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Monday, 21 August 2017

No end in sight as Uganda receives one million South Sudanese refugees
(Catholic News Agency)

In Ontario, legal assisted suicide could kill conscientious objection
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)

Kenyan bishops decry post-election violence
(Catholic News Agency)

China angrily lashes out at criticism of religious persecution
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Sunday, 20 August 2017

European Court of Human Rights complaint on the right to share one’s beliefs
(Blog, Scientology)

Pakistan: Teenager detained over blasphemy
(Al Jazeera)

Saturday, 19 August 2017

India deporting Rohingya refugees is on same lines of Islamophobia as Trump’s Executive Orders
(Darshana Mitra, The Wire)

Your biological sex is a fact not just a feeling
(Janice Turner, The Times)

Friday, 18 August 2017

USCIRF welcomes the State Department's International Religious Freedom Report for 2016
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF))

USCIRF releases report measuring blasphemy laws’ compliance with human rights
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

USCIRF issues new report on blasphemy laws around the world
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Caste discrimination is turning Hindus to Christianity in Nepal
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

Is a tolerant culture being replaced by an intolerant one?
(Saher Fares, Gatestone Institute)

For a Yazidi woman, justice for ISIS crimes is still elusive
(Somini Sengupta, The New York Times)

Modi accused of hypocrisy after BJP bulldozes through India’s latest ‘anti-conversion law’
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)

‘Pakistan’s Mother Theresa’ honoured with state funeral
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)

Cuba: pastor returns to work after arrest for home-schooling
(World Watch Monitor)

The eclipse is deeper than we thought
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

The role of solar eclipses in religion
(Tom Gjelten, NPR)

Boko Haram: Hunters kill sect top commander in Adamawa
(Wale Odunsi, Daily Post)

Signs and wonder: How people of different faiths view the total solar eclipse
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

The ‘Splainer: Did a solar eclipse darken the skies during Jesus’ crucifixion?
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Kazakhstan: More legal restrictions to reach parliament
(Forum 18 News Service)

Court's ban of Bible defies logic and common sense
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Court decided that Jehovah's Witnesses' Bible is not Christian
(RAPSI, Russia Religion News)

Christians in Iraq are ‘on the brink of extinction.’ Here’s what faith groups are doing to fix that
(Paul Singer, USA Today)

India’s Muslims and the price of partition
(Ajaz Ashraf, The New York Times)

Vote ‘No’ on same-sex marriage but show respect, Australian bishops say
(Claire Giangravè, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Conscientious objection in assisted suicide cases under threat in Ontario
(Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency)

Hatred in contemporary society
(John Pawlikowski, Parliament of the World's Religions: The Global Interfaith Movement)

A reflection on supremacy and the Interfaith Movement
(Larry Greenfield, Parliament of the World's Religions: The Global Interfaith Movement)

‘A dark future for all religious freedom’: In Russia, Jehovah’s Witnesses are banned, labeled extremist organization
(Alec Luhn, The Telegraph via Windsor Star)

‘For Erdogan, personal interest trumps national interest’: Former Turkish Member of Parliament
(Aykan Erdemir, Hardnews Magazine)

Why the Turkish president’s biography should tell Trump everything he needs to know (from May 12, 2017)
(Soner Cagaptay, The Washington Post: Opinion)

Turkey's drift from the West: from Transactionalislm to Hostility
(Aykan Erdemir and Merve Tahiroglu, War on the Rocks)

Turkey is engaging in hostage diplomacy with the US, officials say
(Mitch Prothero, Buzz Feed)

Is the solar eclipse a message from God?
(Marina Koren, The Atlantic)

Religious leaders in India gather to preach non-violence, world peace
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux)

Declare August 20 public holiday – Traditional religion worshippers tell Ajimobi
(Daramola Adebayo, Daily Post Nigeria)

PQ leader criticizes Montreal mayor for stance on Quebec religious neutrality bill
(Philip Authier, Montreal Gazette)

Barcelona's victims: A snapshot of the world
(John Leiscester, Associated Press)

Al Mahdi case: ICC Trial Chamber VIII issues reparations order
(Press Release, International Criminal Court)

ICC orders Mali extremist to pay $3.2 million in reparations
(Lorne Cook, Associated Press)

Timbuktu destruction: landmark ruling awards millions to Malians
(Luke Moffett, The Conversation)

International Criminal Court orders reparations for attack on religious buildings in Mali
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Russian Court bans Jehovah's Witness bible
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Britain pressures Pakistan to repeal blasphemy laws as Pakistan celebrates independence from Britain
(Joshua Gill, Daily Caller)

Giving voice to memories from 1947 partition and the birth of India and Pakistan
(Hannah Bloch, NPR)

