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Wednesday, 22 November 2017

Mexican, American bishops offer moral guidelines for NAFTA talks
(Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service)

Philippines to extradite priest accused of molesting US boys
(Associated Press)

Appeals court blocks deportation of Sikh man who fears torture by extremist Indian religious group
(India West)

9th Circuit: Religious sect's attempt to extort land and recruit may create basis for asylum
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Where did it all go so wrong? Violence based on religion is not what Bangladesh is about
(Nur E Emroz Alam Tonoy, Dhaka Tribune)

Protecting religious freedoms is a matter of balance, says head of Turnbull’s inquiry
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)

Marriage equality no vote reflects religion not ethnicity, says Tim Soutphommasane
(Katharine Murphy, The Guardian)

Philip Ruddock to examine if Australian law protects religious freedom
(Gareth Hutchens, The Guardian)

Pope to meet with Myanmar military chief, Rohingya Muslims
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Church closures in Egypt: 'We were silent when it was one, now it's four'
(Sonia Farid, Al Arabiya)

Tuesday, 21 November 2017

Muslims and Jews should be fighting hate together
(David Feldman, The Jewish Chronicle)

Danish Jehovah's Witness kept in jail another time
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Russian government resisting European court
(Sergei Chugunov, Religiia i Pravo)

Patriarch Kirill tells Anglican leader about Ukraine's religious freedom violations
(Interfax-Religion)

Vatican, China exchange art amid stall in hard diplomacy
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Vietnam archdiocese marks World Day of the Poor with a meal
(Catholic News Service)

Before Bangladesh trip, pope calls for interreligious dialogue
(Catholic News Service)

Christian couple rejected as adoptive parents, due to religious beliefs
(Press Release, The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms)

Canadian Christian couple sues over Alberta's policy on adoptions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Canada issues first Hanukkah postage stamp
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

It's too soon to celebrate Australia's vote for LGBT freedom
(Ryan Thoreson, CNN)

Should Catholic confessionals be confidential?
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

Climate change deniers have "perverse attitudes" says Pope Francis
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Indigenous tribe in Indonesia is forced to convert to Islam while their home is destroyed
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

Pope Francis shouldn’t risk going to Myanmar
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)

Robert Mugabe resigns as Zimbabwe’s president after 37 years
(Christopher Torchia and Farai Mutsaka, Associated Press Top News)

Could Zimbabwe be on brink of a transformative ‘Catholic moment’?
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Catholic leaders in Zimbabwe prepare for a post-Mugabe future
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Piety and the president: The impact of religion on Robert Mugabe
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Georgetown panel promotes John Courtney Murray’s legacy of pluralism, religious freedom
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Stop portraying Islamic State as a band of exotic globetrotters
(Tom Smith, The Conversation)

Nigeria police say at least 50 killed in mosque bombing
(Sam Olukoya, Religion News Service)

Bombing at Nigeria mosque kills at least 50
(Sam Olukoya, Associated Press)

AP probe: Sexual abuse pervasive in Pakistan Islamic schools
(Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Religion)

Islamic schools in Pakistan plagued by child sex abuse, investigation finds
(Kathy Gannon, The Independent)

Got news? Top Saudi religious leader says Sunni Muslims can pray in churches, synagogues and Shiite mosques
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Uttarakhand High Court asks state to make law to curb conversions
(Kavita Upadhyay, The Indian Express)

Sabah Council of Churches: We enjoy freedom of religion
(Tracy Patrick, Free Malaysia Today)

Assad-Putin embrace tells story of Russia’s Syria campaign
(Associated Press Middle East)

Monday, 20 November 2017

Law and Religion summer elective cancelled
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Evangelicals and Orthodox together
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)

Never abandon the sick, euthanasia is always wrong, Pope Francis tells doctors
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Bishop George Bell: 2018 publication of review?
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Curia reform: Pope Francis reorganizes Vatican Secretariat of State
(Andrea Galiarducci, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Million signatures for protecting children from the moment of conception will be conveyed to the Kremlin administration
(Interfax-Religion)

Cardinal Bo urges Pope Francis not to use the word ‘Rohingya’ during Myanmar visit
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Putin gives Patriarch Kirill painting featuring Kremlin's main Orthodox church
(Interfax-Religion)

Jewish leader thanks Patriarch Kirill on his birthday for "colossal" contribution to developing inter-religious relations
(Interfax-Religion)

Nikita Belykh allowed church wedding in detention
(Interfax-Religion)

Guatemalan pastor persecuted fighting for indigenous peoples' rights wins Swedish award
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

European court demands that Russia account for imprisonment of Jehovah's Witness
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)

Violence breaks out at Kotel days after PM vows wall for all
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)

Going overboard on religious protections could come back to bite in multicultural Australia
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)

China draws three-stage path for Myanmar, Bangladesh to resolve Rohingya crisis
(Yimou Lee, Reuters)

