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Monday, 17 September 2018

Russia’s ongoing Persecution of the Jehovah Witnesses
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

Congolese bishops seek help from regional bloc to ensure free, fair poll
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Israel to approve immigration for 1,000 Ethiopian Jews
(Associated Press)

Madhya Pradesh, Pentecostal pastor arrested on charges of 'forced conversions'
(Nirmala Carvalho, Asia News)

Church officials, MPs refuse customary reconciliation sessions, assert rule of law
(Daily News Egypt)

Indonesian groups call for minority religious protections
(Max Walden, VOA)

Raise Your Gaze: “Islamic feminism is overlooked in the mainstream’
(Nosheen Iqbal, The Guardian)

U.S. slashes $10 million from Israeli-Palestinian peace program
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

Pope Francis warns priests against living a double life
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Accused South Korean cult leader filmed beating her followers – video
(The Guardian)

'Sacrilege': Varanasi priests warn Ganges luxury cruises could contaminate river
(Amrit Dhillon, The Guardian)

‘Being Burmese means being Buddhist’ – pastor explains discrimination faced by Christians in Myanmar
(World Watch Monitor)

Sistine Chapel choir leaders under investigation by Vatican for fraud
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Dalai Lama suggests refugees return to their native countries
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

As Cuba backs gay marriage, churches oppose the government’s plan
(Maria Isabel Alfonso, Religion News Service)

Fear of Ebola keeps the faithful at home in Congo
(Doreen Ajiambo, Religion News Service)

The many meanings of freedom: A sobering look at Islam and human-rights discourse
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

The Islamic Tradition and the Human Rights Discourse (summary and chapter-by-chapter links)
(Edited by H.A. Hellyer, The Atlantic Council: Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East)

The Islamic Tradition and the Human Rights Discourse (pdf download)
(Edited by H.A. Hellyer, The Atlantic Council: Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East)

Pakistani court sentences man to death for blasphemy
(Associated Press)

Central African Republic: Dozens feared dead after massacre in Bria
(World Watch Monitor)

Archbishop McCarrick’s unofficial role in Vatican-China relations
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)

Saturday, 15 September 2018

China and Vatican to sign landmark deal over bishops
(Francis X. Rocca in Rome and Eva Dou in Beijing, The Wall Street Journal)

Chinese government proposes law restricting religion online
(VOA)

China bulldozing churches and replacing holy imagery with Communist in religious crackdown
(South China Morning Post)

With wider crackdowns on religion, Xi’s China seeks to put state stamp on faith
(Anna Fifield, The Washington Post)

Haredi MKs vow to prevent recognition of private conversion
(Kobi Nachshoni, Y Net News)

Russian Orthodox Church cuts ties with Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople over Ukraine
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Russian church rebuffs Orthodoxy’s leader after Ukraine move
(Vladimir Isachenkov and Jim Heintz, Associated Press)

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with apostolic nuncio to Russia
(Interfax-Religion)

Leader of Pskov Jehovah's Witnesses awaits trial
(Liudmila Savitskaia, MBKhMedia)

Israeli man already in jail for refusing to divorce wife facing more prison time for same
(Ari Feldman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

President tells Catholic bishops there are no plans to ‘Islamize’ Nigeria
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Pope’s Sicily visit today to focus on crime, corruption and racism
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Indian Muslims protest China’s detention of Uighur Muslims
(Associated Press)

Iraqi lawmakers elect Sunni Arab as parliament speaker
(Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press)

At least 9 killed in extremist attacks in Burkina Faso
(Associated Press)

Russian law enforcement targets Jehovah's Witnesses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Sahoo, “Pentecostalism and Politics of Conversion India”
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)

Uzbekistan: Secret Supreme Court hearing rejects appeal
(Forum 18 News Service)

Friday, 14 September 2018

Since 2016 Hamas has used 17,000 children in war against Israel
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)

Cars, laptops and a ranch: how Brazil bishop allegedly misused church funds
(Dom Phillips, The Guardian)

Attacks against Copts ‘among deadliest acts of religious persecution’ – report
(World Watch Monitor)

Pope Francis calls a meeting on clerical sexual abuse
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Pope OKs probe into West Virginia bishop as he meets with US delegation
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

The Guardian view on Xinjiang: China’s secret camps are at last in the spotlight
(Editorial, The Guardian)

Thursday, 13 September 2018

Russia: Criminal investigations of 69 Jehovah's Witnesses - list
(Forum 18 News Service)

Russia: Criminal investigations of 69 Jehovah's Witnesses
(Forum 18 News Service)

