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Saturday, 7 January 2017

Bishop says Turkish Catholics fearful, but government supportive
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)

Pakistan arrests 150 Islamists trying to rally in support of blasphemy law
(Reuters)

Christmas message leads to death threats, police case in Pakistan
(Reuters)

NGO law shows China’s ‘challenging environment’
(World Watch Monitor)

Venezuelan Jews barred from immigrating to Israel because 'they don't belong to a Jewish community'
(Judy Maltz, Haaretz)

Bill criminalizing progressive prayer at Kotel ‘hard to stop’
(Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post)

As Khmer Rouge guerrillas in the '70s, they took part in genocide. Now, as Christians, they ask for forgiveness
(Dene-Hern Chen, Los Angeles Times)

Rohingya plight making Myanmar a target for Isis, Malaysia warns
(Reuters, The Guardian)

10 stunning photos of Christians celebrating the feast of the epiphany around the world
(Joseph Hartropp, Christian Today)

Friday, 6 January 2017

IRB: New tax law on religious bodies to clear up previous ‘confusion
(Malaysian Christian News)

Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) calls for further clarification on tax law amendment for religious bodies
(Avila Geraldine, New Straits Times Online)

Spanish region reportedly adopts Israel boycott
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Church will release results of the Yekaterinburg relics expertise by the second quarter of 2017
(Interfax-Religion)

Moscow Center of Tolerance carries out international children action to back up migrants
(Interfax-Religion)

Nightclub attack brings Turkey's IS battle to domestic soil
(Pinar Tremblay, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

How Israel's populist politicians campaigned for Hebron shooter
(Mazal Mualem trans. Sandy Bloom, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Are ultra-Orthodox taking over this secular Israeli city?
(Mordechai Goldman trans. Aviva Arad, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Amona settlement first test of UN resolution
(Akiva Eldar trans. Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Why is Baghdad removing checkpoints during security crisis?
(Omar Sattar trans. Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Smell of death fills Mosul
(Suha Oda trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

What has King Salman achieved in his two-year reign?
(Bruce Riedel, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

Why Israel and Russia remain chums
(Dmitry Maryasis, Al Monitor: Russia Pulse)

Three reasons the Islamic State is focused on Turkey
(Ali Bayramoglu trans. Sibel Utku Bila, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

The religious sources for modern human rights
(David E. Anderson, PBS: Religion & Ethics Newsweekly)

Evangelical pastor sentenced to over two years in prison in China
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Pakistani Christian accused of blasphemy after ripped Qur’an found outside home
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)

1,000 days: 24th Chibok girl to be freed leaves 195 of 276 still missing
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)

Nigerian soldiers find Chibok girl kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014
(Lanre Ola, Alexis Akwagyiram, Ulf Laessing, Angus MacSwan, and Dominic Evans, Reuters)

The erasure of Islam from the poetry of Rumi
(Rozina Ali, The New Yorker)

Pope treats homeless to lunch as he marks Epiphany
(Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press)

Jewish art challenges the taboo of Jesus
(Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)

House condemns U.N. over Israel settlement vote
(Nahal Toosi, Politico)

Bangladesh police say leader of cafe attack has been killed
(The Associated Press)

Mosul battle: Iraqi troops 'take key district' from IS
(BBC)

Yogi Adityanath hails SC decision on no vote for religion, demands more explanation
(Ani, The New Indian Express)

Is Rohingya persecution caused by business interests rather than religion?
(Saskia Sassen, The Guardian)

Heeding pope's call, Saigon Catholics renew interfaith dialogue
(Herald Malaysia Online)

Ahsan emphasizes promotion of interfaith harmony for peace
(Radio Pakistan)

Thursday, 5 January 2017

Charity helps thousands of Iraqi Christians going hungry, displaced or bereaved
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Pastor from Pakistan arrested for allegedly vandalising the Quran
(Czarina Ong, Christian Today)

Nigeria's veteran leaders sing hymn of peace – but for some it strikes a sour note
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)

How women of the Central African Republic overcome trauma by trading
(Helene Fisher, World Watch Monitor)

Copt killed in Alexandria ‘for selling alcohol,’ says son
(World Watch Monitor)

Nigerian Human Rights Commission calls on President to stop ‘callous’ Kaduna killings
(World Watch Monitor)

How the USSR’s effort to destroy Islam created a generation of radicals
(Amanda Erickson, The Washington Post)

Violence at Pakistan rally in support of blasphemy laws
(The Associated Press)

Turkey nightclub attack: Police 'detain several Uighurs' in raids
(BBC)

Desmond Tutu joins advocates to call for right to assisted death
(Peter Granitz, NPR)

Kazakhstan: New controls on religious travel and literature
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

The 'unusual political clout' of the DRC’s Catholic Church
(Cristina Krippahl, Deutsche Welle)

