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Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Stay tuned: Mosul is being set up by media as a world Islamic capital
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Opinion: By emasculating High Court, religious minority exposes itself to tyranny of Israel’s secular majority
(Chemi Shalev, Haaretz)

Ukrainian question concerns other Orthodox countries
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

St. Petersburg government refuses to restore Lutheran property rights
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

Political support for Ukrainian president's project
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

Christian leaders in Jerusalem respond to vandalism by settlers
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Service)

Bogus Vatican deal confirms Saudis’ religious freedom headache
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Muslim minority communities meet in UAE to talk challenges
(Aya Batrawy and Fay Abuelgasim, Associated Press)

Two Islamists ordered hanged for machete murder of Bangladesh professor
(AFP, MSN)

Ten people were killed in Kashmir over the weekend, including a professor-turned-militant
(Vidhi Doshi, The Washington Post)

Erdogan slams French personalities over statement on Quran
(Associated Press Religion)

A Presbyterian pastor languishes in a Turkish prison
(Sandra Jolley and Kristina Arriaga, Religion News Service)

EVENT, 8 May 2018: The Temple Islands: A Window into China's Religious Landscape, Washington, D.C.
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Monday, 7 May 2018

Islamist terrorism wanes in Pakistan, but religious fervor threatens national unity
(Pamela Constable, The Washington Post)

Maharashtra to enact law to encourage inter-caste and inter-religion marriages
(Chaitanya Mangure, News 18)

Jehovah's Witnesses view options in wake of lost appeal
(Dmitry Marakulin, Kommersant)

Metropolitan Onufry: setting up a united local Church in Ukraine will make us second-rate people
(Interfax-Religion)

First time in the new history six Jewish couples got married simultaneously (Russia)
(Interfax-Religion)

Patriarch Kirill wishes Putin health, strength to fulfill presidential tasks
(Interfax-Religion)

Ecumenical delegation of world church leaders visits North Korea
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Christians in Hong Kong pray for religious freedom in China
(Ecumenical News)

Can the Catholic Church mediate in Cameroon's Anglophone crisis?
(Adrian Kriesch, Deutsche Welle)

Afghanistan government air raid in April killed 30 children, UN says
(Deutsche Welle)

Islamic countries call Rohingya crisis ‘ethnic cleansing’
(Associated Press)

Secret witness testifies against US pastor in Turkey
(Suzan Fraser, Associated Press)

EVENT, 7 May 2018: Religion and Climate Change: A Conversation with Karenna Gore
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Bombing at mosque in Afghanistan kills 14, wounds 33
(Associated Press)

Sunday, 6 May 2018

Paskistan: National commission needed to review discriminatory laws
(The Express Tribune)

Seventh Indian state enacts anti-conversion law
(Saji Thomas, UCA News)

Saturday, 5 May 2018

Instant triple talaq will go as ordained – OpEd
(Gajanan Khergamker, Eurasia Review)

Public diplomacy of USA and its relationship with Israel – OpEd
(Rabiya Shamsheer, Eurasia Review)

Friday, 4 May 2018

Mental health and faith: how churches can help to lift the lid and relieve the pressure
(Johanna Derry, Church Times)

Fundamentalist religious discourse in process of radicalization to violence – Analysis
(Éloi Gunn, Canadian Military Journal)

Asia Bibi’s appeal finally will be heard in Pakistan’s Supreme Court
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

SC to take up Aasia Bibi case soon, says CJP
(Hasnaat Malik, The Express Tribune)

Alfie Evans and our moral crossroads
(Charles C. Camosy, First Things)

Alfie Evans: who gets to decide which lives have value?
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

The death of Alfie Evans, and the death of natural rights
(Titus Techera, Law and Liberty)

The face of Christ in Alfie Evans: An interview with Charles C. Camosy
(JD Flynn, Catholic News Agency)

Nicaragua calms down after week of violent protests
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)

White House expresses concern over religious violence in Central African Republic
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Statement from the Press Secretary on Religious Violence in the Central African Republic
(The White House)

Can you be a Muslim if you're an atheist?
(Shuja Haider, The Guardian)

Egyptian Copts face Muslim mobs protesting against legalisation of churches
(World Watch Monitor)

Prison sentences may be growing for Christians in Iran
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

North Korea: US citizens set for release ahead of Trump-Kim talks
(World Watch Monitor)

Focus on human rights fades as US, South Korea pursue North Korea deal
(Channel News Asia)

North Korean Christians on summit peace talks: “This is not what we’ve been praying for”
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

Trump, Giuliani hint at possible release of US Christian prisoners in North Korea
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

‘Lost generation’ of Syrian children left without an education
(Madeleine Davis, Church Times)

