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Wednesday, 23 September 2015

Situation with Religious Freedom in Crimea 2015 – OSCE Mission's Report
(Institute for Religious Freedom)

Israel will compensate church torched by Jewish extremists
(Florence Taylor, Christian Today)

ISIL's ideology is based on lies and perversion of Islam, says Putin
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Glick continues his campaign to bring Jews to Temple Mount
(Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Tocqueville, Democracy, and Religion: Checks and Balances for Democratic Souls
(Alan S. Kahan, Oxford University Press USA)

What really happened two years ago in the bloody attack on Nairobi’s Westgate Mall
(Tristan McConnell, Foreign Policy)

Intolerant Religion in a Tolerant-Liberal Democracy
(Yossi Nehustan, Hart Publishing, Oxford)

Egypt's Coptic cinema on brink of extinction
(George Mikhail, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Why more and more secular Israelis are fasting on Yom Kippur
(Yuval Avivi, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Iraq's Kakai minority joins fight against Islamic State
(Saad Salloum, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Israel attempts to redefine terrorism, but is its definition too broad?
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Beyond glass ceiling, Iranian women face iron fence
(Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Buddhist monks in Myanmar celebrate repressive laws
(Joshua Carroll, Al Jazeera)

This Mideast country offers to build 200 mosques but no home to Syrian refugees
(Shianee Mamanglu-Regala, Christian Today)

Christian held as domestic slave by Hindu employers wins payout for religious discrimination
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

World leaders demand Iran release of imprisoned Christian pastor Saeed Abedini
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Europe has the wrong refugees at 'front of the queue,' Vicar of Baghdad warns
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

2 are killed in West Bank as Jewish and Muslim holidays approach
(Diaa Hadid, The New York Times)

Palestinian woman is first to oversee Muslim wedding vows
(Diaa Hadid, The New York Times)

Militant group publishes global hitlist of bloggers, activists and writers
(Jason Burke, The Guardian)

Jehovah’s Witnesses can hide the truth in court to protect religion
(Trey Bundy, Reveal)

Egypt's war on terrorism bears fruit
(Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute)

EVENT, 23 September 2015: The KAICIID Peace Mapping Programme: How Interreligious Dialogue Promotes Peace
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Tuesday, 22 September 2015

Experts: Religious freedom under attack in Cuba, Mexico, Colombia
(Zachary Leshin, CNSNews.com)

Civil liberties groups address tension between religion and civil rights
(John Riley, Metro Weekly)

Who is Pope Francis? Insights on the remarkable life of a historic pontiff
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

Europe’s largest mosque to open tomorrow in Moscow
(Asia News)

Vietnamese Catholic: In communist prison, faith in God conquerd abuses and suffering
(Thanh Thuy, Asia News)

Israel to pay damages for arson attack on Tabgha church of. Positive developments also for Catholic schools
(Asia News)

Charlie Hebdo and hate speech: Don't prosecute the messenger
(Peter Noorlander, Just Security)

ISIS using churches as torture chambers, forcing Christians to convert or be killed
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Pakistani mob sets Christian family's home on fire to burn them alive
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

EU approves plan to relocate 120,000 migrants
(Danica Kirka and Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press)

Christian jailed for praying dies after Laos authorities deny him medication, watch him suffer
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Cayman Islands pastor claims gay sex objections are not hate speech
(Caribbean News Now!)

Christians must 'get their heads out of the sand' and help persecuted believers, says Aid to the Church in Need chairman (Part 2)
(Vincent Funaro, The Christian Post)

Israel courts African-American Evangelicals, despite some hurdles
(Emily Harris, NPR)

Nigeria's Boko Haram crisis: Maiduguri blasts kill dozens
(BBC News)

Muslim pilgrims in mass movement to start hajj
(Lynne al-Nahhas, Agence France-Presse)

Most Palestinians no longer support two-state solution
(Ali Sawafta, Reuters)

7 top issues Pope Francis has staked out for his papacy
(David Gibson, Religion News Service)

How world religions view the environment
(Talal Al-Khatib, Discovery News)

An unlikely alliance of global lawmakers call to end religious persecution
(Bettina Krause, Adventist News Network)

Chechen lawmaker proposes legal immunity for holy books
(RT)

Myanmar Buddhists celebrate religion laws as a 'victory'
(John Zaw, UCA News)

Religious freedom in the Arabian Peninsula?
(World Watch Monitor)

UN Human Rights Council – 30th Session
(Ambassador Keith Harper and others, HumanRights.gov)

EVENT, 22 September 2015: Love is Our Mission: The Family Is Fully Alive
(Catholic World Meeting of Families - 2015 Philadelphia)

Unprecedented meeting on religious freedom
(Emily Belz, World Magazine)

Summit of parliamentarians concludes with action letters and resolution
(International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief)

