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Thursday, 5 April 2018

Cardinal Bo: Message to South and Southeast Asia Consultation
(Religious Freedom Institute)

Ban on female genital cutting in Somaliland is progress, but success relies on working with religious leaders
(Chelsea Garbell, Religion Dispatches)

Created for asylum seekers, Israel intends to deport thousands
(Griffin Paul Jackson, Christianity Today)

Argentina abortion bill gains momentum in Congress
(Catholic News Agency)

Pakistan's political leaders condemn terrorist attacks on Christians
(The News)

At Korean-American churches, a struggle to retain language and tradition
(At Korean-American churches, a struggle to retain language and tradition, Aziza Kasumov)

Indonesians fight to keep mystical religion of Java alive
(Krithika Varagur, Voice of America)

Pope and Armenian president unveil monument to Armenian saint in Vatican Gardens
(Interfax-Religion)

Ethnic minorities in Iraq lost hope unlike Syrian Christians - Russian Church official
(Interfax-Religion)

Kazakhstan: Cancer sufferer freed, other cases continue
(Forum 18 News Service)

Quebec bishops ponder possibility of married priests
(Veronique Demers, Catholic News Service)

Church in Goa, India, attacked with stones during Easter Vigil
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Archbishop condemns ritual killing of children in Senegal
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Fear grips Yemen’s Aden as deadly attacks target clerics
(Ahmed Al-Haj, Associated Press)

Question for savvy reporters: Spot link between Toys R Us crisis and sobering trends in many pews?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Wednesday, 4 April 2018

China bans online Bible sales, religious blueprint released
(Michael Sainsbury, UCANews)

Chinese government official: No religion ‘transcends nations’
(National Catholic Register)

Despite speculation, no Vatican-China deal anytime soon
(UCANews)

Iraqi Christians still threatened with annihilation
(Stephen Wynne, Church Militant)

'Rise Nineveh': Christians in Iraq celebrate Assyrian New Year and Easter
(Seth J. Frantzman, Jerusalem Post)

Rwanda closes thousands of churches in bid for more control
(Ignatius Ssuuna, Associated Press)

Is Rwanda trying to destroy Christianity?
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Expert on religion doubts that Mormons would be able to build a church in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)

Ukrainian Orthodox switch allegiance from Moscow to Kiev-linked churches
(Olga Rudenko, Religion News Service)

#MLK50: On anniversary of King's assassination, five faith-filled links to insightful coverage
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

‘No religion, no caste’ students: Kerala education minister draws flak for getting the numbers wrong
(TA Ameerudheen, Scroll.in)

Know your rights: Interfering with religious freedom is illegal
(Elizabeth Buhungiro, The New Times)

Putin thanks Patriarch of Constantinople for supporting unity of the Orthodox world - Kremlin
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian news reports American attention to Danish Jehovah's Witness
(InoTV, Russia Religion News)

Hundreds stage sit-in supporting radical Pakistani cleric
(Associated Press)

On Passover, Netanyahu does a Trump
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

Blogger ordered to remove 'hate speech' against member of small religious order
(Alexandra Back, The Sydney Morning Herald)

Myanmar migrants in Thailand face barriers of race, religion
(Ben Dunant, Voice of America)

IPA says repeal laws that threaten religious freedom
(Ben Packham, The Australian)

Christianity: Too violent for Facebook
(Rod Dreher, The American Conservative)

Irish policy aimed at Catholic schools raises fears of discrimination
(Catholic News Agency)

Why should anyone care what happens to the Northern White Rhino?
(J. Warner Wallace, The Christian Post)

When terrorists and criminals govern better than governments
(Shadi Hamid, Vanda Felbab-Brown, and Harold Trinkunas, The Atlantic)

Israeli authorities block airport ads urging women to refuse to give up seats
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Five years on, Central African Republic crisis deepens
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)

Iraq’s Assyrian Christians: persecution and resurgence
(Zara Sarvarian, World Watch Monitor)

Gay Kenyans sense they may be on the brink of a historic legal triumph
(Max Bearak and Rael Ombuor, The Washington Post)

Landmark case: Indian cow vigilantes get life for lynching
(Saji Thomas, UCANews)

Riots over religious court ruling in India
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

India introduces, then quickly cancels, a plan to blacklist reporters for spreading 'fake news'
(Shashank Bengali and Parth M.N., Los Angeles Times)

Churches vandalized in India on Easter Sunday
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Pope Francis seems to show support for Palestinians
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

In Mexico, donning chains to recall Christ’s pain on the cross
(Irving Cabrera Torres, Religion News Service)

