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Friday, 8 July 2016

Russia: Putin signs sharing beliefs, "extremism", punishments
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

Migrants in Europe should be settled among local people, not in enclaves, the FJCR president believes
(Interfax-Religion)

Tolerance Center in Moscow and UNESCO to hold campaign on adapting migrants in 181 world countries
(Interfax-Religion)

An abbot killed in Yaroslavl Region of Russia
(Interfax-Religion)

Anglican Church of Canada to vote on same-sex marriage at General Synod
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)

Pakistan human rights lawyer who defends Christians goes into hiding after death threats
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Nine Christians killed in another attack in eastern DRC
(World Watch Monitor)

In ‘Beauty of Their Dreams,’ filmmaker explores conflict between religion and girls’ education
(Chanel Dubofsky, Jewish Daily Forward)

Prosecutors reveal efforts by ISIS recruiter in Syria to encourage attacks in U.S.
(Adam Goldman, The Washington Post)

EVENT, 8 July 2016: U.S.-Pakistan Interreligious Consortium: Creating Change Through Interreligious Action, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Washington, D.C.
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, & World Affairs)

African Union to withdraw troops from Somalia by 2020
(Elias Meseret, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Thursday, 7 July 2016

6 facts about religious hostilities in the Middle East and North Africa
(Katayoun Kishi and Angelina E. Theodorou, Pew Research Center)

Saudi Arabia identifies bombers in 2 attacks this week
(Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Nepal: Police breakup crowd celebrating Dalai Lama’s birthday
(UCAN)

Dozens killed in suicide attack on Shiite shrine north of Baghdad
(Omar Al-Jawoshy, The New York Times)

Russian Supreme Court adds to extremism verdicts against Jehovah's Witnesses
(Russia Religion News)

State Duma asked to curtail freedom of religious groups
(Russia Religion News)

Malawi bishops plead for international help on food crisis
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

USCIRF criticizes China's restrictions on Muslims during Ramadan
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Terror attacks in Islamic countries casts shadow on Eid celebration in India
(Hindustan Times)

Why Malaysia, known for moderate Islam, should expect more ISIS attacks
(Ralph Jennings, Forbes)

Militants kill three worshippers at Bangladeshi Ramadan celebration
(Aidan Quigley, The Christian Science Monitor)

The persecution of the Ahmadis must not be allowed to spread
(Giles Fraser, The Guardian)

Kenyan human rights lawyer killed while investigating police corruption
(World Watch Monitor)

Car bomb kills 11 soldiers in Libya’s Benghazi
(Agence France-Presse)

Fierce fighting for key Aleppo road despite Syria truce
(Agence France-Presse)

Reform and Conservative Jews hold mixed prayer service at Western Wall in protest of stalled talks
(Judy Maltz and Yair Ettinger, Haaretz)

Church rulings on marriage dissolution in India 'have no legal basis'
(UCAN)

Myanmar arrests five over mosque arson attack
(John Zaw, UCAN)

Indonesian Catholics join Muslims celebrating Eid al-Fitr
(Konradus, UCAN)

Christians' homes torched by Muslim mob in Egypt as warning not to build new church
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

How this young Yazidi is bringing hope to IS victims
(Brenda Stoter, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Head of Fallujah liberation offers views on upcoming Mosul battle
(Mustafa Saadoun trans. Kamal Fayad, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

The IS movement is not about religion, but is anti-religion
(Editorial, Deseret News)

Freedom of worship: Rio 2016 athletes’ village to welcome all religions
(Rio 2016)

Olympic refugees' team set to make history in Rio: These athletes don't have a country, but they have a voice
(Hazel Torres, Christian Today)

New govt to defend ‘race and religion’ laws at UN meeting
(Fiona Macgregor and Thu Thu Aung, Myanmar Times)

Pan-Orthodox Council took place: That is 'what counts', participants, observers say
(Katerina Shchetkina, Ukraine Today)

India’s Jewish ‘lost tribe’ faces hard times in Israel
(Shira Ruben, Jewish Daily Forward)

Eid on the run for Afghan refugees in Pakistan
(Aamir Latif, Anadolu Agency)

Saudi Arabia, blamed for spawning jihadists, is again their target
(Ben hubbard, The New York Times)

Ramadan charity seeks to free 'innocent' Indian Muslims
(BBC News)

Establishing Religion and Islamic schools in NSW
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Wednesday, 6 July 2016

Eid marks start of 3-day Syrian truce, first for entire country
(Sarah El Deeb, The Christian Science Monitor)

1 million Muslims reached by united prayers of Christians worldwide as Ramadan ends
(Chiqui Guyjoco, The Christian Times)

Thoughts about Islam in an unhappy Eid
(Mustafa Akyol, Hürriyet Daily News)

Muslims worldwide struggle to comprehend a violent Ramadan
(Zeina Karam and Sarah El Deeb, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Religion, Violence, and Peace
(Berkley Forum, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Countering violent extremism's subjugation of women (Responding to Religion, Violence, and Peace)
(Berkley Forum: Melanne Verveer, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Grasping the need for each other (Responding to Religion, Violence, and Peace)
(Berkley Forum: Desmond Tutu, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

