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Tuesday, 30 August 2016

Christianity at risk of dying out in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq, Orthodox Church leader warns
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Investigation into case of student Karaulova accused of trying to join ISIL completed
(Interfax-Religion)

Two recruiters of Muslims into Syrian militants convicted in Rostov-on-Don
(Interfax-Religion)

Demining experts defuse bomb found in Ingushetia mosque
(Interfax-Religion)

Why Russian warplanes might return to Iran
(Ali Omidi, Al Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Scholars ask why religious repression is rising despite international pressure
(Bettina Krause, Adventist Review)

Pakistan appoints a Catholic to increase interfaith harmony
(Vatican Radio)

Russia’s new anti-missionary law in context
(Elizabeth Clark, Religious Freedom Institute: Cornerstone Blog)

So far, 6 charged under Russia's new law limiting missionary activities
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

African expat nabbed by new anti-evangelism law: Pentecostal from Ghana fined for illegal evangelism in Tver
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News)

Mormon leaders challenge reports about deported missionaries
(Portal-credo.ru, Russia Religion News)

Mormons mull legal challenge to U.S. volunteers' expulsion from Samara
(Interfax-Religion)

Media coverage of harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Russia Religion News)

Will reforms require shrinking the size of Iraq's parliament?
(Mustafa Saadoun, trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Demining experts defuse bomb found in Ingushetia mosque
(Interfax-Religion)

Uzbek president's failing health raises Islamist worries
(Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor)

Protestant pastor charged for delivering books to government personnel
(Russia Religion News)

Veteran haredi Orthodox teacher reportedly fired for obtaining driver’s license
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Turkey today: Understanding the religious dimensions of the failed coup and response
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Turkish Islamism 2.0: Hegemonic, nationalist, and populist (Response to Turkey today: Understanding the religious dimensions of the failed coup and response)
(Ramazan Kilinc, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Islamic State attack on army recruits in Yemen kills 54
(Ali al-Mujahed and Pael Schemm, The Washington Post)

Indonesian church attacker 'obsessed with IS leader'
(Agence France-Presse)

IS buried thousands in 72 mass graves, AP finds
(Lori Hinnant and Desmond Butler, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Loss, lament and prophetic modernities
(M. Christian Green, Contending Minorities)

Are euthanasia advocates now attacking our religious freedom
(Press Release: Right To Life New Zealand Inc, Scoop Pollitics)

President Lungu to create a Ministry of Religion
(Lusaka Times)

The Islamic Republic’s war on women
(Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Foreign Policy)

Litigation involving Churches in NSW
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Is denying same sex marriage unconstitutional?
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Monday, 29 August 2016

British Bill of Rights, burkini ban & bake-off – This week’s human rights news & views
(Naomi Webber, RightsInfo)

Under Russia's new extremism laws, liking my writings on Ukraine could mean jail terms
(Paul Roderick Gregory, Forbes Opinion)

Mahad to Una: 90 years later, little has changed in how Indian society reacts to Dalit uprisings
(Smruti, Scroll.in)

Attacker fails to detonate bomb in Sumatra church
(Deutsche Welle)

What was Saudi Arabia's role in the rise of ISIS?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)

Nigerian cardinal says country is hungry, not just for food but justice
(Peter Ajayi Dada, Catholic News Service)

A jihadist’s cultural redemption
(The Editorial Board, The Christian Science Monitor)

Marriage ‘inequality’ is a threat to religious freedom – and it is probably unconstitutional
(Luke Beck, The Conversation)

Uganda prelate ‘cannot keep silent’ on domestic violence
(Catholic News Agency)

Bob Brown supports marriage plebiscite as a last resort
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)

Nigeria would let Boko Haram pick NGO intermediary in talks to free Chibok girls
(Felix Onuah and Alexis Akwagyiram, Reuters)

Israel joins bikini fray, ordering concert singer to cover up
(Peter Baker, The New York Times)

From bonnets to fez to burkinis, clothing has long made us uneasy
(Marion Diamond, The Conversation)

Haji Ali: India court says women can enter Mumbai shrine
(BBC)

After a two-year ban, Guinea’s Muslims will again take part in the Haj
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Faith and apparel: For the Abrahamic religions, clothing is both trivial and vital
(ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Prince Hassan of Jordan: 'Christianity an essential fabric to the Middle East,' condemns ISIS and urges interfaith efforts
(Chiqui Guyjoco, The Christian Times)

Why the new interfaith centre in Kaduna is a crucial symbol for interreligious peace in Nigeria
(Cynthia Okoroafor, Ventures Africa)

Interfaith group wants law reform on conversion of children
(Free Malaysia Today)

Nigerian Christians donate prayer mats to mosques to promote religious harmony
(Lorraine Caballero, Christian Daily)

