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Monday, 8 May 2017

Russia's Jehovah's Witnesses ban is far from the only oppression the group faces around the world
(Jason Le Miere, Newsweek)

Jehovah's Witnesses' activity in legal limbo
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News)

Orthodox Church urges members to expose Jehovah's Witnesses' activity
(ReligioPolis, Russia Religion News)

News source in Russian Far East speaks up for Jehovah's Witnesses
(Katerina Chernova, Suchan)

Jordanian King “will protect Arab Christians”
(WorldWatch Monitor)

ISIS warns of new attack on Egypt's Christians, tells Muslims to stay away
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Daesh threatens new attacks against Christians in Egypt
(Albawaba News)

Local action to liquidate Jehovah's Witnesses congregation
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witnesses clear out their property
(Moskovskii Komsomolets, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witnesses escape liquidation in Nizhny Novgorod province
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)

Bill officially defining Israel as a Jewish state gets government backing
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Religion and international diplomacy: A minister’s faith complicates Canada’s relations with India
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Hindu party pushes anti-conversion law in India
(UCAN India)

How life should end
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

Australia: Catholics vow to go hard in schools fight with government
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)

Reflecting on the French election from Jerusalem
(Jim Denison, Christian Headlines)

South Sudan's humanitarian crisis has displaced over 1 million children
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Head of ISIS in Afghanistan killed in US-Afghan joint operation
(Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post)

What to expect from Hamas' newly elected leader
(Adnan Abu Amer, trans. Cynthia Milan, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Niqabs thrown in sand as women flee Raqqa
(Anthony Loyd, The Times)

Christianity in danger of extinction in Iraq: 1.5 million Christians have fled
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

Canadian province to fight ruling booting students from Catholic schools
(Catholic News Agency)

Hijab hypocrisy: Why the BBC gets it
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

How the hijab has grown into a fashion industry
(Faegheh Shirazi, The Conversation)

Why catwalk Hijabs are upsetting some Muslim women
(Anisa Subedar, BBC News)

If you want to know about Muslim women's rights, ask Muslim women
(Susan Carland, The Guardian)

What are European Union’s plans if Trump fails on Mideast peace?
(Uri Savir, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Nuclear deal in focus in second Iranian presidential debate
(Rohollah Faghihi, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Request for discipleship leads to bold ideas for Belize
(Ruth K'lama, Mission Network News)

North Korea arrests fourth U.S. citizen amidst rising hostilities
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

Who are Jehovah’s Witnesses?
(Mathew Schmalz, The Conversation)

Indonesia to disband hard-line Islamic group Hizbut
(Niniek Karmini and Ali Kotarumalos, The Washington Post)

Freedom of Religion: UN human rights expert announces first official visit to Albania
(United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner)

Archbishop of Canterbury speaks of persecution of Middle East Christians
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

‘We must protect our country’: extremist Buddhists target Mandalay’s Muslims
(Poppy McPherson, The Guardian)

Nigeria exchanges 82 Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram for prisoners
(Felix Onuah and Ulf Laessing, Religion News Service)

Indonesia cracks down on pro-caliphate Islamic hardliners Hizbut Tahrir
(Deutsche Welle)

Sunday, 7 May 2017

Rise of hard-line Islamist groups alarms moderate Indonesian Muslims
(Jon Emont, The Washington Post)

Saturday, 6 May 2017

‘Stranger in a Strange Land’: Looking for the man who took Kabbalah mainstream
(Randy Rosenthal, The Washington Post Opinion)

Women are dying in overseas honor killings, and no one knows how bad the problem is
(Mirren Gidda, Newsweek)

ISIS Is On The Decline In The Middle East, But Its Influence In Pakistan Is Rising
(Fatima Bhojani, The Washington Post, NDTV)

Friday, 5 May 2017

ISIS to jihadists: Use fake apartment, job, Craigslist ads to lure hostage, murder victims
(Bridget Johnson, PJ Media)

Ultra-Orthodox threaten Netanyahu’s coalition over Sabbath crisis
(Mazal Mualem, translated by Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

What's holding up the liberation of Iraq's Tal Afar?
(Adnan Abu Zeed, translated by Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Encouragement for the persecuted found in “vibrant community”
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

What's the state of the Catholic church in Cuba?
(Catholic News Agency)

Will Trump confront renewed religious repression in Russia?
(Elizabeth A. Clark, National Review)

Fines for worship, prison for Bible study in China
(Julia A. Seymour, Christian Headlines)

Famine of 'Biblical proportions' descending upon Yemen; child dying every 10 minutes
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Indonesia: Proud 'model Muslim country" scrambles to fight of Islamic extremism
(One We Stand, Michelle Vu, The Christian Post)

