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Wednesday, 29 July 2015

Singapore arrests man who tried to join Islamic State
(Aradhana Aravindan, Reuters)

Uncertain times fuel occult beliefs in China's Party hierarchy
(Ben Blanchard and Benjamin Kang Lim, Reuters)

Witch doctors 'liable for deportation' - Immigration New Zealand
(NZ Immigration Service, NZ Herald)

Christian sites need more protection, Israeli church leaders say
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Sudanese pastors facing execution make final plea for justice; verdict set on Aug. 5
(Monica Cantilero, Christian Today)

Chinese Catholics and Protestants unite in 'carry crosses everywhere' campaign to protest massive government crackdown on churches
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

China's crusade to remove crosses from churches 'is for safety concerns'
(Tom Phillips, The Guardian)

What does Islam say about being gay?
(Mustafa Akyol, The New York Times)

Turkey’s focus on crushing Kurdish separatists complicates the fight against ISIS
(Anne Barnard, The New York Times)

Afghan intelligence: Taliban leader Mullah Omar dead
(Lynne O'Donnell, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Nepal temple bans five-yearly mass animal sacrifice: pressure group
(Ross Adkin, Reuters)

“Extremism” in schools and religious freedom
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

NSW to audit school prayer groups amid concerns about violent extremism
(The Guardian)

Principals urged to report extremist behaviour to NSW Government hotline
(Emma Partridge, Rachel Olding, The Sydney Morning Herald)

Afghan sources say Taliban leader Mullah Omar is 'dead'
(Al Jazeera)

Tajikistan: "Teaching religion unlawfully in a private flat"
(Forum 18 News Service)

Central African Republic – A forgotten crisis
(World Watch Monitor)

Is Saudi Arabia warming up to the Muslim Brotherhood?
(Ali Al-Arian, Al Jazeera)

Tuesday, 28 July 2015

Will Saudi Arabia save Hamas?
(Shlomi Eldar, trans. Simon Pompan, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Melkite Patriarch faults West's Middle East policies, but says Syrian Church will survive
(John Pontifex, Aid to the Church in Need)

Rethinking the war on Islamic State – OpEd
(Ramzy Baroud, Eurasia Review)

Israelis reflect on dangers of 'unjustified hatred'
(Mordechai Goldman, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Ex-leader of Bashkir national movement jailed for three years for religious extremism
(Interfax-Religion)

Nepal temple bans mass animal slaughter at festival
(The Guardian)

Kenya Catholic bishops call for polio vaccine boycott
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Told ya so! The UAE’s new ‘anti-discrimination’ law is already being abused to censor critics
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)

U.N. human rights office deeply disturbed' by Libya death sentences
(Tom Miles, Reuters)

SGPC to file lawsuit against CBSE for compelling Sikh candidates to remove Kakaars
(Sikh 24)

Central Asia crackdown on militant Islam risks backlash
(Dmitry Solovyov, Reuters)

Pakistan: 1,000 girls forced to convert to Islam every year
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Biblical name confirmed by inscription on 3,000-year-old jar
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Christian mother Asia Bibi's potential freedom could be 'watershed moment' for all Christian victims prosecuted for blasphemy, group says
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

‘Dry Catholics’ now second predominant religion in Philippines
(Evelyn Macairan, The Philippine Star)

Iraqi militias train young teens to face the threat of IS
(Vivian Salama and Qassim Abdul-Zahra, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Nigerian leader visits Cameroon as Boko Haram attacks
(Caelainn Hogan, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Arab parliament member denies Jewish claim to Temple Mount, sparking Israeli outrage
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Arab-Israeli lawmaker: Jews have no religious ties to Temple Mount
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Melbourne man charged with allegedly trying to join Kurdish fight against Isis
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)

Religion and politics in Canada: Crosses, turbans and maple leaves
(P.F. and Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Obama visit puts Ethiopia's record in spotlight
(World Watch Monitor)

Obama makes veiled LGBT rights reference in African Union speech
(Michael K. Lavers, The Washington Blade)

Monday, 27 July 2015

Confucius says, Xi does: The Communist Party turns to ancient philosophy for support
(The Economist)

Dwindling Middle East Christians make the New York Times Magazine
(Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)

Russia should embrace its religious diversity (Op-Ed)
(M. Zuhdi Jasser, Katrina Lantos Swett, The Moscow Times)

Claims 'witch doctors' issue widespread, some living in fear of black magic curses
(Patrice Dougan, Alicia Burrow, NZ Herald)

Are Muslim countries receptive to religious freedom?
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)

Saudi women travel with friends abroad without mahram
(Nadia Al-Fawaz, Arab News)

Tunisia passes anti-terror laws after deadly attacks
(Al Jazeera)

Jews with synagogues on wheels to visit over 70 cities of Russia
(Interfax-Religion)

Australia Jehovah's Witnesses 'did not report 1,000 alleged abusers'
(BBC News)

