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Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Egypt court asks Mufti to weigh in on death sentences for 10
(Associated Press)

Top 10 religion stories of 2017
(The Media Project)

The Media Project asked 800+ journalists around the world for 10 great Godbeat stories and ...
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Conscience vote on euthanasia bill exposes democratic weakness of New Zealand’s voting system
(Dominic O'Sullivan, The Conversation)

Earth's ultimate yogis – in pictures
(Andy Richter, The Guardian)

Egypt: Church owner fined, attackers given suspended sentences
(World Watch Monitor)

Return of Rohingyas to Myanmar delayed
(Lindsay Steele, Mission Network News)

North Korea: the nation with few Christian children — if any
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

North Korea's photos of 'fake churches' aim to cover up abuse of Christians -report
(Lorraine Caballero, Christian Daily)

Istanbul's Iron Church restored as Turkey warms to Bulgaria
(Nazlan Ertan, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Jordan seeks to ease travel burden on Palestinian Jerusalemites
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Gaza's religious ministry launches Khotaba, the Yelp for Islamic preachers
(Amjad Yaghi, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

The case for net neutrality in Iran
(Holly Dagres, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Jordan, Israel resume frosty relations
(Osama Al Sharif, Al Monitor: Jordan Pulse)

Zero tolerance? The facts don't support the pope's claims on child abuse
(Kieran Tapsell, The Guardian)

Google Home disables answers to Buddha, Muhammad in response to Jesus Christ controversy
(Jeannie Law, The Christian Post)

The Pope sends in the cavalry to rescue himself
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

In Kenya, debt-ridden Christian universities struggle to stay open
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Report: Iranian Bahá’ís experience religious freedom in the United States
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Malaysia church attacks highlight growth of Islamic extremism
(World Watch Monitor)

Catholic bishops join with rabbis, imams in Canadian religious liberty fight
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)

Egypt makes it easier for churches to obtain licenses
(Menna A. Farouk, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

The rise of the Brazilian Evangelicals
(Chayenne Polimedo, The Atlantic)

Tuesday, 30 January 2018

Rabbinical court allows man to marry second wife after divorce refusal
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)

Amended religion law to ban home group meetings in Kazakhstan
(Evangelical Focus)

Kazakhstan: 279 known administrative prosecutions in 2017
(Forum 18 News Service)

Two unidentified men found guilty of illegal evangelism in Samara oblast
(Buguruslan district prosecutor's office, Russia Religion News)

Violence besets religious situation in Ukraine
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witnesses try to retain building by donating it to Spanish fellow believers
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

Kenyan religious leaders urge calm as defeated candidate prepares “swearing in” ceremony
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Venezuelan archbishop decries plan to change election date
(Catholic News Agency)

Explaining why the Vatican seems so eager for a deal with China
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Vietnamese officials cite diocese for ‘illegal’ Mass
(Catholic Culture)

Give up politics of religion: Rajnath's appeal after J-K's deputy grand mufti drops 'separate state' bombshell
(Manjeet Sehgal, India Today)

Religious minority stands up to exclusion in Iran
(Eli Lake, Newsmax)

African deportations are creating a religious controversy in Israel
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Australian bishops warn new espionage law could require Catholics to register as ‘foreign agents’
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Malaysia: Govt mulls amending law on unilateral conversion of children
(Martin Carvalho, M. Kumar, and Fatimah Zainal, The Star)

Afghan clerical council condemns wave of deadly attacks
(Associated Press)

Indian Muslim cleric says women watching soccer un-Islamic
(Associated Press)

Yemen: USCIRF condemns death sentence for Baha’i
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Millions of refugees could benefit from big data – but we’re not using it
(Anirudh V.S. Ruhil, The Conversation)

A multi-religious ‘fellowship’ in Syria possible again, says church leader
(Syria Direct)

Global opinions: In India, right-wing Hindu groups are recycling Britain’s colonial ideas about religion
(Shivani Radhakrishnan, The Washington Post)

Azerbaijani Interior Ministry: 162 people violated freedom of religion in 2017
(APA)

Interfaith group wants Putrajaya to expedite reconversion of Indira Gandhi’s children
(Noel Achariam, The Malaysian Insight)

Apex court’s ruling on unilateral conversion a victory for all Malaysians, interfaith group says
(Malay Mail Online)