Jakarta governor lambasts hardliner at blasphemy trial
(Malay Mail Online)

Secular citizens of Turkey have never felt so alone
(Ezgi Basaran, The Washington Post)

When Mahars fought on home turf, and helped Britain win
(Shoumojit Banerjee, The Hindu)

Central African Republic Christians, Muslims unite to heal trauma
(Zack Baddorf, Reuters)

A Christian pastor in Turkey’s prisons
(Sohrab Ahmari, Wall Street Journal)

Swastika, ‘die Jew’ left on rock at door of Canadian couple
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Church in Kerala state forms support group for transgender people
(Catholic News Service, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

How psychedelics and other drugs are used in religious rituals
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

Vatican debunks fake pope quotes on Christian/Muslim merger
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Vietnamese Mother Goddesses religion receives UN recognition
(Jenny Lý, Global Voices)

Myanmar vows action after video shows police beating Rohingya Muslims
(Reuters, Huffington Post)

Wednesday, 4 January 2017

Majlis podcast: A look at Uzbekistan under new leadership
(Bruce Pannier, RFE/RL)

Uzbek dissidents grasp at any sign of hope from new leader
(Pete Baumgartner and Sirojiddin Tolibov, RFE/RL)

Abdullayev is treated as sentenced to death
(Crimean News Agency)

Abdullayev: Criminal cases on Muslims in Crimea is act of violence
(Crimean News Agency)

UN to prepare a thematic report on situation in Crimea
(Crimean News Agency)

'Putin's new ghetto has no barbed-wire fence – just surveillance and harassment'
(Ayder Muzhdabaev, The Guardian)

Mock battle, evil spirits at pagan Christmas festival
(RFE/RL)

UOC (MP) clergy help release paratrooper Taras Kolodiy held by the pro-Russian militants for two years
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

The return of ancestral gods: modern Ukrainian paganism
(Mariya Lesiv, Radio 3 Fourteen, YouTube)

Reading of 11th-century poem could earn more time for imprisoned Tajik lawyer
(Farangis Najibullah, RFE/RL)

Siberia is the center of Russia’s Roman Catholic community
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)

And then in Putin’s Russia, they came for the Jews …
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)

Russia: Jehovah’s Witnesses in Mordovia threatened with abolition
(Human Rights Without Frontiers)

Caught on camera: Russian authorities’ blatant actions to fabricate evidence
(JW.org)

Islamic reformation in Northern Caucasus triggers scientists' debates
(Rustam Dzhalilov, Caucasian Knot)

Chechen mufti denies Kadyrov had to apologize to Saudis for Grozny fatwa
(Liz Fuller, RFE/RL)

Russian archdiocese publishes article saying dinosaurs walked the Earth with Jesus
(The Moscow Times)

Russian university students schooled on patriotism by orthodox priest
(The Moscow Times)

Modest but modish: Moscow’s first clothes store for Orthodox believers
(Anastasia Rubel, Russia Beyond the Headlines)

In Russian village bearing name of God, hell raised over condom factory
(Tom Balmforth, RFE/RL)

Patriarch Kirill successfully mediates release of Ukrainian soldier in DPR
(Interfax-Religion)

Russia ends 2016 with a civic religion lacking any foundation in faith, Soldatov says
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)

Kremlin has handed control of religion back to Russian special services, Lunkin says
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)

Vladimir Putin warns Russian artists against offending religious believers after Charlie Hebdo attack
(Serina Sandhu, iNews)

Moscow’s latest project for a ‘Muslim Patriarchate’ set to fail
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)

Putin ally attacks Decembrists as ‘Masonic conspiracy’ against Russian State and people
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)

Putin promoting xenophobia at home and abroad, Malashenko says
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)

Putin using all means against the West – including Islamist terrorism – Piontkovsky says
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)

Evil and cruelty celebrated not condemned in Russia today, Russian poetess says
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)

Israeli archaeologist scolded for Temple Mount reference at Jerusalem holy site
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Putin may launch a charm offensive by taking cosmetic steps to avoid real reform, Kashin says
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)

Ukrainian marchers in Kiev chant ‘Jews out’
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Russia’s holocaust on ice
(Anna Nemtsova, The Daily Beast)

Israeli man arrested in Ukraine for desecrating cross
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Political Islamists brace for Trump era
(Julian Pecquet, Al-Monitor: Congress Pulse)

New video of kidnapped priest raises hopes, concerns
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Israel divided over conviction of Hebron IDF shooter
(Ben Caspit trans. Danny Wool, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Criticism of Istanbul terror victim exposes Arab-Israeli generation gap
(Shlomi Eldar trans. Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Why Jordan thinks Baathists belong in Iraqi reconciliation
(Mustafa Saadoun trans. Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

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