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Monday, 16 July 2018

Pro-gov’t journalist says Turkish gov’t readying for operations against other religious groups
(Stockholm Center for Freedom)

Row over talks to ‘end’ act against forced conversion
(Bikash Singh, The Economic Times)

Duterte vs. God
(Emily Schultheis, Foreign Policy)

Finland's biggest church and its aid group send visual peace message to Trump and Putin
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Autocephaly is pillar of Ukrainian state - Poroshenko
(Interfax-Religion)

Update on the Christensen (Jehovah's Witness) trial
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Police brutality against Jehovah's Witnesses in Omsk
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull visits Sydney yeshiva with grandson, prepares challah
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

God, man and FIFA: The ongoing struggle to keep soccer as 'secular' as possible
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Bishops of Central African Republic ‘outraged’ by threat against Muslim population
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Indonesia’s Aceh carries out public canings despite pledge
(Heri juanda, Associated Press)

Jewish or democratic? Israel debates its founding principles.
(Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)

Contentious bill defines Israel as Jewish nation-state
(Aron Heller, Associated Press)

Israel: Opposing segregation
(Editorial, The Jerusalem Post)

Islamic State’s genocidal crimes demand justice – how can it be done?
(Ewelina Ochab, The Conversation)

Adul Sam-on: the stateless boy who survived the Thai cave – and helped with the rescue
(Derina Johnson, The Conversation)

Maha says ‘no’ to separate Lingayat religion
(The Tribune India)

Man denied exemption to union dues on religious grounds, after board rules his objections are political
(Jason Proctor, CBC News)

Shariah: myths vs. realities
(John L. Esposito and Natana DeLong-Bas, OUPblog | Religion)

Muslims in China’s ‘Little Mecca’ fear eradication of Islam
(The Japan Times)

Sunday, 15 July 2018

Freed Czech charity worker recalls finding hell and heaven in Sudan’s jails
(Abigail Frymann Rouch, World Watch Monitor)

Saturday, 14 July 2018

Malaysia inducts first non-Muslim chief justice
(Alfian Z.M. Tahir, Benar News)

Malaysia swears in first non-Muslim chief justice
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Friday, 13 July 2018

Families left confused after reported release of Burkina Faso Christians turns out to be false
(World Watch Monitor)

Pope pays rare tribute to French cardinal, attends full Mass
(Tampa Bay Times)

Brunei praised as iconic nation for Muslim world
(Boreno Bulletin)

Religion and Populism: European Churches contest political abuses of religion
(Press Release, Conference of European Churches)

Thursday, 12 July 2018

Study finds Islamic extremism is higher in areas with strong anti-Muslim sentiment
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

Myanmar: Peace talks resume but ethnic autonomy not on the agenda
(World Watch Monitor)

Comment: On religious freedom, Canada dithers while our allies lead
(Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Post)

Canadian rabbis call on Trudeau to rescind refugee agreement wth U.S.
(Ari Feldman, Forward)

No separate religion status to Lingayat’s: Maha govt
(Sujit Mahamulkar, Times of India)

Casting a spotlight on media and religion in India
(Bahá’í World News Service)

Muslim region of Philippines to have religious freedom
(Jose Torres Jr., UCA News)

Philippines: BBL to guarantee freedom to religion
(Vanne Elaine Terrazola, Manila Bulletin)

Philippines president now says he will resign if someone proves the existence of God
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

How Facebook is transforming religion
(A. Trevor Sutton, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

Jehovah's Witness woman sentenced to 2 months detention without trial
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Russia: 53 Jehovah's Witnesses facing criminal prosecution - list
(Forum 18 News Service)

Russia: Criminal prosecutions of 50+ Jehovah's Witnesses
(Forum 18 News Service)

European countries defend nationalists in Russian occupied territory
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)

Sweden’s top Catholic says pope can still sway immigration debate
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Report: UN ignored antisemitism for decade
(UN Watch)

Primer on Sunni terrorists includes helpful advice on the perennial labels game in news
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Bishops vote unanimously to admit Cuba as a diocese
(Lynette Wilson, Episcopal News Service)

The time capsule: Reflections from Cuba
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))

EVENT, 12 July 2018: The Religious Dimension of the Ukraine – Russia Conflict
(Religious Freedom Institute, Elliott School of Foreign Affairs, George Washingon University, Washington, DC)

Australia: Grattan on Friday: Little upside for Malcolm Turnbull in debate over religious freedom
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)

Thanks for your concern, but my religion is not in need of protection
(Catherine McGregor, The Sydney Morning Herald)

Wednesday, 11 July 2018

Why Australia does not need a Religious Discrimination Act
(Luke Beck, The Conversation)

The Census question Australians don’t want to be asked
(Ally Foster, news.com.au)

