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Friday, 13 February 2015

Pakistani Taliban attack Shia mosque in Peshawar
(BBC News)

Modi presses India police to catch culprits in Christian attacks
(Suryatapa Bhattacharya, The Wall Street Journal)

I used to be a Muslim fundamentalist. Here's my story
(Ladan Archin, The World Post)

Selling the sacred cow: India's contentious beef industry
(Sena Desai Gopal, The Atlantic)

Myanmar’s religious noise pollution annoys locals and sleepless neighbors
(Mann Kyaw and Brian Pellot, Religion News Service)

All-Ukrainian Council of Churches encourages faithful to defend their homeland
(Filaret, Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus-Ukraine, AUCCRO Presiding Chair, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

When diplomacy prevails over the principles of the faith
(Myroslav Marynovych, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

Pentecostals persecuted in Ukrainian rebel areas
(Russia Religion News)

Gender, violence and religion: When north and south agree
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Kachin rebels snub Myanmar ceasefire deal after women's murders
(World Watch Monitor)

Boko Haram could 'destabilize' the African continent, Nigerian archbishop says
(Julia Craven and Ryan Grim, Huff Post Politics)

Boko Haram’s attacks spread into Niger sparking mass exodus
(Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor)

WCC hails the Ukraine ceasefire agreement
(World Council of Churches)

Russia: Racism and Xenophobia in January 2015
(SOVA Center for Information and Analysis)

Turkey rolls back secular education for 'pious generation'
(Susan Fraser, Associated Press, Yahoo! News)

Turkish police use water cannon on protesters decrying religion in schools
(Jonny Hogg, Reuters)

Activists, journalists detained amid school boycott across Turkey
(Today's Zaman)

Turkish ruling party’s targeting of the Gülen movement constitutes a crime against humanity
(Sami Karahan, Today's Zaman)

Heirs to forgotten kingdoms: The Middle East’s disappearing religions
(Robert Joustra, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice (Daniel Philpott))

Thursday, 12 February 2015

Fight ISIS on the ideas front, too
(Nina Shea, NRO Online)

WCC member church in South Sudan launches educational resource on reconciliation
(World Council of Churches)

Cautious optimism on religious freedom in Vietnam
(Nigel Cory, Center for Strategic and International Studies: cogitASIA blog)

Despite limits on liberty, Vietnam's new cardinal-designate sees hope
(Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service)

Egypt court releases Al Jazeera English journalists
(Today's Zaman)

Canadian court invalidates no-veil policy in taking citizenship oath
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Veil ban for citizenship oath struck down
(Tara Carman, Regina Leader-Post (Canada))

The religious change in Latin America
(Carlos Martínez García, Evangelical Focus)

US criticism on religious freedom a ‘political act’
(Pyae Thet Phyo, Myanmar Times)

Christian homes bulldozed in Pakistan; human rights group suspects landgrabbing
(Czarina Ong, Christian Today)

Pacific island of Tonga celebrates its 1st Catholic cardinal
(Nick Perry and Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press)

Folly of good vs. bad religions: Column
(Stephen Prothero, USA Today)

Jews, especially those who don’t support Palestinians, must be expelled, demanded Students Representative Council at South African university
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

Wrong medicine: Reaction to proposed abortion law in Chile
(Soledad Bertelsen, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice (Daniel Philpott))

Group asks Ottawa Co. to remove religious sign from Hager Park
(Jessica McMaster, Fox News)

No gunpowder found on slain Argentinian prosecutor's hands
(Stephanie Butnick, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Media failing the war in Syria
(Scott Lucas, MercatorNet)

Does talking about 'Islamism' make us 'Islamophobic'?
(Paul Berman, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Turkey: Teachers to go on daylong strike in reaction to AK Party education policies
(Gülten Üstüntağ, Today's Zaman)

Why my sons will be Jewish or Christian
(Orhan Kemal Cengiz, Today's Zaman)

Muslim leadership and Putin differ on Supreme Court's decision
(Russia Religion News)

Turkish parents complain of push towards religious schools
(Constanze Letsch, The Guardian)

Azerbaijan: Five years' imprisonment for "normal Muslims" who "simply conduct prayers"?
(Forum 18 News Service)

Ukraine crisis: Leaders agree peace roadmap
(BBC News Europe)

Explainer: who gets what in Ukraine peace deal
(The Sydney Morning Herald)

‘It is Islam versus the rest of the world’
(Vikram Sood, The Economic Times Blogs)

Hindu temple dedicated to Narendra Modi is a "threat to secular India"
(AsiaNews.it)

Temple to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi scrapped
(BBC News)

EVENT, 12 February 2015: Religious Communities and Responses to Sexual Violence
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

EVENT, 12 February 2015: Brian Grim to speak at Pontifical University
("The Positive Case: Religious Freedom is Good for Society, Business, and the Poor", Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Religious Freedom is Good for Society, Business, and the Poor: The Socio-Economic Benefits of Religious Freedom
(A Lecture by Brian Grim, The United States Embassy to the Holy See, the Pontifical Urbaniana University, and the Religious Freedom and Business Foundation)

