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Friday, 27 March 2015

Islamists storm Mogadishu hotel with gov't officials inside
(Edith Honan, Reuters)

The Islamic State, Boko Haram and the evolution of international jihad
(Nathaniel Allen, The Washington Post)

Egyptian lawyer drops case declaring Hamas ‘terrorist group’
(Al Bawaba)

Islamic Movement of Israel leader gets 11-month sentence for incitement
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Assyrian Christians flee jihadists to southeast Turkey
(World Watch Monitor)

True confessions of a non-Zionist Jew
(Todd Gitlin, Tablet)

Tajik imams call for Islamic party's closure at Friday prayers
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

Lavrov meets with Orthodox monastery abbess in Guatemala
(Interfax-Religion)

New Russian-language guide describes how to join Islamic State
(Anna Dolgov, The Moscow Times)

Give Muslims self-rule or ‘count body bags’: Philippines’ Aquino
(AFP, Al Arabiya News)

Following grave desecration, Tunisian president vows to defend Jews
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Thursday, 26 March 2015

Egypt's Coptic Christians are politically divided
(Ruth Michaelson, RFI English)

GCC attacks Shias in Yemen: How will Iran react? - OpEd
(Zaher Mahruqi, Eurasia Review)

West Bengal, death threats against a Catholic girls' school
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)

Muslim and Christian leaders against prejudices, for “still possible” peace in Mindanao
(AsiaNews.it)

Jakarta, hijab for policewomen gets go ahead to joy of extremist opposition
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)

Reformed jihadist now fights extremist ideology
(Waleed Abu al-Khair, Al-Shorfa)

Russians trained by ISIL may be used against home country
(Interfax-Religion)

Boko Haram conflict sees spike in civilian deaths: rights group
(Al Arabiya News)

In Inter-America, Congress promotes religious freedom across the region
(Shirley Rueda, Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventist)

Is religious liberty declining around the world? One panel thinks so.
(Ken Camp, Baptist News Global)

Iranian big-budget film causes controversy by depicting Muhammad
(Andrew Pulver, The Guardian)

Four arrested for Mumbai church attack
(Angie Chui, Christian Today)

Nigeria: How churches are responding to Boko Haram
(Katie Harrison, Christian Today)

The man who talks to Boko Haram
(World Watch Monitor)

Honoree Joseph Weiler calls religious liberty ‘most fundamental freedom in society’
(Nate Madden, CatholicPhilly.com)

6 facts about public opinion in Nigeria before election day
(Jacob Poushter, Pew Research Center FactTank)

Russian occupiers want to put all Crimean mosques under single bureaucracy
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)

Putin: number of terrorism-related crimes decreased by over 60 percent in 2014
(Russian Legal Information Agency)

Pakistan to recruit 2,000 Christian, Hindu policemen
(Aamir Latif, The Journal of Turkish Weekly)

Christian, Muslim students condemn religious intolerance at Abuja conference
(Kukogho Iruesiri Samson, Pulse)

Study guide to facilitate intra-church and inter-religious dialogue
(World Council of Churches)

Crimea: Only one percent of religious organisations re-registered
(Forum 18 News Service)

110 Jews from eastern Ukraine arrived to Israel
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

French and Palestine presidents to take part in Tunis anti-terror rally
(Middle East Monitor)

Betwixt politics and religion (Opinion)
(Olaniyi Olayimi, The Guardian (Nigeria))

Jerome: a model scholar?
(Christa Gray, OUPblog Religion)

Egypt: State confiscates assets of sentenced defendants, charity organisation for Brotherhood affiliation
(Aswat Masriya (Thomson Reuters Foundation))

Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Amman forum calls for practical steps to confront extremism
(Mohammad Ghazal, Al Shorfa)

Jordan proposes ban on “insults to religions” at next Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting
(National Secular Society)

Consideration of requests for the inclusion of an emergency item in the Assembly agenda
("Respect for religions and religious symbols, respect for freedom of opinion and expression " (submitted by the delegation of Jordan), Inter-Parliamentary Union)

Court blocks jihadist website used to recruit Turks to Islamic State
(Ceylan Yeginsu, The New York Times)

Ghani thanks Americans for sacrifice, warns about Islamic State
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

Egypt and the complexities of keeping Christians safe
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Covering all things Catholic)

Sisi: Islamic world need "revolution for religion"
(Aswat Masriya (Thomson Reuters Foundation))

Society will appeal court decision in Trinity Western law school matter
(Nova Scotia Barristers' Society)

The strange case of Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society appeal of the TWU ruling
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)

Christian leaders say faith under attack in Canada by governments, regulators
(Laura Payton, CBC News)

Christian doctors’ group says new college policy infringes on freedom of conscience
(Lauren Pelley, Toronto Star)