Buddhist group leader steps down over sexual assault claims
(Sarah Marsh, The Guardian)

How meditation helped Thai boys stuck in cave
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Inside the sacred danger of Thailand’s caves
(Andrew Alan Johnson, Religion News Service)

Christian film producers plan movie about Thai cave rescue
(Associated Press, Religion News Service)

Egypt: Copts attacked after Facebook post showing ‘contempt of Islam’
(World Watch Monitor)

Henan: new limits to the religious freedom of Catholics
(Asia News)

After shuttering 700 churches, Rwanda proposes stricter clergy guidelines
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Netanyahu's crippling lack of confidence in Israel's Jewish identity – and his own
(William Kolbrener, Haaretz)

Putin again goes to Valaam Monastery
(Interfax-Religion)

Imperial Orthodox Society denies connection to expulsion of Russian diplomats from Greece
(Interfax-Religion)

Unrest in Ganja provoked by separatists, religious radicals, opposition - Azerbaijani presidential aide
(Interfax-Religion)

Prosecutor seeks 7 years in penal colony for 'God Kuzya' for creation of sect, fraud
(Interfax-Religion)

Attempts of Russians to gain influence on Mount Athos resulted in diplomatic scandal - media
(Interfax-Religion)

Moscow church seeks help of secular international agencies in Ukrainian issue
(Religiia v Ukraine, Russia Religion News)

Quebec court evicts Hasidic Jews from summer homes over noise and sloppiness
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Ethiopian cardinal praises his nation’s peace deal with Eritrea
(Francis Njuguna, Catholic News Service)

As secularism mounts, Vatican tries to rescue abandoned churches
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Peace agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea hailed by World Council of Churches, UN
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Adventists help commemorate Colombia’s National Religious Freedom Day
(Bettina Krause, Adventist News Network)

Indian Church, Indonesian Muslims, Iran mourn Cardinal Tauran
(Robin Gomes, Vatican News)

A journey into interfaith dialogue with Professor Akbar S. Ahmed
(Adam Garrie, Global Village)

India's secularists have an authoritarianism problem
(Alex Traub, Foreign Policy)

Tuesday, 10 July 2018

Freedom of religion endangered by new law in Laos
(Missions Box)

Barry Bussey interview on the Drew Marshall Show
(Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Intersection)

Why should a woman's bodily integrity be subject to religion (Supreme Court slams practice of female genital mutilation)
(Dhananjay Mahapatra, The Times of India)

Malaysian man who married 11-year-old Thai girl fined $450 by sharia court
(Kate Lamb, The Guardian)

Scientology leader David Miscavige awarded medal from Colombian police
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

Attack on seven Iranian Christians exposes religious minorities’ ‘extreme vulnerability’ in refugee camps
(World Watch Monitor)

India: 16 more Christians detained under Jharkhand’s ‘anti-conversion law’
(Tejaswi Ravinder, World Watch Monitor)

China’s Belt and Road: Exporting evangelism?
(Jeremy Luedi, The Diplomat)

Does the religious freedom debate make sense? Of course not, it's the culture war
(Jeff Sparow, The Guardian (Australia))

Don’t use religion to criminalise others – Don
(Vanguard)

Bicam OKs freedom to exercise religion clause in BBL
(Erwin Colcol, GMA News)

Police clear protesters from chancellery of head of Armenian Church
(Interfax-Religion)

Turkmenistan: Last-ditch appeal against 12-year jail terms
(Forum 18 News Service)

Israeli bill allows surrogacy for single women, denies it to same-sex couples
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

In Sudan’s Nuba Mountains, Christians, Muslims live together peacefully
(Paul Jeffrey, Catholic News Service)

Catholic priest kidnapped in Nigeria released unharmed
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Armed man killed in shootout outside residence of Filipino archbishop
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Ivory Coast bishops object to provisions of reproductive health law
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Separating religious belief from cultural tradition. In real world it's no easy journalistic task
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Martin Luther letter critical of Jews is up for auction
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)

After Instagram star is arrested over dance videos, Iranian women post clips of themselves dancing
(Rick Noack, The Washington Post)

Is Indonesia retreating from democracy?
(Tom Lindsey, The Conversation)

European Court: Data protection directive applies to Jehovah's Witnesses information collected in preaching
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

A religious community, such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses, is a controller, jointly with its members who engage in preaching, for the processing of personal data carried out by the latter in the context of door-to-door preaching
(Press Release, Court of Justice of the European Union)

Tietosuojavaltuutettu v. Jehovan todistajat — uskonnollinen yhdyskunta, Case C-25/17
(Grand Chamber Judgment, Court of Justice of the European Union)

Monday, 9 July 2018

Israel 'not ruling out' eventual ties with Syria's Assad
(Dan Williams, Reuters)

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

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