Building monument of tolerance, Wayame Village demonstrates peace symbol
(Netralnews.com)

DICID holds debate for Indian schools
(The Peninsula)

Clear definition of death, accommodation of religious beliefs needed, says lawyer in life support case
(Terry Davidson, The Lawyer's Daily)

Yogi bats for religious freedom, communal harmony
(United News of India)

Morocco minorities call for religious freedom
(Qantara.de)

Australia: Warning over sharia law in push for religious freedom
(David Crowe, The Australian)

Pakistani government given 3 days to clear Islamist rally
(Associated Press)

Pope devotes Mass to poor, calls indifference a ‘great sin’
(Frances D'Emilio, Religion News Service)

Pope hosts poor, homeless with gourmet meal at Vatican: They are our 'passport to paradise'
(Reuters, The Christian Post)

Pouring into marriages means pouring into ministry in China
(Alex Anhalt, Mission Network News)

'With ash on their faces': The story and struggle of the Yazidi
(Lulu Garcia-Navarro, NPR)

What happens when you fall in love across the religious divide?
(Reza Aslan, The Guardian)

'Love won': vandalised George Michael mural in Sydney gets a makeover
(Naaman Zhou, The Guardian)

Scott Morrison: at least as many voters want religious freedom as marriage equality
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)

To flee or not to flee? Christians in the Middle East
(Jonathan Andrews, World Watch Monitor)

Algerian church closed for ‘illegally printing Bibles and material intended for evangelism’
(World Watch Monitor)

US tells Sudan to ‘immediately suspend’ church demolitions
(World Watch Monitor)

U.S. Sullivan proposes to hold conference on religious freedoms in Sudan
(Sudan Tribune)

Why did the Pope get a Lamborghini?
(Derek Welch, Religion News Service)

UN condemns Iran's human rights violations for the 30th time
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Jerusalem cemetery goes deep underground with tunnel burials
(Isaac Scharf, Religion News Service)

Religious photos of the week: 11/10-11/16
(Shane Epping, Religion News Service)

Feeling guilty about drinking? Well, ask the saints
(Michael Foley, Religion News Service)

Cultural climate change and the future of religion
(Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, MercatorNet)

Sunday, 19 November 2017

The Freedom of Religion or Belief in the ECHR since Kokkinakis. Or “Quoting Kokkinakis”
(Malcolm Evans, Religion & Human Rights, Vol. 12, Issue 2-3, pages 83-98)

Kokkinakis and the Narratives of Proper and Improper Proselytizing
(Brett Scharffs, Religion & Human Rights, Vol. 12, Issue 2-3, pages 99-111)

Limitations on Freedom of Religion and Belief in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in the Quarter Century since Its Judgment in Kokkinakis v. Greece Authors: Mark Hill and Katherine Barnes
(Mark Hill and Katherine Barnes, Religion & Human Rights, Vol. 12, Issue 2-3, pages 174-197)

A Typology of Dissent in Religion Cases in the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights
(Sophie van Bijsterveld, Religion & Human Rights, Vol. 12, Issue 2-3, pages 223-232)

Kokkinakis at the Grassroots Level
(Effie Fokas, Religion & Human Rights, Vol. 12, Issue 2-3, pages 210-222)

Saturday, 18 November 2017

Turkish Cypriots split over Islam’s rise in northern Cyprus
(Menelaos Hadjicotsis, Associated Press)

Religions have constitutional right to manage affairs, says church group
(The Malaysian Insight)

IRF: Increased centralisation has curbed religious freedom
(Robin Augustin, Free Malaysia Today)

Friday, 17 November 2017

Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor: Remarks on human rights/religious freedom in Sudan
(EIN News)

Jordanian cartoonist goes to trial for drawing Jesus
(Global Voices)

Consultative forum to engage government on church legal processes
(Juliana Yorke, Ghana Web)

Indonesia's Orang Rimba: Forced to renounce their faith
(Rebecca Henschke, BBC News)

Kazakhstan: Six more arrests for sharing faith
(Forum 18 News Service)

Searches conducted at home of imam of one of Nazran's main mosques
(Interfax-Religion)

Belgorod imam sentenced to 8.5 years for abetting terrorism
(Interfax-Religion)

Vatican summit seeks comprehensive, global healthcare reform
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Manipulating social media to undermine democracy
(Freedom House)

Turkey foreign minister: cleric’s network infiltrated the US
(Associated Press)

Jobs and paid-for schooling can keep Tanzanian girls from early marriages
(Laura Stark, The Conversation)

Same-sex marriage survey: religious belief matched no vote most closely
(Anna Livsey and Andy Ball, The Guardian)

GMKI on International Interfaith Dialogue: Dialogue Effective Way in Realizing Tolerance
(Netralnews.com)

Urgent stay required to prevent Quebec's religious neutrality law from causing harm, lawyers argue
(CBC News)

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