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Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Advent & Christmas Season
(Catholic Online)

Advent: A time to seek answers humankind's most pressing questions
(F. K. Bartels, Catholic Online)

Bonhoeffer in Advent
(Timothy George, First Things)

Muslim teens join Adventists in refusing Sabbath exams
(Andrew McChesney, Adventist News Network)

Sydney siege sparks 'I'll ride with you' campaign for worried Muslims
(Jane Wardell, Reuters)

Islamic leaders say Australians have risen above fear in wake of Sydney siege
(Oliver Milman, The Guardian)

Gunman in Sydney had long history of run-ins with the law
(Thomas Fuller and Michelle Innis, The New York Times)

Israeli ultra-Orthodox party locked in internal battle
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

LGBT community finds Damascus more open
(Mustafa Al-Haj, trans. Joelle El-Khoury, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Taliban halted after slaughtering at least 137, mostly children, in Pakistan school
(Sophia Saifi and Greg Botelho,, CNN)

So ISIS is not infidel — are Christians?
(Ayman S. Ibrahim, First Things)

From burqas to boxing gloves, China’s 75 tips for spotting extremist Muslims
(Simon Denyer, The Washington Post)

Beijing Religious Affairs Bureau investigates claims of "members only" Tibetan temple [Simplified Chinese]
(Xinhua Net)

260 China rights lawyers protest detention of fellow lawyer
(Alison Sacriponte, Jurist)

Lifetime’s Women of the Bible and conservative Christian theology
(Julia M. O'Brien, OUPblog Religion)

Monday, 15 December 2014

Religious freedom guards against tyranny: Part 2
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Christmas Countdown: The 2014 Daily chart Advent calendar. A round-up of the year's most popular infographics
(The Economist)

Holiday traditions from around the world
(OUPblog)

Biblical women and Lifetime’s The Red Tent
(Julia M. OBrien, OUPblog Religion)

Middle East dictators feed sectarianism
(Madawi Al-Rasheed, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

'Forced'€™ conversions in India condemned by Muslim groups
(Al Jazeera America)

Pakistan’s blasphemy law strikes Bollywood
(Saroop Ijaz, Al Jazeera America)

Sex education from church and state sends mixed messages in Vietnam
(Marianne Brown, The Guardian)

Indian police stop planned mass conversion of 4,000 Christians to Hinduism on Christmas Day
(Mark Woods, Christian Today)

Sydney hostage siege ends with gunman and 2 captives dead as police storm cafe
(Michelle Innis, The New York Times)

Vatican report on US nuns to be released in Rome
(Rachel Zoll, The Associated Press, The Big Story)

Indonesian who published anti-ISIS cartoon is summoned under blasphemy law
(Thomas Fuller, The New York Times)

5 ways faith may promote healthier marriages
(David Briggs, The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA))

About 300 Chinese said fighting alongside Islamic State in Middle East
(reporting by Michael Martina; editing by Robert Birsel, Reuters)

Want to start a law school in Canada? Don't try making it Christian
(Bill Duncan, National Review Online: the Corner blog)

Religious conversion row: Yogi Adityanath says opposition has no issues left
(Business Standard)

Rapists get off the hook by marrying their victims. But Jordanian activists are lobbying for major change
(Kamilia Lahrichi, Your Middle East)

Youths of Nepal agitate against UK envoy remarks on religious conversion
(Telegraphnepal)

Crocodile tears: Taliban attacks on Sufi shrines lead to unlikely victims
(Mariya Karimjee, Al Jazeera America)

Lawsuits seek to reform curriculum of ultra-orthodox Jewish schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pope pleads with Middle East churches to address crisis together
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)

Jerusalem crisis: Amid violence, seeking paths to peace
(Christa Case Bryant, The Christian Science Monitor)

EVENT, 15 December 2014: Muslim Minorities and Religious Freedom: A Public Dialogue
(Professor Robert George, John Esposito, and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Religious Freedom Project, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)

Sunday, 14 December 2014

Fight over ad in haredi paper highlights deep divisions
(Sam Sokol, The Jerusalem Post)

Saturday, 13 December 2014

Egypt looks to roll back Islamist militias in Libya
(Ayah Aman, trans. Pascale Menassa, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Iran's role in Yemen draws Israel and Saudi Arabia closer
(Ephraim Sneh, trans. Sandy Bloom, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Nigeria's Boko Haram violence killed as many people as ISIS in Iraq, new figures say
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Shi'ite holy ceremony culminates in Kerbala, 1 dead from Sunni rocket fire
(Reuters)

My view: Human rights declarations by Cyrus
(Kartina Lantos Swett and Daniel I. Mark, Deseret News)

Moses the liberator: Exodus politics from Eusebius to Martin Luther King Jr.
(John Coffey, OUPblog Religion)

Carols and Catholicism
(Gerald O'Collins, OUPblog Religion)

Churches in Japan are witnesses of justice and peace
(World Council of Churches)

