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Thursday, 12 October 2017

Egyptian Coptic priest killed in Cairo attack
(Menna Zaki, Associated Press)

Find ways to keep migrant families together, Vatican official says
(Carol Glatz, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Bishop says decline of faith in West hurts Nigerian church
(Catholic News Service)

In Lebanon, Catholics can’t afford the Church’s culture wars
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Is Latin America ready to accept more resettled refugees?
(Marcia Vera Espinoza, The Conversation)

Pune law students draft bill to protect inter-caste, inter-religion marriages
(Ananya Barua, Hindustan Times)

Ali Hasanov: Biased PACE documents force Azerbaijan to reconsider relations with Council of Europe
(Trend News Agency)

Wednesday, 11 October 2017

Metropolitan Hilarion accuses the United States of the lack of democracy
(Interfax-Religion)

Episodes of harassment against Jehovah's Witnesses accelerating
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

South Korean Catholics pray for Olympics as tensions build in North
(Alastair Wanklyn, Catholic News Service)

Pope Francis: Death penalty is contrary to the Gospel
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

Child labor soars in Syria's liberated areas
(Khaled al-Khateb, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)

How Sinai tribes are helping Cairo fight IS
(George Mikhail, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Egypt moves toward criminalizing child marriage
(Shahira Amin, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Pope Francis to meet Buddhist monks, military and Aung San Suu Kyi in visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh
(James Macintyre, Mission Network News)

Before pope's visit, Suu Kyi govt holds prayers for peace
(John Zaw, Mandalay, & Michael Sainsbury, UCA News)

The Venerable W review – the poisonous monk behind Myanmar's anti-Muslim vendetta
(Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian)

How DEC funds help fleeing Rohingya people
(Letters, The Guardian)

New flood of Rohingya Muslims fleeing ethnic cleansing
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

Asian and African Buddhists and Hindus are opening up to the gospel
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)

Three weeks after Hurricane Maria, most of Puerto Rico still without power
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

U.S. to fund restoration of Israel's ancient Solomon Pools
(Veronica Neffinger, The Guardian)

Is Harry Potter becoming a new religion?
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

EVENT, 11 October 2017: "Live!" Interview Series with Mohammed Amin MBE. Live broadcast at 3:30 pm (Brussels time).
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints-European Union Office)

EVENT, 11 October 2017: From Mosul to brain science to tech: Creating peace in a volent world
(United States Institute of Peace: Applied Conflict Transformation Center)

“Christianity and Natural Law” (Doe, ed.)
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)

Tuesday, 10 October 2017

As some Middle East Christians struggle to stay, others make hard choice to go
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Bishop in Gabon says more must be done to fight witch doctors performing human sacrifice
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Freeing faith
(Jerusalem Post)

Kazakhstan: More restrictions to Parliament in December?
(Forum 18 News Service)

Turkmenistan: Compulsory re-registration, continuing state obstructionism
(Forum 18 News Service)

Vatican Bank begins civil action over investments in Malta in sign of tackling “past abuses”
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Women and Religious Freedom: Synergies and Opportunities
(Nazila Ghanea, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Selected Blasphemy Cases (Respecting Rights? Measuring the World’s Blasphemy Laws)
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Women and Religious Freedom
(Daniel Mark, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)

Study up: A Reformation anniversary reading list
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

India: Does woman lose religious identity post inter-religious marriage? SC to study
(The Economic Times)

Religious freedom another casualty of Southeast Asia’s regressive turn
(Max Walden, Asian Correspondent)

Melvyn Bragg says kids should read the King James Bible. But is it too graphic?
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)

The Bible is full of horrors – that’s why it should be required reading for today’s children
(K B Edwards adn M J C Warren, The Conversation)

White House permanently lifts Sudan sanctions
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

US to lift Sudan sanctions despite human rights concerns
(World Watch Monitor)

Why America has lifted sanctions on Sudan
(The Economist Explains)

Parsi woman’s case of religious identity before Constitution bench
(The Indian Express)

ISIS progresses toward mass genocide of Christians and Yezidis
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)

Wealth creation within global cultural perspectives
(Lausanne Movement)

How did haircuts and nail polish become part of Iran's Shiite mourning rituals?
(Saeid Jafari, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Pope Francis to call astronauts aboard the Space Station
(Catholic News Agency)

Pope praises 'beautiful, complex' diversity of Catholic Churches in India
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

Church leaders join appeal for desperate Rohingya refugees
(Christian Today staff writer, Christian Today)

Prayer is more popular than Facebook and Twitter for people making hard decisions
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)

Anglican rector criticises $1m donation to no campaign from Sydney diocese
(Michael Slezak and Paul Karp, The Guardian)

