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Wednesday, 18 October 2017

Australia: Churches vandalized by gay marriage supporters ahead of legalization vote
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Quebec passes law banning facial coverings in public
(Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian)

Ontario says Quebec law on religious neutrality violates charter rights
(National Post)

Saudi scholars to vet teaching of prophet Muhammad to curb extremism
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Christians on alert as Iraqi forces take over Nineveh Plains
(World Watch Monitor)

‘No country can make progress without granting religious freedom to citizens’
(Pakistan Today)

Who said that — Martin Luther or William Shakespeare?
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

Tuesday, 17 October 2017

Japan PM Shinzo Abe sends offering to Yasukuni war shrine
(Deutsche Welle)

Greece passes gender identity law amid church protest
(Florian Schmitz, Deutsche Welle)

Pope Francis invites prisoners to lunch, instead they escape
(Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency)

The implicationsof China's growing involvement in Latin America
(Jaime Daremblum, Hudson Institute)

Middle East’s Samaritans link Muslims and Jews
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Can the war between faith and science come to an end?
(Kevin Wandra, Christian News Wire)

Respect, don't just tolerate other religions, Vatican officials say
(Matthew Fowler, Catholic News Service)

Callista Gingrich confirmed as Ambassador to the Vatican
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Christian-killing Al-Shabaab is behind Somalia's worst ever bombing
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

New poll says most Australians think religion does more harm than good
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Iraqi-Kurdish violence could push Christians who survived IS ‘to flee for good’
(World Watch Monitor)

Pope wants to change Catholic Church's position on the death penalty
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

I don’t like niqabs and burqas — but they should be legal
(John G. Stackhouse, Jr., Religion News Service)

United Nations intercedes for Jehovah's Witness prisoner in Kazakhstan
(Radio Azattyk, Russia Religion News)

14 European countries criticize Russian treatment of religious minorities
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)

Patriarch Kirill pays attention of the participants in the Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly to attempts of infringing canonical church in Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)

Monday, 16 October 2017

Russian churches begin new youth programs
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)

The Russian Orthodox Church: Putin ally or independent force?
(Gregory L. Freeze, Religion and Politics Fit for Society)

Patriarch Kirill urges to base legislation on law of morals
(Interfax-Religion)

Global launch to teach the Bible academically in every English-speaking school with partners in the United States, Australia, United Kingdom and the Philippines
(Press Release, Religion News Service)

Prayers of the persecuted around the world
(James Estrin, The New York Times)

Indonesian Christians living in New Hampshire fear possible deportation
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Are Coptic Christians celebrating the martyrdom of their people too much?
(Jacob Wirtschafter and Mina Nader, Christian Headlines)

Italian Catholic priest kidnapped in Nigeria
(Catholic News Agency)

Despair would worsen the situation, bishop says in wake of Somalia attack
(Catholic News Agency)

Somalia suffers worst terrorist attack in its history: 276 have been killed
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Ghana religious leaders join efforts to end child marriage
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Kenyan Catholic bishops urge calm in the face of political crisis
(Fredrick Nzwili, Crux)

Caught between camps: Christians in the Holy Land
(Santiago Ramos, Commonweal)

Religion and the persecution of Rohingya Muslims
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Buddhist inspired genocide (Response to: Religion and the persecution of Rohingya Muslims)
(Michael Jerryson, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

In Latin America, is there a link between abortion rights and democracy?
(Larissa Arroyo Navarrete, The Conversation)

We have to stop normalising relentless Islamophobia in Australia
(Rabia Siddique, The Guardian)

Muslim inmates allege humiliation and abuse by Brisbane prison staff
(Noor Gillani, The Guardian)

Perth’s Anglican ​​church offers ‘heartfelt apology’ to LGBT community
(Michael McGowan, The Guardian)

In a few years we’ll wonder why it took us so long to legalise marriage equality
(Peter Tatchell, The Guardian)

Pope Francis is changing his church on the death penalty. What next?
(Joanna Moorhead, The Guardian)

Pope channels his inner Elvis on war, hunger and climate change
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

To address migration, Pope Francis urges action on climate change and conflict
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Vatican court convicts ex-hospital chief in housing scandal
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

In Diwali message to Hindus, Vatican officials call for mutual respect
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

State elections draw near in India, spark anti-Christian sentiment
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

Balinese Hindus await the eruption of Mount Agung, home of a god
(Alexandra Radu, Religion News Service)

Kurdish referendum inspires statehood for Iraq's Sunnis too
(Abnan Abu Zeed, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