Bali nine drug smugglers try to use their religion to escape death penalty
(Kyle Glatz, World Religion News)

Lezghin: severe restriction of freedom of religion and belief in Azerbaijan
(Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)

Boko Haram: 'Are you ready to renounce your Christian faith?'
(World Watch Monitor)

ISIS militants stone an Iraqi couple accused of adultery
(Rod Nordland, The New York Times)

UN committee approves benefits for spouses of gay staffers
(Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press)

The feast of the Annunciation for Islamic-Christian friendship in Beirut and in France
(AsiaNews.it)

Christian pastor in China gets one-year prison term in battle over crosses
(Kiki Zhao, The New York Times)

Zhejiang: Protestant clergyman jailed for opposing cross removal
(AsiaNews.it)

China jails Christian pastor who fought church demolitions
(Tom Phillips, The Telegraph)

Moscow realizing it can’t control Islam in Russia the way it would like, Malashenko says
(Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia)

Chechen leader, Jordanian king discuss fight against IS
(Interfax-Religion)

Kyrgyzstan outlaws Islamic State
(Interfax-Religion)

Islamic State militants claim suicide bombing in Libya's Benghazi
(The Jerusalem Post)

Australia: 230 suspected jihadis prevented from flying to ME since February
(The Jerusalem Post)

Tuesday, 24 March 2015

Saudi grand mufti calls for demolition of churches
(Mohabat News)

Two Christian churches vandalized by suspected Hindu fundamentalists
(UCA News)

Attacks in Lahore, police arrest 200 Christians
(Jibran Khan, AsiaNews.it)

Authorities seize schoolbook that praises Islamic radicalism
(AsiaNews.it)

Pakistani Christians fight back
(Ali Sethi, The New York Times)

Anti-Semitism at home and abroad
(Editorial, Deseret News)

A UN Special Rapporteur on Privacy – Why now?
(Tomaso Falchetta, EJIL:Talk!)

Day of Missionary Martyrs: 1,062 missionaries killed in the world from 1980 to 2014
(News.Va)

Religious freedom: A communal right
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities)

Should freedom of religion trump the Charter's equality rights?
(Blake Bromley, Huff Post Politics Canada)

Prayers for peace in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Egypt and beyond
(World Council of Churches)

Conscientious offenders: Russia's ban on 'extremist' religious literature, and the European Court of Human Rights
(Daniel Ortner, SSRN (Virginia Journal of Law, Forthcoming))

Boko Haram kidnapped hundreds in northern Nigeria town
(Joe Penney, Reuters)

Religious parties pressed to pass anti-missionary law
(Ari Yashar, Inside Israel)

Jehovah’s Witnesses have 19 applications against Azerbaijan pending with European Court of Human Rights
(Panorama)

How Saudi Arabia turned Sweden’s human rights criticisms into an attack on Islam
(Adam Taylor, The Washington Post)

Nigerian Christians may back a Muslim candidate in upcoming presidential elections
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Indian's top bishop says some people want division along religious lines
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Aleppo's Christians see regime as last hope
(Edward Dark, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Vandals paint swastika on Jewish WWII monument in Volgograd
(Anna Dolgov, The Moscow Times)

Prosecutors demand 19 years in jail for alleged organizer of foiled terror attack
(Russian Legal Information Agency)

Syria, Iraq discuss ways to tackle militants
(The Jerusalem Post)

China executes three Muslim men convicted in mass stabbing at train station
(The Jerusalem Post)

The ‘African moment’ in global Catholicism gathers steam
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Covering all things Catholic)

Secular Beit Shemesh school to become all haredi
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Debate on religion not domain of experts alone
(Free Malaysia Today)

Ethnic, religious groups pay tribute to Mr Lee Kuan Yew's role in building harmony
(Zakir Hussain, The Straits Times)

Rajnath Singh red-flags religious conversion, says committed to instilling a sense of security
(The Indian Express)

Doctors make Charter challenge on right to refuse care on religious grounds
(CBC News)

Monday, 23 March 2015

Azerbaijan: Imprisoned for their faith
(Jehovah's Witness.org)

Rising religious intolerance in Azerbaijan
(Jehovah's Witness.org)

Threats to religious freedom undermine Vietnam’s Communist Party
(Nguyen Hung, AsiaNews.it)

The many names of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
(Ali Hashem, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Sri Lanka plans legislation outlawing racist, religious extremist groups
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Controversy over church's objection to opera is not going away
(Russia Religion News)

Indonesia detains alleged ISIS recruiters
(Al Arabiya News)

26 arrests after mob beats, burns Afghan woman
(Hilary Whiteman and Masoud Popalzai, CNN)

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