HRW slams India's treatment of minorities
(UCANews)

The bureaucracy of evil: how Islamic State ran a city
(Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, The Guardian)

Egypt's Christians suffer from "very high persecution"
(Raymond Ibrahim, Front Page Mag)

Christians urged to defend rights in China
(UCANews)

North Korea: Defector confirms Kim Jong-un using ‘Christian actors’ to portray freedom, believers ‘will be mercilessly killed’
(The Global Dispatch)

Problems facing Chinese churches in rapid development
(Paul Wu, China Christian Daily)

Mexico: drugs, poverty, and violence blot out hope
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

Syrian refugees freeze to death crossing into Lebanon
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)

Sudanese refugees hunted in Egypt
(A correspondent in Egypt, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Despite 'regrettable' reports, Francis is well informed on China, Vatican says
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Vatican courts China with plan to install excommunicated bishop
(Associated Press, The Guardian)

Coalition secrecy laws threaten public interest journalism, committee told
(Michael McGowan, The Guardian)

Chinese bishop reshuffle reinforces fears of state meddling
(World Watch Monitor)

Iranian women protest obligatory headscarf
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)

Pope sends sex crimes expert to Chile to investigate bishop
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

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

Monday, 29 January 2018

Religion not the only norm for custody of child, says Supreme Court
(Bhadra Sinha, Hindustan Times)

Archbishop to Trudeau: You’re ‘confused’ if you think you can be pro-abortion and Catholic
(Claire Chretien, Life Site News)

Australian Red Mass a call to protect religious freedom in age of 'militant secularism'
(CBN News)

The dangerous Buddhist card in Thailand’s new constitution
(Khemthong Tongsakulrungruang, The Diplomat)

Hindu, Muslim rioting in northern India kills 1
(Associated Press)

Malaysia’s top court annuls unilateral conversions of minors
(Eileen Ng, Associated Press)

World remembers Holocaust in a time of rising hatred
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Christianity and the environment: Being religious does not make you greener
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Religion, ritual and fortitude: How feats of endurance cement social bonds
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Attempts to deny Holocaust, belittle USSR's role in victory over Nazis must be foiled - Putin
(Interfax-Religion)

American citizen serving as rabbi in Russia kicked out of country
(Aleksei Ilin, 73ONLINE.ru)

Israelis unite against Polish Holocaust law
(Ben Caspit, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Russian government service fumbles attempt to punish news agency
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witnesses dispute case against their Bible
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Orthodox Church faces a tax question
(Patriarkhiia.ru, Russia Religion News)

Pentecostal found in violation of Yarovaya Law
(Olga Ramariia, Uralskii Meridian)

Boko Haram sets churches on fire in latest attack on Cameroon’s Far North
(World Watch Monitor)

Hundreds of US rabbis sign letter against Israel’s migrant deportation plan
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Truth, a murdered journalist and ‘fake news’
(Erich Bridges, Religion News Service)

Cardinal critic reveals drama in Vatican’s overture to China
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

Pope attacks “indifference” in battling anti-Semitism
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Pope denounces Holocaust ‘indifference’ amid Polish uproar
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)

Cardinal Zen attacks Vatican efforts to rehabilitate government-appointed Chinese bishops
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Muslims and Mormons champion religious freedom in Guatemala
(Jason Swensen, Deseret News Faith)

Iran faces growing rates of suicide, depression, and drug abuse
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

Iran president under fire over criticism of Shiite imams
(Saeid Jafari, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Palestinians express despair over Israeli leadership
(Uri Savir, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Chilean legislators pass gender-identity bill
(Catholic News Agency)

Artificial Intelligence, transhumanism and the church: How should Christians respond?
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)

I am a Palestinian evangelical and I am not ashamed
(Rev. Dr. Jack Y. Sara, The Christian Post)

In Trudeau's Canada, Christians are not welcome
(Bradley Martin, The Christian Post)

China's forced family planning comes full circle
(Christian Headlines)

Cuba: Christian man is arrested, told 'our God is Fidel Castro'
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

Dead Sea scroll deciphered to reveal ancient calendar
(Alison Flood, The Guardian)

Why the Catholic church needs a #MeToo moment
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Explosion at Bodhgaya after Dalia Lama teaching
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Pope Francis says those who make up stories utilize 'snake tactics'
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

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