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Tuesday, 15 December 2015

In an ultra-wealthy Moscow suburb, a luxurious Jewish Community Center opens its doors
(Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA)

Voice: Do Muslims around the world really hate the United States?
(Bruce Stokes, Foreign Policy)

18 Chibok parents have died as wait for girls goes on
(World Watch Monitor)

Good job, say church leaders after Paris climate pact, but note it's just the start
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Calls for alimony reform shake up Israeli rabbinical courts
(Mordechai Goldman, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Saudi Arabia elects 17 women in first vote allowing female participation
(Al Jazeera America)

Saudi Arabia forms Islamic anti-'terrorist' military coalition
(Al Jazeera America)

Burma’s hard-line Buddhists are waging a campaign of hate that nobody can stop
(Francis Wade, Time)

Argao of Science, Baybado of IR attend Asia-Pacific Interfaith Youth Camp in Cambodia
(University of Santo Tomas)

Interfaith event canceled in face of threats
(Bambang Muryanto, The Jakarta Post)

Brazilian Adventists form networking group of political and civic leaders
(Bettina Krause, Adventist Review)

Naga Identity & religion- An important message from the trajectory of Rani Gaidinliu
(Richard Kamei, The Morung Express)

Mamata Banerjee says Trinamool Congress not engaged in politics of religion
(NDTV)

'Love has no religion': priests and pastors reach out to refugees
(Kostas Koukoumakas, The Guardian)

Monday, 14 December 2015

Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda kill Christian policeman, kidnap three children
(Morningstar News)

Saudi voters elect 20 women candidates for the first time
(Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Survey: Same-sex marriage, Pope Francis top religion stories of year
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

‘Religious harmony’ law: 1,000 Indonesian Christian churches closed
(Evangelical Focus)

Senegal, a peaceful Islamic democracy, is jarred by fears of militancy
(Dionne Searcey, The New York Times)

Voting for peace under rocket fire in Bangui's Muslim quarter
(Célia Lebur, Agence France-Presse)

Portraits of religion in Shakespeare’s time
(OUPblog Religion)

New Publication: Freedom of Religion and Belief: An International Law Commentary
(Heiner Bielefeldt, Nazila Ghanea, and Michael Wiener, Oxford Human Rights Hub)

Change in church and state relations
(Martin Marty, The University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

Russia: Customs block literature "with no reason, no legal right and no court ruling"
(Forum 18 News Service)

Gambia's president declares Islamic statehood
(Al Jazeera)

Gambia's President declares it an Islamic state
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Their blood still cries out: Crux opens series investigating global presecution of Christians
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))

Sunday, 13 December 2015

Another Big Win for Religious Freedom in Canada
(ADF International)

Globally, religious persecution is Christian persecution
(John. L. Allen, Jr, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)

Interfaith group celebrates Chanukah
(J-Wire)

Mosaic of religions makes India an oasis of communal harmony: President Mukherjee
(Business Standard)

Saturday, 12 December 2015

70,000 Indian clerics issue fatwa against terrorists
(Molly Jackson, The Christian Science Monitor)

Azerbaijan: Rashad Niftaliyev fined and jailed for participation in religious meetings
(Jehovah's WItnesses)

Atheists and non-religious face growing oppression around world, says report
(Robert Evans, Ecumenical News)

Anglican and Muslim leaders discuss combatting violence done in the name of religion
(Anglican Communion News Service)

Jerusalem Copts hope new bishop brings renewed support
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

More veils lift as topic loses political punch in Iran
(Mahmoud Pargoo, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

The Grinch who stole Palestinian Christmas
(Aziza Nofal, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Saudi Arabian women vote, run in local elections for first time
(Al Jazeera America)

Friday, 11 December 2015

Jews and Catholics must implement new interfaith partnership
(Vatican Radio)

Sarawak government website takes down mention of Islam as official religion
(Today)

Anglican and Muslim leaders discuss combating religious violence
(Episcopal News Service)

Australian court finds Anglican Diocese liable for $40M bank loan
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

AAR/SBL 2015 annual meeting wrap-up
(Alyssa Bender Russell, OUPblog Religion)

Study explores Christian response to persecution
(Ann Carey, OSV Newsweekly)

Indian women in battle against Mumbai mosque ban
(Peter Hutchison, Agence France-Presse)

Survival of Christianity in Middle East at critical point due to ongoing persecution
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service)

South Korean labor leader leaves temple to surrender to authorities
(Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times)

Iran orders stoning of woman to death on Human Rights Day
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

25 Christian hostages released by ISIS; 130 Khabur Assyrians remain captured
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Glenn Beck, Johnnie Moore evacuate 149 Iraqi Christian refugees to Slovakia
(Kevin Porter, Christian Post World)

Pakistani bishop for international pressure on religious freedom
(Kamran Chaudhry, UCA News)

