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Thursday, 6 November 2014
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Conflating terrorism with religion
(Sabria S. Jawhar, Arab News)
Wednesday, 5 November 2014
Agbakoba sues FG over religious discrimination
(This Day)
Argentina lawmakers rebuked over abortion push for minors
(Catholic News Agency)
Despite persecution, Year of Consecrated Life celebrated in Syria
(Catholic News Agency)
No state, no rights, no birth certificate
(Jumana Al Tamimi, Gulfnews.com)
The Pope’s “Humanum” Conference: An Interview with Dr. Helen Alvaré
(Brandon Vogt, Timeless Truths, New Media)
ISIS introduces ‘price scheme’ for selling enslaved women and girls
(RT)
Barbarism 2014: On religious cleansing by Islamists
(Nina Shea, World Affairs Journal)
The Jew of Nations: The global demonization of Israel
(Jame Kirchick, World Affairs Journal)
Why I don’t believe people who say they loathe Islam but not Muslims
(Andrew Brown, The Guardian)
Pope Francis suggests no-cost annulments in divorce cases
(Josephine McKenna, Religion News Service)
Pastor Saeed Abedini's mother flees Iran after repeated threats
(Christian Today World)
Religious Freedom in the World Report
(Aid to the Church in Need)
Muslims in Sri Lanka: Four reasons for their marginalisation
(Roomana Hukil, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)
Patriarch Kirill asks Pakistani president to pardon a Christian woman sentenced to death
(Interfax-Religion)
Paraguay: woman accused of witchcraft burned alive
(Associated Press, The Big Story)
China, the Party admits: More and more Communist officials are Christian or Buddhist
(AsiaNews.it)
Rapid spread of Christianity in China forces official rethink on religion
(International Christian Concern)
China warns Tibet party members not to harbor separatist 'fantasies' about Dalai Lama
(reporting by Sui-Lee Wee; editing by Nick Macfie, Reuters)
China said to ban religion for underage Xinjiang teens, children
(Mike Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Bahraini regime violating religious freedom
(Bahrain Observer)
Japan's rich Muslim past and present
(Samee Siddiqui, Al Jazeera)
Pakistani Christian couple brutally killed by mob for alleged ‘blasphemy’
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
Mob lynches Christian couple in Pakistan, dozens arrested
(Mubasher Bukhari, Reuters)
Bishop of Islamabad: Couple burned alive, barbaric act shrouded by a guilty silence
(Jibran Khan & Shafique Khokhar, AsiaNews.it)
Pakistan mob kills Christian couple over 'blasphemy'
(BBC)
Pakistani Christian couple killed by mob
(Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)
Mob kills Christian couple in Pakistan for 'blasphemy'
(UCA News)
As power of terror group declines, once-feared fighters defect
(Isma'il Kushkush and Jeffrey Gettleman, The New York Times)
Report: Senior al-Qaida operative killed in US strike in Yemen
(Voice of America)
Second vehicle attack injures Israeli soldiers in West Bank
(JTA)
Reflections on the psychology of ISIL
(Mustafa Akyol, Hurriyet Daily News)
Tajikistan blocks Facebook, Vkontakte and Interfax-Religion
(Interfax-Religion)
Christian youth campaign demands justice for Mexico’s missing students
(World Council of Churches)
Dismay over attacks on churches in Nigeria
(World Council of Churches)
Reflections on the destruction of the Armenian church in Deir Zor
(World Council of Churches)
Islam and the blasphemy law — I
(Zeeshan Hasan, Daily Times)
Married to the past: What law can and cannot do
(Cathleen Kaveny, Commonweal Magazine)
The Pope and the problem of punishment
(Aaron Taylor, First Things)
Tuesday, 4 November 2014
Egypt's youth turn to Islamic State
(Ayah Anan, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Iran’s open plan for genocide against Israel: A legal assessment
(Louis René Beres, Jerusalem Post)
Yazidis face genocide by ISIS after U.S. turns away
(Josh Rogin, The Daily Beast)
Pakistani Christian couple burned alive in kiln for torching Quran
(NBC News)
Bahrain slams Iran over 'ridiculous accusations'
(Habib Toumi, gulfnews.com)
Syria: ISIS tortured Kobani child hostages
(Human Rights Watch)
The gangs of Iraq
(Tirana Hassan, Human Rights Watch)
Asia Bibi’s case: It is now time to take action
(Press Release, EPWG on FoRB)
Bangladesh Christians call on Pakistan to pardon Asia Bibi
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
ICLARS Series on Law and Religion - Call for Book Proposals
(Russell Sandberg, International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)
Why Religious Freedom is Good for Business & Business is Good for Religious Freedom - Lecture
(UM Forum & Religion& Public Life, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
The state of religious freedom in 2014
(Vatican Radio)