Pope meets with leaders of US Catholic Church 'lacerated' by abuse scandal
(Daniel Burke and Delia Gallagher, CNN)

Chile authorities raid 4 dioceses in clerical abuse probe
(Eva Vergara, Associated Press)

In first, Court forces Israel to recognize Jewish conversion of woman by private rabbinical court
(Judy Maltz, Haaretz)

Putin wants God (or at least the church) on his side
(Christopher Stroop, Foreign Policy)

Israeli court orders recognition of conversion performed outside of official rabbinate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Tajik officials, activists scuffle at OSCE meeting In Warsaw
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

Constantinople's actions can result in a schism in Orthodoxy, exceeding the Great Schism of 1054, Russian church official says
(Interfax Religion)

When God wasn't so great: What Yahweh's first appearance tells about early Judaism
(Ariel David, Haaretz)

Fall in Christian refugee admissions ‘suggests Trump has no real interest in religious persecution’
(World Watch Monitor)

Why Iran is battling US at International Court of Justice
(Makram Najmuddine, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Muslim minority in China's Xinjiang face 'political indoctrination': Human Rights Watch
(Reuters)

Bangladesh says it won't assimilate Rohingya Muslims
(Reuters)

Where Australian states are up to in decriminalising abortion
(Erica Millar, The Conversation)

Abbas says OK to demilitarized Palestinian state
(Ahmad Melhem, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Closure of large church in Beijing deepens shadow on religious freedom in China
(Morning Star News)

More than 30,000 Syrians displaced in latest offensive
(Scott Slayton, Christian Headlines)

Are they burning the Bible in China?
(Jerry Newcombe, Christian Headlines)

Beijing bans online evangelization amid religious crackdown
(Catholic News Agency)

What do Catholic abuse policies mean by 'vulnerable adult'?
(JD Flynn, Catholic News Agency)

Mexican bishops publish 'plan for building peace'
(Catholic News Agency)

Chinese communist party members face dismissal for practicing religion
(Persecution: International Christian Concern)

South Sudan leaders sign cease fire
(Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Sistine Chapel Choir under investigation for money laundering
(Reuters, The Guardian)

Pollution and corruption are choking the life out of Basra
(Diaa Jubaili, The Guardian)

China is restricting religious internet activity
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

EVENT, 13 September 2018: Pope Francis and the Future of Interreligious Dialogue
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Wednesday, 12 September 2018

Church officials refuse customary reconciliation sessions, assert rule of law
(Daily News Egypt)

Christian persecution: Violent mob attacks religious retreat in India - ‘They wanted to kill us’
(Laura Mowat, Express)

Persecuted Nigerian Catholics maintain faith in spite of Boko Haram
(Festus Iyorah, National Catholic Reporter)

Fulani Herdsmen: Radical Islamists or victims-victimizers in age of global warming?
(Wissam Al-Saliby, The Christian Post)

Egyptian Christians report rising persecution
(Persecution: International Christian Concern)

200 Christians at risk in Idlib province
(Asia News)

10 killed, 20 wounded in assault on Syrian Christian town
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Wuerl to meet with Pope Francis to discuss resignation
(JD Flynn, Catholic News Agency)

Pope Francis convokes world-wide meeting of bishops on abuse crisis
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Concerns are growing that Malaysia is going backward in terms of religious freedom
(Asia News)

Differing opinions among practicing Muslims in Middle East on role religion should play in government
(George Diepenbrock, Phys.org)

Foreigners face online preaching ban as China cracks down on Christians and Muslims
(Jason Lemon, Newsweek)

Now World Evangelical Alliance head meets UN chief António Guterres in New York
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Washington stands behind Constantinople's actions in Ukraine - historian
(Interfax-Religion)

Tajik authorities see no need for religious party in country
(Interfax-Religion)

United States gets involved in Ukrainian question
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)

Church groups outraged as US denies critical support to Jerusalem hospitals
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Can Israeli women challenge Chief Rabbinate?
(Danny Zaken, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Saudi Arabia, Iran battle for influence in Pakistan
(Bruce Riedel, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

Egypt reaps harvest of Sisi’s visit to China
(Hager Hosny, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Pope summons senior bishops for summit on clerical sexual abuse
(Rory Carroll, The Guardian)

Pope confirms ‘closeness’ to Venezuela amid political, economic meltdown
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

As anti-Church violence in Nicaragua grows, Pope urges ‘fraternal reconciliation’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Closed churches force Copts to hold funerals in the streets
(World Watch Monitor)

China continues the crackdown on Christianity
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

US lawmakers urge export restrictions targeting Xinjiang
(Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press)

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