Australian investigators say Jehovah’s Witnesses hid child sex abuse
(Al Jazeera America)

Australian nurse charged with supporting IS stays in custody
(The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Obama holds talks in Ethiopia, with security high on the agenda
(Deutsche Welle)

Clashes erupt at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa on Jewish holiday
(Al Jazeera)

Uhuru disagrees with Obama on gay rights, says Kenya has more critical issues
(Nancy Agutu, The Star)

Amid shocking power struggle, INC members mark 101st anniversary of sect
(Renz Ongkiko, InterAksyon)

Is Orthodox Judaism on the verge of a historic schism?
(Yair Ettinger, Haaretz)

Russia: Banning religious texts easy, unbanning them difficult
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

First lawsuit filed under anti-discrimination law by Dubai Police officer
(Dana Moukhallati, The National)

Kiev priest attack must not remain unpunished - Moscow Patriarchate
(Interfax-Religion)

Moscow Patriarchate priest badly wounded in Kiev
(Interfax-Religion)

2 suspects to be indicted in alleged arson on historic church
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

India showcases the maddening complexity of religious persecution
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux)

Pope calls for release of priest, bishops abducted in Syria
(Reuters)

China sentences 14 'Almighty God' members to jail: Xinhua
(Agence France-Presse)

Turkish help for Uighur refugees looms over Erdogan visit to Beijing
(Humeyra Pamuk, Reuters)

Authorities order mosques closed in north Cameroon
(Edwin Kindzeka Moki, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Arkhangelsk authorities ban LGBT event on Airborne Troops Day
(Interfax-Religion)

Where in the world is the worst place to be a Christian?
(The Guardian)

Christians under pressure: from bigotry at school to imprisonment and murder
(Jared Malsin, Saba Imtiaz, Tom Phillips, and Peter Beaumont, The Guardian)

11 arrested in Nepal in possible ritual killing of boy
(Bhadra Sharma and Nida Najar, The New York Times)

Chelyabinsk Islamist gets 5-year sentence
(Interfax-Religion)

What's in a namaste? Depends if you live in India or the U.S.
(Deepak Singh, NPR)

10 things I wish everyone knew about conservative Judaism
(Rabbi George Nudell, On Faith)

Palestinian youths clash with Israeli police in Jerusalem
(Isabel Kershner, The New York Times)

Chinese church leaders: 'Each time they take a cross down, we will put more up'
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Christians in Niger struggle to rebuild 70 churches destroyed by Islamic militants
(Monica Cantilero, Christian Today)

Israeli archaeologists discover 3,000-year-old jar with inscription of name from the Bible
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Dying for Christianity: millions at risk amid rise in persecution across the globe
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Christians in Kenya's north resist 'worship here and you will die' threat
(Ecumenical News)

Church leaders to embark on pilgrimage to Hiroshima and Nagasaki seeking an end to nuclear threats
(World Council of Churches)

'Female' suicide bomber strikes Cameroon night spot
(Al Jazeera)

Sunday, 26 July 2015

Kingdom calls for international law against defamation
(Arab News)

Muslim visitor supports Jewish prayer on Temple Mount
(Arutz ShevaIsrael National News)

Turkey uses ISIS as excuse to attack Kurds
(Uzay Bulut, Gatestone Institute)

Un-veiling the politics of the veil
(Ratna Kapur, The Siasat Daily)

Saturday, 25 July 2015

Cornerstone Blog: Persecuted and Stateless: The Crisis of Rohingya Muslims, Part I
(Wakar Uddin, Religious Freedom Project of the Berkley Center of Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Cornerstone Blog: Persecuted and Stateless: The Crisis of Rohingya Muslims, Part II
(Wakar Uddin, Religious Freedom Project of the Berkley Center of Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

China: The Christian church: Render unto Caesar
(The Economist)

Cornerstone Blog: Burma: Rohingya Muslims and religious freedom in peril
(Engy Abdelkader, Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Is this the end of Christianity in the Middle East?
(Eliza Griswold, The New York Times Magazine)

Climate, trafficking and the pope: The ecology of planetary woes
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

AIPMT 2015 re-test: No hijab, full sleeve shirts allowed
(Zee News)

MBA’s, the faith factor and emerging markets
(Brian J. Grim and Chris Sieple, World Economic Forum)

Selfies in black abayas
(Tabassum Ruhi Khan, OUPblog Religion)

Misuse of Anti-Extremism in June 2015
(SOVA Center for Information and Analysis)

Racism and Xenophobia in June 2015
(SOVA Center for Information and Analysis)

Customs officials block Bibles from entering Russia
(Jehovah's WItnesses)

Egypt is struggling to cope with its ISIS insurgency
(Jared Malsin, TIME)

Voice of the Martyrs sends Bibles into North Korea; uses app to track where the gospel lands inside the communist state
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

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