Monsoons threaten thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
(Hattie Williams, Church Times)

BJP and RSS caused the biggest damage to Hinduism in recent times, says Hindu cleric
(Siraj Qureshi, India Today)

Turkey: Upcoming second hearing for Andrew Brunson
(Middle East Concern)

Lebanon: No choice left for a girl but to marry
(SB Overseas, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Thursday, 3 May 2018

US officials return thousands of ancient artefacts seized from Hobby Lobby back to Iraq
(Christian Today staff writer, Christian Today)

Turkey’s snap elections: Erdogan’s improvised gambit
(Aykan Erdemir, War on the Rocks)

US State Department Report exposes Turkey’s human rights abuses
(Aykan Erdemir and Deniz Yuksel, Providence: A Journal of Christianity & American Foreign Policy)

Human Rights Situation in Turkey
(Aykan Erdemir, Report to the Parliament of Canada, House of Commons)

Turkey: Erdoğan's world of terrorists includes everyone but terrorists
(Burak Bekdil, Gatestone Institute)

Turkish prosecutor seeks life sentence for U.S. pastor
(Aykan Erdemir, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies)

In Indonesia, interfaith marriage is legal - but with many obstacles
(Krithika Varagur, Voice of America)

Role of churches in Colombia's peace process praised at Global Christian Forum gathering
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Jehovah's Witnesses lose major appeal in Russian court
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Russian court allows seizure of Jehovah's Witness property
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia have property seized by the government amid ongoing crackdown
(Cristina Maza, Newsweek)

Campaign of terror begins for Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia
(Jehovah's Witnesses.org)

Appeals court denies Jehovah's Witnesses' property claim
(Mikhail Telekhov, RAPSI)

Russia: Five Jehovah's Witnesses behind bars
(JW.org, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Jehovah's Witnesses losing hope for their property
(Delovoi Peterburg, Russia Religion News)

Israel told its citizens not to light bonfires on Lag b’Omer. They did it anyway.
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Philippine cardinal urges daily bell tolling to call attention to murders
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Canada's House of Commons calls on Pope and Church to respond to residential schools settlement
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Analysis: Who misinformed Pope Francis about Bishop Barros?
(JD Flynn, Catholic News Agency)

Why clashes are on the rise between farmers and herdsmen in the Sahel
(Olayinka Ajala, The Conversation)

Israel deports Palestinians from Jerusalem for not showing 'loyalty'
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Vatican requests courses to fill ‘urgent need’ for training in canon law
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Violence against women begins in the womb
(Elaine Storkey, Christianity Today)

Trump tells Nigeria's president church attacks must stop
(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today)

Hobby Lobby returned thousands of stolen artifacts
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Roseanne Barr wants to be Prime Minister of Israel
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Healing through artwork: Crochet by African migrants and trauma victims on display in NYC exhibit
(Liz Donovan, Religion News Service)

Hindus in India are converting to Buddhism to protest treatment of lower castes
(Jason Overdorf, Religion News Service)

These are the 12 most 'effective' preachers in the English language
(John Blake, CNN)

Religion a personal choice, should be free from coercion: Rajnath Singh
(Times of India)

Abbas speech draws fire amid accusations of anti-Semitism
(Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Uttarakhand becomes seventh state in India to approve an 'anti-conversion law'
(International Christian Concern)

Church massacre shatters tranquility of Central African capital
(Illia Djadi, World Religion News)

Turkey’s president is holding Americans hostage. Why aren’t we doing anything about it?
(Eric S. Edelman and Aykan Erdemir, The Washington Post)

Wednesday, 2 May 2018

Iraq gathering aimed to honor Mary, empower women
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

How should Catholics respond to migration caravans?
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)

Alfie Evans and Britain's post-Christian, post-human, pagan culture
(Dr. Richard D. Land, The Christian Post)

Ruins of ancient church discovered in Syria, in territory formerly under ISIS control
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

Trauma, anxiety haunt more than half of Syrian refugee children
(Daily Sabah)

Church in Colombia prepares for first National Day of Reconciliation
(Catholic News Agency)

Nepal's squabble with EU bodes ill for religious freedom
(Prakash Khadka, UCANews)

US detainees in North Korea may have been relocated
(Channel News Asia)

Beloved princes: Thai boys become Buddhist novices – in pictures
(Jorge Silva, The Guardian)

‘Indonesia’s most important extremist ideologue’ faces death over church bombing
(World Watch Monitor)

‘Avoid persecution-of-Christians label,’ says Syria expert
(Jayson Casper, World Watch Monitor)

Canada: Legal fight over summer jobs abortion-rights clause escalates as new challenges are filed
(Brian Platt, National Post)

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