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Monday, 26 January 2015

Freedom’s real limitation: responsibility
(Murat Aksoy, Today's Zaman)

Burma: “Peaceful Assembly Law” fails to end repression
(Human Rights Watch)

Protection of religious freedom in Australia
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Israeli court orders city to remove signs telling women to dress modestly
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

When tolerance just isn't enough
(Gulgiz Dadashova, Eurasia Review)

Beit Shemesh court: Remove signs warning women to dress modestly
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)

New report on antisemitism presented to Israeli government
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Saturday, 24 January 2015

Allah for Muslims only ? - 2
(Neil Addison, Religion and Law Blog (UK))

China official calls for reduced birth rates in Xinjiang
(Reuters)

How the Houthis took Yemen
(Laura Kasinof, Foreign Policy)

Kurdish forces retake 1% of the land controlled by the Islamic State
(Kate Brannen, Foreign Policy)

The massacre in Paris helps Islamic fundamentalism and the Israeli right
(Uri Avnery, AsiaNews.it)

Thousands of Palestinians protest Charlie Hebdo Mohammad cartoon
(Ali Sawafta and Yusri al-Jamal, Reuters)

World churches body and UN rights group alarmed at Congo's violent protests
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

World Evangelical Alliance appoints Filipino Efraim Tendero
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Islam and Christianity are the religions of peace and moderation—Interview with Bishop John Bryson Chane
(Kourosh Ziabari, Eurasia Review)

Friday, 23 January 2015

China ups campaign against practices around superstitious beliefs
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

King Abdullah, the timid Saudi reformer, is dead
(AsiaNews.it)

PNG women accused of sorcery saved from murder in remote village
(Helen Davidson, The Guardian)

Rolling back reforms in Riyadh
(Carlyle Murphy, Foreign Policy)

Taipei: 'Christian Life Communities' reflect on youth education
(Xin Yage, AsiaNews.it)

UN rights chief presses Myanmar to censure monk who insulted envoy
(Miko Morelos and Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Japanese Muslims condemn IS kidnapping, threats against hostages
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)

Burma: Religious Conversion Bill is major setback for religious freedom, human rights'
(Independent Catholic News)

Uganda: Reports of imam beating 15-year-old daughter to death for converting to Christianity
(Angie Chui, Christian Today)

Bishops suspend all Catholic masses in Niger as Charlie Hebdo protests continue
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Boko Haram emerges as brutal Islamic State of Africa
(Oren Dorell, USA Today)

Modest victory for Israel in quest for international meeting on anti-Semitism
(Somini Sengupta, The New York Times)

Ayatollah Khamenei appeals to Western youth on Islam and prejudice
(Thomas Erdbrink, The New York Times)

Yemen President Hadi resigns after Shiite rebels seize palace
(Mohammed Hatem and Caroline Alexander, Bloomberg)

Pakistan: Homes of 13 Christian families demolished after they refuse to be bonded labourers
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)

India: Bishops urge Narendra Modi to stop Hindu mass conversions of Christians
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Religion not poverty is driving Boko Haram, Anglican leaders warn
(George Conger, Anglican Ink)

Boko Haram emerges as brutal Islamic State of Africa
(Oren Dorell / USA Today, Religion News Service)

Saudi King Abdullah dies, new ruler is Salman
(The Sydney Morning Herald)

Kidnapped CAR cleric & French aid worker released
(World Watch Monitor)

Thursday, 22 January 2015

Indian Bishops tell government no to "saffronisation", yes to secularism
(AsiaNews.it)

Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur: Ruling on the word 'Allah' threatens religious freedom
(AsiaNews.it)

Saudi Arabia's 'reformer' King Abdullah dies
(CNN)

Jews, Muslims, Christians tackle religious violence at Davos
(Arutz Sheva)

This map of the world's most religiously diverse countries may surprise you
(Max Fisher, Vox.com)

Blasphemy and whipping: Lash us instead
(B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

Saudi Arabia postpones flogging of Raif Badawi again
(BBC News)

Flogging of Saudi blogger delayed again on medical grounds
(Aya Batrawy, Associated Press: the Big Story)

Planned flogging of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi postponed again
(Ian Black, The Guardian)

Egypt sentences atheist college student to three years in prison
(Krista R. Burdine, World Religion News)

Man in Yemen accused of attempting to convert others to Baha'i faith
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)

Yemen's President, cabinet resign
(Nick Paton Walsh and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN)

Article in The Australian on freedom of religion and human rights
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Stoves and fuels sent to thousands of Syrian refugees amid freezing temperatures and snow in Lebanon
(Czarina Ong, Christian Today)

Freedom of ideas does not mean freedom to insult
(Harun Yahya, National Yemen)

New Charlie Hebdo issue: Finding balance between rights and morals in media - analysis
(Penza News, Eurasia Review)

