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Wednesday, 27 April 2016

Jordan bans popular Lebanese band because its songs 'contradict religion'
(Sam Mcneil and Mohammed Daraghmeh, Haaretz)

Pakistani Sikhs open temple after 73 years, risking attacks
(Kathy Gannon, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Nigeria: Dozens slaughtered and church burned down in latest Fulani massacre
(Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today)

Bangladesh's pluralism is at risk if Sheikh Hasina does not stop extremists
(Simon Tisdall, The Guardian)

Murder of LGBTQ+ editor highlights danger facing all rational voices in Bangladesh
(Ibtisam Ahmed, The Conversation)

Al-Qaeda affiliate says it killed a gay rights activist and his friend in Bangladesh
(Peter Holley, The Washington Post)

Al-Qaida says it killed Bangladesh gay activist, friend
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Bangladesh jails Hindu teachers for 'abusing Islam'
(Agence France-Presse)

Bangladesh invokes colonial era law, jails two teachers for 'insulting Islam'
(Firstpost)

Undercover squad may mean more covering up for Tehran women
(Nasser Karimi, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Turkish PM says secularism will be in new constitution
(Reporting by Ercan Gurses and Daren Butler; Writing by David Dolan; Editing by John Stonestreet, Reuters)

Israeli Arabs more optimistic about two-state solution than Arabs living in the Palestinian territories
(Angelina E. Theodorou and Jacob Poushter, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

EVENT, 27 April 2016: Book Launch: "No Offence intended: Why 18C is wrong"
(Augusto Zimmermann, Joshua Forrester, Lorraine Finley, Venue: The University of Notre Dame Australia)

Tuesday, 26 April 2016

Head of Turkish religous authority praises Croatia for organizing int'l conference on Islam
(Daily Sabah)

ECtHR rules for recognition of Cemevis, Alevi faith leaders
(Daily Sabah)

'At least 8 children dead' as Christian neighbourhoods attacked in Aleppo
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Canada's Justin Trudeau outraged at 'cold-blooded murder' of hostage by Islamists
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

The Russian Constitutional Court and its actual control over the ECtHR judgement in Anchugov and Gladkov
(Natalia Chaeva, EJIL: Talk!)

Baku: UN officials call on business leaders to help build inclusive societies
(UN News Centre)

Scarred Yazidi boys escape Islamic State combat training
(Stephen Kalin, Reuters)

Indians take to Buddhist chanting to alleviate urban stress
(Nirmala George, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Bangladesh LGBT editor hacked to death
(BBC News)

Turkish parliament speaker provokes row with call for religious constitution
(Ayla Jean Yackley and Ercan Gurses, Reuters)

The death of free speech: The West veils itself
(Giulio Meotti, Gatestone Institute)

6 countries where owning a Bible is dangerous
(Alannah Francis, Christian Today)

Turkey's parliament speaker seeks religious constitution
(Agence France-Presse)

Christian girls kidnapped in Pakistan, forced to convert to Islam and marry captors
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

EVENT, 21-26 April 2016: FLAG 2016 South Africa: "Walking With Integrity" - Pretoria, South Africa
(Faith and Law Around the Globe)

Monday, 25 April 2016

American Islamophobia passes the ammunition to terrorists
(Faisal Kutty, Middle East Eye)

How one Israeli Arab woman seeks to wipe out hatred
(Mazal Mualem, trans. Ruti Sinai, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Devotees at Thai temple give alms to tens of thousands of Buddhist monks
(Reporting by Patpicha Tanakasempipat; Additional reporting by Juarawee Kittisilpa and Panarat Thepgumpanat; Editing by Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Clarence Fernandez, Reuters)

Nepal marks quake anniversary with prayers and tears
(Paavan Mathema, Agence France-Presse)

China seeks to tighten grip on religion
(Nathan Vanderklippe, The Globe and Mail)

China’s Xi warns of foreign infiltration through religion
(Matthew Miller, Reuters)

China calls for religion to be ‘localized’ to reduce foreign ‘infiltration,’ says party ‘severely damaged’ by members’ religious beliefs
(Duncan Hewitt, International Business Times)

Desmond Tutu urges South Africans not to fear speaking out against injustice
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Is Islamophobia on the rise in Turkey?
(Mahmut Bozarslan, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Women's blessing at Jerusalem's Western Wall curtailed
(Mike Smith, Agence France-Presse)

Turkey's seizure of churches and land alarms Armenians
(Ceylan Yeginsu, The New York Times)

Russian authorities move toward unprecedented shutdown of Witnesses' national headquarters
(JW.org, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Poroshenko calls for one united local Orthodox Church in Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)

Russia: Conscientious objectors denied alternative service
(Russia Religion News, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Signatures for banning abortions to be collected in Russian churches
(Interfax-Religion)

Russia: In 2015, 89 known individuals and communities prosecuted for religious literature
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

Bathrooms and discrimination
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Is Buddhism paradoxical?
(Mark Siderits, OUPblog Religion)

In Zambia, cathedral indaba eases political tensions
(Gavin Drake, Episcopal News Service)

Dr Farooq warns against religion-centric politics in India
(Jammu, Greater Kashmir)