The trouble with religious tolerance (Responding to Religion, Violence, and Peace)
(Berkley Forum: Veena Das, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

When and how religion matters in world affairs (Responding to Religion, Violence, and Peace)
(Jocelyne Cesari, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Why religion should say ‘no’ to ethnic chauvinism and political opportunism (Responding to Religion, Violence, and Peace)
(Berkley Forum: Muhammad Saad Abubakar, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Human rights and the Pan-Orthodox Council
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)

A holy and small Great Council
(Martin E. Marty, The University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

Tunisia bucks the Islamist narrative. Why can't journalists tell its story more broadly?
(Ira Rifkin, Get Religion)

Jewish leader disagrees with Orthodox leaders on anti-upbringing law (Berl Lazar supports law prohibiting use of physical force on children)
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Islamic state is losing its caliphate, but it remains deadly
(The Economist)

China: USCIRF condemns the government’s Ramadan restrictions
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Top Egypt Islamist says he 'fully supports' reconciliation with state
(Khalid Hassan, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Christians in Iraqi Kurdistan complain about land seizure
(Omar al-Jaffal, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Turkmenistan: Conscientious objectors face corrective labour sentences
(Forum 18 News Service)

Boko Haram: why jaw-jaw might be better than war-war for Nigeria
(Abdul-Jalilu Ateku, The Conversation)

The power of personal testimony: A Mexican delegation visits Congress
(FoRB in Full (a blog by CSW))

Central Asian Christians feel repercussions of governments’ focus on Islamist threat
(World Watch Monitor)

Government plans to grant Indian citizenship to Hindu and Sikh refugees, soon
(Rahul Tripathi, Times of India)

ISIS logo featured on threatening note to Jewish sports club vandalized in Argentina
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Egyptian president calls to ‘revolutionize our religion’ while Muslim activist stands up for Israelis
(Yochanan Visser, Western Journalism)

New Archbishop of Kenya will fight for the future of his church, his country and its young
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

After attacks, Lebanese Christian town casts wary eye on Syrian refugees
(Ben Hubbard and Hwaida Saad, The New York Times)

Brazil is confronting an epidemic of anti-gay violence
(Andrew Jacobs, The New York Times)

After attacks on Muslims, many ask: where is the outpouring?
(Anne Barnard, The New York Times)

Contradictory amendments were proposed to Ukrainian Law on Freedom of Conscience
(Maksym Vasin, Executive Director, Institute for Religious Freedom)

Series: Trinity Western University
(Barry W. Bussey: Intersection, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)

Being on the right side of history: Where the offended take away religious freedom
(Barry W. Bussey: Intersection, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)

Bangladesh restaurant shooters prayed, ate and awaited their fate as martyrs
(Akhtar Ali, Religion News Service)

Dhaka attacks casts long shadow over business in Bangladesh
(Nirmala George, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

The worst ISIS attack in days is the one the world probably cares least about
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)

Tuesday, 5 July 2016

Bombing that killed more than 200 deadliest attack in Baghdad in years
(Mohammed Tawfeeq, Joe Sterling, Tiffany Ap, and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN)

Medina explosion: Suicide bombing near Saudi holy site
(BBC News)

Medina bombing: Saudi king pledges 'iron hand' for attackers
(BBC News)

Attack near Prophet's Mosque in Medina, third Saudi bombing in one day
(Deutsche Welle)

Medina bombing is an assault on Islam itself
(Haroon Moghul, CNN)

The recent Medina bombing — an attack on Islam?
(Herb Scribner, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)

Undercover informants to prevent women from using Caspian Sea beaches
(Radio Zamaneh)

Forgotten Ottoman Eid traditions make comeback in Turkey
(Pinar Tremblay, Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

What's next for Iraq's Anbar after liberation from IS
(Omar Sattar trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

What wave of suicide attacks means for Riyadh's anti-terror efforts
(Bruce Riedel, Al Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

How religious holidays are uniting Iraqi Muslims and Christians
(Saad Salloum trans. Pascale el-Khoury, Al Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

ISIS seems to tailor attacks for different audiences
(Rukmini Callimachi, The New York Times)

Islamic State militants kill Coptic Orthodox priest in Egypt’s North Sinai
(Reuters)

Kenya seeks tech alternatives to break taboo over sex education in schools
(Neha Wadekar, Thomson Reuters Foundation)

A Ramadan piece: The "other" Islam
(Salim Mansur, Gatestone Institute)

Why one Arab country is telling its travelers to forgo traditional clothing
(Aidan Quigley, Christian Science Monitor)

From VHP to AAP, the politics around the Quran desecration row in Punjab is getting murkier
(Vipin Pubby, Scroll.in)

South Sudan top religious leader warns against hate speech
(Sudan Tribune)

Christians in Indian village 'fined if they worship publicly'
(UCAN)

Israeli court says shouting Allahu akbar can amount to breach of peace
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Beyond the mantra, towards the granular: The Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression’s report on the private sector in the digital age
(Sejal Parmar, EJIL: Talk!)

China's persecuted churches forced to hand over donations to communist regime
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

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