Friday, 26 August 2016

Humanitarian aid to Christians of Homs delivered with Russia's assistance
(Interfax-Religion)

Jehovah's Witnesses complain about abuse by news media
(Russia Religion News)

Routine harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Russia Religion News)

Anti-evangelism law used against traditional Russian church
(Roman Lunkin, Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News)

Saudis and extremism: ‘Both the arsonists and the firefighters’
(Scott Shane, The New York Times)

Pope says non-violence is the only response to a world at war
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

US bishops, Iranian clergy seek abolition of WMDs
(Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service)

The right to spiritual equality, does it exist in Islam? (Responding to Religion and Women's Equality)
(Shafferan Sonneveld, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Canadian Mounties approve hijab as optional uniform choice
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Muslim groups laud Oloyede’s appointment as JAMB Registrar
(Sulaimon Salau, The Guardian (Nigeria))

Nigeria: Ahmadiyya women group meets on national peace
(The Guardian (Nigeria))

‘Why Nigeria remains a multi-religious state’
(The Guardian (Nigeria))

Russia: Punishments under anti-sharing beliefs law begin
(Forum 18 News Service)

American missionaries ordered out of Russia
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Samara court orders expulsion of six American Mormons who didn't register with migration authorities
(Interfax-Religion)

US Christian among first victims of Russia's anti-evangelism law
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Iran arrests 11 Christians caught attending house church service
(Lorraine Caballero, Christian Daily)

Rebels, civilians evacuating long-besieged Damascus suburb
(Albert Aji and Zeina Karam, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Kurdish militants claim deadly car bomb attack in Turkey
(Suzan Fraser, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Report: Fatah leaders consider cancelling local elections
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Argentine graduates’ Nazi salutes provokes brawl with Jewish pupils
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Haji Ali verdict: Victory of constitutional principles over religious dogmas
(Satya Prakash, Hindustan Times)

‘ISIS on a mission to exterminate Christians’
(World Watch Monitor)

Baghdad considers security overhaul
(Omar Sattar, trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Russian Jews will help project synagogues and opening Jewish museums in Europe
(Interfax-Religion)

Islamist from Russia caught in Bishkek with large quantities of extremist books, ammunition
(Interfax-Religion)

Europe's rabbis at Moscow congress stunned by absence of anti-Semitism in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)

Imam Velitov placed under house arrest in justification of terrorism inquiry
(Interfax-Religion)

Clergy do not decide to give judgment to preaching by imam Velitov charged with extremism
(Interfax-Religion)

Boko Haram leaves 1.4 million children displaced, dozens used as suicide bombers - UNICEF
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)

Some hotels in Chinese city block people from five Muslim countries
(Ben Blanchard, Gao Liangping and James Pomfret, Reuters)

Senegal clamps down on Quranic schools that exploit children
(Carley Petesch, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Indonesia's most-wanted awakens new generation of jihadis
(Randy Fabi and Kanupriya Kapoor, Reuters)

Why wearing the burqa is on the rise in South Asia
(Shamil Shams, Deutsche Welle)

The surprising Australian origin story of the burkini
(Adam Taylor, The Sydney Morning Herald)

Opinion: Why the burqa ban is wrong
(Martin Muno, Deutsche Welle)

Opinion: Banning the burqa is the right thing to do
(Alexander Kudascheff, Deutsche Welle)

Thursday, 25 August 2016

A Muslim woman’s right to self-determination (Responding to Religion and Women's Equality)
(Aisha Rahman, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Some churches in Zimbabwe demand Mugabe's impeachment
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Russian servicemen built a church of Karelian pine at Khmeimim airbase in Syria
(Interfax-Religion)

Passenger not allowed to flight from Moscow with a liter of holy water
(Interfax-Religion)

Indonesia and the United States: Diversity and democracy in turbulent times
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Portugal pulls out of law enforcement project led by Israeli university
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Al-Aqsa Mosque back in the eye of the storm with renewed clashes, arrests
(Daoud Kuttab, Al Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Uncertain future for Syrians as EU-Lebanon migration deal looms
(Tom Rollins, Al Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Is Israel at fault for surging Arab crime?
(Shlomi Eldar trans. Sandy Bloom, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Will 50 years of occupation unite Israel's peace camp?
(Akiva Eldar trans. Ruti Sinai, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

FARC: ‘Colombia wins, death loses’ in peace deal, but not everyone is convinced
(World Watch Monitor)

Report: Pakistan school textbooks riddled with religious 'hate material'
(World Watch Monitor)

Lawyer for Islamic party designated as extremist in Tajikistan accused of disclosing state secret
(Interfax-Religion)

Immoral actions reduced in Russian Army thanks to cooperation with the Church - Defense Minister
(Interfax-Religion)

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