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Thursday, 22 December 2016

The child in the manger and the war in Syria
(Katja Buck, World Council of Churches)

Strong bridges needed more than ever
(Katja Buck, World Council of Churches)

Russian Jews complain about alleged Ukrainian antisemitism
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Jehovah's Witnesses penalized for possession of forbidden literature
(RIA Voronezh, Russia Religion News)

Communist leads parliament's committee on religious affairs
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

Fake followers of religions create clashes: PM
(Prothom Alo)

New Vietnamese law still reflects skepticism about religion, bishop says
(National Catholic Reporter)

Pakistan: Asia Bibi to spend Christmas in a prison cell
(Martin Bashir, BBC, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

Interfaith platform given peace award
(The Gulf Today)

Indian PM's camp seeks support from unlikely quarter: Muslim women
(Rupaim Jain and Tom Lasseter, Reuters)

Fears grow over religious freedom restrictions in Vietnam
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Iraqi clergy say Prince's solidarity message needs political backing
(World Watch Monitor\)

Blood, rubble, dust – and a premonition: Cairo church bomb survivors remember their dead
(World Watch Monitor)

Nepali church leaders found guilty of ‘witchcraft’ and ‘violence’ for helping mentally ill woman
(World Watch Monitor)

Vatican asks Beijing for positive signs to help dialogue
(Philip Pullella, Ben Blanchard, and Angus MacSwan, Reuters)

Wednesday, 21 December 2016

Oh Hanukkah! So many ways to celebrate the festival of lights
(Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel)

Forgotten Christmas messages
(Ron Jontof-Hutter, Jewish Journal)

Pope proclaims a Christmas of hope
(Kathleen Naab, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)

Sea of Galilee draws faithful despite receding waters
(Ronen Zevulun, Reuters)

Hanukkah: The festival of religious freedom
(Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, ABC Religion and Ethics)

Hanukkah overlaps with Christmas this year. But why all the moving around?
(Josh Hafner, Religion News Service)

Amid Middle East gloom, Christmas brings some cheer in Bethlehem
(Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh, Reuters)

Israeli university defends student union Christmas tree
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Pope Francis, the superstars of radical nonviolence, and a bold move to change the politics of peace
(Maria Power and Christopher Hrynkow, The Conversation)

Once outlawed, Uganda's tiny Jewish group opens synagogue
(Rodney Muhumuza, The Associated Press)

Muslim woman brings Christmas to 50 Christian widows in Nigeria
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Nigerian churches criticised for not helping persecuted north
(World Watch Monitor)

Iraqi businessman erects tallest Christmas tree in Baghdad
(Ali Abdul-Hassan, The Associated Press)

Sri Lankans rush to build towering Christmas tree on time
(Bharatha Mallawarachi, The Associated Press)

Pakistan: CM stresses need for interfaith, sectarian harmony
(The News International)

Pakistan: Ayaz Sadiq for promotion of interfaith harmony in the country
(Dispatch News Desk)

Pakistan to run special Christmas rail service
(Vatican Radio)

Malaysia: Coming together in the spirit of X’mas
(Joash Ee de Silva, The Star Online)

Radical vs. apocalyptic Islam: What's the difference?
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Beyond democracy: religious bridging and religious tolerance in Muslim countries (Responding to 2016 Religious Freedom Project Fellows: Findings from the Field)
(Nathanael Gratias Sumaktoyo, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

How new global charities are beating ‘faith-based organizations’ at their own game
(Allison Schnable, Religion News Service)

Complications of anti-evangelism law: Do more than two not gather together? (Religiia i pravo, 6 December 2016)
(Interview with Vladimir Riakhovsky by Roman Lunkin, Russia Religion News, Stetson University)

Kazakh National Security Committee neutralizing Takfir wal-Hijra religious extremist organization
(Interfax-Religion)

Mongolia says Dalai Lama will not be allowed future visits
(Ganbat Namjilsangarav, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Trump's election voted No. 1 religion story of 2016; Khizr & Ghazala Khan selected as top newsmakers
(EIN News)

Hezbollah, Israel both mum on recent escalation
(Mona Alami, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Federal budget widens political conflict among Kurdish forces
(Ibrahim Malazada trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Why Egypt's anti-terror efforts have failed to curb attacks
(Shahira Amin, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Christians 'defenseless' on Christmas 'under yoke of genocide,' warns watchdog group
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Is Turkey going to reinstate the caliphate?
(Pinar Tremblay, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Turkey’s entanglement in Syria sparks violence, assassination at home
(Cengiz Candar, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

First time, Church says: Dalit Christians face untouchability
(Liz Matthew, Indian Express)

Horrific persecution of Christians in Pakistan highlighted in new Amnesty report
(Charlene Mason, Christian Today)

Christians facing persecution in Burma for turning to Christ, 'angering Buddhist spirits'
(Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post)