BC Advanced Education Minister reverses decision on TWU School of Law
(Jennifer Watton, Trinity Western University)

B.C. government withdraws consent for Christian law school
(The Star)

High heels and hijabs In Indonesia, an Islamic answer to beauty pageants
(Katie Lamb, Al Jazeera)

Islamic State beheads four men for blasphemy in Syria: monitor
(Sylvia Westall, Reuters)

China's Uighur region to ban veiled robes
(Al Jazeera)

Friday, 12 December 2014

China Uighurs: Xinjiang city of Urumqi to ban Islamic veil
(BBC News Asia)

Religious extremism law imposes new restrictions on China’s Uyghurs
(Radio Free Asia)

China's Urumqi bans Islamic veil, sparking rights concerns
(Reuters)

To avoid row with Beijing, Pope Francis will not meet with Dalai Lama
(Christina Larson, Bloomberg)

Will Pope Francis affect the position of Catholics in China?
(Paul Farrelly, East Asia Forum)

First Chinese priest in 60 years appointed in Eastern Orthodox Church [Simplified Chinese]
(Russian Voice)

First "Buddhism and modern charity" conference held [Simplified Chinese]
(Sina Web)

Chinese lawyer detained for invoking constitution
(Associated Press, The Big Story)

China's cult crackdown: What is The Church of Almighty God?
(Zoe Mintz, International Business Times)

Exploiting Chinese culture to justify repression?
(Erich Mayer, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

India's government advocates anti-proselytization law
(Swati Deb, UCA News)

Nigeria: 'Government must show it cares about the weak' says Archbishop
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)

Myanmar bar accused of insulting Buddhism in flyer
(BBC News)

Facebook ad in Burma lands bar managers in jail for insulting religion
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Kiwi bar manager detained in Burma
(AFP, 3 News NZ)

Indonesian who published anti-ISIS cartoon is summoned under blasphemy law
(Thomas Fuller, The New York Times)

Indonesian editor faces blasphemy accusation over IS cartoon
(Michael Taylor, Reuters)

ISIS enters Egypt: How Washington must respond
(Khalil al-Anani, Foreign Affairs)

New movement against religious persecution
(Jonathan Sacks, The Wall Street Journal)

India Hindu group plans religious conversions at Christmas
(Sharat Pradhan and Sanjeev Miglani, Reuters)

Sierra Leone cancels Christmas over Ebola
(Malcom Moore, The Telegraph)

Photos: Activists hold mass at the border blocking Bethlehem
(Ryan Rodrick Beiler, On Faith)

Dissident ‘choirboy’: Rwandan gospel star on trial
(Jonathan W. Rosen, Al Jazeera)

Kazakhstan: One three-year jail term, 5 or 25 more to follow?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18)

Over seventy Russian graves vandalized in Australian Orthodox cemetery
(Interfax: Religion)

Thursday, 11 December 2014

Human rights 365 days a year – and for all
(Jan Jařab, EurActiv.com)

Thomas Aquinas in China
(William Carroll, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)

Afghan Shiites fear sectarian strife
(Yaorslav Trofimov, The Wall Street Journal)

Jihadism: Tracking a month of deadly attacks
(BBC News World)

For Yazidi women, escaping ISIS doesn't mean the ordeal is over
(Leila Fadel, NPR)

Finances of jihad: How extremist groups raise money
(BBC News Middle East)

By the sweat of Jewish brows
(David Glasner, Mosaic Magazine)

China's ethnic region's capital to ban veiled robes
(Associated Press)

Persecution of India's sexual minorities surges after court ruling: activists
(Nita Bhalla, Reuters)

Refutating ISIS allegations on the revival of slavery
(Mustazah bin Bahari, Eurasia Review)

Mexico priests, Christians fighting pessimism in wake of presumed murder of 43 students
(Sotyan Zaimov, The Christian Post World)

Israel struggles with its identity
(Jodi Rudoren, The New York Times)

Dalai Lama says Pope Francis is unwilling to meet: ‘It could cause problems’
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)

Churches seek to strengthen electoral process in Democratic Republic of Congo
(World Council of Churches (Press Release), All Africa)

Church leaders call for speedy enactment of anti-terrorism law to boost security
(Jacqueline Kubania, Daily Nation)

Is IS on an inevitable path to destruction?
(Mark Mardell, BBC)

Three more cases in which Pakistani Christians accused of blasphemy
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)

Dispute emerges over cause of prominent Palestinian official Ziad Abu Ein’s death
(William Booth and Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)

Malaysian Christians furious over hundreds of desecrated Bibles
(Asianews.it)

Uzbek president asks Putin for help in combatting extremism
(Joanna Paraszczuk, Radio Free Europe | Radio Liberty)

Wednesday, 10 December 2014

How jihadists are spinning the CIA torture report
(Adam Chandler, The Atlantic)

Religious conversion row hits Parliament; Centre passes the buck to state govt
(Deepak Nagpal, Zee News)

North Korea: 'They torture the Christian the most'
(David Alton, Spero News: Religion)

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