Muslim population in India grows 24%, slower than previous decade
(Bharti Jain, The Times of India)

Leader of Boko Haram says God told him to carry out massacre
(Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times)

Argentine phone calls detail efforts to shield Iran
(Jonathan Gilbert and Simon Romero, The New York Times)

Did US backtrack on Palestinian statehood to please Israel?
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

In Mosul, Islamic State turns captured city into fortress
(Ahmed Rasheed and Ned Parker, Reuters)

Religious freedom advocates offer to share Raif Badawi’s flogging for insulting Islam: “Permit each of us to take 100 lashes….”
(Inquisitr)

Burma: USCIRF Strongly Condemns Race and Religion Bills
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

UN meeting challenges world to stand up to anti-Semitism
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press: The Big Story)

U.N. General Assembly holding first-ever meeting on anti-Semitism
(JTA)

Aum death row inmate blames self for Takahashi
(The Japan News)

Catholic, Evangelical document says same-sex marriage more dangerous than divorce or cohabitation
(Greg Garrison, Al.com)

Rules versus religious freedom
(Cecil McCarthy, Nation News)

Hindu group mulls approaching Australia Advertising Standards Bureau on Ganesh-Lakshmi beer labels
(Eurasia Review)

Myanmar monk's U.N. whore rant 'could hurt Buddhism'
(Thin Lei Win and Andrew R.C. Marshall, Reuters)

Bhutanese Pastor Tandin Wangyal freed from jail
(World Watch Monitor)

ISIL executes foreign fighters trying to quit: report
(Waleed Abu al-Khair, Al-Shorfa)

Hope for India’s prosperity and freedom
(Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Post)

Op-ed: Obama must make religious freedom a priority
(Jay Evensen, Deseret News National Edition)

Charlie Hebdo Violence in Niger Has Destroyed at Least 70 Churches – Report
(Irwin Lagman, Ecumenical News)

ISIS executed 13 teenagers by firing squad for watching football game - reports
(Mark Yapching, Christian Today)

Wednesday, 21 January 2015

Argentina: The sudden death of Alberto Nisman, lead prosecutor of AMIA bombing, deepens the culture of impunity
(Natasha Zaretsky, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)

Gaza bombings deepen Hamas-Fatah rift
(Adnan Abu Amer, trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Protestantism in Ukraine in 2014. Events, Trends, Challenges and Prospects
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)

ISIS kills 13 teens over TV soccer game for allegedly violating sharia law
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post World)

Saudi single women challenge tradition in love and marriage
(Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Hostage crisis challenges pacifist Japanese public
(Martin Fackler Alan Cowell, The New York Times)

Egypt uses church to bolster ties with Ethiopia
(Walaa Hussein, Al-Monitor)

Yazidis tell horror stories about ISIL captivity
(Al Jazeera)

Pakistan’s anti-terrorism dilemma
(Meriam Sabih, Al Jazeera)

Pressure mounts on Saudi Arabia to end flogging
(Ahmed Al Omran, The Wall Street Journal)

Seven US religious freedom advocates offer to take lashes for imprisoned Saudi blogger
(Antonia Blumberg, Huff Post Religion)

#IAmRaif
(Daniel Mark, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice - Daniel Philpott)

Saudi dialogue centre harshly criticised for not condemning flogging of blogger Badawi
(AsiaNews.it)

The great wall of Saudi Arabia: Royal family constructing 600-mile barrier on Iraqi border to keep ISIS militants out
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post World)

Saudi Arabia: The death sentence that could inflame sectarian tensions across Middle East
(Giorgio Cafiero, Eurasia Review)

Saudi Arabia beheadings in stark contrast with fight against IS
(Madawi Al-Rasheed, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

How Saudi Arabia’s harsh legal punishments compare to the Islamic State’s
(Adam Taylor, The Washington Post)

ISIL unlawful ‘shari’a courts’ meting out ‘monstrous’ punishments, UN warns
(UN News Centre)

Central Sulawesi, new wave of Islamist violence: Murders, kidnappings, mutilations
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)

Why (some) states use religion to justify violence
(Ani Sarkissian, The Washington Post)

Islam: Religion of peace or font of terror? (A conversation with John Esposito of the Georgetown Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding)
(John Burger, Aleteia)

Islamic State commander held in Lahore: intelligence sources
(Pakistan Today)

Muslim scholars urge UN to outlaw ‘contempt’ of religions
(Agence France Press, Arab News)

Tajikistan: Thoughtcrime banned
(Forum 18 News Service)

Canada: Christian lawyers and doctors need not apply
(Albertos Polizogopoulos, The Cardus Daily)

USCIRF calls for release of Eritrean Orthodox Patriarch Abune Antonios
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

News Now >> Charlie Hebdo Attack (articles)
(News Now Hot Topics)

Yemen crisis: Who are the Houthis?
(BBC News Middle East)

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