Hope is too painful: The untold story of thousands of refugees trapped in Thailand
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)

Australians have an increasingly complex, yet relatively peaceful, relationship with religion
(Renae Barker, The Conversation)

Van packed with gas bottles explodes at Australian Christian lobby group HQ
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)

Now bring us the Yuletide brisket: Dec. 24 is Chrismukkah
(Lisa Wangsness, The Boston Globe)

On the day of Ambassador Karlov's burial bells will ring at the Russian church in Pyongyang
(Interfax-Religion)

Israeli university rabbi forbids Jews from entering student union due to Christmas tree
(Noa Shpigel and Jack Khoury, Haaretz)

Israeli rabbi tells Jewish students at the Technion to avoid Christmas tree
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Funeral service for Ambassador Karlov to be held in Cathedral of Christ the Savior on Thursday afternoon
(Interfax-Religion)

Are Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait funding German Salafism?
(George Igler, Gatestone Institute)

What Trump can do for Aleppo
(Ján Figeľ and Mark Goldfeder, CNN)

After Aleppo, vows that ‘this can never happen again’ must actually mean something
(Toni Erskine, The Conversation)

Thousands remain trapped in eastern Aleppo
(Kamal Sheikho trans. Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Why Aleppo will serve to embolden Iran
(Saeid Jafari, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Quietly and noisily: Syria’s tragedy could poison inter-faith relations
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Tuesday, 20 December 2016

Syria and Christianity: Aleppo presents a moral dilemma for Christian leaders
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Thousands flee Aleppo as regime regains control
(Asaad Hanna trans. Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Is Turkey recruiting militants evacuated from Aleppo?
(Fehim Taştekin trans. Timur Göksel, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Where Buddhism’s eight-fold path can be followed with a six-figure salary
(Seth Mydans, The New York Times)

Haredim protest against ‘harassment’ on Gur community
(Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post)

Rabbis tell haredi girls not to pursue higher education
(Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post)

News from Russia and other countries of former USSR
(Russia Religion News, Stetson University)

Jerusalem: Archbishop Pizzaballa: the law to 'silence' mosques would represent a "dangerous precedent"
(Agenzia Fides)

Quebec bill would ban religion from private day cares
(Steve Weatherbe, Life Site News)

Indonesia police: Edict against Christmas attire isn’t law
(The Associated Press)

Indonesia prosecutor says Christian governor broke blasphemy law
(Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Reuters)

Evacuation of Aleppo begins as ambulances come under fire
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)

Animosity toward Iran reaches fever pitch in Turkey after Aleppo
(Samih Idiz, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Hamas leaders reject fatwa forbidding suicide attacks
(Adnan Abu Amer trans. Sami-Joe Abboud, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

As Lebanon tries to build walls, Palestinian initiatives traverse them
(Tom Rollins, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Rift growing between Israeli Arabs and Israeli Arab party
(Shlomi Eldar trans. Sandy Bloom, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Israeli art student hounded by Israeli right
(Akiva Eldar trans. Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

PMU seeks to secure Iraq-Syria border
(Mustafa Saadoun trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Do minorities have role in Iraqi national reconciliation?
(Saad Salloum trans. Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

The remilitarization of Iran's Basij
(Arash Karami, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Wary Saudis silent as Trump's Israel position takes shape
(Bruce Riedel, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

Al-Azhar imposters prompt calls to regulate uniform
(Amr Mostafa trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Indian Catholic bishops vow to end marginalisation of Dalits in Church
(Abigail Frymann, World Watch Monitor)

Manipur Christians warned off celebrating Christmas
(World Watch Monitor)

Islamic State claims responsibility for shootout at Jordanian castle: statement
(Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Mostafa Hashem, and Mark Heinrich, Reuters)

The Muslim world failed Syria long before anyone else did
(Arsalan Iftikhar, The Washington Post)

Survey: Israelis increasingly losing faith in government
(Josef Federman, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Malaysia: Myanmar's Rohingya crisis a threat to regional stability
(Emiko Jozuka and Manny Maung, CNN)

The actual war on Christians
(Samuel Tadros, The Atlantic)

Russia: Inconsistency of "anti-missionary" punishments
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

The education gap between Hindus in India and the West
(Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center)

Nigeria: Stop using ethnicity, religion to divide Nigeria, Sultan warns
(Christopher Isiguzo, This Day via AllAfrica)

Compassion International faces eviction from India
(Evan Wilt, BRnow.org)

‘No Christmas or carol singing’ orders in Santa Claus’ homeland Turkey
(World Watch Monitor)

Monday, 19 December 2016

In Pakistan, five girls were killed for having fun. Then the story took an even darker twist.
(Pamela Constable, The Washington Post)

Amidst pressure from hardliners, Pakistan's Sindh to water down Minorities Bill on forced conversions
(Daily News and Analysis)

Pakistan: Ahmadi mosque stormed by violent mob
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

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