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Wednesday, 5 October 2016

Canadian university looking to fire tenured professor over anti-Semitic posts
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Native Indian faiths face prejudice
(Haeril Halim, The Jakarta Post)

Evidence of ancient Assyrian church discovered in Kazakhstan
(Yerbolat Uatkhanov, The Astana Times)

Is Hamas reconsidering its ties and policies?
(Adnan Abu Amer trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Egypt judiciary lends its support to state’s social media snooping
(Khalid Hassan trans. Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

South African Anglicans regroup after defeat of same-sex blessing measure
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Russia: US missionary who lost ‘Yarovaya’ appeal vows to keep fighting
(World Watch Monitor)

Christian persecution on the rise In Uzbekistan where just owning a Bible is illegal
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Four kidnapped Christians including a child released for ransom In Egypt
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)

EVENT: 5 October 2016, Uncovering the root causes for radicalization
(o-sponsored by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, Finn Church Aid, International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID), Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers, Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and Search for Common Ground)

CALL FOR PAPERS, deadline 5 October 2016: “The respect for human dignity in a religiously plural society” [Fourth Annual Law and Religion Research Meeting, 7-8 November 2015 — Uberlândia (Minas Gerais), Brazil]
(Contact Rodrigo Vitorino Souza Alves, The Brazilian Center for Studies in Law and Religion (Federal University of Uberlandia))

Freedom of religion: UN expert Heiner Bielefeldt urges Yemen to halt systematic harassment of Bahá’í community
(Office of the High Commissioner, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Marriage equality: Christian lobby backs legal help for businesses refusing gay couples
(Joshua Robertson, The Guardian)

World's oldest man finally celebrates bar mitzvah aged 113
(Associated Press, The Guardian)

Assyrian Christians caught in crossfire as fighting rages against ISIS
(James Macintyre, Christian Today)

Tuesday, 4 October 2016

Christian, Muslim leaders agree to stand against religious extremism
(World Council of Churches)

South Sudan: role of civil society vital in seeking peace
(World Council of Churches)

Why Egypt's new church law has some activists worried
(Abdelrahman Eyad, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Is Russia really going after missionaries? Few publications seem to care
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Controversy erupts as soccer, religion clash in Iran
(Misha Zand, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Catholics warn against restrictive new rules on religion in China
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)

Turkmenistan: Six conscientious objectors sentenced in 2016
(Forum 18 News Service)

What's behind Ankara’s 'deafening silence' on Aleppo?
(Samih Idiz, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Will Abbas reconcile with Hamas over Dahlan?
(Ahmad Abu Amer trans. Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

ISIS defending 'apocalyptic' prophecy village where Islamic and Christian forces predicted to fight
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Russia wants new UN resolution to ban extremist propaganda
(Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Patriarch Kirill to visit London for celebrations of 300 years of Russian Church's presence in British Isles
(Interfax-Religion)

Priest kidnapped in Nigeria has been released
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Iraq could lose its Syriac Christian population if it doesn't amend its constitution
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Court punishes Jehovah's Witnesses for possession of "extremist" literature
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)

Catholics warn against restrictive new rules on religion in China
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Monday, 3 October 2016

Attacks in Iraqi capital kill at least 16 civilians
(Sinan Salaheddin, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Revenge against Nigeria's military leads some to Boko Haram
(Michelle Faul, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Christianity won’t disappear without a fight.
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review Online)

Tunisia’s grand mufti makes unprecedented call
(Ahmed Nadhif, trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Ethiopia: many dead in anti-government protest at religious festival
(Jason Burke, The Guardian)

Arab and Jew ‘cross the divide’ through shared faith
(World Watch Monitor)

Azerbaijan registers Bible Society after 20 years, but will it be able to print Bibles?
(World Watch Monitor)

Ten cities of the Central Russia refused to hold gay pride parades
(Interfax-Religion)

Synagogue attacked in Moscow
(Interfax-Religion)

Man that attacked Moscow synagogue wanted to speak to a denomination leader - Jewish community rep
(Interfax-Religion)

Iran arrests 25 Christians, raiding their homes and seizing belongings for no reason
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)

As Catholic priests are killed in Mexico, questions and tensions rise
(Stephen Woodman, Religion News Service)

Synagogue attacked in Moscow
(Interfax-Religion)

Man that attacked Moscow synagogue wanted to speak to a denomination leader - Jewish community rep
(Interfax-Religion)

Church continues to press Filipino leader on anti-crime purge
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Muslims in meat industry mull countrywide strike to protest against rising vigilantism, harassment
(Ajaz Ashraf, Scroll.in)

Protestant lawyers' interpretation of anti-evangelism law loses in court
(Stanislav Kulov, Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News)

Israeli Jews displeased with haredi-driven government policies
(Andrew Tobin, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Journeying to Hebron to take Jewish stand against Israeli occupation
(Naomi Zeveloff, Forward)

Oooo, an atheist pastor: Washington Post offers wide-eyed yet manipulative look at Canadian conflict
(Jim Davis, GetReligion)

Religion figures heavily — and rightly so — in AP story on Muslim's 'honor' killing of sister
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

