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Wednesday, 1 April 2015

'IS widow' advises wananbe jihadi brides: the food is 'yummy,' 'womanly supplies' plentiful
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

Muslim NGO lawsuits threaten Indonesia president's reformist agenda
(Jeffrey Hutton, The Christian Science Monitor)

Arab leaders to form coalition against ISIS
(Christian Today)

Vatican bank agrees landmark tax treaty with Italian regulators
(Stephanie Kirchgaessner, The Guardian)

N. Korea detains S. Korean pastor for 'espionage'; Presbyterian Church clarifies he was missionary helping N. Korean homeless children in China
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

ISIS children lead 8 Syrian captives to their deaths in terror group's latest beheading video
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Church fires linked to paedophile priests investigated
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Protestants expelled from Mexican community for refusing to denounce faith
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)

Faith under attack in Canada? Religious leaders think so
(Angie Chui, Christian Today)

ISIS seize majority of Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

In Thailand’s Muslim south, authorities turn a blind eye to FGM
(Gabrielle Paluch, The Guardian)

Can a Muslim president defeat Boko Haram? Nigerians are betting on it
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Atheists mourn the slaying of a second Bangladeshi blogger in a month
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

Indian Jesuit backs Supreme Court decision against leaders behind Babri Masjid demolition
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Tajikistan sentences 11 on extremism charges
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

Russian Muslim admin issues fatwa condemning ISIL
(Interfax-Religion)

Islam-fearing Tajikistan says hijab is for prostitutes
(Eurasianet)

Australian convicted for marrying off 12-year-old daughter
(Al Arabiya News)

Morocco dismantles ISIS recruitment cell
(Al Arabiya News)

Al-Qaida in Syria signals sharia law for captured city
(The Jerusalem Post)

Erdogan raising "devout generations"
(Burak Bekdil, Gatestone Institute)

Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Christians in Iran: Safe but in a ghetto (II)
(Bernardo Cervellera, AsiaNews.it)

A standing Islamic-Christian conference in Lebanon to meet the region’s challenges
(Fady Noun, AsiaNews.it)

Jakarta shuts down 22 pro-Islamic State websites
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)

Dhaka: Another blogger hacked to death for criticising radical Islam
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)

Egyptian Brotherhood ‘never closed the door for reconciliation’
(Middle East Monitor)

B.C. MP quits Tory caucus over religion
(MSN)

Saudi's top cleric calls for destruction of Christian churches
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)

Elderly women in Tanzania fear spate of murderous witch hunts
(Kizito Makoye, Reuters)

Tokyo's Shibuya ward is first in Japan to recognise same-sex marriage
(Justin McCurry, The Guardian)

Modi government says to push for cow slaughter ban in India
(Reuters)

Bangladesh killings send chilling message to secular bloggers
(Ellen Barry, The New York Times)

Nigeria opposition candidate wins presidency in historic race
(Kevin Sieff, The Washington Post)

Anglican UN delegation urges bold steps to gender equality
(Matthew Davies, Episcopal News Service)

Religion, security & citizenship: Singapore conference report
(Institute for Global Engagement)

RSS is harmful for both Hindus, Muslims and India: Madani
(The Siasat Daily)

Three weeks as an Islamic State captive – one woman tells her story
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)

Sunni tribal leader: We are ready to participate in Yemen operation
(Nuwar Faqie, BasNews)

Christians released after plea bargain agreement with Chinese court
(Mike Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Russian state now acts as enforcer for Russian Orthodox Church, Alekseyeva says
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)

Moscow's chief rabbi to meet with pope to discuss religious extremism in Europe
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian court sentences church shooter to 24 years in prison
(Stepan Komarov, The Moscow Times)

Russia: 65 known "extremist" religious literature cases in 2014
(Forum 18 News Service)

Singapore police arrest teen for anti-Christian online comments
(The Jerusalem Post)

Erdogan in Ljubljana-press conference on ISIS and Yemen
(Middle East Monitor)

2015 Parliament of the World's Religions FIRST LINEUP

Monday, 30 March 2015

Orthodox Church suspends priest for openly backing Ukrainian conflict
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Activists call China’s jailing of Muslim over beard ‘absurd’
(Al Jazeera America)

Orthodox church attacked in Donetsk province
(Russia Religion News)

Siberian theater head fired after opera runs afoul of church
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

Uzbek group in Afghanistan pledge allegiance to Islamic State
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

Malaysia proposes anti-terror laws to curb ISIS militants
(Al Arabiya News)

Why ‘left v. right’ is a category mistake for the Church in Africa
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux)

One year since the annexation of Crimea by Russia, Ukrainian Christians say they are facing persecution by separatists
(Cross Rhythms)