70 years after Pakistan’s founding, what PM’s recent ousting means for minorities
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)

Church leaders oppose Bolivian law stripping protection for native lands
(Barbara Fraser, Catholic News Service)

Thursday, 17 August 2017

Women's rights and the shifting tides of Islam in the Maldives
(Morocco World News)

Kenya opposition to challenge re-election of Uhuru Kenyatta in court
(Gina Adkins, 7Cantonas)

Tillerson's religious liberty stand draws praise
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)

Trial of Bible ends
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)

Russia formally outlaws Jehovah’s Witnesses as ‘extremist organization’
(Intelligencer Post)

Justice Ministry adds Jehovah’s Witnesses to list of organizations outlawed in Russia
(TASS Russian News Agency)

Russia puts Jehovah's Witnesses on prohibited organization list
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian Revolution centenary a time to recall martyrs to communism: Catholic Church in Moscow
(Ecumenical News)

Increase of number of repatriates from Russia to Israel unrelated to actual relocation – FJCR
(Interfax-Religion)

Iraq seeks international help to investigate Islamic State crimes
(novinite.com)

Lleader of Israeli Muslim group’s arrest strengthens him among Arab public
(Ben Lynfield, The Jerusalem Post)

Vatican secretary of state won't discuss prospects for pope's Russia visit in Moscow - Russian Catholic official
(Interfax-Religion)

Vatican secretary of state to hold talks in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)

ICC: Timbuktu destruction to cost Islamist rebel $3.2 million
(Deutsche Welle)

India Independence day brings calls to end religious violence
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)

After the Hobby Lobby scandal, a spotlight on antiquities sales in Israel
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Israel's High Court says women must be allowed to serve as Rabbinical Court administrators
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Iranian children arrested for teaching Zumba and 'western' dance
(The Guardian)

Moving towards oneness: A report on an interfaith get-together in India
(Pakistan Christian Post)

Hasanbegovic rejects US State Department's Allegations
(Vedran Pavlic, Total Croatia News)

When it comes to same-sex marriage, not all views deserve respect
(Peter Ellerton, The Conversation)

Anti-Muslim Australian senator wears burqa in Parliament
(Rod McGuirk, Associated Press, ABC News)

Unrepentant Hanson hopes burqa stunt will create debate
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)

Church leaders unite to speak out on euthanasia move
(Anglican News Service)

IGP gets flak over warning to atheists
(Robin Augustin, Free Malaysia Today)

Extremist activity bleeding across Burkina Faso border
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

Wednesday, 16 August 2017

Shock and grief after mudslide in Sierra Leone kills hundreds
(Catholic News Agency)

Iranians mock Rouhani over explanation for no female ministers
(Al-Monitor Staff, Al Monitor)

Pentagon says captured Islamic State fighters hooked on drugs
(Jack Detsch, Al Monitor)

This woman might be the wild card who stops Erdogan
(Cengiz Çandar, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Kurds plan ahead for shifting status in Syria
(Fehim Tastekin, translated by Timur Goksel, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Iranian return to hajj could help end Saudi deadlock
(Saeid Jafari, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Why did Israel now decide to arrest Islamic Movement leader?
(Shlomi Eldar, translated by Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Israel High Court: Women can be Rabbinical Court administrator
(Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post)

Russia tops list of countries by emigration to Israel
(Interfax-Religion)

Even for child abusers, confessional confidentiality is sacrosanct
(Joanna Moorhead, The Guardian)

Russian Jews call on Trump to suppress anti-Semitic outbreaks in U.S.
(Interfax-Religion)

Abuse inquiry reforms would put more paedophiles in jail, experts say
(Melissa Davey, The Guardian)

Scientologists arrested in St. Petersburg
(ReligioPolis, Russia Religion News)

Religious freedom is an important right. Once same sex-marriage is legal, it must be protected
(Frank Brennan, The Guardian)

Boko Haram: Female suicide bombers target refugee camp in northern Nigeria, killing 27
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)

‘They use ​money to promote Christianity’: Nepal's battle for souls
(Pete Pattisson, The Guardian)

Modi speaking out against violence in India
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Gandhi won't leave India
(Gopalkrishna Gandhi, The New York Times)

Odinism — The religion of white supremacists?
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

North Korea is punishing religious citizens
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Vatican envoy: Vietnam’s government must respect religious freedom
(Catholic News Service)

Russian lawmaker justifies restrictions of non-Orthodox religions
(Russia Religion News)

Russian Orthodox Church will discuss Ukraine during Vatican diplomat’s visit
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Archbishop wants cathedral in Chad to symbolize the country’s new peace
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

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