Religious fundamentalism: Six major questions
(Vikram Sood, Observer Researcher Foundation)

EVENT, 12 February 2015: Religion and Gender in Extremist Violence: A Discussion with Human Rights Defenders
(The Carter Center, United States Institute of Peace)

Wednesday, 11 February 2015

The Tunisian model: From dream to reality
(Ihsan Bal, The Journal of Turkish Weekly)

Former ISIS member explains why he joined terrorist group, and why he left: 'They see it as something a lot grander than what the reality is'
(Christian Today)

Arab nations united in fury against Isis but divided on strategy
(Kareem Shaheen and Ian Black, The Guardian)

Jordan Catholic group blasts hookah makers for having Jesus image on pipes
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Chaldean bishops rally to defend Christians persecuted in Iraq
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Saudis struggle to reconcile IS fight, Wahhabism
(Madawi Al-Rasheed, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

What does it mean to be a modern Zionist?
(Akiva Eldar, trans. Ruti Sinai, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Why Salafists see Shiites as their greatest enemy
(Ali Mamouri, trans. Rani Geha, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Dispatches: A glimmer of hope for victims of Pakistan's blasphemy law
(Phelim Kine, Human Rights Watch)

West Africa: Regional Boko Haram offensive
(Human Rights Watch)

Sadomasochism and the Jihadi death cult
(Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

As one family, Christians and Buddhists meet in Bodh Gaya, India
(Nirmala Carvalho, Asianews.it)

In defense of religion and tolerance
(J. Martin Rochester, St. Louis Jewish Light)

Negotiate against, not with terrorists (opinion)
(Christopher Voss, CNN)

How Canada's rejected flags reflect the nation's religious life
(Katie Daubs, Toronto Star)

South African university student council's call to expel Jewish students sparks outrage
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

NGO's for religion sending ISIS recruits under scanner
(Vicky Nanjappa, oneIndia)

Religion and politics collide in Nigeria as election nears
(The Brock Press)

Buhari meets Catholic Bishops, allays fears on religious freedom
(Vanguard (Nigeria))

Supreme Court upholds hijab ban in Russian region’s schools
(RT)

Ukraine crisis: Minsk peace talks - live
(Rob Crilly, The Telegraph)

Obama asks Congress to authorize three-year ISIS fight
(Peter Barker, New York Times)

Former Israeli Chief Rabbi indicted for bribery
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Former chief rabbi Metzger indicted for taking millions in bribes
(Aviel Magnezi, Y Net News)

Al Qaeda supporters in Yemen pledge allegiance to Islamic State: group
(reporting by Noah Browning; editing by Robert Birsel, Reuters)

[China] United Front head pays festive visit to religious groups
(Xinhua Net)

Original Magna Carta copy found in scrapbook
(Stephanie Pappas, Live Science)

Uzbekistan: Detention, fine, literature confiscation was "hospitality we got for bringing mandarins"
(Forum 18 News Service)

Israelis take 'Bridge to Arabic'
(Nurit Canetti, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Is Turkey becoming a police state?
(Semih Idiz, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Anti-Arab racism becomes tool in Israeli elections
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Hamas condemns killing of Jordanian pilot
(Adnan Abu Amer, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

The world war inside Islam: Why the United States can do very little to alter the course of events in the Middle East right now
(James Traub, Foreign Policy)

36 years after the revolution, where is Iran now?
(Seyed Hossein Mousavian, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Learning from history with Iran
(Behzad Saberi, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Iran conservatives see defiance in Khamenei speech
(Arash Karami, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Turkey’s media watchdog fines TV station for using ‘God’ instead of ‘Allah’
(Hürriyet Daily News)

Fez, niqab now allowed in marriage photos in Turkey
(Meltem Özgenç, Hürriyet Daily News)

International Legal Experience and the Mormon Theology of the State, 1945-2012
(Nathan B. Oman, William & Mary Law School, Iowa Law Review / SSRN)

Redefining marriage redefines parenthood
(John Stonestreet, BreakPoint Commentaries)

Turkish military court sentences conscientious objector to 15 months despite ECHR ruling
(Hürriyet Daily News)

Moscow charges American spies working inside Orthodox church
(Russia Religion News)

How I resisted jihadist temptation - French ex-Guantanamo prisoner speaks
(Allison Hird, RFI)

Russian Supreme Court upholds ban on wearing hijab at school
(Interfax: Religion)

Is China making its own terrorism problem worse?
(Justine Drennan, Foreign Policy)

Is being good good for you?
(Stephen Post, Big Questions Online)

Tuesday, 10 February 2015

Female Saudi TV host laughs in male guest’s face when he proposes a bizarre solution for the driving ban
(Terry Firma, Patheos Blog: Friendly Atheist)

Iranian writers welcome decline of censorship
(Arash Azizi, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

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