Sharing the message? Proselytism and development in pluralistic societies: keynote conversation
(Religious Freedom Project, Georgetown University)

'The world's eyes are on Nigeria' says expert as election results trickle in
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

King Mohammed VI inaugurates international imam training center in Rabat in push to promote moderate Islam
(Jordana Merran, Marketwired)

Pakistan, the West and religious minorities: How to stop going from bad to worse
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

(Excerpt) Revival and Awakening: American Evangelical Missionaries in Iran and the Origins of Assyrian Nationalism
(Adam H. Becker, The Revealer: A review of religion & media (NYU))

Is Tajikistan’s Islamic party cracking under pressure?
(Edward Lemon, Eurasianet)

Burundi's Catholic Church steps in as leader hangs tough
(Aude Genet, Agence France-Presse)

In Kenya, religious coexistence feels pressure of stronger Muslim identity
(Ariel Zirulnick, The Christian Science Monitor)

Museum devoted to 'filial piety' opens in China
(Agence France-Presse)

Second blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh
(Ruma Paul, Reuters)

Philippine troops end offensive they say killed 139 rebels
(Jim Gomez, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Virginia State Bar cancels Israel trip, citing ‘discriminatory’ border policies
(Donna St. George and Steve Hendrix, The Washington Post)

Kashmir, Christian leader arrested for "fomenting sectarian clashes"
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Kontum, communist authorities threaten to tear down 22 chapels. Appeal from Bishop
(Paul N. Hung, AsiaNews.it)

Death threats cleanse a Hindu village of its inhabitants
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)

China jails a Muslim for six years — for refusing to shave his beard
(Simon Denyer and Xu Yangjingjing, The Washington Post)

If Shi’ite militias beat Islamic State in Tikrit, Iraq will still lose
(Maria Fantappie and Peter Harling, Reuters)

Poverty-fighting Lutheran bishop appointed as Namibian cabinet minister
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Myanmar to pass bills curbing religious freedoms
(Joseph DeCaro, Worthy News)

Syrian Islamist rebels deal blow to Assad, capturing Idlib
(Nafeesa Syeed, The Washington Post)

Is secularism bad for women?
(Kristin Aune, Open Democracy: Transformation)

Sunday, 29 March 2015

EP, Global Evangelical churches urged to bury the hatchet
(Ghana Web)

It’s hard to be a Christian in Israel, but not because of prejudice
(Father Gabriel Naddaf, The Jerusalem Post)

Tanzania president warns of rising religious tensions before referendum
(Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala, Reuters)

Saturday, 28 March 2015

Protestant leader demands protection during Holy Week from radical Hindu attacks
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Vinh: Government uses violence to drive out Catholics from their parish
(AsiaNews.it)

What role would religion play in Nigerian polls?
(Rafiu Oriyomi, On Islam)

Parsi women closer to religious access: Two sisters moved the court seeking freedom to enter religious places
(Harish V. Nair, Daily Mail)

At UN, India condemns persecution, violence in religion's name
(Zee News)

Friday, 27 March 2015

Protestant pastor in China jailed for trying to defend church crosses
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Jamaica Union recognized for promoting religious liberty
(Seventh-day Adventist Church Jamaica Union Conference)

Analysis: Water shortages and violence in the Middle East
(Charles Cameron, Lapido Media: Centre for Religious Literacy in World Affairs)

In Sudan, an unlikely path to jihad for students
(Khalid Abdelaziz, Reuters)

Russian Orthodox Church suspends priest who blessed Ukraine-bound fighters
(Denis Pinchuk, Reuters)

Saudi blogger Badawi views survival of 50 lashes as miracle: magazine
(Michael Nienaber, Reuters)

Tibetan Buddhist leader blazes an innovative trail
(Joshua Eaton, Religion News Service)

An unusual religious alliance to aid refugees
(Georgette Bennett, The Wall Street Journal)

Nigerian presidential election - Jonathan faces friends and foes in home state
(Rosie Collyer, RFI English)

Goodluck Jonathan ou Muhammadu Buhari, le Nigeria à l’heure du choix
(RFI - les voix du monde)

Morocco deports three French nationals for terrorism
(RFI English)

Give Muslims self-rule or ‘count body bags’: Philippines’ Aquino
(Agence France-Press, Arab News)

Sunni status quo confronts Shiite revisionism in Yemen
(Murat Yetkin, Hürriyet Daily News)

Crimea: Religious freedom survey, March 2015
(Forum 18 News Service)

Nepal, religious leaders and civil society against chemical castration for rapists
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)

HRW: Boko Haram has killed more than 1,000 civilians in 2015
(The JURIST)

Saudis continue raids against Shiite rebels. A religious war, but also a question of power
(Paul Dakiki, AsiaNews.it)

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