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Wednesday, 21 February 2018

Jehovah's Witnesses' property in Russian Far East confiscated
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Mexican front-runner promotes ‘well-being of the soul’
(Associated Press)

Indonesia: Ahok asks Supreme Court to review his blasphemy sentence
(World Watch Monitor)

Jailed former Jakarta governor seeks conviction review
(Ryan Dagur, UCANews)

The daring plan to save a religious minority from ISIS
(Jenna Krajeski, The New Yorker)

Latest issue of International Review of Mission focuses on mission insights from Africa
(World Council of Churches)

Anticipation from Tanzania on the Conference on World Mission and Evangelism
(World Council of Churches)

Conference on World Mission and Evangelism a “meeting point" between different faiths
(Interview with Dr Agnes Abuom, World Council of Churches)

Peace, tolerance achievable through dialogue only: minister
(Pakistan Today)

Promotion of human rights top priority for Qatar: minister
(Gulf Times)

Conference on Interfaith Dialogue calls for preserving human dignity
(Gulf Times)

Qatar: Need for religious tolerance stressed
(Gulf Times)

Turkey’s military operations in Syria
(Lokman B. Çetinkaya, EJIL: Talk!)

Visiting deacon tackles religious freedom debate in Langley lecture
(Roxanne Hooper, Aldergrove Star)

US evangelical leaders and megachurch pastors visit Jerusalem, pray in Magdala
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Another Marawi possible, Philippine rebel chief warns
(Free Malaysia Today)

Extreme feminism is a threat to marriage – Pastor
(Mark Boye, Ghana Web)

Egypt honors slain Coptic Christians, but fails to protect the living
(Lela Gilbert, News Max)

Copts, Muslims unite to build church in Egypt’s Samalut
(Al-Masry Al-Youm, Egypt Independent)

What the fuss about ticking a box on the Canada Summer Jobs application is about
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Lawyer)

Cardinal George Pell’s lawyers denied access to more accusers' medical records
(Australian Associated Press, The Guardian)

EVENT, 21 February 2018: A Moralist International? The Role of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Globalization of the Culture Wars
(Featuring Kristina Stoeckl)

Tuesday, 20 February 2018

Pope Francis announces canonization of Paul VI
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Cambodia: Hun Manet hails government support for religious harmony
(Mom Sophon, Khmer Times)

Russia: Two criminal trials, three criminal investigations
(Forum 18 News Service)

Tajikistan: Amendments impose even tighter state control
(Forum 18 News Service)

Kizlyar shooting an attempt to pit Dagestan's people, religions against one another – Vasilyev
(Interfax-Religion)

Women killed in Kizlyar to be buried on territory of church as martyrs
(Interfax-Religion)

Another Jehovah's Witness imprisoned in Orel
(Social Media News, Russia Religion News)

Finally the trial of Danish Jehovah's Witness starts
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

The Guardian view on Holocaust responsibility: Poland cannot wholly escape blame
(Editorial, The Guardian)

Israel-Poland spat: Swastikas drawn on Polish embassy in Tel Aviv
(BBC News)

Persecuted Iraqi Christians offer forgiveness to ISIS
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Hamas enters new phase of confrontation with Islamic State
(Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Trump negotiators welcome Abbas’ recognition of Jerusalem as holy to Jews
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Will Great Mosque of Samarra and its minaret survive?
(Adnan Abu Zeed, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

British government will not overrule repeal of gay marriage in Bermuda
(Catholic News Agency)

Lebanese interreligious foundation Adyan awarded Niwano Peace Prize
(Doreen Abi Raad, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Archbishop of Erbil: Christians in Iraq are 'scourged, wounded, but still there'
(Courtney Grogan, Assyrian International News Agency)

Togo bishops call for prayers for national dialogue, insist on term limits
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Hindu attacks on Christians double in India
(Saji Thomas, UCANews)

Religious discrimination inside the Egyptian workplace
(Claire Evans, Persecution: International Christian Concern)

Expert says Vatican’s proposed deal with China is “limp”
(John Allen and Claire Giangravé, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

The Vatican and China: Making the best of a bad situation
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)

Egypt adds detained Islamist politician to terror list
(Samy Magdy, Associated Press)

Doha Interfaith Conference begins today
(Gulf Times)

Benazir Bhutto showed you can be a mother and prime minister – I know, I am her son
(Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, The Guardian)

Asia Bibi central to trade deals, EU tells Pakistan
(World Watch Monitor)

Pakistan: 800 Christian families flee neighbourhood after blasphemy accusation
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)

Interfaith dialogue conference kicks off in Doha
(Daily Sabah)

The Islamist confusion of branding religion as political system
(Al Arabiya)

Interfaith event sparks controversy in Nasirnagar
(Ujall Chakraborty, Dhaka Tribune)

