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Friday, 12 June 2015

Unrestricted movement ‘would enable Saudi women to contribute to growth’
(Nadia Al-Fawaz, Arab News)

Anti-Semitic incidents reach all-time high in Canada
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Anglicans helping families accept children with albinism in Tanzania
(Ilona Sabera, Anglican Communion News Service)

Protests against 'persecution' of Rohingya Muslims intensify across Muslim world
(Aftab Ali, The Independent)

Boko Haram: Five African states agree to form coalition to battle Islamist group
(Alistair Dawber, The Independent)

Thursday, 11 June 2015

Salafist-Sufi tensions threaten greater instability in North Caucasus
(Mairbek Vatchagaev, Eurasia Daily Monitor (The Jamestown Foundation))

Turkey’s election: The voters’ signal to Erdogan
(The Economist)

Turkey and religious minorities: Less of a monolith
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

22 Muslims arrested for the attack on the Christian area in Lahore: massacre avoided thanks to Islamic leaders
(Agenzia Fides, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

A little-known fact: Hinduism is the fastest-growing religion in both Pakistan and Saudi Arabia
(Rohan Venkataramakrishnan, Scroll.in)

Religion and rights in Bangladesh: maintaining a delicate balance
(Mubin S. Khan, Open Democracy)

Pope meets with Canada’s prime minister, discusses religious freedom
(Catholic World News)

Mussaffah’s new Roman Catholic church ‘highlights UAE leaders’ religious tolerance’
(Ramona Ruiz, The National)

Reject intolerance, youth told (King tells Saudis to ‘stand with us to confront envious foes’)
(Arab News)

Pope approves "abuse of office" proposals for bishops in sex abuse cases
(Vatican Radio)

Pope approves new tribunal for charges against bishops in sex abuse cases
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pope backs new tribunal to probe bishops over sexual abuse
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)

Francis approves process of accountability for bishops on sexual abuse
(Joshua J. McElwee, National Catholic Reporter)

ICC delegation to arrive in Israel this month
(Middle East Monitor)

North Carolina legislators approve gay-marriage exemption bill
(Michele Richinick, Newsweek)

Quebec tables new religious neutrality bill banning face coverings
(CBC News)

Quebec bills aim to prevent Islamic ‘radicalization,’ limit face-covering
(Ron Csillag, Religion News Service)

South Sudan Council of Churches backed by WCC in peace bid for war-torn country
(World Council of Churches)

South African lesbians counter violence with visibility in ‘African Pride’
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)

Indonesia looks to new roadmap for Islamic finance boost
(Reuters)

Pope Francis: ‘Let us modify our relationship with natural resources’
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)

Muslim rebels in Philippines to start turning over weapons
(Arab News)

One of metropolitans kidnapped in Syria treated in Ankara, then returned to kidnappers - Syrian mufti
(Interfax-Religion)

Saudi Arabia: Possible new flogging for prominent blogger
(Human Rights Watch)

Pope Francis to open 30-bed homeless shelter a few steps from Vatican walls
(Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service)

Second mentally ill Pakistani in 2 weeks charged with desecrating Koran
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)

Suicide bomber, 2 other armed men target Egypt’s temple site at Luxor
(Erin Cunningham and Heba Habib, The Washington Post)

Young ecumenical leaders examine religion and violence in Asia
(World Council of Churches)

Churches urge action, not just thought, as Canada begins painful walk toward reconciliation
(Susan Kim, World Council of Churches)

Response of the Churches to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
(Anglican Church of Canada)

EVENT, 11 June 2015: Religion and Foreign Policy: A Transatlantic Comparison
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Calls for aid to Syria's Druze after al Qaeda kills 20
(Tom Perry and Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters)

Wednesday, 10 June 2015

"Russian World" or Kyivan Christianity?
(Andrew Sorokowski, Religions Information Service of Ukraine)

Bangladesh: Girls damaged by child marriage
(Human Rights Watch)

Guangzhou’s Guangfu House Church clashes with commando police when Christians persist in holding Sunday worship service
(China Aid)

Marry before your house is swept away: Child marriage in Bangladesh
(Human Rights Watch)

Witness: regretting marrying off a young daughter – Ali’s Story
(Emma Daly)

Congress of religious leaders launches in Astana, Kazakh president condemns violence in the name of religion
(Michelle Witte, The Astana Tims)

Religious leaders at forefront of fight against intolerance, says UN chief
(UN News Centre)

Israeli president says Syrian Druze under threat
(Dan Williams, Reuters)

Even atheists intuitively believe in a creator
(Tom Jacobs, Pacific Standard)

Afghanistan's Sikhs feel alienated, pressured to leave
(Humayoon Babur and Lynne O'Donnell, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Forced out by ISIS, Iraq's Christians start over
(World Watch Monitor)

