian leaders assaulted by Hindu radicals in India's Karnataka state
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

78 Presbyterian school students kidnapped at gun point in Cameroon
(Sarah Curlee, Christian Headlines)

Kidnapped students in Cameroon released
(Catholic News Agency)

Hospital treatment denied to Vietnamese pastor in prison
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Measles outbreaks hit ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities in Israel and US
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

New group formed to oppose abortion in Mexico
(Catholic News Agency)

Thursday, 8 November 2018

Greece strikes tentative deal to remove Orthodox clergy from state payroll
(Colin Dwyer, National Public Radio)

Preliminary agreement reached for Church of Greece clergy to lose civil servant status
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Greece to take clergy off its payroll in deal with Orthodox Church
(Reuters)

Defending free speech is also the best way to defend Muhammad
(Ayman S. Ibrahim, Religion News Service)

Ukrainian Orthodox Church accuses President Poroshenko of breaking Ukrainian constitution which guarantees church protection
(Interfax-Religion)

Report of Ukrainian president's meeting with Moscow bishops goes viral
(RISU, Russia Religion News)

Ukrainian autocephaly. What next? The role of Patriarch Bartholomew
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Ukraine's border service comments on denial of entry to rector of Moscow Theological Academy
(Interfax-Religion)

Rector of Moscow Theological Academy added to Mirotvorets database
(Interfax-Religion)

Ukrainian president complains that Putin meddles in church affairs
(RISU, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witnesses harassed on 101st anniversary of Bolshevik revolution
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witness allowed to go home after 160 days in jail
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Guam Archdiocese plans Chapter XI filing
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

USCIRF Commissioner Nadine Maenza to advocate for imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Cathedral protests highlight Ortega's broken alliance with Nicaraguan church
(Toby Stirling Hill, The Guardian)

Apologizing for Canada’s rejection of Jews in 1939, Trudeau vows to fight anti-Semitism
(Emily Rauhala, The Washington Post)

Muslim family will not give up keys to iconic Jerusalem church despite pressure
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Iran president warns of war as U.S. extends sanctions
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

Why the Holy Land is the 'fifth gospel' of Christianity
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)

US State Department visits Nigeria to "advance peace and security"
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

181 Christian refugees still detained by Thailand authorities
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Egypt church officials say requests for security went unheeded
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Egypt: Answers and solutions wanted after Minya bus attack
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

US State Department to travel to Nigeria to discuss Boko Haram and Fulani militants
(Nathan Johnson, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Removal of Catholic nun causing fear in Filipino Christians
(Gina Goh, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Australia: Religious freedom and religious schools
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Catholic schools in Australia to receive funding increase
(Catholic News Agency)

Australia: Leaders of two Anglican schools back away from letter on sacking gay teachers
(Naaman Zhou, The Guardian)

PNG bishops call for asylum seekers to be admitted to Australia
(Catholic News Agency)

'Our god is stronger' - can biodiverse Bijagós fend off evangelical threat?
(Ruth Maclean, The Guardian)

Death threats and denunciations: the artists who fear Bolsonaro's Brazil
(Oliver Basciano, The Guardian)

Pakistan blasphemy case: Asia Bibi freed from jail
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Catholic mother Asia Bibi moved from prison to Islamabad amid death threats
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)

Asia Bibi's release day has finally come! Now what?
(British Pakistan Christian Association)

Officials: Pakistani Christian woman transferred to capital
(Munir Ahmed and Asim Tanveer, Associated Press)

Canadian broadcaster offers to sponsor Christian woman spared death in Pakistan
(John Longhurst, Religion News Service)

Italy says it will help Asia Bibi leave Pakistan
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Asia Bibi released from prison but remains in Pakistan
(William Stark, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Evangelical leaders met with Saudi Prince
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

"Atheist Christmas coloring book" teaches how Christmas was created through a melting pot of traditions and fairy tales
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Poroshenko signed law on transfer of St Andrew’s Church to Constantinople
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Russian Orthodox Church has no business in Ukraine – Poroshenko
(Interfax-Religion)

Religion in China is highly diverse by region, research shows
(Joseph Paul, Purdue University)

At U.N., China defends mass detention of Uighur Muslims
(Nick Cumming-Bruce, The New York Times)

Four underground priests reportedly disappeared in China's Hebei province
(Catholic News Agency)

Trump sends State Department to Nigeria amid massacre of hundreds of Christians by Islamic radicals
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Wednesday, 7 November 2018

Religion causes violence – Researchers using artificial intelligence to ‘end war'
(Sean Martin, Express)

Group urges govt to remove religion, state from bio-data
(Yinka Adeniran, The Nation)

How Saudi "donations" to American Universities whitewash its religion
(Raymond Ibrahim, Gatestone Institute)

In Uganda, Catholics protest as archbishop asks government to enforce tithe
(Doreen Ajiambo, Religion News Service)

Ieronymos accepts ‘religious neutrality’ in exchange for clergymen’s wages
(ekathimerini.com)

Singapore’s religious harmony laws must be up to date to deal with new threats: PM Lee
(Aqil Haziq Mahmud, Channel News Asia)

In 2016, emergency laws restricted religious freedoms of Muslims more than other groups
(Samirah Majumdar, Pew Research Center)

Poroshenko signs law on transferring church in Kiev to Ecumenical Patriarchate
(Interfax-Religion)

Activity of radical youth groups sharply increases in Russia - FSB
(Interfax-Religion)

Vandal charged with hurting believers' feelings
(7info Riazan, Russia Religion News)

Catholic bishops ask Israel to repeal law excluding non-Jews
(Catholic News Agency)

Guam Catholic Church to file bankruptcy amid abuse lawsuits
(Caleb Jones and Grace Garces Bordallo, Associated Press)

Nigerian court rejects bail for pro-Iranian Shia cleric
(Ahram Online)

Azerbaijan: Religious freedom survey, November 2018
(Felix Corley and John Kinahan, Forum 18 News Service)

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