Myanmar to resettle 6,000 stranded Rohingya refugees
(Julhas Alam, Associated Press)

I left my childhood cult behind, but not the cynicism it instilled in me
(Ellie Marney, The Guardian)

Boko Haram strikes again in northern Cameroon, killing pregnant woman and setting church on fire
(World Watch Monitor)

Nigeria frees 475 Boko Haram suspects for lack of evidence
(Deutsche Welle)

Iraq archbishop invites Muslim nations to rebuild Christian villages destroyed by IS
(World Watch Monitor)

Iceland law to outlaw male circumcision sparks row over religious freedom
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Protect freedom to reject weddings, say Catholics
(Greg Brown, The Australian)

Shared experiences in the context of extreme violence: what is the Church’s role?
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))

EVENT, 20-21 February 2018: "Religion and Human Rights," Doha Conference on Interfaith Dialogue, Doha, Qatar
(United Nations Alliance of Civilizations)

Protests in Pakistan after Christian man commits blasphemy
(The Indian Express)

'It's not a war. It's a massacre': scores killed in Syrian enclave
(Kareem Shaheen, The Guardian)

Monday, 19 February 2018

Iranian Christian convert detained since before Christmas
(World Watch Monitor)

Russia: ‘Extremist’ identified after five women killed in Dagestan church attack
(World Watch Monitor)

2017 ‘one of the most traumatic years for Indian Christians’
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)

After priest deaths, Mexican diocese pulls nuns from violent Mexican City
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

'They still respect their priest': the Mexican bishop who negotiates with cartel bosses
(David Agren, The Guardian)

Iran president slams US recognition of Jerusalem as capital
(Omer Farooq, Religion News Service)

Ancient beard traditions shape the face of modern Jerusalem
(Ian Deitch, Religion News Service)

Pope Francis wowed the world but, five years on, is in troubled waters
(Catherine Pepinster, The Guardian)

Pope backs down, OKs resignation of divisive Nigerian bishop
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

Pope revives lapsed sex abuse commission amid skepticism
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

African cosmologies: spiritual reflections on the ‘Black Panther’ movie
(Yolanda Pierce, Religion News Service)

Approved: Anyone may refuse work on Shabbat
(Arutz Sheva)

Patriarch Kirill sees shooting in Dagestan as provocation aimed at causing discord between Orthodox, Muslims
(Interfax-Religion)

82% of Russians consider unacceptable jokes about the Church
(Interfax-Religion)

Stand up to Erdogan, protect ethnic and religious minorities in Syria
(Diliman Abdulkader, The Jerusalem Post)

Govt. approves recognition of Ethiopian religious leaders
(Lidar Gravé-Lazi, The Jerusalem Post)

Indian government plans to issue ID cards to cows
(Murali Krishnan, Deutsche Welle)

Chaldean archbishop: Time to be ‘honest’ in dialogue with Muslims
(Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service)

Montreal prelate fears “second class citizenship” for people of faith
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Kenya’s bishops urge reconciliation amid disputed presidency
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Egypt sentences 65 Islamists to jail for incitement
(Associated Press)

IS claims responsibility for church shooting in Russia
(Associated Press)

Five people killed in Dagestan church shooting
(Marc Bennetts, The Guardian)

Bolivia: Bishops call for ‘thorough investigation’ of explosions in Oruro
(Catholic News Agency)

China’s Hui Muslims fear Lunar New Year education ban a sign of further restrictions to come
(Michael Martina, Reuters)

Saturday, 17 February 2018

The limits of Erdoğan’s "nation"
(Aykan Erdemir, The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies)

Friday, 16 February 2018

WATCH: The return of religion: Globalisation, belief and the public sphere (Spanish and English)
(Lecture by José Casanova and Nilüfer Göle, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona)

The anti-Christ alt-right: The perverse thought of right-wing identity politics
(Matthew Rose, First Things)

Apex court: Religion no excuse for killings
(Tribune News Service, The Tribune)

Pune techie murder case: Supreme Court pulls up Bombay HC over religion remark
(The Indian Express)

Rouhani lauds Indias diversity, peaceful co-existence of religions
(PTI, India Today)

13 Christians in India sentenced to 6 months in prison under forced conversion charges
(Nirmala Carvalho, Asia News)

India: Catholic bishops warn against Hindu nationalism as religious hate crimes rise
(Anto Akkara & World Watch Monitor staff, World Watch Monitor)

Indian bishops condemn rise in religion-based hate crime
(Christian Today)

Don’t mix politics & religion, Kiren Rijiju tells Nagaland voters
(Pravin Kalital, The Times of India)

Keep politics off religion: Venkaiah Naidu
(The Hindu)

Religious discrimination in Canada
(Derek Ross, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)

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