Pakistan parliamentary body rejects bill seeking quota for religious minorities in universities
(Monitoring Report, Pakistan Today)

Ministry of Religious Affairs to finalize ‘National Commission for Non-Muslim Pakistani’s Rights’ bill
(Madeeha Bakhsh, Christians in Pakistan)

Vatican deal would keep China in charge of church, Beijing says
(Eva Dou, The Wall Street Journal)

Religions must be 'subordinate' to Communist party, says China
(Radio Free Asia)

China insists on control of religion, dimming hope of imminent Vatican deal
(Steven Lee Myers, The New York Times)

Foreigners' religious activities protected in China according to law: white paper
(Xinhua)

China says bishop selection does not breach religious rights
(Yanan Wang, Associated Press Religion)

Tuesday, 3 April 2018

Jehovah's Witness to go on trial in Russia on extremism charges
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)

Extremist ultra-Orthodox group organizes honor event for 'Torah prisoners'
(Ilanit Chernick, The Jerusalem Post)

Russia: Abuse of anti-evangelism law curtailed by high court
(Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News)

Russian muftis have different opinions on Wahhabism ban
(Interfax-Religion)

Another extension of trial of Danish Jehovah's Witness
(Orlovskie Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Islamic State claims it killed four Catholics in southern Pakistan
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Australian premier calls for national discussion on confessional seal
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Pakistan: Use of religion for legitimization
(Iqra Riaz, Dunya News)

Pakistani's top judge sets up complaint offices for minorities
(UCA News)

Pakistan's Chief Justice sets up offices to receive minority group and human rights complaints
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Meet the first female evangelical presidential candidate of Colombia
(Deann Alford, Christianity Today)

Egypt's Sisi wins 97 percent in election with no real opposition
(John Davison, Ahmed Tolba, Reuters)

Abiy Ahmed sworn in as Ethiopia's prime minister
(Al Jazeera)

Religious totalitarianism, secular totalitarianism, and other threats to international religious freedom
(Daniel Mark, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)

Domestic challenges to religious liberty—from left and right
(Daniel Mark, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)

Three years after the Garissa University attack, trauma still lingers
(Nathan Johnson, International Christian Concern)

Netanyahu's incredible flip-flop on African migrants
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Easter in Qaraqosh – for many their first since returning home
(World Watch Monitor)

Persecuted Christians celebrate Easter with mixed emotions
(World Watch Monitor)

Monday, 2 April 2018

Religious photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Easter celebrations around the world - in pictures
(Arnel Hecimovic, The Guardian)

Assyrian observe Easter midnight mass in north Iraq
(A.C. Robinson, AINA)

‘Hope and dignity:’ Pope calls for peace in Easter message
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)

In Easter Urbi et Orbi, Pope Francis prays for 'swift end' to bloody war in Syria, peace in Holy Land
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Pope Francis delivers Easter plea for peace after Gaza deaths
(Reuters in Vatican City, The Guardian)

Who separated Passover from Easter?
(Michael Brown, The Christian Post)

Atheists who bring logic to the Easter story are missing the point
(Julian Baggini, The Guardian)

The Guardian view on Easter: it would take a miracle
(Editorial, The Guardian)

Easter a reminder of the role religious belief plays in Sydney
(The Sydney Morning Herald)

Easter is different here in New York, as I think back to my Australian childhood
(Jillian Abbott, The Guardian)

Why isn’t there a ‘War on Easter’ like Christmas?
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Column: On Faith & Culture)

This week in Christian history: MLK, Charlemagne, 'Chariots of Fire'
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

From the black church to India: The theology of Martin Luther King Jr.
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

Is it a crime to worship God? According to Russia, yes.
(The Washington Post)

Attack on Wahhabi Islam divides Russian Muslims
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

Opinion: Science is scared of religion
(Zulfikar Abbany, Deutsche Welle)

Solace amid persecution for India's Christian minority
(Diana Chandler, Baptist Press)

Anger in India as lowest caste protests Supreme Court order
(Associated Press)

Palestinian women celebrate legal win with eye toward greater victories
(Aziza Nofal, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Egypt women fight for right to army combat posts
(N.A. Hussein, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Iraqi courts seeking out atheists for prosecution
(Omar al-Jaffal, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

'This is making a lot of Christians in China very nervous'
(Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, The Atlantic)

Secular groups call for review of 'blatantly discriminatory' school chaplains program
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)

Yes, we’ve lost our faith in God, but we’ve lost our faith in reason too
(Kenan Malik, The Guardian)

Praying to Shinto "sports gods" for success
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

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