How Egyptian activists are trying to curb polygamy
(Rami Galal, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Egypt holds training camps for imams to uproot terrorism
(Menna A. Farouk, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Unrelenting killing of Coptic Christians intensifies debate over martyrdom
(Jacob Wirtschafter and Mina Nader, Religion News Service)

Minority vote can ‘influence’ election results
(The Nation)

Death toll rises to 276 in Somalia's worst bomb attack
(Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times)

Somalia’s decade-long battle against extremists hits grim milestone in huge blasts
(Kevin Sieff and Abdullahi Mire, The Washington Post)

Tens of thousands participate in Jerusalem march, celebrating unification
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Israel, Hezbollah exchange threats of imminent war
(Ali Hashem, Al Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)

Tiong takes Asyraf to task over Islamic state claim
(Borneo Post Online)

Another mega rally seeking religion status for Lingayat
(The Hindu)

Secularism vis-à-vis religions By Justice KT Thomas
(Justice KT Thomas, LiveLaw.in)

Why removing ‘H’ from BHU and ‘M’ from AMU is an unworkable idea
(Faizan Mustafa, Hindustan Times)

Saturday, 14 October 2017

Johor Sultan orders religious office to cut ties with Jakim
(Straits Times)

Kenyan presidential candidates are using religion like never before
(David G. McAfee, Patheos, Friendly Atheist)

Before Pope Francis’ Visit, Suu Kyi govt holds prayers for peace
(John Zaw and Michael Sainsbury, Eurasia Review)

Indian court chooses clean air over fireworks for a festival
(Hari Kumar and Kai Schultz, The New York Times)

Christian State leader Kalinin charged with extremism
(Interfax-Religion)

Vatican court convicts ex-hospital head over luxury housing scandal
(Deutsche Welle)

Catholics say diplomacy with North Korea, Iran needed to keep peace
(Catholic News Service)

Archbishop calls attacks on Mother Teresa by Hindu leader “disrespectful”
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Friday, 13 October 2017

Moderate religious groups can guide followers on inclusive practices: Shanmugam
(Toh Ee Ming, Today Online)

Ottawa let Catholic Church off the hook for millions in residential school compensation
(Paul Barnsley, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network)

Freedom of religion is 'vital' for Uzbekistan reforms, says UN expert
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Gender and Greek Orthodoxy: A row over transgender rights erupts between Greece’s politicians and its clerics
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Russian parliament looking for new law restricting religious groups
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Moscow patriarch finally gets into fray over controversial movie
(RBK, Russia Religion News)

Italian priest kidnapped in Nigeria
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Vatican: Canada did not seek extradition for diplomat with porn charges
(Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service)

Bishop pleads for peace as Yemen crisis worsens
(Catholic News Service)

Togo bishop condemns ‘indiscriminate brutality’ by security forces
(Catholic News Service)

Ending Syria’s war may be easier than rebuilding Christian/Muslim trust
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Why the U.S. should care about the decline of religious freedom around the world
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Pope's death penalty views may mean new approach to criminal justice
(JD Flynn, Catholic News Agency)

Trump administration announces it will withdraw from UNESCO due to 'anti-Israel bias'
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

I never became straight. Perhaps that was never God's goal.
(Rachel Gilson, Christianity Today)

Suicide, mental illness, and the church
(Ed Stetzer, Christianity Today)

A Roman Catholic appreciation of justification by faith
(Nancy Enright, Christianity Today)

The cynic's guide to sin
(Derek Rishmawy, Christianity Today)

Christians returning to former IS-occupied Karamles, Iraq ‘increasing day to day’
(World Watch Monitor)

Anglicare faces internal ructions over Sydney diocese $1m no campaign donation
(Michael McGowan, The Guardian)

Kenya’s presidential race takes pages from the Bible
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

People of faith aren’t exempt from loving their neighbor
(Jennifer Butler, Religion News Service)

Thursday, 12 October 2017

Islamic intolerance rising in pre-election Malaysia
(Nile Bowie, Asia Times)

Party cadres told to avoid religion, superstition
(Straits Times)

UN expert tells Uzbekistan religions 'not a threat'
(Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty)

Uzbekistan: Torture and impunity for torturers continues
(Forum 18 News Service)

Answer to Marawi extremism seen as more than just religion
(Jack Board, Channel NewsAsia)

Moderates in Malaysia welcome Malay Rulers' call for religious tolerance
(Straits Times)

Why is Pakistan against its Ahmadi community?
(Shamil Shams, Deutsche Welle)

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