Misleading the flock in the name of religion
(Alexander Nyarko Yeboah, Ghana News Agency)

Bangladeshi university professor hacked to death in Rajshahi
(BBC News)

Murdered Bangladeshi professor 'not an atheist', daughter says
(BBC News)

Two gay-rights activists hacked to death in Bangladesh
(Al Jazeera)

Oman’s interfaith diplomacy: How the world’s only major Ibadi community embraces the tenants of coexistence and religious plurality
(Benjamin Lutz, USME Youth Network)

We’ll encourage inter-faith marriages: Siddaramaiah
(Shankar Bennur, The Hindu)

Ayatollah Arafi: Arrogant powers in pursuit of turning interfaith dialogue to a clash
(AhlulBayt News Agency)

Atheist pastor sparks debate by 'irritating the church into the 21st century'
(Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian)

Was Shakespeare a secret Catholic?
(Ann Schneible, Catholic News Agency)

EVENT, 25 April 2016: The rise of polygamy in Kyrgyzstan: A consequence of the country's post-Soviet Islamic revival?
(Michele Commercio, Central Asia Program, George Washington University)

Sunday, 24 April 2016

Women of the Wall back down after ban on passover priestly blessing rite
(JTA, Forward)

Saturday, 23 April 2016

Jerusalem at the center of Palestine-Israel naming dispute
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Treating ISIS as cancer
(Bennett Ramberg, Yale Global Online)

Young members increasingly critical of Hamas
(Asmaa al-Ghoul, trans. Mohammad Khalil, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Friday, 22 April 2016

Passover, most beloved Jewish holiday, explained
(Laruen Markoe, Religion News Service)

Passover’s message of religious freedom (Commentary)
(Lawrence Grossman, Religion News Service)

How Israelis keep Passover traditions alive
(Yuval Avivi, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

The real four questions for Israel this Passover
(David Rosenberg, Haaretz)

3 quirky ways Passover will be celebrated this year
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News National Edition: Faith)

Robot monk blends science and Buddhism at Chinese temple
(Joseph Campbell, Reuters)

When reporting on the Islamic State, try reporting on more than its ties to Islam
(Ira Rifkin, Get Religion (blog))

Copt teenager kidnapped for ransom in Upper Egypt
(World Watch Monitor)

Burundi’s Catholic Church rejects government’s ‘terrorist’ label
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Kazakhstan: Now 30 Sunni Muslims convicted since December 2014, KNB secret police spy
(Forum 18 News Service)

Indian pastor and pregnant wife attacked by militant Hindus
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)

Martyr killed by bulldozer becomes symbol of growing persecution of Christians in China
(Perry Chiaramonte, Fox News World)

Pastor's wife killed during demolition of church in China
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

ISIS executes 250 girls for refusing to join 'sexual jihad'
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Thursday, 21 April 2016

‘Time 100’ ranking includes a few religious mentions
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Vatican unexpectedly suspends independent financial audit
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)

Israel says Hamas suicide bomber attacked Jerusalem bus
(Shatha Yaish, Agence France-Presse)

Female suicide bombers kill eight at refugee camp in northeast Nigeria
(Lanre Ola, Reuters)

First non-Muslim lashed for breaking Sharia law in Indonesian province
(Patrick Winn, USA Today)

China asks Indonesia to extradite Uighur prisoners
(Niniek Karmini, The Washington Post)

Cameroon: US vows to back anti-Boko Haram fight while bishops call for talks
(Deutsche Welle)

Boko Haram and ISIS are collaborating more, U.S. military says
(Helene Cooper, The New York Times)

As Kabul death toll rises, fears also boosted of more powerful Taliban bombs
(Tim Craig, The Washington Post)

Tamil Nadu's first Dalit-centric channel: For Dalits, but not yet by Dalits
(Kavita Kishore, Scroll.in)

Public conversions at Zakir Naik’s talks inappropriate, Muslim missionary says
(Ida Lim, MalayMail Online)

Don't let terrorists demolish Middle East Christian-Muslim co-existence, Vatican envoy pleads
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Marrakesh: Rites of passage
(Asma Uddin, Newsweek)

Thailand's rebel Buddhist nun
(Laura Secorun Palet, OZY)

EVENT, 21 April 2016: Bearing Witness to Genocide: The Plight of Ethnic and Religious Minorities in Iraq
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Wednesday, 20 April 2016

"Is the Pope Catholic?" suddenly a serious question
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Can the Islamic State be defeated? – Analysis
(Dr. Sanu Kainikara, Eurasia Review)

Jordan halts plan to install cameras at Jerusalem holy site
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

How to fight extremism? Unite for religious liberty, rabbi says
(Catholic News Agency)

Abducted Nigerian girls have not been abandoned, U.S. says
(Helene Cooper, The New York Times)

Analysis: Now it’s official: Pakistan’s blasphemy law is ‘manmade’ - and promotes ‘religious vigilantism’
(Naeem Shakir, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)

International conference on interfaith dialogue commences at SGGS World University
(Sikh Siyasat News)

Afghan Taliban kill at least 28 in major attack in central Kabul
(Josh Smith and Hamid Shalizi, Reuters)

Israel arrests six members of 'Jewish terror cell'
(BBC News)

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