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Tuesday, 29 August 2017

Poll finds majority of Australian Catholics back same-sex marriage
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Focusing on inclusion: Dr. Luiz Loures, UNAIDS
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Why Muslims celebrate Eid twice a year: 6 questions answered
(Ken Chitwood, The Conversation)

Chile: the long road to abortion reform
(Cordelia Freeman, The Conversation)

Hypocrisy reigns on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate
(Paul James, The Conversation)

Do Millennials care about issues affecting the world today?
(Libna Stevens, Adventist News Network)

Blasphemy laws: One-in-three countries still criminalise anti-religious sentiment, study finds
(Stephanie Nebehay, The Independent)

Bishop describes India's religious freedom bill as 'cleverly disguised anti-conversion law'
(Lorraine Caballero, Christian Daily)

Finding a life partner is hard enough. For those of the Druze faith, their future depends on it
(Abby Sewell, The Los Angeles Times)

Judge sends Indian guru to jail for 20 years in rapes
(Rishabh R. Jain and Muneeza Naqvi, The Washington Post)

Hundreds arrested after riots in northern India leave 32 dead
(Vidhi Doshi, The Washington Post)

Philippine churches move to counter Duterte's war on drugs
(Baby Lyn Cacho Resulta, The Media Project)

Monday, 28 August 2017

Malaysia: Putrajaya withdraws Bill banning unilateral child conversions
(Syed Jaymal Zahid, World Watch Monitor)

Malaysia withdraws law clause that could have ‘resolved inter-faith child custody conflicts’
(World Watch Monitor)

Indian court jails self-styled 'godman' for 20 years, security tight
(Adnan Abidi, Reuters)

Iran sentences New Age-style Shiite Islam founder to death
(Associated Press Religion)

Pope Francis ‘pleased’ with Card Parolin’s ‘constructive’ visit to Russia
(Vatican Radio)

Inquisitors on the internet: Do attempts to legislate against “fake news” recall the tactics of religious censors?
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Pope Francis meets with World Council of Churches leadership in Rome
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Religious leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia may discuss Karabakh settlement in Moscow on Sept 8
(Interfax-Religion)

Despite opposition, religion in public schools is expanding
(Nezavisimaia Gazeta, Russia Religion News)

Israeli committee to propose outreach to non-Jews with Jewish roots, ‘emerging’ communities
(Josefin Dolsten, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Guatemala bishops condemn president’s firing of anti-corruption official
(David Agren, Catholic News Service)

Philippine Jesuits: We cannot build nation on cadavers of Filipino people
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Pope to visit Bangladesh and Myanmar later this year
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Korea considers accepting conscientious objection
(Jung Min-ho, The Korea Times)

Algeria's Ahmadis forced to worship behind closed doors
(The New Arab)

Will same-sex marriage challenge legal protections for religions? (audio)
(Michael Quinlan, Luke Beck, Tim Vines, The Wire)

Singapore Muslim leaders must tackle rise of anti-Shi'ism hate speech
(Syed Farid Alatas, The Straits Times Opinion)

Exclusive: Armed group stopping migrant boats leaving Libya
(Aidan Lewis and Steve Scherer, Reuters)

Why are fewer irregular migrants arriving in Italy?
(J.H., The Economist Explains)

When the state requires doctors to act against their conscience: The religious freedom implications of the referral and the direction obligations of health practitioners in Victoria and New South Wales
(Michael Quinlan, Dean, School of Law, Sydney, The University of Notre Dame Australia, BYU Law Review)

The massacre that ended the Arab Spring
(Shadi Hamid, The Atlantic)

Sunday, 27 August 2017

EVENT, 25-27 August 2017: The Samuel Griffith Society 2017 Conference: Perth

Saturday, 26 August 2017

Notorious opponent of Jehovah's Witnesses criticizes ruling against their Bible
(Alexander Dvorkin, Pravoslavie.Ru)

The end of tolerance: On the decline of religious freedom and the return of religious influence
(John Milbank, ABC.net.au)

Vatican reality check: It may not be partisan, but it’s definitely political
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Catholic priest found stabbed to death in Brazil
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Friday, 25 August 2017

'Burn them in their homes': What IS' new propaganda video reveals about their changing strategy
(Gemma Fox, The New Arab)

Bishops of India meet with nation’s new president
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Competing rights in the same-sex marriage debate
(Margaret Sommerville, ABC Religion and Ethics (Australia))

Islamic State's latest propaganda video features 10-year-old American boy threatening US President Trump
(The New Arab)

Jehovah's Witness framed with planted literature
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Parolin presses Russia to give back churches taken by the Soviets
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Russia: First prosecution after Jehovah's Witness ban
(Forum 18 News Service)

With ‘instant divorce’ now banned in India, many cheer but some worry
(Siddhant Mohan, Religion News Service)

Religious diplomacy: The Vatican’s secretary of state visits Moscow for the first time in 19 years
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

The Muslim Brotherhood in retreat: Blanket repression is the wrong way to deal with political Islamists
(The Economist)