Religion is not the main cause of conflict today, new study finds
(Brian J. Grim, the Weekly Number)
Better together: Christians and Muslims plan conference to address terrorism and the path forward
(Al Bawaba News)
Religion in government in Lebanon
(Maureen Fiedler, National Catholic Reporter)
UAE's crackdown on democracy short-sighted
(Nasim Ahmed, Middle East Monitor)
Major milestone in protecting religious freedom in Middle East and Africa
(European Christian Political Movement)
US backs suppression of religious freedom on temple mount
(Ryan Jones, Israel Today)
Christians beaten to death for allegedly desecrating Qur’an in Pakistan
(The Guardian)
Hindu right rewriting Indian textbooks
(Raksha Kumar, Al Jazeera)
Egyptian cleric defends forced evacuation of families from Sinai
(David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times)
Iraq Shi'ite Ashoura ritual escapes major attacks
(Haider Kadhim, Reuters)
Jerusalem train line destined to connect Jews and Arabs has widened bitter divide
(William Booth and Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)
Overview of Malaysian dispute on use of "Allah" by non-Muslims to refer to God
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Israeli cabinet allows wider group of Orthodox rabbis to perform conversions
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Nasrallah: Conflict in Middle East political, not sectarian
(Al Akhbar, Mint Press News)
Kyrgyzstan: Religious freedom survey, November 2014
(Mushfig Bayram and John Kinahan, Forum 18 News Service)
Arab women making slow strides
(Sophie Claudet, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Iraq Christians to get more government protection, says Chaldean patriarch
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Home province British Columbia reverses approval of Christian Law School
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Monday, 3 November 2014
British Columbia Law Society rescinds approval of Christian law school
(Steve Weatherbe, Life Site News)
Saudi man barred from travel after visiting synagogue in Egypt
(Ariel Ben Solomon, The Jerusalem Post)
What kind of state will Egypt become?
(Al Bawaba News)
Netanyahu government threatens Temple Mount
(Akiva Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
En Uruguay se pretende seguir desconociendo el derecho de objeción de conciencia ante el aborto
(Carlos Álvarez Cozzi, ForumLibertas.com)
Denuncian persecución religiosa en los Altos de Chiapas
(Ery Acuña, azteca noticias)
Muslim leader shot outside Sydney prayer hall by alleged ISIS supporters
(Michael Safi, The Guardian)
Religious freedom now compromised in a majority of countries worldwide according to ACN 2014 Report
(ACN News)
Tunisia: The Muslim nation where Christians enjoy relative freedom
(Oliver Maksan, Catholic News Agency)
Iraq: Survivors describe mosque massacre
(Human Rights Watch)
Iraq: ISIS executed hundreds of prison inmates
(Human Rights Watch)
Vatican releases official English translation of synod's final report
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis to open Vatican conference on traditional marriage
(Francis X. Rocca, Catholic News Service)
Russell Moore, Rick Warren to join Vatican conference on marriage and family life
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service)
Vatican to host global meeting of faith leaders to discuss marriage
(Mormon Newsroom)
Shias begin Ashura ceremonies
(Al Bawaba News)
In Bangladesh, the Sisters of Mother Teresa stand with single mothers against abortion
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
Religion: Take it or leave it
(The Economist)
Abortion is illegal and wrong for Indonesian Muslim leaders as well
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
B.C. lawyers discriminate against religious minority
(Jeremy Maddock, Lillooet News)
Bangladesh Supreme Court upholds death sentence for Islamist politician
(Paper Chase, The Jurist)
Supreme Court hears oral arguments on passport designation for Americans born in Jerusalem
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Denial kills you twice: Canada's response to terrorism
(Harley J. Sims, MercatorNet)
Tension simmers following attack on Christians in troubled Bastar
(Anto Akkara, World Watch Monitor)
China officials 'buy corpses to meet cremation quota'
(BBC News)
The rght to say ‘God’ divides a diverse nation
(Thomas Fuller, The New York Times)
Egypt jails eight men after ‘gay marriage’ ceremony on Nile
(Patrick Kingsley, The Guardian)
Israel approves law to ease conversion to Judaism
(Agence France-Presse, Hürriyet Daily News)
Saudi Arabia and its merciless judges
(Deutsche Welle)
Far-right Israeli MP visits al-Aqsa compound, defying Netanyahu
(Luke Baker, Reuters)
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