"I had to:" Inside the mind of an 'honor' killer in Pakistan
(Kathy Gannon, Associated Press)

EVENT, 3 October 2016: Mapping religion and development
(Featuring country-level analysis in four countries: Bangladesh, Senegal, Kenya, and Guatemala, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Sunday, 2 October 2016

Fellowship in focus, as Ecumenical Institute in Bossey marks 70 years
(World Council of Churches)

Some of Victoria’s “inherent requirements” amendments may be unconstitutional
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Saturday, 1 October 2016

The slow acceptance that destroying cultural heritage is a war crime
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Why is Turkey reviving an Ottoman sultan?
(Mustafa Akyol, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

News from the World Council of Churches WCC welcomes Grand Imam of Al-Azhar
(World Council of Churches)

Extremism, dialogue and peace are focus of Christian-Muslim joint communiqué
(World Council of Churches)

Expert focus on religious freedom, literacy and diplomacy
(Ekklesia: Transforming politics and belief)

Bulgaria bans the veil: Is this like France’s burkini ban?
(Christine Beck, The Christian Science Monitor)

Friday, 30 September 2016

French military bolsters Iraq presence for Mosul offensive
(Angela Charlton and Sylvie Corbet, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Amnesty: Hundreds trapped in Libya's Benghazi amid fighting
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Azerbaijani president calls for fight against xenophobia and Islamophobia
(Interfax-Religion)

Israeli policemen to help maintain order at Rosh Hashanah festivities in Ukraine's Uman
(Interfax-Religion)

Hizb ut-Tahrir cell's activity suppressed in Tatarstan
(Interfax-Religion)

As Aleppo battle rages, citizens suffer from blockade, shelling
(Tamer Osman trans. Pascale Menassa, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)

What's keeping Syria’s rebel forces from consolidating their power?
(Mona Alami, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Palestinian universities try to keep Fatah-Hamas split off campus
(Adnan Abu Amer trans. Cynthia Milan, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Sunni blocs oppose legal immunity for Popular Mobilization Forces
(Omar Sattar trans. Sahar Ghoussoub, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Released Egyptian journalist denies political deal secured his freedom
(George Mikhail, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

CIA Director: Terrorist groups ‘are driven by this ideology that is not rooted in Islam’
(Lauretta Brown, CNSNews.com)

Uzbekistan: Punished for religious books at home
(Forum 18 News Service)

Making of a 'martyr': Why would a young Iranian fight and die in Syria?
(Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor)

Boycott of world chess championship 'would hurt women in Iran'
(Saaed Kamali Dehghan, The Guardian)

Israeli policemen to help maintain order at Rosh Hashanah festivities in Ukraine's Uman
(Interfax-Religion)

Hearing into appeals contesting ex-Moscow Patriarchate employee's conviction postponed until Oct 5
(Interfax-Religion)

Nothing threatens Grozovsky's life in prison, priests visit him once a week - sources
(Interfax-Religion)

Christian frontrunner for Jakarta governor makes waves in Indonesia
(Samantha Hawley, Ari Wu and Archicco Guilianno, ABC News)

Turkish court sentences five men to life for murder of Christian publishers
(Deutsche Welle)

In Georgia, Pope backs ‘sovereign rights’ but avoids naming Russia
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

EVENT, 30 September 2016: Colloquium on ethics in environmental policymaking
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

CALL FOR PAPERS, Deadline 30 September 2016: Brill Yearbook of International Religious Demography 2017
(Brian J. Grim, The Weekly Number)

Thursday, 29 September 2016

Incitement, tensions rise over Syrian refugees in Lebanon
(Tom Rollins, Al Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)

Protection of Religious Free Speech in Australia
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

How much leverage do Salafists have in Egypt's parliament?
(Rami Galal trans. Muhammed Hussein Tal'at, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Azerbaijani president calls for fight against xenophobia and Islamophobia
(Interfax-Religion)

The USA prevented Ukraine from overcoming schism - UOC official
(Interfax-Religion)

Iran women bike against female cycling fatwa
(Francisco Perez, Deutsche Welle)

‘What if there is no God?’ Duterte promotes death penalty as certain means of serving justice
(RT.com)

Healers cure mistrust in Guinea's health system after horrors of Ebola
(Ruth Maclean, The Guardian)

'Kung fu' nuns bike Himalayas to oppose human trafficking
(Nita Bhalla, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Christian Science Monitor)

Pentecostal believer punished on testimony of spy
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)

A documentary about radical Islam in Pakistan forces its makers to arrive at a deeper understanding
(Zainab Salbi, The New York Times)

Syria's 'Army of Islam' says it wants no war with Israel
(Eli Lake, Bloomberg)

Removal of the heart: how Islam became a matter of state in Iran
(Gareth Smyth, The Guardian)

Why minority hatred isn’t always down to religion
(Alastair Sloan, Middle East Monitor)

Five Turks convicted of killing Christians in Malatya sentenced for life – but remain free
(Barbara G. baker, World Watch Monitor)

Singapore court sends teen blogger back to jail for criticizing religion
(Fathin Ungku, Reuters)

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