Australian Catholic Church facing 'biggest crisis' in its history, Brisbane Archbishop says
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)

Australian bishops meet in Rome as Church reels from recent crisis
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

Australia's same-sex marriage referendum: Sydney clergy blast 'extraordinary use of church money' after diocese's $1m donation to 'no' camp
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)

Australia: Marriage ballot participation rate passes Irish referendum
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)

Sydney Anglican diocese donates $1m to no campaign for same-sex marriage vote
(Michael McGowan, The Guardian)

Satanists are using videogames like Minecraft to practice their religion
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

US pastor Andrew Brunson marks 1 year imprisonment in Turkey
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Turkey: USCIRF delegation visits imprisoned U.S. citizen Pastor Andrew Brunson
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Tens of thousands turn out for Myanmar interfaith rally to pray for peace in Rakhine
(Channel News Asi)

Monday, 9 October 2017

The truth and fiction of Adam and Eve
(Marilynne Robinson, The New York Times)

President Trump postpones moving U.S. embassy to Jerusalem
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

For global 'peripheries,' poverty can lead to online exploitation
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

Buddhist nationalists and ethnic cleansing in Myanmar part 1: an introduction to the current crisis
(Michael Jerryson, Abby Kulisz, and Sarah Seniuk, OUPblog Religion)

How Buddhism is being used to justify violence in Myanmar
(Matthew Wills, JSTOR)

Myanmar cardinal defends country’s embattled leader
(Catholic News Service)

Segregation fans fears in Myanmar's Rakhine
(Kyaw Soe Oo, Reuters)

Christianity and secular politics in Liberia
(Daily Observer)

LHC’s verdict on Christian Divorce Act challenged
(Hassaan Ahmed, Pakistan Today)

Khatm-e-Nabuwwat oath: Fazl claims credit for defending religious law
(The Express Tribune)

Pune students ‘draft law to protect inter-caste, inter-religious marriages’
(Alifiya Khan, The Indian Express)

The Hanson effect: how hate seeps in and damages us all
(Denis Muller, The Conversation)

Islam most common State religion, but many governments give Christianity privileges: Pew
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Catholics jointly with Orthodox believers will restore Orthodox churches in Syria
(Interfax-Religion)

Jerusalem cancels ‘Space Week’ events after Ultra-Orthodox pressure
(Aiden Pink, Forward)

After Mexico’s earthquakes, ‘faith opens doors to psychological care’
(Melissa Vida, Catholic News Service)

Sunday, 8 October 2017

Catholic leader says Egypt needs to fight fundamentalism
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Church in Bangladesh working with other faith communities to welcome pope
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Friday, 6 October 2017

Philippines: Church denies trying to undermine Duterte
(Joe Torres, Eurasia Review)

Christian principal stopping community from buying goods from our members: Hindu Mahasabha, Bajrang Dal complain
(Prashant Pandey, Indian Express)

CSI pushes for gender-equal society in India
(Anglican Communion News Service)

Global church body to intervene in Ethiopia – Eritrea border dispute
(Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban, Africa News)

Full nuclear ban is aim of Nobel prize-winner ICAN
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Turkey, Malaysia and Islam: A Turkish writer’s detention sends a sombre message about Islam
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Godless society will not conquer extremism - Vatican representative in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian parliament gets bill to protect atheists' rights
(RBK, Russia Religion News)

Historical perspective on Orthodox activists
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Ukraine arrests 3 alleged terrorists accused of targeting Jews in Uman
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Top Vatican official says ‘tragic experience’ on sex abuse helps Church lead
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Iraq after the Kurdistan referendum: What's next?
(Hudson Institute)

Pope Francis: 'painful' failures help Church lead in protecting minors
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

Pope Francis warns against blurring gender differences: It's 'not right'
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

First Look: Trump talks Israel on Mike Huckabee’s new TBN show
(Jonathan Merritt, Religion News Service)

Capitalism and the Common Good According to Michael Novak: A Law and Liberty Symposium on First Things
(Michael Matheson Miller, James R. Rogers, Grattan Brown, Michael M. Uhlmann, Jay W. Richards, Library of Law and Liberty)

Thursday, 5 October 2017

Review of NT discrimination law
(Alex Deagon, guest blog, Law and Religion Australia)

Baha'is laud 'unprecedented UN resolution' calling halt to Yemen harassment
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Uzbekistan: Extra jail terms, no amnesty
(Forum 18 News Service)

Tolerance only way to ensure survival of church in China, Jesuit says
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)

Mali church leader voices alarm over insurgent attacks on parishes
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)

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