IPPFoRB was launched in Oslo, Norway on November 8, 2014
(International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief)

Sustainable Development: No one should be left behind because of what they believe
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

Analysis: What to make of China's demolition of crosses
(Xiao Yun, World Watch Monitor)

Religious Freedom in the Newcastle Herald
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Forgiveness in politics? Surprising findings from Uganda
(Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)

SACC to continue working for Christian unity and social justice
(Naveen Qayyum, World Council of Churches)

Why haven't Jews responded to Vatican II after 50 years?
(Marshall Breger and Jack Bemporad, Forward - Opinion)

Monday, 21 September 2015

‘What, was it any better in the past?’ (rights in Turkey)
(Cafar Solgun, Today's Zaman)

Does “Russian international law” have an international academic future?
(Maria Issaeva, EJIL:Talk!)

Ex-teacher at Russian Jewish school on trial for Inciting racial hatred
(JTA, Forward)

Montreal Jewish Federation pulls article that included stereotypes
(JTA, Forward)

The problem with Jewish Pope envy
(Editorial - Opinion, Forward)

Vatican to raise flag at UN for Pope — Palestinians for Abbas
(Forward)

Helping refugees by thinking beyond the current crisis
(Susan Kim, World Council of Churches)

The Economist explains: Why the Hajj is safer than ever
(M.R., The Economist)

How one of the smallest religious communities in the world is struggling to sustain its community
(Ahmad Melhem, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Fury after Saudi Arabia ‘chosen to head key UN human rights panel’
(Mint Press News)

Pakistan military court sentences nine to death for terrorism
(Mehreen Zahra-Malik, Reuters)

Russia: Religious literature banned and blocked
(Forum 18 News Service)

Colombia peace talks must not fail, says Pope Francis
(Andrew Cawthorne, Reuters)

Some Iraqis ditch fight against Islamic State for life in Europe
(Saif Hameed and Stephen Kalin, Reuters)

Million fewer tourists visit Tunisia this year after Islamist attacks
(Tarek Amara, Reuters)

Christians under threat in Nepal as anti-conversion law passed
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)

Obituary: Max Beauvoir: Priestly spirit
(The Economist)

Only way to defeat ISIS is with help from non-radical Muslims in Middle East, says head of aid to the church in need (Part 1)
(Vincent Funaro, The Christian Post)

Saudi Arabia says 100,000 troops to secure this year's hajj
(Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Jerusalem under tight security for Jewish, Muslim holidays
(Agence France-Presse)

Pope says Mass in east Cuba on anniversary of his calling
(Jamie Hamre and Philip Pullella, Reuters)

Too many across the globe live under threat because of their religion
(Ambassador Keith Harper, HumanRights.gov)

The UN, religion and development: Faith and secular global bodies learn to live together
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

BJP leader for law banning religious conversion
(The Hindu)

Religious Freedom more than 2 times higher in countries where Catholics are the majority population
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

Sunday, 20 September 2015

A holy revolution: Pope Francis in Cuba
(Astrid Prange, Deutsche Welle)

Religion and jazz: Jazz's long road to religious respectability
(The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Sympathy for Syrian refugees — but not African asylum seekers?
(Maya Paley, Forward)

The global refugee crisis is a moral test for all of us
(David Gushee, RNS Blog: Christians, Conflict and Change)

Saturday, 19 September 2015

Azerbaijan again extends detentions of Irina Zakharchenko and Valida Jabrayilova
(Jehovah's Witnesses)

Chechen Republic head challenges court rulting on compilation from Koran
(Liz Fuller, Radio Free Europe | Radio Liberty)

Pope visits Havana, reprimands religion-stifling Cuban government
(Laura Italiano, New York Post)

Reviewing the role of religion in world peace – Chong Ming Hwee
(The Malaysian Insider)

Cuba's isolated act of faith
(Alfonso Serrano, Al Jazeera America)

Holy See, unholy mob: Church continues anti-Mafia crusade
(Hashem Said, Al Jazeera America)

Pope to witness impact of U.S.-Cuba detente he helped spur
(Andrew Cawthorne, Reuters)

2 thousand fishermen freed from slavery in Southeast Asia in 2015
(Asia News)

Friday, 18 September 2015

UNICEF, World Council of Churches launch new partnership for children´s rights and their wellbeing
(World Council of Churches)

Complementarity of Catholic Social Teaching and Mormon Self-Reliance Teachings
(Pablo Talavera, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Vatican City takes in a Syrian refugee family
(Reuters, Religion News Service)

Catholic schools: Europe’s bishops stand with Holy Land Church in fight for the freedom of education
(Asia News)

Uzbek government restricts pilgrimage to Makkah
(Asia News)

Hidden Christians: How Japan tried and failed to exterminate Christianity
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

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