U.S. envoy David Saperstein: Responding to religious freedom violations
(Interview, Vatican Radio)

Little change seen in Vietnam's new draft law on religion
(UCA News)

Islamic State releases song in Mandarin for Chinese Muslims
(Steve Richardson, Dayton News)

Does Israel owe this ex-Orthodox woman for not teaching her basic Math and English?
(Naomi Zeveloff, Forward)

"Anyone who speaks critically of the Pope is not risking their immortal soul"
(Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith, Catholic Herald)

Human Rights Day — December 10
(United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner)

Human Rights Day 2015 Q&A
(United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner)

Happy Human Rights Day
(Ian Vásquez, Cato Institute)

British Columbia Court requires Law Society approval of Trinity Western Law School
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

B.C. Supreme Court rules in favour of Trinity Western University law school
(Ian Mulgrew, The Vancouver Sun)

Trinity Western law school decision overturned by B.C. Supreme Court
(CBC Mews | British Columbia)

In Myanmar, a training course to promote inter-religious harmony
(May Wong, Channel News Asia)

Thursday, 10 December 2015

History teaches us that difficult conversations about religion must start from respect and inclusion, not hate and division
(Ontario Human Rights Commission)

Welcome to Canada, where the Prime Minister meets refugees at the airport
(Reid Standish, Foreign Policy)

In multi-faith rally attended by over 2 lakh, religious heads say need law to stop growing intolerance in country
(Nazar Abbas, The Times of India)

Big win for Trinity Western: BC judge says ban on Christian law school infringes religious freedom
(Steve Weatherbe, LifeSite News)

Anglican Diocese of Bathurst liable for $40 million Commonwealth Bank loan: court
(Louise Hall, The Sydney Morning Herald)

Non-religious organization wants hotel chains to remove Bibles from their rooms
(Jelisa Castrodale, Road Warrior Voices)

Vatican says Catholics should not try to convert Jews, should fight anti-semitism
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)

Australia's Abbott defends comments on Islam
(Annabelle Liang, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Israel holds 5 Arab Israelis suspected of supporting ISIS
(Isabel Kershner and Diaa Hadid, The New York Times)

AP count: Over 2,400 killed in Saudi hajj stampede, crush
(Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Fearing changes to rabbinate, ultra-Orthodox oppose female Islamic judges
(Marissa Newman, Times of Israel)

Bill in Israel's Knesset encouraging female Muslim judges draws Orthodox Jewish opposition
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Lawyers for Turkish government sue rival cleric in Pennsylvania
(Rosie Gray, BuzzFeed News)

Alien tort suit focuses on sectarian rivalry in Turkey
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Why the Church is growing in Africa
(Robert Barron, Real Clear Religion)

For the Russian Orthodox, a nationalist paradox
(Cory Bender and Wade Kusack, Religious Freedom Blog)

Habetis Papam
(David Bentley Hart, First Things)

Christians, capitalism, and culture: A response to David Bentley Hart
(Samuel Gregg, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)

Updated creed policy gives guidance on protecting rights
(Ontario Human Rights Commission)

Abortion in Jewish Law
(Daniel Eisenberg, M.D., Aish.com)

From Jediism to Judaism: Star Wars as Jewish allegory
(Daniel Perez, Aish.com)

Canadian Press NewsAlert: B.C. Supreme Court rules in favour of Trinity Western University
(The Brandon Sun)

BREAKING: Court rules in favour of Trinity Western University over anti-gay policy
(CKNW News)

Vatican says Catholics should not try to convert Jews, should fight anti-semitism
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)

Turkey to give Alevi prayer houses legal status
(Agence France-Presse, Global Post)

Missing from conversations about San Bernardino attack—The main point: Education!
(William Schweiker, The University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

A small step for women in Saudi Arabia, one that might have something to do with Islam
(Terry Mattingly, Get Religion (blog))

North Korea: USCIRF urges religious freedom be included in UN Security Council human rights meeting
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Angola: Commission on Social Policy revises standards for freedom of religion and cult
(All Africa)

Criticism of religion should not lead to discrimination
(Renu Mandhane, HuffPost Religion)

Pew: Muslims will be largest world religion by end of century
(Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D, Breitbart News)

Same-sex adoption bill passes Victorian upper house, with religious exemptions
(The Guardian)

Religious freedom wins in Victoria same-sex adoption law
(Emilie Ng, The Catholic Leader)

Russian parliament declares scriptures of major religions non-extremist
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

16 days of activism against gender-based violence
(World Council of Churches)

EVENT, 10-12 December 2015: Under Caesar's Sword: Christian Response to Persecution
(14 scholars, The Center for Civil & Human Rights, University of Notre Dame; Religious Freedom Project at the Berkley Center, Georgetown University)

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