Eritrea’s gross religious freedom violations force many to flee, UN report says
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Eastern Orthodox patriarchs meet in Damascus on Middle East dangers
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Lebanese Christian leaders focus on need for president
(Jean Aziz, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)

Kazakhstan: Muslim preacher the latest prisoner of conscience
(Forum 18)

Nazarbayev labels attempts to excuse terrorism with Islam 'blasphemous'
(Interfax-Religion)

Bible-studies provider to weigh in on religion in schools fight
(The New Zealand Herald)

Tuesday, 9 June 2015

Inside Mosul: Residents recount how IS took over their lives
(Ghadi Sary, BBC News)

A year after ISIS invasion, religious minorities in Mosul could disappear
(Adelaide Mena, CNA Daily News)

Pope Francis at Angelus: Sarajevo symbol of reconciliation
(Vatican Radio)

Archbishop Gallagher on intercultural dialogue in Sarajevo
(Vatican Radio)

Dignitatis Humanae at 50
(Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)

Is it religion or extremism? What are the employer’s obligations in the global workplace?
(Robbin Hutton, Inside Counsel)

Ramifications of Cilicia Catholicosate’s lawsuit against Turkey
(Harut Sassounian, Asbarez)

Turkey female MPs elected in record numbers: Who are they?
(Rengin Arslan, BBC News)

Freedom of religion in the nursery- homosexuality and the jilbab
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

The Islamic State's Libya expansion
(Hiba Daoudi, trans.Sahar Ghoussoub, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Israelis travel under radar to tour Jericho, Bethlehem
(Yuval Avivi, trans. Aviva Arad, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

IS growing in numbers, money
(Ash Gallagher, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)

Egyptian prisoner renounces his nationality to escape sentence
(Rami Galal, trans. Pascale el-Khoury, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Gay Muslim filmmaker risks death in pilgrimage to reconcile faith and sexuality‏
(Kieran Guilbert, Reuters)

Islamic State releases first Turkish publication
(Metin Gurcan, trans. Timur Göksel, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Is yoga religious? In India, it’s a vexed question
(Shefali Anand, Wall Street Journal)

Muslim leaders in India object to required yoga sun salutation in schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

The controversy over Muhammad cartoons is not about the Prophet Muhammad
(Jeet Heer, The New Republic)

Raif Badawi sentence highlights Saudi Arabia’s human rights hypocrisy
(Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)

Bangladesh's child bride 'epidemic' sees one in three girls forced to wed
(Al Jazeera America)

Ukrainian conflict East Europe's worst crisis since World War 2, says archbishop
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Two Moscow Patriarchate churches vandalized in Kiev region
(Interfax-Religion)

Racial discrimination, ethnic cleansing in Myanmar flayed
(Arab News)

Russian Catholics expect Putin, Pope to discuss plight of Middle Eastern Christian
(Interfax-Religion)

Teacher, students released on bail for ‘contempt of religion’ after ISIS video
(Emir Nader, Daily News Egypt)

Religious freedom commission: US should do more to assist religious minorities in Iraq
(Catholic Culture)

Monday, 8 June 2015

Radical Islamists add to Hamas' burden
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Indonesia’s religious minorities live in hope
(The Establishment Post)

IS 'seize' 86 Eritrean Christians from 'people smuggler's convoy'
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Jewish Home fears ultra-Orthodox rollbacks of religious law
(Ben Sales, The Times of Israel)

Christian pastors in Sudan face grave new dangers – attorneys denied access
(Jordan Sekulow, ACLJ)

Mosul: One year later
(Press Release, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

A year after Islamic State took Mosul, millions of Iraqis have been forgotten
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Christian woman on death row Asia Bibi 'so weak she can hardly walk' says family
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today - World)

ISIS abducts dozens of Eritrean Christians in Libya
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Profit as an incentive for Israeli-Palestinian peace
(Jodi Rudoren, The New York Times)

Despite Pakistan’s ‘third gender’ recognition, discrimination is widespread
(Yasir Habib Khan, Religion News Service)

Supreme Court says Congress overstepped its power in enacting Jerusalem passport designation law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Jerusalem passport law
(JTA - The Global Jewish News Source)

Opinion analysis: Walking on a tightrope on Mideast policy
(Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog)

Slip Opinion: Zivtofsky v. Kerry (Jerusalem passport case)
(Supreme Court of the United States)

Jerusalem mayor urges Obama to recognize Israel’s capital
(Marissa Newman and Associated Press, The Times of Israel)

Ramadhan religious proselytizing must be anticipated: Setara
(The Jakarta Post)

Russia: Bans demanded for "religious superiority", "religious hatred"
(Forum 18 News Service)

China praises itself for 'guaranteeing freedom of religion' in report
(Christian Today)

Naghmeh Abedini pleas to US Congress for aid in freeing jailed husband
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

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