Jehovah's Witnesses are banned in Russia. That doesn't stop them from worshipping.
(Tara Burton, Vox)

At least 20 people killed in mosque attack in Afghan capital
(Amit Shah, Associated Press Top News)

India faces spike in persecution
(Reagan Hoezee, Mission Network News)

UN official: Half of trapped Raqqa population are children
(Associated Press International News)

Top notch New York Times who-done-it story comes up short on Hindu roots of India's caste system
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

How to get away with murder in small-town India
(Ellen Barry, The New York Times)

28 dead after Indian guru’s rape conviction triggers riots
(Shonal Ganguly and Nirmala George, Associated Press International News)

Dera Sacha Sauda cult followers issue threats against India on eve of CBI court judgment of its guru in rape case
(Ushinor Majumdar, Outlook India)

Indian cities on lockdown before guru’s rape trial verdict
(Rishabh R. Jain and Muneeza Naqvi , Associated Press)

Thursday, 24 August 2017

Kenyan Christians killed for refusing to recite Islamic Shahada
(World Watch Monitor)

UN troops ‘complicit’ in killing of civilians, says MP for Gambo, eastern C. African Republic
(World Watch Monitor)

It's a culture war, stupid
(George Weigel, First Things)

Egypt's Al-Azhar rejects Tunisia's calls for equal inheritance for women
(Shahira Amin, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Egypt: Copts worship in streets after clashes over church permit
(World Watch Monitor)

Justice or caution? The pros and cons of MKs on the Temple Mount
(Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post)

Zimbabwe's Catholic bishops say 'it's a sin not to vote,' urge people to eject ruling party
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Two Jehovah's Witnesses leaders again win in court
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)

Russian Catholics hope Parolin visit improves situation for local Church
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Pope Francis: Prison without hope of reentering society is ‘torture’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Church in India remembers 2008 anti-Christian riots on ‘Kandhamal Day’
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Putin supports recent dialogue between Vatican and Russian Orthodox church
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

The Adani coalmine will hasten a climate catastrophe. As faith leaders, we must act
(Jonathan Keren-Black and Tejopala Rawls, The Guardian)

Christian groups respond to growing Sudanese refugee crisis
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Ethnic religious communities may be the ‘No’ campaign’s secret weapon in same-sex marriage fight
(Andrew Jakubowicz, The Conversation)

Only interfaith harmony can bring absolute peace in Pakistan: WCR
(Daily Pakistan)

Peter Dutton says religious schools must have right to teach own definition of marriage
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)

Refugees, migrants, and faith-based organizations: Expert panel discusses how religious freedom can benefit displaced people
(Libna Stevens, Adventist Review)

Threats to religious freedom call for doubling advocacy efforts
(Marcos Paseggi, Adventist Review)

The great divide where religious beliefs and the law meet
(Michael Quinlan, The Conversation)

Putting an end to government funding of Islamism
(Sam Westrop, National Review)

Religious rights threat in state discrimination laws
(Andrew Burrell, The Australian)

Why home, even when there’s war, is the most dangerous place for women
(Elisabet le Roux, The Conversation)

Religion in Australian schools: an historical and contemporary debate
(Emma Rowe, The Conversation)

India bans [triple talaq] a Muslim practice of instant divorce
(The Economist)

Wednesday, 23 August 2017

'No religion' and Jedi Knight find their place in Australian identity
(Gary D Bouma, The Conversation)

Iran's clerics concerned by spread of Christianity among youth
(World Watch Monitor)

Christians clash with police over church in Egypt
(Patrick Werr and Dina Zayed, Reuters)

Vatican representative hopes for broader interaction with Russian Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)

Putin sees humanitarian values as basis for Russia's and its Church's relations with Vatican
(Interfax-Religion)

Russia’s Putin says he values ‘trusting and constructive dialogue’ with Vatican
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Puzzling statistics on religion in Russia
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Why the Israeli government is courting Christian journalists
(Judy Maltz, Haaretz)

Arab bus driver in Israel turns in $10,000 cash left by haredi Orthodox passenger
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Central African priests use Facebook to express outrage, appeal for help
(Catholic News Service)

Iraqi Christians still need America’s help, former congressman says
(Catholic News Agency)

Gottschalk: a ninth-century heretic, dissenter, and religious outlaw
(Matthew Bryan Gillis, OUPblog Religion)

Are Turkey’s schools dropping evolution and teaching jihad?
(Selin Girit, BBC News Istanbul)

The Canadian far right
(E.M., The Economist Explains)

Pope's planned visit to Myanmar risks stoking religious tensions
(Saw Nang and Mike Ives, The New York Times)

Will CRISPR (gene-editing) fears fade with familiarity?
(Patricia Stapleton, The Conversation)

Nearly 2 lakh Lingayats descend on Belagavi seeking separate religion tag
(The Hindu)

Another conviction under Indonesia's dangerous blasphemy law
(Andreas Harsono, Human Rights Watch)

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