Australia’s grand mufti wins defamation case over News Corp articles
(Christopher Knaus, The Guardian)

What the Koran and the Bible teach us about tolerance
(Israel Shrenzel May read more: http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.787497, Haaretz)

Syria's chemical weapons show the limits of arms control
(Rebeccah L. Heinrichs, Hudson)

“Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion”
(Mark David Hall, Library of Law and Liberty)

LDS Church says Trump's order easing political restrictions won't alter current stance
(Scott Taylor, Deseret News Faith)

Political Neutrality
(Mormon Newsroom)

What’s behind controversial new initiative from Egyptian Islamist group?
(Ahmed Gomaa, trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Press release by FOREF and HRWF: Jehovah’s Witnesses banned in Russia
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

Jehovah’s Witnesses banned in Russia
(Human Rights Organizations appeal to Russia’s Supreme Court and Presidential Administration, FOREF and HRWF)

Thursday, 4 May 2017

Is Sisi undermining independence of Egypt's judiciary?
(Muhammed Magdy, translated by Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Will Egypt start charging citizens to use Facebook?
(Rami Galal, translated by Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Civilians task themselves with administering IS-free areas of Raqqa
(Berzan Iso, translated by Timur Göksel, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Peacekeepers leaving Haiti; what’s next?
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

As drought hits South India, livelihoods boosted through literacy
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

Why Trump-Abbas meeting has rattled Netanyahu
(Akiva Eldar, translated by Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Iraq's firebrand Shiite cleric presents his political successor
(Omar Sattar, trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Saudis seek renewed relations with US under Trump
(Fahd al-Otaibi, translated by Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

Australia reportedly favoring Christian over Muslim refugees
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

75 percent of all Iraqi Christians have fled terror-stricken country, says MP
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Boy, 10, killed in attempted blasphemy lynching in Pakistan
(The Guardian)

Archbishop of Canterbury makes surprise visit to Gaza
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Hindu nationalists are protecting cows over people in India
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Sri Lanka Vesak Day will open with prime minister Narendra Modi
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

The unique trends being embraced during Ramadan 2017
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

International basketball rule-change allows players to wear religious headgear
(Alan Baldwin, Religion News Service)

Centre of Cultures and Religions strengthens interfaith harmony, patriotism
(Zhanna Shayakhmetova, The Astana Times)

Trump to meet Pope Francis at Vatican
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

Vatican, Myanmar officially establish diplomatic ties
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

Holy See and Myanmar establish diplomatic relations
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)

"Walking, working and praying together” - WCC publishes its Annual Review 2016
(World Council of Churches)

Blasphemy allegations – the new way of muzzling free speech in South Asia
(Shamil Shams, Arafatul Islam, Deutsche Welle)

The Baptist exception: Christians in the Global South now dominate every major Protestant tradition—except one
(Philip Jenkins, The Christian Century)

Religious freedom and Islamic society (Part 2)
(Francis Rooney, Real Clear Policy)

Hey New York Times, think Catholic the next time you write about the 1994 Rwanda genocide
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Why governments regulate religion?
(Bugra Kalkan, Istanbul Network for Liberty)

Musa Aman: NRD must immediately rectify errors in religion listings
(Muguntan Vanar, The Star Online)

CAR: ‘Simple survival rule in IDP camp: if you walk out, you might be killed’
(World Watch Monitor)

How Pakistani and Indian women confront marital economic abuse
(Punita Chowbey, The Conversation)

EVENT, 4 May 2017: (2017 Acton Lecture): Civic Virtues and the Politics of ‘Full Drift Ahead’
(Professor Iain Benson, The Center of Independent Studies, Sydney, NSW)

The land of Athanasius and its lessons
(Charles J. Chaput, First Things)

Wednesday, 3 May 2017

Asian theological educators discuss new trends in contextual theologies
(World Council of Churches)

Three dioceses have married eight same-sex couples since General Synod 2016
(Andre Forget, Anglican Journal)

Open letter to President Trump urging appointment of key envoys to combat anti-Semitism and advance International Religious Freedom
(Solidarity Sabbath, Lantos Foundation)

USCIRF reports persecution and ‘land-grabbing’ in Bangladesh
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

Cambodia Church finds unity in shared needs
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

Entertainment, freedom of information in crosshairs of Turkey’s purge
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

Getting Bibles into the hands of Chinese Christians
(Ronne Rock, Mission Network News)

Demolished cross in India sparks outrage among Catholics
(Catholic News Agency)

Fear and faith at war in Israel
(Jim Denison, Christian Headlines)

Russian man faces jail sentence for playing Pokemon Go in church
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)

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